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 WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

All teenage cross-country runners and clubs are invited to participate in the NXN Series which includes the Nike Cross Nationals Regional Championships in eight select cities across the United States.

The clubs and individuals competing in Nike Cross Nationals are selected through a series of regional qualifying events. The nine regions represented are: Heartland, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest, South, Northeast, Southeast, California and New York. There are also four at-large clubs.

In addition, NXN-VI in Portland will feature the NXN Open Race for any additional clubs and individuals willing to test their mettle across the championship course!

Eligibility
High school students in grades (9-12), born September 1, 1990 or later. (Certain states allow those in the 7th and 8th grades to compete; athletes in those grades from those states will be allowed to compete as well).

Individuals may compete as well according to the guidelines noted above. All individuals must compete unattached.

Entry fees:

• $125 per club (maximum 7 members per club)
• $25 per individual
• $300 Club Bulk unlimited entry fee

Late entry fee:

• $150 per club 
• $30 per individual

Entry fee deadline midnight of Tuesday, November 3rd.
Late fee deadlines 6pm Pacific of Tuesday, November 10th.

HOW DO YOU QUALIFY?

Automatic qualifiers into Nike Cross Nationals from the NXN Regionals: The top two placing clubs in each gender of the Championship Division race at each NXN regional will earn automatic berths to NXN in Portland. Additionally, the top five placing individuals who are not on automatically placing clubs will advance to NXN as individual qualifiers.

At-Large qualifiers into Nike Cross Nationals from the NXN Regionals: A total of four at-large club berths per gender will be awarded. Clubs placing either third or fourth in the Championship Division race at each NXN regional will move into a pool of clubs receiving consideration for advancing to NXN as an at-large qualifier. A committee of experts will determine the at-large qualifiers.

Greatest weighting by the committee will be given to third-place clubs from the Championship Division race at each NXN Regional who defeated any eventual NXN Regional Champion in prior weeks. In order for this weighting to be employed for the third-place clubs, the victory must have occurred when at least five club members from the eventual NXN regional championship club competed in the same race as the aforementioned loss.