Listing ECs that are "unimportant" but necessary?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>I have a quick question regarding the activity list on the Common App that some other people may share.</p>

<p>Backstory: I did soccer freshman and sophomore year, but decided (after years of track) that I really loved running and wanted to do cross country, so I switched sports.</p>

<p>Cross country is important to me, but soccer isn't (hence the reason I quit..). BUT I do pride myself on the fact that I did varsity sports every season for all four years of high school and think it's a relevant quality of my HS career. So how should I express that I did do a sport for fall of frosh/soph year? I'm leaning towards putting a note in the "details and accomplishment" portion under Cross country that I switched into the sport from soccer. But I'm not sure. I don't really want to waste a spot for soccer on the activity list. </p>

<p>Any help would be appreciated!</p>

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<p>My kid did a lot of volunteering work, sports, school spirit stuff, but for different organizations and clubs. She ended up grouping them. </p>

<p>You may want to list Sports - Varsity Soccer (9th, 10th), Cross Country (11th, 12th) - placed 3rd in state.</p>

<p>Here is a suggestion for you too, if Cross Country is more important to you and you won some medals, bold Cross Country and medals you won.</p>

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<p>Thanks, that’s a good idea! I did do a similar grouping thing for my student government duties (i.e. Class Rep (9), Vice-President (10,11), etc.) so I can probably pull off something similar to my sports.</p>