The RITCHIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY TEAM would like to invite your team to the

RITCHIE COUNTY INVITATIONAL

sponsored by West Virginia Insurance

Date: Saturday, October 1, 2016

Location: Cokeley Recreation Area at North Bend State Park

Hosted by RITCHIE COUNTY Cross Country Teams

Races:

9:30am -- Middle School Boys

10:00am -- Middle School Girls

10:30am -- Middle School Awards

Awards: Top 15 Medals: Team 1st and 2nd places

11:00am -- High School Boys 5k

11:40am -- High School Girls 5k

12:30pm -- High School Awards

Awards: Top 25 medals: Teams 1st, 2nd, 3rd places

Location: The course is located in Cokeley Recreation Area at North Bend State Park on the Harrisville side of the park. The course is viewer friendly and almost entirely a grass surface. We will have exclusive use of the bathhouse facilities at the campground including restrooms and showers.

Directions:

We STRONGLY recommend using the Ellenboro exit from RT 50 and follow the signs to North Bend. For teams coming from the Parkersburg direction the Cairo exit will be a very unpleasant trip to the course especially on a bus. The entrance to Cokeley Recreation Area is 6.7 miles from US Rt 50 and approximately 1.5 miles from the intersection of Rt 16 & Rt 31 in Harrisville.

Meet Information: There will be a general admission fee for spectators. We will have spotters in all areas to help runners, as well as an athletic trainer available. We will be selling meet t-shirts (available beside of restrooms / awards area) and there will be a concession stand. We will be using computer scoring. This Meet is sanctioned by WVSSAC.

Entry Fees:
$60.00 for both High School teams
$35.00 for one High School team
$40.00 for both Middle School teams
$25.00 for one Middle school team
$10.00 per High School runner, $6.00 per Middle School runner.

We will accept unlimited runners for each High School and Middle School team. However, please know that only the top 7 runners will be used for team scoring.

Entries: Please use www.RaceTimeEntry.com to send entries. (same as STATE MEET)

Deadline: All entry fees and rosters must be received by September 23, 2016.

Checks should be made payable to Ritchie County High School Athletic Department and mailed to:

Athletic Director

Ritchie County High School

107 School Road

Ellenboro, WV 26346

** FOR QUESTIONS YOU MAY CONTACT: Head Coach, Holli Haddox Vaughan: ritchiexc@gmail.com (cell) (304) 539-3030 (school) (304) 477-3273