Even later to respond but you said you were looking for input until the end of the season so....

Keep the 4's 30 minutes and let the others race the 1/2/3 race. You can score the 3's separate if you want. That's what we're doing with the OVCX series.

When I started racing cross four years ago we would have 4 or 5 women in the 3/4 fields with another 7 or 8 in the 1/2/3's now we have TWO cat 4 races - Open and 35+ (draw about 30 - 40 women) and then the Elite 1/2, Elite 3's and Elite Masters (all the Elite's race at the same time for 40 minutes, we just get scored separate. That's another 30 - 40 women.

I'm so excited to see women's fields getting so big here in the Midwest!