High School Letterman qualifications?

firefly wrote:

Mstew wrote:

Cross country - Top 7

Track - Run in varsity meets, and meet these times: 4:54 1600, 2:06 800, 10:10 3200. Those times are close to accurate I think.

i believe you. but i feel like in hs, 10:10 is a lot harder than a 4:54.

Naw not really. I think im better at the 32 and I ran 10:20 and 4:44. So the 4:54 woudl be slightly easier based on my times because its a greater percentage of time to drop.

Oh and for track we need to score 15 points in dual meets. 5 for 1st, 3 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd. Its actually harder than it seems because theres like 5-6 meets you can score in so that would mean you would need like 2nd in every one, which means you usually would have to be the best from our school in the event and couldnt really lose to anyone from one of the other 2 or 3 schools each meet.

I had like 60 some last season. My teammate and I frequently scored 1/3-1/2 of our teams points.

1) Uphold the good name of your High School and do nothing to dishonor your school, team or teammates.

2) Follow the guidelines in the High School athletic handbook.

3) The athlete must complete the season, and run in all the races that they have qualified to run. An athlete will not receive their varsity letter if they miss two meets for any reason other than an injury. Novice races will not count toward a varsity letter.

4) Have no unexcused absences and communicate with the coaches if you must miss practice. The team will meet everyday after school and most Saturdays rain or shine.

5) Three absences or two unexcused absences and an athlete will miss a meet. Missing meets may take away your opportunity for a varsity letter.

6) Finish in the top 5 on the team at least twice during the season.

7) Finish in the top 7 on the team at least three times during the season.

8) Finish in the top 9 on the team at least 5 times during the season.

9) A returning senior with at least two Junior Varsity letters in cross country. (Seniors must still meet requirements 1-5.)

10) Coaches have the right to award a varsity letter at their discretion if the athlete meets expectations 1-5.

sleep with the coach

Giving out "pity" letters is stupid. Just because you've been on the team doesn't mean you deserve to letter.

Ways to letter:

1. Run at Varsity level (top 7) in more than half the meets.

2. Run at Varsity level at league finals.

3. Have a Top 7 time (on our team) in more than half the meets (in other words, a frosh-soph kid who runs faster than our #7 varsity runner would get 'varsity credit' for that meet).

4. Run faster than the #5 varsity runner of three other teams in our league, at league finals (we're a 6-team league). This is difficult to do, and if you can do it, you're probably getting a letter via #'s 1, 2 or 3 anyway. This is a way for good runners on great teams to letter. I can think of a neighboring school where their #10 runner would be about our #3 runner - this is a way that kind of guy could letter on a strong team.

5. Run all four years.

Runners can combine 'varsity credits' from #1 and #3.

We usually hand out 7-10 letters each year, on a team of 35 guys.

Alright here was what I used as a coach:

1. Senior finishing his 4th year of XC.

2. break 17:00 for 5K

3. A point system where you had to earn 30 points

Points could be earned by summer mileage, by finishing on the top 7 for the team, by beating another team's 7th man (in a league meet) even if you werent in the teams top 7. By placing in invites. By P.R.ing for the season by 30 seconds or more, by attending every practice for the season....

Basically I set it up so anyone could letter if they really worked. It you didnt work at all over the summer you had to be varsity pretty much the almost the entire season to letter. And even if you were just awful if you worked your butt off all year you could still earn a letter. I felt it was a way to encourage hard work among everyone on the team without making the letter be something you just hand out, demeaning the guys who earned it. Generally on a team of 40-60 guys I had around 10-15 athletes letter

1) Run in the top 7 twice (including JVs whose times are in the top 7 that day) OR

2) Run a predetermined time that would be competitive in our conference meet. (When I coached at a school of less than 400 students, boys had to break 19:00 and girls had to break 24:00.) OR

3) Seniors who consistently demonstrate positive leadership.