Registration open for BC XC Championships - Deadline Oct 25

Join us Saturday, October 27 for the 2018 BC Provincial Cross Country Championships.

Hosted by the Valley Royals at Clearbrook Park, Abbotsford.

Registration open now, until Oct 25th - click here to register.

Price increase Wednesday October 24.
No race day entries, registration closes midnight Thursday October 25, 2018.

Individual and club runners will compete on a rolling course with varied terrain. Runners from age 9-99 will compete in 10 age grouped events at distances from ~1.5 to 8k, from 11:30am to 3:30pm.

See the event website for course map and details of the event (click here).

The results from BC Cross Country Championships are used to select the BC team to compete at the National Cross Country Championships in Kingston, ON on Saturday, November 24, 2018. The Selection Criteria is available at the BC Team Selection Criteria.

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Clarification of BC Team selection criteria from the Cross Country Committee

BC Junior Teams will be selected as the top 4 in the JUNIOR event, ONLY the JUNIOR event. There are an additional two spots that can be selected by the committee to join the team. Runners in the Junior event will be required to wear a ribbon on their should, denoting them as in the Junior event.

Athletes and coaches should discuss the priorities and goals of the athlete when choosing which division to run in.

Rationale - Selectoin of the team should be considered in head to head competition, to the same finish line, over an equal distance.

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Clarification of Team Scoring and Post-Secondary Team Scoring from the Cross Country Committee

Scoring for Teams and Post-Secondary teams, ONLY athletes entered in the Seniors and Masters categories / events will count towards scoring for Club Teams and Post-Secondary Teams.

Athletes and coaches should discuss the priorities and goals of the athlete when choosing which division to run in.

Rationale - As a BC Athletics Championship, the selection criteria, team scoring and awards should be gender equal. Priority of this event is fair competition and the selection of individual athletes to represent the Province at Natoinal Competition. The priority of the event is not team competition.