Cross Country my opinion

[Bluebird]

Cross country to me is an interesting sport that is often overlooked.  This year I actually went to two Cross country meets in Arizona I wanted to watch something different besides watching football basketball or baseball and I found it is a fun sport to watch.  I actually volunteered for the first meet and had the task of handing out pieces of paper with numbers on them to the runners when they crossed the finish line.  I’m glad there was only three teams instead of ten.  The second meet which was a month later I just watched they didn’t need any volunteers. 
 

One thing that stands out is that it probably is the easiest sport to get a letter in. (It’s not at all easy to run 3 to 5 miles in the woods).  The reason I say it’s the easiest sport to get a letter in is that a lot of schools don’t even have 5 runners on their team. It’s not just the small schools the large schools have the same problem with getting people to run on their team. 
 

Most schools the number one sport is usually football basketball or baseball and the other sports are usually secondary. 
 

Grundy on the other hand they mostly concentrate on wrestling more than any other sport. Don’t get me wrong they probably take football serious.   
 

Council does not have a football team so I wonder how serious they take sports like cross country. 
 

If you ever get a chance this year or next go check out a cross country meet I think you will be surprised and enjoy being there in the outdoors.  Maybe they will let you volunteer and help.