Cross Country Jeopardy

U.S. Events

100

This event is an international sports event that happens every 2 years (alternating with the Summer and Winter Games)

What are the Olympic Games?

400

This running event happens in December. It's sponsored by a popular shoe brand (hint- it's not Nike). In the event, the top 40 boys and girls from the Regional Championships compete to be the High School Cross Country Champion.

What are the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships?

500

This running event, which is sponsored by Nike, happens in December every year. To run, you need to qualify based on your performance at their regional meets.

What is Nike Cross Nationals?

The Math of Running

100

This distance is run by most High Schools around the U.S. In imperial units, this distance is equal to 3.10686 miles.

What is 5k or 5000 meters?

200

This track distance is 1609.34 meters and is the only imperial distance officially recognized by IAAF for record purposes.

What is the mile?

Running Stars

100

This male runner won the 2019 MBIL Championships with a time of 17:20, was unanimously named Most Valuable Runner by the league, and received All-Star recognition at both the MBIL and NEPSTA Div. 4 Championships.

Who is Brian Gamble?

200

This female runner from The Newman School won the MBIL Championships with a time of 21:26.

Who is Emily Sotelo?

300

This female runner from Marianapolis Preparatory School won the NEPSTA Div. 4. Championships with a time of 18:49 and was the 2018 Foot Locker Champion.

Who is Sydney Masciarelli?

400

This male runner from Chase Collegiate School won the NEPSTA Div. 4 Championships with a time of 17:13. Hint: He has the same name as the leading male runner from The Waring School.

Who is Ethan Puc?

500

This runner held 7 different American Records, won 3 Division 1 NCAA Cross Country Championships, and helped inspire the Running boom of the 1970s. Hint: his name shows up when you log into Running2Win.

Who was Steve Prefontaine?

Running Lingo

100

A short period of less intense running in preparation for a major race

What is a taper?

200

A long funnel marked by flags at the finish of a race, where runners are organized by place.

What is a chute?

300

A personal record; a runner's best time on a course or in an event

What is a PR?

Brimmer History

100

This male runner, who will be graduating in 2020, improved greatly since he began on the team in 7th Grade.

Who is Richard O'Keefe?

200

This runner, who will graduate in 2023, won almost every league meet in the MBIL and broke course records at Gann Academy and Larz Anderson.

Who is Brian Gamble?

300

This runner, who graduated in 2019, broke course records in the MBIL and won the MBIL League Championship. Hint: His younger brother goes too Brimmer.

Who is Connor Reif?

400

In this year, the Cross Country team welcomed new coach Paul Brauchle to the team. The teams also began to race separately on Boys and Girls teams.

What was 2018?