THE 31st ANNUAL TIMES INVITATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY MEET

High School and Middle School Divisions

The Times Invitational Cross Country meet will be held Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Apple Valley Golf Course in Fairmont, WV. We are once again looking forward to another exciting meet and would like to invite your team to participate!

The meet is sponsored by the TIMES-WEST VIRGINIAN and Fairmont Senior High School Cross-Country Teams.

AWARDS

High School - Trophies will be awarded to the Team Champion in both boy’s and girl’s varsity races. The first 3 individuals in each varsity race will also receive awards. There will be no awards in the J-V races.

 Middle School - Trophies will be awarded for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams. The first 20 individuals in each varsity race will also receive awards as will the top 7 boys and girls in the JV race.

Refreshments will be provided for race participants.

Complete results will be posted on runwv.com .

COURSE

High School-The course is approximately 5000m consisting of some hills and is mostly grassy. It is on a golf course. There is about a 40m cart-path that is gravel. There will be two high school races, boys and girls, varsity and JV runners will compete together.

 Middle School-The course is approximately 3000m consisting of some hills and is all grass. The MS Varsity races will be run separately in both boy’s and girl’s competition. Boy’s and Girl’s J-V is a combined race.

ENTRY METHOD

All schools must enter their athletes using racetimeentry.com

ENTRY FEE

High School - Free

Middle School - The entry fee for the race is $40.00 per team or $70.00 for both boy’s and girl’s teams, $5 per individual runner.

An admission charge of $5.00 will be applied. WVSSAC passes will be honored and must be presented.

PAYMENT

Make team checks payable to: Polar Bear Running Boosters.

If mailing, send to:

Fairmont Senior HS

Attention: Mark Offutt (Cross Country Coach)

#1 Loop Park

Fairmont, WV 26554

PARKING

 Shuttle buses will run starting at 7:00 from Wal-Mart and will run throughout the meet. This system has worked well for several years. Parking at the Apple Valley course will be limited to handicapped, coaches with equipment (presenting WVSSAC pass), and meet personnel.

ANY QUESTIONS

 Contact Mark Offutt at 657-9238 or at markjack99@gmail.com.

SCHEDULE

8:30 Middle School Coaches meeting at Starting Line

8:45 Middle School Boys Varsity

9:20 Middle School Girls Varsity

9:50 Middle School Girls & Boys JV

10:25 Middle School Awards

10:00 High School Coaches Meeting

11:00 High School Boys Varsity & JV

11:45 High School Girls Varsity & JV

12:30 High School Awards