Sisters Outlaws XC celebrates their girls 2nd place trophy and boys 4th place trophy at the 2007 State Meet.
When I first heard this, I thought it was a complete internet hoax that we've all grown used to seeing. But I dug around on the OSAA website and found the minutes from their Jan. 11 meeting. Specifically, read page 1, "The committe is investigating:", the second bullet point.
Anyone who has ever run cross country, watched a meet, had a kid on a team, or coached a team, knows that, first and foremost, cross country is very much a team sport. To take the team scoring out of State is just plain ludicrous.
Sisters Outlaws celebrate 17 straight hours of running at Portland to Coast.
The family-like atmosphere of most xc teams is something really special that I've never experienced with any other sport. When harriers are running for the greater good, in this case, their team, they're more likely to really dig deep down from within to give their best. And the friendships and bonds created truly are deep and often times, are life-long.
Please go here to read and sign the petition.
1 comment:
Can't believe nobody's commented yet, sooooo; As a former harrier, I can NOT believe they would abolish team scoring. In a way I can; we are an extremely individualistic society, sad. However, I can't fathom that this proposition has much steam w/in the c.c. community. Sorry I can't sign the petition (NE resident), but I'm w/ ya spirit.
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