The Sun Conference Championship Meet Hosted By Southeastern University
RACE DETAILS
Date: Saturday, November 3rd
Times: Women- 8:00 a.m. Men: 8:45 a.m.
Distances: Women- 5000m Men: 8000m
Site: Holloway Park, 2402 Holloway Park Dr. Lakeland, FL 33803
Parking: A $5.00 parking fee paid to Holloway Park will be charged to all spectators.
Course: Women race one 5k loop of rolling hills, 100% grass/trails. Men race 2 loops (5k followed by 3k) of rolling hills, 100% grass/trails. More info can be found at: https://hollowaypark.org (please note that the men's 8k is not the 8k course listed on the website, but the 5k and 3k courses combined)
Results: Elite Timing, http://elitetiming.net/event/the-sun-conference-xc-championship-2018/?
Awards: Academic All-Conference and Champions of Character Awards will be presented at the banquet prior to the meet. Race determined awards will be presented at the meet on site following both races. Runner of the Year will be presented after the NAIA XC National Championship.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, November 2nd:
1:00-5:00pm - Course available for preview (Prior to 1:00pm course will be used for FLHS Regional Championships and not available for preview)
6:30pm - Banquet at Tuscana Ristorante on the campus of Southeastern University, 1000 Longfellow Blvd. Lakeland, FL 33801. Enter the building from the back of the building to access banquet area
Approximately 8:00pm - Coaches Meeting, Southeastern University Campus, room to be determined
Saturday, November 3rd:
8:00am - Women's 5000m Championship Race at Holloway Park
8:45am - Men's 8000m Championship Race at Holloway Park
Approximately 9:30am - Awards at stage area
NAIA XC CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING DETAILS
The national championship field is limited to 36 teams for men and 36 teams for women. All teams have the opportunity to qualify for nationals as stated below.
Automatic Berths
For each gender, conferences/independents will receive one automatic berth per six teams listed in the qualification plan, two berths per twelve teams participating in postseason, and three berths per eighteen teams participating in postseason.
NEW: conferences/independents will not receive a second or third automatic bid if the team in question finished outside of the top 30 in the final rankings.
Conferences with fewer than six teams are considered "unaffiliated" and grouped geographically by the NAC.
At-Large Berths
Once all automatic berths have been assigned, the remaining berths will be awarded through the at-large selection process. For consideration for an at-large berth, a team must score in at least four meets prior to its national championship qualifier meet (conference/A.I.I./unaffiliated championships).
At-large selections are determined by the final rating which takes place the day following the deadline for national championship qualifying meets. If there is a tie in the rating for the last at-large berth position, then all teams tied in that position will qualify for the national championships. The national championship field size will be increased accordingly.
Individual Qualifying Standards
For each gender individuals must qualify for the national championships at a postseason conference/independent/unaffiliated championship meet, based on the following standards:
Conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings with 6-11 teams
Top 4 finishers not on a qualifying team (automatic or at-large)
Individual overall finish must be 15th or better
If 5 or more individual qualifiers are from the same team they will be scored at the national meet as an additional team. This does not reduce the number of at-large berths.