I manage our high school conference cross country meet and this year two teams tied for the title through 5 runners at 48 points. We then looked at the place of the 6th runners for both teams and declared one team the champion because their 6th runner placed higher then the other teams 6th runner. The coach from the team that then ended up in 2nd has said that many coaches throughout the country feel that going to the 6th runner is unfair and that other conferences declare co-champs. In my 30 plus years in the sport, I have never heard that a conference would declare co-champs in xc or that anyone believed this rule is unfair. Does anyone on this message board agree that the rule is unfair? Could you post your thoughts on either side of the issue? I never thought it was a controversy.