Placement Criteria Placement criteria, excluding petitions, are as follows:
Category
Freshman 9th graders only.
Sophomore 10th graders only.
Junior Varsity 9th–10th graders who:
a) Placed in the top 10% for boys or top 20% for girls in any two Freshman races in the prior year, or b) Placed in the top 10% for boys or top 20% for girls in a single Freshman race and placed in the same top percentile (10% or 20%) in the overall Freshman season standings in the prior year, or c) Raced JV in the prior year but did not qualify to upgrade to Varsity.
11th graders.
12th graders who did not qualify to upgrade to Varsity.
Varsity 9th–12th graders who:
a) Placed in the top 15% for boys or top 30% for girls in any two JV races in the prior year, or b) Placed in the top 15% for boys or top 30% for girls in any single race and placed in the same top percentile (15% or 30%) in the overall JV season standings in the prior year, or c) Raced Varsity the prior year.