2009
Boys Cross Country Letter Policy & Points
In the past years our team has had a policy that we only
letter
the top 7 runners. This policy was put in place using the logic
that
a varsity team consists of 7 runners. A team can only enter 7
runners
in regional and only 7 runners can represent the team in most meets
where
they have a separate varsity race. When we had 8 to 12 runners on
the
team this policy was very appropriate. As our team improves, it
becomes
increasingly harder to be in the top 7 runners. A runner on a
good team
may not actually be in the top 7 of our team when in past years they
could
have been. Along those same limes, if our team is especially
strong, our runners who are not in the top 7 would actually be in the
top 7 of another school's team and have been a varsity letter winner at
that school. To account for these factors, we have tried to use a
letter system that seems to be the most fair system I have seen.
We borrowed this concept from St. Joseph-Ogden's cross country team
that has one of the longest winning streaks in IHSA history. SJO
found that some years they lettered around 7 runners. In their
more competive years, they tended to letter more runners.
Mahomet-Seymour Boys XC Letter
Policy
Our runner will earn a
letter
if they earn a total of 20 or more varsity points in one season.
A runner earns 1 point for each number 5 runner they beat from another
teams.
They can only earn a maximum of 1 point for each opposing team.
If the competitor's team has fewer than 5 runners, our runner earns 1
point
if they beat their slowest runner.
If we run our runners in a fresh/soph race, we will compare their time
to
the varsity race on that same day.
The logic behind this system is that our runners would be not only
varsity
for another school on that day, but also would be in their top 5
runners
and also be a point earner for their team.
2009 Letter Points
The following are the amount of points earned in each
of
the meets this year.
|
Ma
|
Ch
|
Spr
|
ND
|
EP
|
UH
|
Me
|
Con
|
Reg
|
Sec
|
St
|
Total Points
|
Dale Donoho
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
Caleb Johnson
|
3
|
12
|
0
|
22
|
15
|
13
|
13
|
5
|
3
|
14
|
0
|
100
|
Tray Kipp
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Zach Rausch
|
3
|
0
|
14
|
22
|
15
|
13
|
12
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
83
|
Lucas Rose
|
2
|
10
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
8
|
9
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
70
|
Mayand Vakil
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Alex Williams
|
2
|
12
|
0
|
17
|
15
|
12
|
11
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
71
|
Henry Wolf
|
3
|
12
|
20
|
42
|
18
|
14
|
20
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
140
|
Evan Forbes
|
2
|
10
|
12
|
0
|
15
|
13
|
11
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
67
|
John Prillaman
|
0
|
12
|
20
|
42
|
0
|
14
|
24
|
6
|
5
|
27
|
0
|
150 |
John Butcher
|
3
|
12
|
0
|
36
|
18
|
14
|
22
|
6
|
4
|
14
|
0
|
129
|
A.J. Hay
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
Elijah Johnson
|
3
|
12
|
17
|
33
|
15
|
14
|
13
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
122
|
Dan Lewis
|
1
|
7
|
3
|
6
|
10
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
44
|
Brian Plotner
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
Lucas Prather
|
3
|
12
|
20
|
43
|
19
|
14
|
24
|
6
|
5
|
27
|
0
|
173
|
Nick Ross
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
17
|
Bobby Butler
|
2
|
7
|
9
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
36
|
Maxwell Haynes
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
Ryan Pintar
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
Jonathon Schaap
|
3
|
12
|
20
|
33
|
16
|
10
|
19
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
127
|
Ryne Swenson
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
32
|
John Williams
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
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