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.
