Sweepstakes Information-Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational

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Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational

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Team Sweepstakes Race
The Team Sweepstakes races match up the top teams in each Varsity Division into one strong race. Teams that traditionally enter these races are ranked in the Top 10-15 in the Southern Section or their State Divisions.

Divisions I and II are combined into one "Super" Sweepstakes race on Saturday morning. Divisions III, IV and V each run separate races on Friday afternoon.

Requesting Entry
When you register online you must specifically request to be considered for the sweepstakes race in your division. Please check the Sweepstakes Race Consideration Box on the entry page. If you do not specifically request to have your team placed into a Sweepstakes Race, your team will be placed into one of the regular varsity races in your division.

Requesting to be placed in a Sweepstakes Race does not automatically ensure that you will be added into that race. The Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational Seeding Committee determines the Sweepstakes fields after all request have been submitted.

Individual Sweepstakes Races
There is one boys and one girls Individual Sweepstakes race on Saturday morning. This race is for schools with one or two very strong individuals but a weaker overall teams. Athletes to consider for this race are those with the potential to finish in the top ten at the Southern Section or State Championships.

There is no Individual Sweepstakes race on Friday. Strong individuals on Division III, IV or V teams, can request to run in the Individual Sweepstakes Race on Saturday. If you check the box for "Individual Sweepstakes" you are requesting your varsity team be entered in the Saturday Individual Sweepstakes race. If you are a Division III, IV or V team, the other levels of your team may either race on Saturday in Division II or stay in their true division on Friday.

Requesting Entry
You must specifically request to be considered for the Individual Sweepstakes. Please check the Individual Sweepstakes Race Consideration Box on the entry page. If you do not specifically request to have your team placed into a Sweepstakes Race, your team will be placed into one of the regular varsity races in your division.

Requesting to be placed in the Individual Sweepstakes Race does not automatically ensure that you will be added into that race. The Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational Seeding Committee determines the Sweepstakes fields after all request have been submitted.

Sweepstakes Awards

Grand Sweepstakes Championship
Awarded to the fastest team (boys and girls) overall from the five Varsity Divisional Sweepstakes Races. Championship winning team(s) will receive championship banner to take back to their school plus have their school name permanently engraved along our new Winner's Row!

Team Sweepstakes Championship
The winner of each of the 5 Varsity Boys and Girls Divisional Sweepstakes Races. Champion will be determined solely on head-to-head competition-not on overall team time as it has been done in the past.