ARTICLE 17

CROSS COUNTRY

A. Division Placement of Schools

Each Section will determine the divisional placement for its schools who qualify for the state basketball championships and is required to submit the placement of schools into the five divisions to the State CIF Office no later than December 1.
CIF-member schools will be required to participate in the division that has been established by their respective Section. Sections may use their own established criteria to determine placement of teams in the five divisions based on the following guidelines:

                Division I                As determined by Section

                Division II               As determined by Section

                Division III             As determined by Section

                Division IV             As determined by Section, but enrollment may not exceed 1,250

                Division V               As determined by Section, but enrollment may not exceed 500

                (Revised May 2008 Federated Council)

1701 AUTOMATIC TEAM ENTRIES

Team entries into the State championship meet would be based on a formula that includes the following factors:

1.  An established baseline providing a minimum number of entries for each Section.

2.  Additional entries base upon the most recent four(4) year history of the Section team performance in each divisional race.

3.  No Section shall have more than seven(7) team entries in any divisional race.

(Revised May 2002 Federated Council)

1702  INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES TO THE STATE MEET

A maximum of five (5) individuals (not on an automatic team entry), per the criteria in each division will qualify from Section to State meet finals as follows