How To Submit Results

Fellow NJCAA Division I Cross Country Coaches –

I am writing to inform you that I will be conducting the Hill ‘N’ Dale Cross Country Rankings again this season. At this time I would like to inform you of the ranking process and seek out volunteers that can commit the necessary time each week to consistently rank both men’s and women’s teams for me. It is not helpful if you choose to rank the teams one week and then not the next week. It is certainly a thankless job that requires a significant time commitment. If you would like to be a Hill ‘N’ Dale rater, please contact me ASAP.

The Process
To ensure inclusion, meet results must be submitted to me via e-mail by 10 a.m. CST each Monday morning. Results that are faxed are not guaranteed to be in the weekly release and considered for voting. Faxes will only be included if I have the time to retype them. You may e-mail me your results in the format on the attached sheet or you may send me an internet link to where I can find the complete meet results. If you do just send me a link, please refer to the attached document and include the remaining necessary information.

After the weekly results are compiled, they will be posted to our website no later than Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m. I will contact all of our raters via email with the weekly release so that they may rank the top 25 men’s and 25 women’s teams.

Coach’s rankings will be accepted each Tuesday until 7:00 p.m. The weekly Hill ‘N’ Dale rankings will be posted at http://www.iowacentral.com/athletics/hillndale/index.htm each Wednesday morning. The first set of rankings will be published on Wednesday, September 6th. Our last ranking will be published Wednesday, November 1st prior to the NJCAA Championships.

Time permitting, I will continue to post a women’s 5k and men’s 8k performance list on the website. I understand it is only as accurate as the course you run, but it is fun for the athletes, families and fans to look up familiar names. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Dee Brown
Head Coach Men’s & Women’s
Cross Country & Track-n-Field
Iowa Central Community College
1-800-362-2793 ext. 2036
brown_dee@iowacentral.com

To provide our Raters with as much information as possible, please adhere to the following guidelines when submitting your meet results each week:

• Please send full meet results that include each athlete’s place, name, school and time
• It is preferred that you omit all non-JUCO athletes from your results except for the race champion
• Include the full team standings
• Please provide a meet description including the following information
  • Region
  • Date of Meet
  • Location of Meet (City, State, Name of Park…)
  • Name of Race
  • Course Distance (for men and women)
  • Weather/Temperature
  • Time of Day
  • Course Conditions/Description
  • Number of Teams / Total Runners
• Any other insights you can provide would be helpful (i.e. #3 runner did not compete; team at full strength this week, etc…)