BUCS Athletics: Cross Country Championships 2023-24

Entry Information

Entry Costs and Dates

Entry Cost

£17.50 per competitor

Entry Dates

Entries Open

Tuesday 5th December 2023

Entries Close

Tuesday 16th January 2024 at 23:59 - Student / Competitor Deadline

Thursday 18th January 2024 at 23:59 - Insitution Administrator Deadline

(Institutional Administrators are given 48 hours after the student / competitor deadline to approve entries)

Single Entry

This competition will NOT operate a staged entry process. As such, please ensure all entries are submitted through BUCS Play prior to the closing date listed above.

Institutions can request an unlimited number of entries. Should the event reach capacity, BUCS may need to restrict the number of entries per institution. Institution Administrator’s should rank their entries in order of preference.

Only 6 in the Men’s category per university and 4 in the Women’s category per university can compete in the long race. This is declared at the event by the team captain at the BUCS Registration Desk.

Entry Process

To apply for the competition all eligible competitors must follow these steps:

Competitor to apply to the event on BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
Institution administrator approves entry (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy

By participating in this event you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility

Races

RACES

There are four different races that occur at the BUCS Cross Country Championships. Only the Men’s and Women’s Long Races have BUCS Points attached.

Athlete may only compete in one race at the Championships

Men’s Long Race: approximately 9km

Only six men per institution may run in the Men’s Long Race. This is be declared at the event. All men to be entered into one category on BUCS Play. Men’s Team competition determined by top 4 finishers from a University.

Advisory note: If competing in the Long Race students should have competed in a 10km Cross Country race before and should be able to complete the course in under 55 minutes. We would not encourage those that are not confident with this in competing in this race.

Men’s Short Race: approximately 8km

For all who do not wish to run in the Long race and for Universities with more than six male competitors. This will be declared at the event. All participants are to be entered into one category on BUCS Play. The Men’s Team competition determined by top 4 finishers from a University. Multiple teams per university may count in results.

Women’s Long Race: approximately 8km

Only four women per institution may run in the Women’s Long Race. This is be declared at the event. All women to be entered into one category on BUCS Play. Women’s Team competition determined by top 3 finishers from a University.

Advisory note: If competing in the Long Race students should have competed in an 8km Cross Country race before and should be able to complete the course in under 55 minutes. We would not encourage those that are not confident with this in competing in this race.

Women’s Short Race: approximately 6km

For all who do not wish to run in the Long race and for Universities with more than four female competitors. This will be declared at the event. All participants are to be entered into one category on BUCS Play. Women’s Team competition determined by top 3 finishers from a University. Multiple teams per university may count in results.

BUCS Points and Medals

BUCS Points available for this event can be found in BUCS Appendix 1 which should be read in conjunction with BUCS Regulation 6.

Overall Team = The top 4 finishers placings will determine the Men's Overall Team result and the top 3 finishers placings will determine the women's overall team result. Only one team per university to count in the results. Team Medals will only be awarded to the scoring runners in the team event.

BUCS Points will not be allocated where the minimum number of competitors/teams has not been reached, or where there are not enough individual scores to extract a team score. Furthermore, an individual/team must have beaten another individual/team to score BUCS Points (i.e. if 3 individuals/teams compete in an event, only 2 will score BUCS Points). This does not apply to extracted teams. Individuals/teams are regarded as having competed if they started the event; therefore, DNS will not be regarded as having competed.