Which kid do I cut from my cross country team???

Cut 2 set the right tone

Definitely 2. One needs it and deserves it.

Limiting the team to 20 athletes is absurd. Keep 2 since she actually has potential. Maybe 1 can train with the team but not officially race or be on the roster while still receiving the benefit of exercise and camaraderie.

don't accept that you have to cut. Resign.

Explain to the AD that in XC, it is all about multiples of 7. You need 21 athletes on each side. An 'A' team, a 'B' team, and a 'C' team. Should be an easy sell.

Keep the 250 pound girl around. She might enjoy the atmosphere, come out for track, then be great in the shot.

I'd keep student 1, not only a better attitude but she might actually have talent that shows more if she is willing to lose the weight...

Are you people that are responding honestly believing a high school girl that is 5'5" tall and 250 pounds can run a mile in 9:15 or a 2 mile in 20:50. Not a chance.

Sounds like you need to man up and demand a larger team. Extra runners don't cost nothing.

19 is enough. Sorted.

maximus wrote:

Are you people that are responding honestly believing a high school girl that is 5'5" tall and 250 pounds can run a mile in 9:15 or a 2 mile in 20:50. Not a chance.

To a male runner, any woman who weighs more than about 120 looks like 250.

4/10 for getting some serious responses to a clearly preposterous troll. 5'5" and 250? Lol.

You're making cuts in early July?

1/10 because you got others to bite.

Why are you doing tryouts in July? You don't start team practice for, what, a month and a half, and you're already setting your roster?

Give people a chance to get in a summer of base work, let anyone who wants to show up for the first week of practice, then have a time trial and make cuts at the end of the first week. By that time you might not even have to make cuts, as there's usually some attrition early in the season.

Troll detector wrote:1/10 because you got others to bite.

seconded.

Coach Q wrote:

So due to the stupid regulations from my athletic director I have to limit my XC teams to 20 girls and 20 boys. This is the first year I will have to make cuts as a lot of people tried out. I cut all people who couldn't run a mile without walking, but for the girls that wasn't enough. I need to cut one more. Here are the two best candidates.

My Superintendent tried this with me a few years back. First the female PE teacher told the AD what a stupid idea it was.

Then I explained the whole- who do you cut? scenario- a senior who runs 19:00 and won't help the team or the freshman who runs 19:20 and COULD help the team in the future?

Then some parents called and told them what an idiotic idea it was. They threatened to go to the Press and local TV with it.

That was about 7 years ago. This year, I had 57 boys/girls sing up for varsity and 28 for modified.

Rally the parents!!!

Explain that EVERY kid "plays" in XC, unlike other sports where kids practice all week then watch the game from the bench.

I don't believe that the girl weighs 250.....and how is it that you know what they weigh?

I wouldn't cut either. By the time school starts, at least one girl will have dropped out, so you will need that second girl. But if she doesn't turn in her paperwork when she is supposed to, tell her she can't run until she does so.

Tell the A.D. that either he/she or you must inform the parents of his/her new policy ASAP...in writing. If he/she even twitches, tell him/her what the above poster said about 7-person teams.

Or connect those kids with the local running club and introduce them to a 5K training program with them. No club? No program? Create a meeting with local runners and start a club, start a program.

I don't believe this scenario is real, but if they're both freshman I would probably have one of them be a team manager. It's a rare season that doesn't have anyone quit or get injured. When that happens, you've got a new 20th runner ready to go.