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California and Texas lead the way in High School Cross Country Participation during 2012 season, from American Track & Field magazine

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Cross country is one of those rites of Fall. It is the a great team sport, and a great introduction, for many, into the sport of athletics. 


American Track & Field, the largest coaching publication in North America, has kept track of cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field for nearly two decades. 

RunBlogRun thought it would be important to show our readers how strong our sport truly is in North America. 

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California and Texas lead the way in High School Cross Country Participation

MADISON – American Track and Field magazine congratulates California and Texas for ranking one and two in 2012 cross country participation.

California had the most boys with 29,583, as well as the most runners overall with 53,945. Texas had the most girls with 27,689 and the second most runners overall with 51,571.
    
According to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) records, 463,569 high school students ran cross country last fall. Runners from California and Texas made up 23% of all participants. The top 10 includes:

  1. California – 53,945 (12%)
  2. Texas – 51,571 (11%)
  3. Pennsylvania – 22,400 (5%)
  4. Illinois – 21,788 (5%)
  5. New York – 18,227 (4%)
  6. Ohio – 17,464 (4%)
  7. Michigan – 17,122 (4%)
  8. Minnesota – 14,859 (3%)
  9. Florida – 13,878 (3%)
  10. New Jersey – 13,848 (3%)


* Percentage in parenthesis indicates rounded percentage of total United States participants that the respective state represents.

“Cross country continues to grow on both the boys and girls sides of sport. The girls side is growing robustly! As part of the largest sport in High School sports (athletics), cross country is a great introduction to lifelong fitness,” noted Larry Eder, AT&F publisher.

American Track & Field is a professional publication dedicated to improving the image and performances of American track and field, cross country and race walking athletes. ATF has 37, 553 subscribers, and is in its 20th year. By becoming a go to source for training information, ATF takes a grassroots approach to improving the coaching quality of the 1.51 million serious athletes across these disciplines by providing coaches with professional and accurate coaching and training content. For more information, visit www.american-trackandfield.com.

Participation data for the last several years can be found at http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=3282.

2012 High School Cross Country Participation Figures

State Boys Girls Total
Alabama 1,316 1,180 2,496
Alaska 1,088 733 1,821
Arizona 3,538 2,705 6,243
Arkansas 1,165 886 2,051
California 29,583 24,362 53,945
Colorado 3,996 4,186 8,182
Connecticut 3,941 2,699 6,640
Delaware 949 744 1,693
DC 94 65 159
Florida 7,083 6,795 13,878
Georgia 7,522 5,881 13,403
Hawaii 940 661 1,601
Idaho 1,652 1,344 2,996
Illinois 11,319 10,469 21,788
Indiana 5,005 4,976 9,981
Iowa 5,160 4,482 9,642
Kansas 3,813 2,953 6,766
Kentucky 3,011 2,740 5,751
Louisiana 2,637 2,219 4,856
Maine 1,324 1,111 2,435
Maryland 3,950 2,753 6,703
Massachusetts 6,691 5,610 12,301
Michigan 8,744 8,378 17,122
Minnesota 6,680 8,179 14,859
Mississippi 2,548 1,301 3,849
Missouri 5,427 3,880 9,307
Montana 1,014 863 1,877
Nebraska 2,722 2,080 4,802
Nevada 1,078 906 1,984
New Hampshire 1,151 998 2,149
New Jersey 8,241 5,607 13,848
New Mexico 1,567 1,349 2,916
New York 10,261 7,966 18,227
North Carolina 8,753 4,614 13,367
North Dakota 584 524 1,108
Ohio 9,383 8,081 17,464
Oklahoma 2,662 2,385 5,047
Oregon 3,571 2,859 6,430
Pennsylvania 11,200 11,200 22,400
Rhode Island 969 673 1,642
South Carolina 3,262 2,200 5,462
South Dakota 912 673 1,585
Tennessee 4,082 3,045 7,127
Texas 23,882 27,689 51,571
Utah 2,640 2,167 4,807
Vermont 458 353 811
Virginia 6,116 4,845 10,961
Washington 6,753 4,569 11,322
West Virginia 887 714 1,601
Wisconsin 7,338 6,323 13,661
Wyoming 538 394 932
Total 249,200 214,369 463,569

Stats compiled by Kevin Mangan, AT&F intern. Special thanks to Breanne Ward, AT&F publicist.

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