Petition to Save Oregon High School Cross Country

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• Eric Davis

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• Jonathan Marcus
• Jake Hoskins
• Dan Hasley

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  • Siuslaw High School, 1996 Boys 3A State TEAM Champs
• Tyler Pitt
• Jason Arbour

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  • Member of the 2009 4a State Championship team!
• Ilsa Stabenow
• Melissa Hill
• Corbin Helt
• jason hardrath

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  • I qualified twice with my team (also individual qualifier) and it wouldn't be near as memorable with out them.
• Beth Herman-Davis
• Andy Harvey

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  • keep team compitition!!!! my team is my family u take them away from me were gona have some issues :)
• Mary Reed-Flecker
• Ryan Graebner

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  • I was one of the top finnishers at the OSAA state meet for both Cross Country and Track and went on to run at the University of Montana, but I wouldn't have run had cross country not been a team sport.
• Chris Rifer
• Sharlene Thomas

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  • I have a son running track and field and XC at Western Oregon University. I have three children in Oregon Public Schools. Two are XC TEAM members and one is still in Kindergarten but cannot wait until the day he is a member of the Philomath XC Team. If you have ever followed a high school team from the first day of practice until the end of the season you would have NO doubt that it is and will always be a team sport. They encourage one another, cheer for each other, support one another, help each other when injured, step up to run in races when needed-----is this not a team? Philomath Girls XC team has qualified for the State Meet 30 years in a row as of last year and the boys are at 28 years. My children maintain healthy, active, lifestyles looking forward to being a part of this team. Do not think of taking this away from them.
• Natalie Knight
• Katie Goodell
• Graham Thirkill

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  • Save team XC!
• Weston Cluff
• Mark Nockleby

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  • cross country team member, Sunset High School, 1982-1984.
• Katherine Creswell

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  • As a coach and former high school and collegiate cross country athlete, I know how important the team aspect is to each individual's motivation and success. Abolishing the team competition would remove one of the vital components of the sport of cross country. Please reconsider changing the nature of this sport.
• Mark Sheridan
• Nathaniel Wilson
• Anna Larson

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  • everyone who knows xc knows that your team isn't just your team, they're like a second family. please help us keep up that amazing community that brings so many people together through our love of xc and of just being with each other.
• Scott Wannarka
• Mimi Farley
• Todd Jackman

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• Susan mcgreer
• Joe Holvey
• Kyle Rapp

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  • Cross Country has always been, and should continue to be a team sport. When you take away the team aspect of cross country you take away the true meaning of the sport. Please reconsider your decision, for the good of your athletes and your organization.
• Annie Kawasaki
• Linda Dillavou
• Charlotte
• Noelle Van Rysselberghe

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  • Eliminating the team component of Cross Country is to denature the sport. At all levels, teamwork and commitment to one's teammates define the purpose of the activity. A championship with individual qualification standards cannot rightfully call itself cross country, but rather a chronologically misplaced track event, contested in the mud. Oregon has consistently led the country in our ability to produce top runners, deliver successful Cross Country teams, and cultivate passion for the sport. I would be immensely disappointed to see the OSAA injure our running culture by ceasing to contest true Cross Country.
• Tim Shanahan

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  • TEAM is what makes having kids in cross country so valuable.
• Ian Penner
• Andy Kostrzewa
• Chris Page
• Eredi Pintor

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  • Please Cross country is team sport too!
• Jacob Puzey

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  • The one and only time I qualifed or competed at the state meet was with my team my senior year. Being there with my team made the expereince second to none. Every one of us had the opportunity to run in college and we probably wouldn't have had such an opporunity had we not qualified as a team that year!
• michael bergmann

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  • I can't believe this is even being discussed.
• Guy Oekerman
• Tom Jimenez

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  • XC/Asst. T&F Coach, West Salem HS --- qualifying for state XC as a team is a very special experience that allows numerous hs athletes their only real shot at competing at state. That in itself is what makes XC such a unique and memorable lifetime experience for so many athletes and their families. To take that away would be a crime. I was under the impression that these type of hs experiences was what the OSAA was supposed to be all about.
• Steve Knight
• Erikkson Baird

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  • I wouldn't be a good runner witout my teammates, fast and slow.
• Kelly Kruell

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  • Cross country is a team sport, one that motivates many kids to participate. Each runner on the team has an equal chance to affect the score - where else does this happen? XC is not just a one-event track meet. Every kid who has ever run cross country will tell you that the most important part of the whole experience is being a contributing part of the team. You miss the whole point when you turn it into an individual only event.
• Jim Elias
• Mary Grout
• Trisha Steidl

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  • XC is both a team and individual sport. don't take away the team aspect. it teaches HS participants lessons they will take with them throughout life.

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