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CROSS COUNTRY — The warmup: Here are some of the general rules and regulations for the 2023 Montana High SchoolAssociation (MHSA) cross country season. No individual shall compete in any contest until she/he has a minimum of 10 days of cross country practice and at least one practice session per day on 10 different days (no practice permitted on Sunday), prior to the date of the first allowable contest. The initial 10 practices for each individual must be completed as a comprehensive, regularly scheduled team practice with the full coaching staff... Practice must be at least one hour long... At least one full squad (varsity team/ JV team) and their coaching staff must be present...

The athlete must participate in the entire practice...

Warm-ups or walk-throughs with the team prior to a meet does not constitute a practice... No student shall participate in more than 10 meets ...