2025 TRYOUT INFORMATION

DATE & TIME

IMPORTANT INFO

Your student will be asked to run 2 miles (not on the track) without walking. The time that suggests that a student is NOT walking is around 24 minutes or under. This is a 12-minute mile, which is slow and steady. If your student has a time in excess of 24 minutes, this is an indicator that they had stop-and-walk breaks. Coaches and assistants will be actively monitoring to ensure students trying out are jogging the entire length of the race. If a students is DNF (did not finish) they will not be considered for the club or team.

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PROPER ATTIRE

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

T-SHIRT OR TANK TOP
ANY FINGER-TIP LENGTH GYM SHORTS
REAL RUNNING SHOES - NO LIFESTYLE TENNIS SHOES (VANS, CONVERSE, DUNKS ETC).
WATER BOTTLE / ELECTROLYTES REQUIRED EVERYDAY
SUNSCREEN
POSITIVE SPIRIT

WHAT YOU CANNOT WEAR

SPANDEX, BIKER TIGHTS/SHORTS
NO VOLLEYBALL SHORT SHORTS
JEWELRY OF ANY KIND. NO EARRINGS- UIL RULES
NO TIGHTS OR SWEAT PANTS

OPTIONAL

Athletic Watches can be worn for timing, but coaches time is official time.

NOTE -

**There will be no individual make-up tryouts for absences or illness or injury. In the case of a heat warning, if we are required to reschedule the entire tryout, we will do so on Monday the 18th. This will be communicated when/if it happens.**

WHAT YOU WILL BE TESTED OVER

8TH GRADE; 3 GRIZZLY TRAILS (3200M)
Abilities to complete time trails without walking.
We are looking for times under 18:00 to be considered.
TOP RUNNERS will be admitted into the class and team.

7TH GRADE; 3 GRIZZLY TRAIL (3200M)
Abilities to complete time trails without walking.
We are looking for times under 19:00 to be considered.
TOP RUNNERS will be admitted into the class and team.

*these running times are merely guidelines for gaining team qualification. Your child is not guaranteed to make the class or the team until contacted and invited by the coach.*

OTHER INFORMATION

Not all XC Runners will attend a meet.

THERE WILL BE ONE TEAM PER GRADE LEVEL.

ALL MEETS WILL BE RAN IN LATE AFTERNOON WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARM.

TEAM EXPECTATION

MANDATORY PARENT MEETING WILL BE HELD, BUT AT THIS TIME IS TBD.
YORK WILL PROVIDE A TEAM UNIFORM FOR MEETS ONLY.
DAILY PRACTICE UNIFORMS NEED TO BE PURCHASED (LINK WILL BE SENT AT A LATER DATE.)
WINTER GEAR IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED (GLOVES, HATS)
ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED FOR ALL PRACTICES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR MEETS.

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