(MileSplit Ohio archived image from a previous trip to Champions Park, the 2020 Midwest XC Challenge ~ photo courtesy of Chris Greene)
Register For Finish 'No' Timing XC Invite
The teams from Finish Timing and MileSplit Ohio will be working together to stage a unique cross country opportunity early in the 2022 season.
Registration is now open and accepting entries for the Finish 'No' Timing XC Invitational, scheduled for Tuesday, August 23rd at Champions Park course in Springfield. Visit the above link to be re-directed to the meet registration portal.
The rationale for our meet is to provide athletes with an opportunity to focus strictly on racing and not worry about their finishing time. There will not be a clock on the course and there will no timing conducted that any participating athletes can see. Additionally, athletes will not be permitted to wear watches during their run.
The winning runner will trigger the start time and all other finishers will be issued a time of how far back they were from the winner. Our goal is to have runners simply compete against one another, not the clock, and react to pace changes from the field without concern of split times.
The meet will feature 3200m races for high school athletes and 2000m races for middle school competitors. MileSplit Ohio will have a full coverage team on-site to acquire race videos, interviews, photos, social media updates plus pre-meet and post-meet editorial. We'll also have a drone video tour of the course posted in advance of meet day.
Scoring Criteria & Special Awards
- Scoring will be 10 runners (not 5-2 displaces) and ghost runners will be added to teams without 10. All 10 are points that count.
- Overall team winner in each race
- Team with tightest pack
- Individuals -- Top 5
- Individual that passes the most people from a specified point of the course.
- (There will be a split mat out that will capture the start point and then when they finish it will give us how many spots they moved up).
* Further updates will be provided in the weeks ahead regarding entries, coverage and our drone video course tour.
Schedule of Events (Tentative)
Middle School Girls (2000m) -- 6:00 pm
Middle School Boys (2000m) -- 6:30 pm
High School Girls (3200m) -- 7:00 pm
High School Boys (3200m) -- 7:30 pm
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Register For The Finish 'No' Timing XC Invitational
Finish 'No' Timing Meet Information
Tuesday, August 23rd ~ Champions Park (Springfield)