2022 Rules and Sanction

State Sanctions

If your school is eligible to run in its state’s primary state cross country championship, it is eligible to run in the Great American Cross Country Festival. For members of the NCISAA (North Carolina Independent Schools), they are now allowed to compete with members of the NCHSAA (North Carolina Public Schools) without penalty.

State sanctions have been applied for, through the National Federation of State High School Associations, for the following states:

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