Watch the RIIL Class and State Championships Live On MileSplit RI
Ponaganset's Cross Country Course walk through for this weekend's RIIL Class B State Championships. Below you can find a course map as well as a written description of the course step by step.
| Ponaganset Covered Bridge Trail | |||
| 5000m Championship X-C Course | |||
| Description & Markings | |||
| "A senic, moderately-plus hilly 5000m Cross Country Course consisting of approx. 1/3 fields & 2/3 woods | |||
| with an all-weather, processed gravel woods-trail surface and 3 bridges, including one covered bridge." | |||
| Feet | Mile/m | Course Mark Description | |
| 1ST MILE | 1,320 | .25 | Soccer goal before flag pole - (marked on & even with tree near brook) |
| 2,640 | .5 | 25' before white birch trees (on left) approaching Indian Hill - Tree marked | |
| 3,280.8 | 1000m | Middle of 4-way field intersection (heading towards tennis courts) | |
| 3,960 | .75 | 132 ft. into Tennis Court Woods - (marked on rock on the right) | |
| 5,280 | 1 MILE | Middle of Boulder Bridge - (marked behind rock on Right side) | |
| 2ND MILE | 6,561.6 | 2000m | About 250 ft. before Grand Central Station - (marked on big flat rock on Right) |
| 6,600 | 1.25 | Just 40 ft. past 2000m - (5 ft. before 1.25 mi. marking on tree) - marked | |
| 7,920 | 1.5 | beginning of Autobon - drainage pipe just before stump on right - marked | |
| 8,202 | 2500m | Course 1/2 way pt. - near end of Autobon - marked on small tree on right | |
| 9,240 | 1.75 | Next to A.Saunders foundation - (marked on tree on right) | |
| 9,842.4 | 3000m | Next to 2 boulders @ old leach field path - R boulder & L tree are marked | |
| 10,560 | 2 MILES | 20 ft. from top of parking lot extention hill - marked on rock on right | |
| 3RD MILE | 11,880 | 2.25 | About 100 ft. before Peter Barnes memorial - (marked on tree on right) |
| 13,123.2 | 4000m | 40 ft. past 1-mi. mark heading toward Cov. Bridge - (marked on boulder on each side) | |
| 13,200 | 2.5 | 50 ft. past Boulder Bridge heading toward C.B. - (marked on tree on right side) | |
| 14,520 | 2.75 | 6 ft. before the XC trail sign when exiting the Trail entrance (marked on last tree on left) | |
| 15,840 | 3 MILES | Just past soccer goal before entering fenced-off track area (564 ft. from Finish Line) | |
| 16,368 | 3.1 MILES | 36 ft. before painted hatch line mark near finish line of track | |
| 16,404 | 5000m | Painted hatch line mark on side of asphalt near finish line of track | |
| Course Segment Measurements & Descriptions | |||
| Distance-(ft.) | Course Segment or Loop - ( (F)=Field / (W)=Woods ) | ||
| 430* | (F) - Start Straightaway:Starting Line to orange Barrel @ end of start straightaway | ||
| 1122* | (F) - Field Circle:Start straightaway end to Softball fence post near flagpole | ||
| 478 | (F) - Softball Fence post to beginning of 2nd trail entrance | ||
| 747 | (W) - Second trail entrance , take left onto trail to field entrance @ bottom of Indian Hill | ||
| 1051 | (F) - Field Straightaway:Bottom of Indian Hill to trail entrance @ tennis courts | ||
| 10,704 | (W) - Entire woods:XC Sign back to XC sign - (2.027 Miles) | ||
| 1482* | (F) - U-turn field finish - XC sign to track gate entrance - (.3526 mi. left to go) | ||
| 390* | (F) - Track gate to Finish Line | ||
| 16,404 Total | (*) = (Must be measured each year to assure TOTAL course distance accuracy) | ||
| 30% | Total FIELD Percentage of Course - 30% - (30.2%) | ||
| 70% | Total WOODS Percentage of Course - 70% - (69.8%) | ||
| (Updated October 17, 2020) | |||
| Most Requested Course Segment Measurements | |||
| Distance | Course Segment or Loop | ||
| .725 mi. | Entire field start to the tennis court woods | ||
| 1 Mile | 1-MILE - Middle of Boulder Bridge after going over the Covered Bridge | ||
| .95 mi. | Lower woods loop:Grand Central Station back to Grand Central Station | ||
| 2500 meters | Official half way point in the Course - End of the Autobon straightaway | ||
| 1.67 mi. | Alice-in Wonderland Foot Bridge | ||
| 2 Miles | 2-MILES - 20 ft. below top of hill near student parking lot extension | ||
| 2.1 miles | Bottom of Greenhouse hill - (1 mile to go to Finish Line) | ||
| 2.3 miles | Very Top of Indian Hill (returning) - (12,250 ft. / 2.32 miles) | ||
| 2.41 miles | Bottom of Indian (returning) .7 miles to the Finish Line - (.696 mi.) | ||
| 2.59 miles | Covered Bridge (returning).5 miles to the Finish Line - (.512 mi.) | ||
| 2.747 miles | U-Turn Field Finish: XC Trail Signto Finish Line - (.3526 mi. left to go.) | ||
| 30% | Total FIELD Percentage of Course - (30.2%) | ||
| 70% | Total WOODS Percentage of Course - (69.8%) | ||