If you thought the post season scene for high school cross country was already crowded with Nike Cross Nationals and the Footlocker Championships then you were wrong. The good folks at the University of South Florida have decided to enter the foray.
National cross country meet coming to Tampa
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University of South Florida will stage a national youth cross country
championship event, which will include boys and girls high school
divisions, on Nov. 28 on the Bulls’ campus, former King track coach
Pete Mirones announced.
Mirones said he hopes the meet eventually rivals two other prominent
national cross country championships sponsored by Foot Locker and Nike.
The advantage of the USF meet, Mirones said, is Florida’s mild weather
at that time of year. The two other national meets have recently been
held in cold-weather states.
The meet, which will be sanctoned by USA Track and Field, is still
in the early stages of development but has commitments from several
out-of-state teams and clubs. Mirones hopes to land a title sponsor and
award a $1,000 college scholarship to the overall male and female
winners of the highest prep division.
TBO.com article
There is no word on how harriers will qualify for the meet or even where the meet will be located in Tampa.
