Meet Information
2024 Tennessee Middle School Athletic Association West Tennessee Sectional Championships, Class AA.
RACES HAVE BEEN PUSH BACK ONE HOUR, FIRST RACE IS NOW AT 10AM!!!!!
All schools must have filed eligibility in the portal and paid TMSAA for their cross country tournament fees. You will need to check with the Sectional Meet Director for the entry deadline for each Sectional Tournament.
Information for Meet Directors can be found here.
Sectional Meet Information will be updated as it becomes available on MileSplit.
In both Class A & AA, schools will be divided into four Sectionals (Section 1 - Upper East, Section 2 - Southwest, Section 3 - Middle, and Section 4 - West). Sectionals will be held across the state with qualifiers advancing to the State Championships.
Due to the differing number of schools participating in each meet, the following will be the number of qualifiers from each sectional to the state meet: Class AA, Section 4 (West) will advance 19 qualifiers (top two teams and the five next best times).
Meet directors and coaches should review the full cross country regulations. Please note that while you may allow a team to run more than 7 from one school for your sectional race, the coach must designate which 7 scores will potentially count prior to the race.
*Times subject to change, races could start quicker based on the previous race finishing
10:00 am - Girls
10:30 am - Boys
11:00 am - JV Girls
11:30 am - JV Boys
Noon - Awards
There is also a JV race that will be held but is not considered part of the TMSAA State Championship. Collierville Middle XC and West Collierville Middle XC will be providing awards for top runners and team awards.
This is a card finish. A "card finish" for a cross-country race refers to a method of recording the finish order of runners as they cross the finish line. Each runner is handed a card indicating their place as they finish the race.
Here's how it typically works:
Finish Line: As each runner crosses the finish line, a race official or volunteer hands them a card with their finishing position printed on it. For example, the first runner would receive card #1, the second runner gets card #2, and so on.
Collecting the Cards: After receiving the card, runners go to their team's representative at the finish line to turn it in. The coach or official collects the cards and records the order for the team, often comparing it with official results later.
Scoring: For team scoring, the top five finishers from each team usually contribute to the overall score, with their finishing places added together (lowest score wins). Additional runners on the team act as "displacers," pushing opposing teams' scores higher by finishing ahead of their scoring runners.
This method allows race officials to quickly and accurately determine the placement of runners and teams.
