What if they had an announcer do starting lineups in XC (for top5 varsity) similar to what they do at basketball games? they could do something like this at an XC line starting line just before the gun goes off and doing strides, etc. crazy idea? YES. but might be interesting to try this at a high school dual meet or something to see how it would work.
You never know for a certainty who your top 5 are going to be before the race.
only if the fans start reading newspapers while the other team's being introduced.
haha YO wrote:
You never know for a certainty who your top 5 are going to be before the race.
could you do top7 then?
Didn't they pretty much do this exact thing at Footlocker?
UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:
Didn't they pretty much do this exact thing at Footlocker?
Yup. Footlocker does this. Pretty cool.
They've done it a the NY State Championships- it's pretty cool. I thought about it for a meet I put on, but it's just tuff to get a volunteer and sound system for that when there are so many other things to worry about.
You would just have the coaches submit team info going into the race. It's a great idea- the last 10 minutes before the race you're doing this.
Of course, at most meets one race is finishing while another is warming up. So there'll be overlap.