Question on the distances for Cross Country

Question on the distances for Cross Country
by TWO (2023-11-14 18:47:44)

In reply to: Great Lakes Regional results (cross country) posted by JBL

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Is Cross Country the only track event where the men and women compete at different distances for the same event?

Men's will run 8000M in Virgina this weekend while the women will run 6000M.

There is no Women's Marathon distance shorter than the men, so why are the women running a shorter distance than the men?

Replies:

Can’t answer your concluding question …. - fortune_smith 2023-11-14 20:35:42
- Thanks - TWO 2023-11-14 21:35:50
  - They do different distances to create records which are easy - Domerduck 2023-11-15 11:24:47