I have been out of xc for a year now. But I think that it is at Van Cortland park in the Bronx. My first two years of xc, Goldstein took us down there to run in the footlocker invitational the weekend after thanksgiving. I think that the federation race is held there, then the national race is out in california.
It depends. They take (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) the 10 best teams, time wise, and the 10 best runners, time wise, from the state meet, so if HFL's overall team time was 10th best among all the teams, then they will make it.