2020
Region I – AA Championship
Hosted
by Frankfort High School
Date: Wednesday,
October 21st
Location: Frankfort
High School
Races
Times:
3:30pm
– High School Girls Region I – AA Championship
4:15pm
– High School Boys Region I – AA Championship
5:30pm
– Awards – Football Field (To Announce State Meet Qualifiers)
REGISTRATION:
To register for the Regional Championship, we will be using RaceTimeEntry.com. If you have already registered for a meet during the season which used RaceTimeEntry.com (Chic-Fil-A, Frankfort Invite, etc.) then you do not need to register a second time. You will simply login with the same information as before. Then add your regional meet to your schedule and follow the directions to submit your roster. You may only enter a MAXIMUM of 10 athletes at the regional meet. While only seven (7) may run at the regional and state, all the names you indicate will receive a race number and may be substituted at the regional/state meet. By entering your alternates ahead of time, you will not need to take the time to get extra race numbers at the regional/state meet. The substitute runner will already have an assigned number and be ready the day of the regional/state meet. If you have any questions about RaceTimeEntry.com contact the site by the following email developer@eborkdev.com.
*All athletes must be on eligibility
sheet with names spelled correctly.
*All entries must indicate class/grade
level.
*Enter 10,
Run 7 – any of those 10 can run at the State Meet if your TEAM qualifies.
ENTRY
DEADLINE is 4pm SUNDAY, Oct. 18th.
All entries and rosters must be received by then.
SCHEDULE:
The time
schedule for the day of the event is as follows:
2:30 Coaches Packet Pick Up– (Pick up team packet at the entrance to the stadium.)
3:30pm Girls Start
4:15pm Boys Start
5:30pm Awards – (To announce state qualifying teams and individuals)
Stadium (Visitors Side), Field House if bad weather
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:
Currently there are ten schools that can/will be present in some capacity. Those schools are:
Berkeley Springs, East Fairmont, Fairmont, Frankfort, Grafton, Keyser, North Marion, Oak Glen,
Philip Barbour, and Weir
Parking & Tents:
Buses will drop off teams in front of the stadium. They will then park in the stone lot before the high school. (Make a left after dropping off athletes.) Parent parking is located at the Middle school lot as well as lot below the fieldhouse. (TAKE NOTE, the lot below the fieldhouse will close 10min prior to the girls’ race and not reopen until after the boys’ race has concluded. Spectators wishing to leave after the girls’ race should park at the middle school.) Tents can be placed in visitors’ side bleachers or at the ends of the football field. NO tents or athletes may be on the football playing field.
Restrooms:
Athletes and Coaches restrooms are available in the building along the same side as the visitor bleachers. Spectator restrooms will be located at the front of the stadium.
Spectator/Admission Fee:
The spectator fee will be $6.00 for adults and $5.00 for students -required by WVSSAC. Admission to Region 1-AA XC Meet will be collected in-front of the stadium (along the road) upon coming up the hill to the Frankfort school complex. Remind athletes and parents of current WVSSAC restrictions for athletic events. Tickets will not be pre-sold.
Shirts & Concession:
T-Shirts pre-order form will be sent at a later date. T-Shirts are $20. All pre-orders will need to be made prior to Oct. 18th. Remaining t-shirts will be sold at the race for $20. Concessions will be available at the football stadium.
Race Officials:
Starter/Marshall – Dennis Mickey
Timer – TriStateRacer Robert St. Clair
Support Personnel – Amanda Moreland
Trainer – Tim Haines
Athletic Director/Course Inspector – Jay Hesse
Meet Director –Juan Phillips
Onsite Ambulance Service– Short Gap VFD
Cross-Country Regional Team INFO:
Please have your coach review the rules in the WVSSAC handbook. As a reminder a few have been listed.
1. The waistband of a competitor’s shorts shall be worn above the hips.
2. Participants are forbidden from wearing sunglasses, caps, and jewelry. Hair pins made of soft material or rubber bands may be worn in the hair.
3. Participants may not have an object such as a straw, pencil, or other objects in or about the mouth.
4. Gloves may be worn during the season.
5. Runners may wear a wristwatch or chronograph (no hand held stopwatch allowed).
Penalty: For illegal uniform, the competitor is disqualified from the event.
Please refer to the August Interscholastic (on WVSSAC website) for a
full list of rules.
State Qualification Standards: Your athletes may qualify for the state
meet in two ways:
As a Team (Boys and Girls)
Regions with the following number of teams who start the regional race will qualify the indicated number of teams.
1 - 5 teams - 2 qualifiers
6 - 9 teams - 3 qualifiers
10 plus teams - 4 qualifiers
As an Individual
Each region will qualify 20% of the total number of (AA) contestants
that start the regional race to the state meet, inclusive of those individuals that
qualified as a team qualifier. A minimum
of 10 individuals will qualify from each region. Regular math rounding (0.5 & up, round
up) will apply. A count will be taken on
the line and the number of runners that may qualify for states will be announced
to all athletes and coaches prior to the firing of the gun.
ALL Coaches must
sign and provide the wellness check document on the last page. The wellness document states that the coach
checked all their athletes prior to departing from their home school to the
meet with temperature checks and ensuring all their athletes are in proper
physical well-being. Coaches should turn
in the document upon arrival at which time they will also receive their coaches
packet. There will NOT be a coaches
meeting. If any coach has a concern,
they can present their concern to a race official, Coach Phillips or Coach
Snoberger.
Coaches should
encourage all athletes to be dressed for the meet prior to arriving. This is to ensure that the bathroom
facilities have limited usage.
Hand-sanitizer will be located outside the bathroom facilities. Please encourage your athletes to use prior
to entering and also upon exiting the bathroom facilities.
Coaches should
remind and encourage all athletes and spectators to wear face masks whenever
they are not competing. Coaches and
athletes will be required to have a face mask prior to reaching the start-line
area.
Coaches should
remind athletes to remain with their school and not to intermingle with
athletes from other schools.
Spectators are
not to go beyond the bathroom areas to the stadium. Only athletes and coaches will be allowed in
the tent area.
DIRECTIONS TO Frankfort High School:
Coming from Southwest and west
Coming from the east.
1. Take I-68 E Toward Cumberland.
2. Take exit #148/I-68 E/Cumberland onto I-68 E. Go for 74.8 mi.
3. Take exit #43B/Airport Road. Go for 300ft.
4. Go Straight at stop sign and stay in right lane. Take ramp on right, Canal Parkway, Airport. Go for 300ft.
5. Stay on Canal Parkway over a train track. After bridge remain on US 28 for 10 miles.
6. School on left up hill. Signs for middle school and high school are present at the bottom of the hill. Signs are past Frank’s Coffee/Roaring Springs Business.
Coming from the south.
If coming north on US 28, make a right up the hill past the intersection of US 28 and WV-956. About 4 miles north of Fort Ashby, WV.
CONTACT: If you
have any questions:
Jay Hesse (Frankfort Athletic Director) jhesse@k12.wv.us
Juan Phillips (Frankfort Cross Country Coach) jcphillips@k12.wv.us
Or phone Frankfort High School at 304-726-4767
Region
1-AA Cross Country
Coaches
Covid Statement of Team Well-Being
I
_____________________________, Coach of ___________________________ in order to ensure the well-being of all athletes
at the Region 1-AA, have temperature checked all my athletes. No athlete that boarded the bus/departed for
the Regional meet had an elevated temperature or showed signs of having an illness
that could endanger all athletes at the meet.
I understand the significance of following CDC regulations with wearing
masks and social distancing.
Choose
by Circling: Boys Coach /
Girls Coach
School: ________________________________
Coach Signature: ________________________________