I'll be there for the Kingwood girls.

Update. Our girls finished 6th. They were in 4th, but a runner literally collapsed in the last 200 yards, and we finished 6th. Thankfully she's okay, but she also had a similar heat episode at the regionals in Huntsville...which brings me to my rant against the UIL.

First, the regional meet was held at 3 p.m. and 88 degrees. They could run this any time they wanted. Less than 2 weeks later was the state meet. As anyone who has had severe heat stress knows, 2 weeks wasn't enough to recover.

At the state meet, they charged $40 per car. Last year it was $10. They only let 3 teams advance from regionals instead of 4, making up some crap about Covid. Yet, at the state meet they encourage people to cram into cars.

Then they run the 6A races at 3 p.m. Of course they have no control over the weather, but there's no reason to run at 3 p.m. when every other meet is in the mornings. One girl for Atascocita had to leave in an ambulance.

On top of this, immediately before the race they informed all the runners that no GPS watches could be used. So, they're running in 85+ degrees on a new course with rule changes right before the race. This may not seem like a big deal, but it's actually a huge deal.

Congrats to Bryn Brown of Denton Guyer for breaking the state record by 13 seconds, but there were a lot of kids needlessly put at risk. It was funny to hear some Michigan girls complaining about a meet at 70 degrees a few weeks ago. These Texas kids are tough, but UIL shouldn't abuse them. The 6A times shouldn't be a minute slower than the 5A times.

How far are they running and how fast?

Crazy - you'd think in November it would be cool no mater what time they were running.

Ragoo said:

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How far are they running and how fast?

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https://mychiptime.com/uil_xc.php?theID=13311

5K. Girls in 4A and below run 2 miles. The 5A times for the girls the day before were much faster.