PIAA District X Championship 2026

GENERAL PIAA/DISTRICT 10 RULES:

*TheStateBoardofControloftheP.I.A.A.shallgovernallmeets. DistrictMeetsshallbeheld underthejurisdictionoftheDistrictCommitteesoftheP.I.A.A. P.I.A.A.eligibilityrulesshall apply to all contestants. No contestants will be registered unless identified by the Principal of the school or his/her representative.

*National Federation Cross Country rules shall govern all P.I.A.A. meets except where the Board of Control modifies these rules. These modifications, if any, are listed in the P.I.A.A. Rules and Regulations.

BAD WEATHER OPTIONS:

The decision to change the day of the championship meet or the course layout will be made by District 10 Officials and Games Committee members.

With PIAA and District 10 approval, if necessary due to extremely bad weather, the meet COULD be moved to Sunday. There is also an alternative course option.

RunHigh also has ways to shorten the time frames between races if this needs to take place to lessen the time that athletes are out in poor weather conditions. If this becomes an option, this new time schedule will be distributed as much in advance as possible.

CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS:

A Certified Athletic Trainer may be on site for emergency health care. There may also be an ambulance on site during the contest along with EMT personnel. You are encouraged to bring your school's ATC to work with your athletes if they are available to travel with you.

Friday, October 3rd by 3:00pm. Deadline to submit championship t-shirt preorders to Matt Vannoy. See packet attachment for order form, prices, and shirt design details. $20.00 for long sleeved, $15.00 for short sleeved. Send the form via email to Matt Vannoy at vannoyd10@gmail.com and bring payment to the meet. Shirts will be sold on site again this year. Team preorders are helpful. If preordering, please place preorders as a team and pay for all shirts at once not as individuals.

Tuesday, October 27st by NOON. Deadline to enter athletes on this site. . Once all contestants and teams are registered, alley assignments will be drawn randomly by the director and a witness. Alley assignments will be available in the meet day coaches' packet. Substitutes for entered runners are permitted on race day. Report to Mark Courtney at the finish line RunHigh truck no later than 30 minutes before the race.

Friday, October 30th. The course will be available for inspection after 1:00pm until 6:00pm on Friday. A designated person(s) may be present on Friday to oversee the facility and to answer any questions. Please stay off the white lines during practices on Friday.

MEET DAY INFORMATION:

Saturday, October 31th. Park will open at 7:30am (Time may be adjusted based on sunrise and a final entry time will be communicated the week of the meet). Team packets (alley assignments, course maps, general starter info, timing bibs/pins/team rosters) will be available at the picnic shelter adjacent to the sand volleyball courts near the finish line. A brief coaches' meeting will occur near the RunHigh truck at the finish line at a time TBD.

District 10 t-shirts can be picked up at the picnic shelter where the team packets are.

Concession Stand may be available. Concessions are provided at the discretion of the host school and/or facility.REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS Tuesday, OCTOBER 27, 2026 by noon.

Bus/Van team parking: Parking lot is adjacent to the track/soccer field area and the Drake Well BMX course. See attached map of area.

*Bus/Van route to complex: Stay on Route 8 north, go across the bridge, pass the McDonald's and turn right onto Water Street at BSI Financial Services. Take Water Street past Titusville Middle School. Turn right onto South Brown Street. Cross the river and turn left onto Bank Street. Go two blocks and turn right onto Allen Street. Then turn left on Pearson Drive into the complex.

Tents: Tents can be set up in the baseball field. Coaches are responsible for the behavior of their athletes before, during, and after all the races.

If there is an intense storm, please take all athletes and coaches to your bus/van immediately. In the case of a thirty (30) minute delay caused by lightning and/or thunder, coaches and athletes should remain in their busses until the officials make the decision to resume warmups and the competition. Coaches will be responsible for the behavior of the students if this situation arises.

The cross country course is 5000 meters (3.1 miles) in length. The course is almost entirely grass with a few blacktop surfaces being crossed by contestants while running the race. The course will be clearly marked with white lines and flags (RED flag indicates a turn to the left, YELLOW flag indicates a turn to the right, BLUE flag means stay straight). Splits will be visible on a digital clock adjacent to the timing mats laid across the course at the one mile and two mile marks. All runners are required to run the prescribed course.

Spectators: Spectators are permitted to walk the course in support of qualifiers throughout the day of competition. Coaches, athletes and spectators who choose to walk the course are requested to adhere to the following rules:

1. Stay behind the rope flags and caution tape and away from the white lines while the runners are on the course and adjacent to your area. Do not cross over the course and impede a runner(s) at any time during the competition. Do not pace or run with competitors.

Tickets: All fans will need to purchase a ticket online via the Hometown ticketing app. All tickets are $8.

Spectator Parking: There is very limited spectator parking at the Ed Myer's Complex. Very limited handicapped parking will be available facing the soccer bleachers at the complex. Overflow parking can occur at the Titusville Middle School parking lot and the school address is 415 Water Street, Titusville, PA 16354. Spectators can then walk to the course from that lot by traveling East on Water Street, turning right and crossing the Brown Street Bridge, turning left onto Bank Street and walking two blocks to Allen Street. Spectators can then walk on the Oil Creek State Park Bike Trail to get to the Ed Myer Complex. It is recommended that spectators view the race from either the Soccer Bleachers or the Oil Creek Bike Trail.

START LINE / FINISH LINE PROCEDURES:Only PIAA and District 10 Officials, Coaches, Timers, Meet, and Athletic Training Staff will be permitted in the start and finish line areas.

The timing bib with embedded chip is the official means of scoring. This bib shall be worn on the front of the jersey on the torso.

Coaches, remind your athletes to not interfere with the signal between the chip on the bib and the timing mat by bringing their arm up to stop their watch while traveling over the timing mats. This movement can block or lessen the strength of the signal that the timing system picks up from the bib.

Competitors must report to the starting line fifteen (15) minutes before the starting time. Lane positions and uniforms will be checked ten (10) minutes before the starting time.At the finish line, an open chute for runners and officials.

Runners are instructed to run through the Finish Area and over both timing mats. Officials will exercise maximum effort to get runners away from the Finish Area; it is the responsibility of the contestants to move quickly through to the back and exit the Finish Area.

Video of the top 50 finishers may be taken in each race to use in the event of chip system error.

SCORING

The first 5 runners of each team constitute the total team score. Ties in team scoring in this championship event shall be resolved by comparing the 6th place finishers from the tied teams. The team with the best 6th place finisher shall prevail. If one team does not have a 6th place finisher, the team with a 6th place finisher will prevail. In a tie situation, if only 5 competitors of both teams' finish, the team score shall be resolved by totaling the score of the first 4 competitors.

Team score: There will be a re-ranking of individuals, by removing runners who do not have a full team, in computing the total team scores to determine the winner in thechampionship event.

MEDAL AND TROPHY INFORMATION

A/AA Boys & Girls Team trophy and individual medals will be presented at the check-in shelter after the completion of all races.

Awards for AA/A races...Top 10 finishers in each classification will receive D10 championship medals. State qualifiers will receive State qualifier medals. Championship and runner-up team members will receive medals. Champion teams in AA/A classifications will receive trophies.

As per PIAA rules, all athletes receiving awards should arrive at the medal ceremony in proper uniform attire. Proper attire at the awards ceremony shall consist of school issued warm up suits/sweat suits or school issued uniforms and shoes. The goal is for every runner to represent themselves, their school, team and coaches in a very classy manner.

PIAA State Cross Country Championship Meet Saturday, November 1, 2025 TBD

PIAA STATE MEET ADVANCEMENT PROCEDURES:

*Teams qualifying for the State Championships may register (8) but only (7) may run.

*Please verify your team entries for the State Championships with RunHigh prior to leaving. Please complete the team list sheet in your coaches' packet and give it to the Meet Director or RunHigh timing personnel before you leave the meet on Saturday

*State Meet Qualifying Standards:

District 10 A Girls:  2 Team, 10 individuals

District 10 A Boys:    2 Team, 10 individuals

District 10 AA Girls:    2 Team, 10 individuals

District 10 AA Boys:    2 Team, 10 individuals

Districts 8,9,10 AAA Girls Subregional    1 Team, 5 individual

Districts 8, 10 AAA Boys Subregional    1 Team, 5 individual

Any coach desiring information on the State Championship meet can go on-line at

http://w w w.piaa.org/sports/championship_details.aspx?sport=crscountry

PIAA DISTRICT TEN TOURNAMENT POLICY STATEMENT

(THIS STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL MEMBER SCHOOLS WITH REGARD TO CONDITIONS OF ENTRYINTO ALL PIAA CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS)

PIAA District Ten Member Schools are not required to enter a team into PIAA DISTRICT TEN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS. Entry and participation by member schools in those tournaments sponsored by District 10 is totally voluntary if they qualify. Entry of a team by any member school into a tournament signifies that the member school accepts the conditions and provisions that are inherent with tournament rules, regulations, and guidelines.

Further, a member school accepts the fact that the DISTRICT TEN CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR, AND, OR, THE DISTRICT TEN COMMITTEE reserve the right to make changes in the management, schedules, sites, date, times, and the operations of Championships when, in their judgment, it becomes necessary.

Sportsmanship Message

District 10 and its member schools encourage and promote sportsmanship by student-athletes, coaches and spectators. Profanity, racial or ethnic comments or other intimidating actions directed at officials, student-athletes, coaches or game management will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from any game.