We know it's early, but here's a few key dates and pertinent information for the upcoming cross-country season. The fall will kick off with the Injury Fund Carnival, tentatively slated for Sept. 2. The four-week, dual-meet schedule begins on Sept. 11. Other important meets include the Ocean State X-C Invitational (Sept. 22-23), the Columbus Day Invitational (Oct. 9), the East Bay Challenge (Oct. 19), the Freshmen State Meets (Oct. 23), the Class Meets (Oct. 28), the State CHampionships (Nov. 5) and the New England Championships (Nov. 11).
Below is the proposed Class Meet alignments with schools and enrollment numbers.
PROPOSED BOYS' AND GIRLS' 2017 CROSS COUNTRY CLASS MEETS - 2-9-2017BOYS' CLASS A BOYS' CLASS B BOYS' CLASS C Bishop Hendricken 913 Barrington 577 Juanita Sanchez 357 Cranston East 862 Chariho 569 Ponaganset 350 Mount Pleasant 840 Classical 510 East Greenwich 336 Woonsocket 774 West Warwick 506 Rogers 331 Coventry 766 South Kingstown 504 Middletown 327 Pilgrim 758 Tolman 490 Tiverton 302 Cranston West 749 Portsmouth 485 Exeter-West Greenwich 269 East Providence 740 Mount Hope 454 North Smithfield 262 Cumberland 702 Johnston 441 St. Raphael's 243 North Kingstown 701 Lincoln High 456 Narragansett 215 Hope 668 Davies VocTech 437 Scituate 212 LaSalle 667 Westerly 428 Moses Brown 207 Toll Gate 649 Burrillville 415 Mount Saint Chrles 199 North Providence 595 Shea 414 Wheeler 192 Smithfield 384 Prout 187 Central Falls 375 Middlebridge School 44 St. Patrick's 39 GIRLS' CLASS A GIRLS' CLASS B GIRLS' CLASS C Cranston East 800 Chariho 532 Burrillville 346 Central 762 Hope 523 Ponaganset 327 Woonsocket 731 North Providence 457 Rogers 324 Cranston West 719 West Warwick 455 Juanita Sanchez 322 North Kingstown 712 South Kingstown 448 Middletown 318 Pilgrim 708 Tolman 448 Central Falls 300 East Providence 708 Mount Hope 438 Mount Saint Charles 285 Coventry 705 Westerly 424 Prout 261 LaSalle 696 Shea 420 Tiverton 241 Classical 622 Portsmouth 419 Exeter/West Greenwich 232 Cumberland 617 Johnston 407 North Smithfield 230 Toll Gate 567 Lincoln High 407 St. Raphael's 229 Mount Pleasant 553 Bay View 401 Scituate 216 Barrington 539 Davies Voc-Tech 393 Narragansett 203 East Greenwich 376 Moses Brown 202 Smithfield 360 Wheeler 182 Lincoln School for Girls 169 St. Patrick's 45 Middlebridge School 28