Team Division Determination - August 19th
Will your team compete as D1, D2 or D3? Division size and scoring units need to be defined to allow for accurate scoring. The deadline for this determination is Monday, August 19th.
Please inform Kate Rau of team division size changes or updates in scoring units within a composite team for the season.
Once the season begins, teams do not change divisions. It may not be clear which division a team should compete. This requires coaches to know their team members. If your team is on the cusp, please make best honest prediction. Feel free to welcome student-athletes once the season commences if they are adequately skilled and fit to race.
In the context of this rule, a "member" is a student-athlete who does at least one race during the season. It does NOT mean the number of racers at any given race. It also does NOT mean your total number of student-athletes if there are student-athletes who will not be racing. Here are a few examples of how this might play out:
▪ A team has 10 total student-athletes and does not know of any other potential student-athletes are ready to join the team. This team is clearly a D3 team.
▪ A team has 20 total student-athletes and 16 are stoked to do every race. This team is clearly a D2 team.
▪ A team has 10 total student-athletes and they are all ready to race. Coaches have heard of, and maybe talked to, 4-5 additional students who think they might join the team and race. This team should probably register as a D2 team as they are on the border and will likely end up with more than 13 racing student-athletes.
▪ A team has 8 total student-athletes. Coaches have heard of, and maybe talked to, 3-4 additional students who think they may join the team and race. This team should probably register as a D3 team as they will likely not have all the potential students join. Even if they all did, the most would be 12.
Please contact Kate Rau if you have any questions or need guidance on determining your team status.
