It is most common for a girl to qualify for the California State Cross-Country Meet only as a senior (19%), only as a sophomore (15%) or only as a junior (14%). It is most rare for a girl to qualify in 9th & 12th (0,8%); 9th, 11th & 12th (1,2%) & 9th, 10th & 12th (1,3%).
Nearly 60% of girls run only one year, over 23% run two years, nearly 12% run 3 years, and 5,6% run all four years. Only 46,5% of girls manage to qualify as seniors.
The fastest group is those who qualify 9th - 12th grade. This group falls well under the median for each grade. 2nd fastest is the those who qualify 10th - 12th. Though slower than the 9th - 12th group, they do run faster than the median at each grade level. The slowest group, relative to class median, are those who run only 1 year.
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| grade | girls | % | |||||
| 9 | 860 | 11.47% | 00:21:31 | ||||
| 10 | 1127 | 15.02% | 00:21:31 | ||||
| 11 | 1058 | 14.10% | 00:21:36 | ||||
| 12 | 1431 | 19.08% | 00:21:13 | ||||
| 9, 10 | 298 | 3.97% | 00:21:01 | 00:20:54 | |||
| 9, 11 | 105 | 1.40% | 00:20:57 | 00:20:48 | |||
| 9, 12 | 62 | 0.83% | 00:21:09 | 00:20:44 | |||
| 10, 11 | 371 | 4.95% | 00:20:45 | 00:20:44 | |||
| 10, 12 | 190 | 2.53% | 00:20:51 | 00:20:49 | |||
| 11, 12 | 712 | 9.49% | 00:20:45 | 00:20:27 | |||
| 9, 10, 11 | 191 | 2.55% | 00:20:35 | 00:20:21 | 00:20:31 | ||
| 9, 10, 12 | 97 | 1.29% | 00:20:33 | 00:20:16 | 00:20:30 | ||
| 9, 11, 12 | 89 | 1.19% | 00:20:48 | 00:20:15 | 00:20:11 | ||
| 10, 11, 12 | 488 | 6.51% | 00:20:29 | 00:20:02 | 00:19:58 | ||
| 9, 10, 11, 12 | 422 | 5.63% | 00:20:15 | 00:19:53 | 00:19:46 | 00:19:43 | |
| unknown | 34 | ||||||
| sum | 7501 | 00:20:51 | 00:20:42 | 00:20:34 | 00:20:30 |
| 1-year | 4476 | 59.67% |
| 2-year | 1738 | 23.17% |
| 3-year | 865 | 11.53% |
| 4-year | 422 | 5.63% |
| ending 12th | 46.54% |
It is most common for a boy to qualify for the California State Cross-Country Meet only in 12th grade (33%), only in 11th (17%), and 11th - 12th (17%). It is most rare for a boy to qualify 9th & 11th (0,4%) 9th, 10th & 12th (0,4%), or 9th & 12th (0,4%). Over 62% of boys run only one year, nearly 25% run two years, a bit over 10% run 3 years, and only 3% run all four years. Over 65% manage to qualify as seniors.
As with the girls, the fastest group is those who qualify 9th - 12th grade. This group falls well under the median for each grade. 2nd fastest is the those who qualify 10th - 12th. Though slower than the 9th - 12th group, they do run faster than the median at each grade level. The slowest group, relative to class median, are those who run only 1 year.
note: The state meet began in 1987. To ensure fairness, I did not begin counting qualifiers until 1990 because that was the first year that all qualifiers had a chance to toe the line as freshmen. I also don't collect data for the 3 years prior to the current year for the same reason. As such, the below data reflects results from 1990 - current year -3. A substantial flaw in the below is that the results for 1990 d. 4 b & g have remained elusive.
note: Those times in bold indicate that they are faster than the median for the class.
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
| grade | boys | % | ||||
| 9 | 221 | 2.72% | 00:18:41 | |||
| 10 | 752 | 9.25% | 00:17:56 | |||
| 11 | 1403 | 17.25% | 00:17:36 | |||
| 12 | 2688 | 33.05% | 00:17:16 | |||
| 9, 10 | 78 | 0.96% | 00:18:16 | 00:17:52 | ||
| 9, 11 | 29 | 0.36% | 00:18:03 | 00:17:37 | ||
| 9, 12 | 35 | 0.43% | 00:18:03 | 00:17:00 | ||
| 10, 11 | 283 | 3.48% | 00:17:34 | 00:17:09 | ||
| 10, 12 | 208 | 2.56% | 00:17:28 | 00:16:48 | ||
| 11, 12 | 1368 | 16.82% | 00:17:09 | 00:16:51 | ||
| 9, 10, 11 | 60 | 0.74% | 00:17:38 | 00:17:08 | 00:17:02 | |
| 9, 10, 12 | 33 | 0.41% | 00:17:53 | 00:17:33 | 00:16:56 | |
| 9, 11, 12 | 52 | 0.64% | 00:18:13 | 00:17:04 | 00:16:52 | |
| 10, 11, 12 | 683 | 8.40% | 00:17:11 | 00:16:44 | 00:16:32 | |
| 9, 10, 11, 12 | 241 | 2.96% | 00:17:24 | 00:16:47 | 00:16:28 | 00:16:21 |
| unknown | 48 | |||||
| sum | 8134 | 00:17:53 | 00:17:24 | 00:17:08 | 00:16:56 |
| 1-year | 5064 | 62.26% |
| 2-year | 2001 | 24.60% |
| 3-year | 828 | 10.18% |
| 4-year | 241 | 2.96% |
| ending 12th | 65.26% |
