What is Cross-country race?
{{main|Track and field athletics}} A '''Cross-country race''' is any [[wikt:run|running]] [[Racing|race]] that takes place on different types of [[terrain]]. Different levels of [[competition]] include [[middle school]] {{convert|2|mi|km|lk=on|abbr=on|1}}, [[high school]] {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on|1}}, [[college|collegiate]] men {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on|1}} and {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on|1}}, women 5km (3.1 mi) and {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on|1}}, [[amateur]], and [[professional]]. [[File:Crosscountryus.jpg|thumb|Boy's High School race, [[Minnesota]].]] The [[score|scoring]] in these [[event]]s gives one point to the winner, two points to the person who finished second, and so on. In an ''invitational'' or ''meet'' where teams of runners count up the points of their top five finishers. This is their score. The team with the lowest score wins. If there is a [[tie]], the team with the fastest sixth man wins. Times in races depend on the terrain, [[weather]], and the other runners. This means that two athletes competing in different places in the world who are running the same time might not be at the same [[wikt:ability|ability]] level. ==Related pages== *[[Long distance race]] ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Cross country running}} * [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/usxcountry.shtml U. S. Cross-Country Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716190256/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/usxcountry.shtml |date=2012-07-16 }} * [http://www.usatf.org/about/rules/2008/2008USATFRules_Article4.pdf 2008 USATF Competition Rules / Article IV Rules of Competition / Section VIII Cross Country] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725074959/http://www.usatf.org/about/rules/2008/2008USATFRules_Article4.pdf |date=2011-07-25 }} [[Category:Running]]