Leon County Schools' 2018 middle school cross country schedule

The middle school cross-country runners of Leon County Schools will see more meets and shorter races in 2018, according to the season schedule. Here is that schedule:

Girls' two mile at the 2017 ARPXC Invitational

Leon County Schools 2018 Middle School Cross-Country Schedule
Date	Time	Meet	Venue
August 30 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	ARPXC Invitational	Apalachee Regional Park
September 6 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	Fort Braden Run	Fort Braden Park
September 13 Thursday	10:45 AM Girls 11:15 AM Boys	Everhart Invitational	Gretchen Everhart School
September 20 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	Mustang Invitational	Montford Middle School
September 27 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	Falcon Invitational	Phipps Park
October 4 Thursday	6:00 PM Girls 6:30 PM Boys	LCS Championship	Apalachee Regional Park

The big change is that at all Leon County Schools meets, the race distance will be three kilometers instead of two miles. Three kilometers is about 219 meters shorter than two miles. Shorter isn't better, but it's in line with the middle school racing distance elsewhere--notably, the FLYRA Florida Middle School State Cross-Country Championship and the B3R Sports Florida Youth Cross-Country Championship. The other change is that the schedule is being expanded to six meets. The new event is the Falcon Invitational, scheduled for Thursday evening, 27 September 2018, at Fairview Middle School Phipps Park. The middle school season was extended to five meets in 2015 with the addition of a season opener on the Apalachee Regional Park Cross-Country Course (ARPXC). However, that opening event was rained out in 2015, and canceled due to hurricane damage in 2016, so 2017 was the only year that Leon County Schools actually ran five middle school cross-country meets.


Outside of Leon County Schools, Holy Comforter Episcopal School is again hosting two middle school cross-country meets--the Crusader Cross-Country Classic on Thursday afternoon, 20 September 2018, and the Tallahassee Middle School Open on Tuesday afternoon, 9 October 2018. Both meets open with an elementary school mile. The middle school races at Holy Comforter are three kilometers, by the way, and always have been.


There is also a three-kilometer race open to middle school athletes at Gulf Winds Track Club's Miller Landing Madness (18 August 2018), a middle school 3K at the Cougar Cross-Country Challenge in Phipps Park (25 August 2018), a three-kilometer middle school race at the second annual Big Bend Cross-Country Invitational at ARPXC (1 September 2018), a middle school two-mile at the Bearcat Invitational at Bainbridge (Georgia) High School (15 September 2018), and a middle school 3K at the Florida State University Cross-Country Invitational (12 October 2018). There's no shortage of races for Tallahassee's middle school cross-country runners in 2018. If anything, there's a danger of over-racing.


Links

• The 2017 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Swift Creek Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/swift-creek-2017.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/fort-braden-2017.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/owl-run-2017.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/mustang-2017.html
    
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/lcs-champs-2017.html
    
  
  
• The 2016 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/fort-braden-2016.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/owl-run-2016.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/mustang-2016.html
    
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/lcs-champs-2016.html
    
  
  
• The 2015 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Swift Creek Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/swift-creek-2015.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/fort-braden-2015.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/owl-run-2015.html
    
  • Mustang Stampede https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/mustang-2015.html
    
  • LCS Championship https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/lcs-champs-2015.html
    
  
  
• The 2014 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/fort-braden-2014.html
    
  • Mustang Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/mustang-2014.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/09/owl-run-2014.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/lcs-champs-2014.html
    
  
  
• The 2013 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/fort-braden-2013.html
    
  • Mustang Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/mustang-2013.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/owl-run-2013.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/10/lcs-champs-2013.html
    
  
  
• The 2012 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Battle at Tom Brown: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/battle-2012.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/fort-braden-2012.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/owl-run-2012.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/lcs-champs-2012.html
    
  
  
• The 2011 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/fort-braden-2011.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/owl-run-2011.html
    
  • Championship (boys): https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/lcs-ms-boys-2011.html
    
  • Championship (girls): https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/lcs-ms-girls-2011.html
    
  
  
• The 2010 LCS middle school cross-country season on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Battle at Tom Brown: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/battle-2010.html
    
  • Fort Braden Run: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/ft-braden-xc-2010.html
    
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/owl-run-2010.html
    
  • Championship: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/lcs-champs-2010.html
    
  
  
• 2009 LCS middle school cross country coverage on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • Everhart Invitational: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/zimmerman-and-williams-winners-at-owl.html
    
  
  
• The HCES Crusader Cross-Country Classic on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/crusaders-2017.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/crusaders-2016.html
    
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/crusaders-2015.html
    
  • 2014: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/crusaders-2014.html
    
  • 2013: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/crusaders-2013.html
    
  • 2012: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/crusaders-2-2012.html
    
  • 2012: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/crusaders-2012.html
    
  • 2009: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/10/poole-bartlett-victorious-at-holy.html
    
  
  
• The HCES Tallahassee Middle School Open on Trouble Afoot!
  
  • 2017: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2017.html
    
  • 2016: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2016.html
    
  • 2015: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2015.html
    
  • 2014: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/tlh-ms-xc-open-2014.html
    
  
  
• More races in the region, cross country and otherwise
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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