rules to play cross country running

The CCAA Cross Country Running Championships shall include both conference

Each conference team shall consist of a maximum of seven (7) starters with a minimum of five (5) starters.

Each Collegiate team shall consist of a maximum of six (6) starters with a minimum of four (4) starters.

Each school is responsible for their own funding. See also Article 10,Section 4, Open Championship

Participating Institutions and individuals from the following:
Pacific Western Athletic Conference
Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
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Competing athletes shall wear numbers for identification purposes.A program lineup is to be available for spectators.Numbers shall be worn on the front only. Uniforms of athletes representing a team (i.e. an institution with at least four (4) starters) will have exactly the same colour and style of uniform top (i.e. inglet).

Only players who are on

The location of the Championship meet shall be decided at the appropriate meeting of the CCAA and in accordance with CCAA regulations regarding bids for national championships.The length of the course for men shall be 8,000 metres + 50 metres and shall be marked every 1,000 metres.

The Host site must have an alternative course plan in the event of extreme weather conditions and damage. The technical committee will make the final decision on the course to be used.Whenever there is a grievance about the course prior to the competition it will be filed with the technical committee who will make the final decision to either render the grievance not valid or render the grievance valid and when possible take the immediate action to ensure orderly completion of the championship.

Radio communication will be supplied by host at points throughout the course.