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DyeStat Cross Country 2000

DyeStat XC Leader Lists

by John Dye

Explanation of the DyeStat Leader Lists

First of all, these are not rankings.  Cross country times are not comparable because conditions are rarely the same.  Courses vary infinitely in surface and terrain.  How can you compare a time on billiard table flat Florida courses to the tortuous hills of Mt. SAC, Holmdel Park, Hereford MD, and Van Cortlandt Park?  Even distances are not standard and sometimes a little off (Mt. SAC is 2.95 miles).  Not to mention weather variations from freezing to boiling, with all sorts of differences in precipitation.  

Nevertheless, fast times should be recognized.  For the 2000 XC season, DyeStat has decided to publish national lists of times that are faster than cutoffs for 3 mile and 5k races.  Most state championships and major invitationals are run at these distances.  

The cutoffs were set after a review of results of 1999 meets.  

DyeStat Leader List Cutoffs - 2000
  BOYS GIRLS
3 miles 15:35 18:35
5,000 meters 16:05 19:05

How to get on the Leader Lists

Meet results published on DyeStat will be reviewed for qualifying performances by DyeStat.  Any other qualifying performances should be sent to John Dye by email at [email protected] with all the information on the DyeStat Leader List Performance Input Form.

About Distances

Many course distances are approximate, being a few meters short or long of the published distance.  DyeStat Leader Lists will use distances that are "close" and will disclose the actual distance if known.   The only alternative would be to proliferate into a dozen different lists for different distances.  Consider the following table to show how confusing it can get:  

Mile Meters Yards
3.0000 4827.9000 5279.8556
3.1000 4988.8300 5455.8508
3.1069 5000.0000 5468.0665

Note that 3.1 miles and 5000 meters, which are often considered interchangeable, are actually a little more than 11 meters different.  This is more than the 9-meter difference between 1600 meters and 1 mile -- a difference which can set off holy wars during track season.

Review of 1999 Meets

BOYS
Dist   B-5K B-5K B-3M B-3M
Cutoff   16:00 16:30 15:30 16:00
MEET          
GreatAm ROC 24 53    
GreatAm Open 1 7    
GreatAm Inv. 9 28    
FL Final   28 31    
FL NE   9 39    
FL So   49 107    
FL West   3 22    
FL MW   50 116    
Mt. SAC       17 66
GtownPrep   0 8    
Stanford   14 56    
Wm&Mary       0 13
Wendy   9 32    
Vulcan       1 4
VaTech   0 8    
NJ MofCh   1 8    
NJ Group   0 12    
NY Fed   0 6    
PA State   8 47    
MA State   0 6    
CA State   53 165    
GIRLS
Dist G-5K G-5K G-5K G-3M G-3M
Cutoff 18:30 19:00 19:30 18:30 19:00
MEET          
GreatAm 10 20 39    
GreatAm 0 0 2    
GreatAm 3 8 17    
FL Final 29 31 32    
FL NE 8 21 40    
FL So 13 32 61    
FL West 8 11 25    
FL MW 15 34 85    
Mt. SAC       12 32
GtownPrep 1 2 9    
Stanford 3 12 28    
Wm&Mary       2 10
Wendy 4 9 16    
Vulcan       2 2
VaTech 0 0 1    
NJ MofCh 0 4 5    
NJ Group 0 3 6    
NY Fed 1 5 22    
PA State 4 29 74    
MA State 1 2 6    
CA State 16 48 115    

 

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