From Bob Baumel
Mike and Pete,
RRTC decided at the 1996 Convention not to issue any more certifications for
cross-country courses. To see a record of that decision, go to the News
portion of the RRTC Committee area on the USATF site (hint: to get there
right away, use the redirection I set up for http://www.rrtc.net/news ),
then scroll to the bottom.
Bob
From Mike Wickiser
> From: mike wickiser <wick3666@yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:53:37 -0700 (PDT)
> To: <Riegelpete@aol.com>, <bobbau@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: Cross Country Certification
>
> Hi Jay,
> Pete's memory is accurate. The reasoning behind the
> policy is due to the near impossibility of getting
> good measurement agreement and reproducability of
> courses held on dirt and grass as most XC courses are
> contested.
> If the course can be measured with agreement and
> mapped adequately, then certify the course and don't
> lose any sleep over it.
> Mike