30 Cross Country Trivia Questions, Answers, and Fun Facts

Question 1

1 In kilometers, what is the usual distance for a U.S. cross country race for women?

Answer

Answer: 5

A cross country race for women is usually 5 km, or 3.1 miles.

Question 2

2 What is Cross Country?

Answer

Answer: Long Distance Running

Cross Country is a sport that involves running long distances. The typical running length is three miles. It involves running up and down many different terrains such as trails, street and dirt, and sometimes concrete.

Question 3

3 How many laps are run in a 3200m race?

Answer

Answer: 8

Each lap is 400m. The distance is about 20yds short of 2 miles.

Question 4

4 Who was the first highschool girl in the state of Virginia to run a sub 5 minute mile?

Answer

Answer: Sarah Bowman

She ran a 4:58 in April 2002. She was a student of Fauquier High School. Many girls had run a 5:01 but she was the first to go under.

Question 5

5 What term is known as "Race Pace"?

Answer

Answer: The pace that you are most comfortable running at for the whole race.

A race pace is the speed you run the cross country race, or any race. It is different for everyone.

Question 6

6 What's considered the best thing to drink before a run?

Answer

Answer: Water

Coke is obviously not correct. Lemonade is full of sugar. Water is great, and so are other sports drinks such as Gatorade and Powerade.

Question 7

7 What are most U.S. tracks made of?

Answer

Answer: Rubber

Rubber is better for impact.

Question 8

8 How long is a 5k Cross Country race?

Answer

Answer: 3.1 miles

Question 9

9 What was the fastest time ever run by a high school boy in a U.S. 5000m cross country race in the 1980s?

Answer

Answer: 14:35

In 1982, Eric Reynolds ran 5000m in 14:35. The record stood for 17 years until 1999, when Dathan Ritzenhein finished in 14:29.

Question 10

10 Where was the second most popular running course located in the U.S.A in 2002?

Answer

Answer: Mt. SAC (San Antonio College)

It was voted 2nd most popular with DyeStat.com. Cal State poly is just a made up answer. I'm told the most popular course in the U.S.A, is in the Rocky Mountains. Woodland Park was where the CA state meet was located, but no course beats Mt. SAC. (except for the one in the Rocky Mountains.) The West Regionals (higher then state, lower then nationals) was held at Mt.SAC.

Question 11

11 Who was the man that ran a 3:53 mile as a senior in high school in 2001?

Answer

Answer: Alan Webb

At the 27th Prefontaine Classic in Eugene Oregon, on Sunday, May 27, 2001, Alan Webb (South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia) ran 3:53:43, the second fastest mile ever by an American, and broke the High School Mile record of 3:55.3 set by Jim Ryan in 1965. He also broke Ryan's 1500 meter record of 3:39.0 with a 3:38:26 along the way. He went to Michigan in the followingyear on a full scholarship.

Question 12

12 What is the name of the stick that is passed in most relays?

Answer

Answer: Baton

Question 13

13 What is the shape of most tracks, in the US?

Answer

Answer: oval

I have seen a square track, but most are oval.

Question 14

14 The men's hurdle race is _________ ?

Answer

Answer: 110m

I don't know why men go a longer distance, they just do.

Question 15

15 What are the special shoes that a racer races in called?

Answer

Answer: spikes

They are very light weight.