Scoring in regional and state meets

The top 5 finisher's position are totaled and the team with the lowest number of points wins. Well, not exactly.

Several factors enter into the scoring. When an individual runner makes it to regional or state but their team does not, that runner is not included in the team totals. It is as though they were not even at the meet. For example, if the 3^rd and 5^th runners at regionals were not one of the teams that qualified, to calculate team total you would use:

Actual Position..............Team Position

1....................................1

2....................................2

3

4....................................3

5

6....................................4

7....................................5

Can the 6^th and 7^th runner help the team? Yes! If there is a tie, the 6^th runner is the first tie-breaker. Also, if our 6^th runner finishes ahead of a competitor's 5^th runner, they get the extra point added to their team totals. Same for the 7^th runner.