Wayne, NY - The Cross Country State Meet returns to Section 5 for the first time since Marcus Whitman held the event back in 2003. This marks the second to last year that the State Meet will be passed around in a Sectional Rotation, and the first time ever on the Wayne HS Course. To get you familiar with the terrain that will host the most important meet of the year, a course video has been provided courtesy of Wayne XC program and Mr. Strauss, as well as a written description, and a colorized course map to give you all the ins-and-outs of the flat, fast course. Study up HS Harriers, as course knowledge could make all the difference.
Note: The only early-access to the course will be at the Wayne Eagles HS Invitational, held on Sept. 16th, also known as Pre-States.
Course Description (Map Below)
The
course starts with an open 200 meter run, and then a bank left into wooded
paths.
This is a slight up and down hill at roughly 400 meters.
At the
bottom of the hill, you turn right into an opening that leads to another
wooded path and the 800 meter mark.
Following the path around for about 300
meters, there is a left turn into an open field along a hedge row.
This takes you to a
right hand turn to the 1st mile marker, just before the baseball
backstop.
Around the backstop the course remains flat with
only a few rises and a right hand turn towards the baseball dugout that
leads you back into the
first part of the course, roughly 2400 meters.
After going up and down
the first hill, the runners will go up a steeper hill into the wooded
trail that is roughly 400 meters.
Once exiting the woods, the runners will turn right then left and follow the course, again, around the
baseball backstop, roughly the 2 mile mark.
After they pass the
baseball backstop they will turn right, backtracking, into the wooded
path, roughly 4000 meters mark.
They will then follow the path to the opening,
where the 800 meter mark was.
The runners will then veer left into another
wooded path up a hill going past the 4400 meter mark.
At the top of the
hill they turn left, then right, down a hill that will lead them towards
the baseball field scoreboard and the 4800 meter mark.
The runners finish on a flat 200 meter run to the finish chute which is set out on a practice football field.
Wayne, NY - The Cross Country State Meet returns to Section 5 for the first time since Marcus Whitman held the event back in 2003. This marks the second to last year that the State Meet will be passed around in a Sectional Rotation, and the first time ever on the Wayne HS Course. To get you familiar with the terrain that will host the most important meet of the year, a course video has been provided courtesy of Wayne XC program and Mr. Strauss, as well as a written description, and a colorized course map to give you all the ins-and-outs of the flat, fast course. Study up HS Harriers, as course knowledge could make all the difference.
Note: The only early-access to the course will be at the Wayne Eagles HS Invitational, held on Sept. 16th, also known as Pre-States.
