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 3, 2020
Location: Cokeley Recreation Area at North Bend
State Park
Hosted by RITCHIE COUNTY Cross Country Teams
Races:
**Please
have all runners report to their team waiting zone 10 minutes prior to the
first wave in their division. **
9:30am --
High School Girls 5K Wave A: 5 full
teams
9:35 Wave B:5 full teams
9:40 Wave C: 5 full teams
9:45 Wave D: incomplete teams + JV
9:50 Wave E: JV runners
10:15am
-- High School Boys 5K Wave A: 5 full
teams
10:20 Wave B: 5 full teams
10:25 Wave C: 5 full teams
10:30 Wave D: incomplete teams + JV
10:35 Wave E: JV
runners
10:40 Wave F:
JV runners
Awards: Top
30 medals: Teams 1st, 2nd, 3rd places
Will be given to coach once results are complete
11:15am -- Middle School Girls Wave A: 5
full teams
11:20 Wave B: 5 full teams
11:25 Wave C: 5 full teams
11:30 Wave D: incomplete teams + JV
12:00pm
-- Middle School Boys Wave A: 5 full teams
12:05 Wave B: 5 full teams
12:10 Wave C: 5 full teams
12:15 Wave D: incomplete teams + JV
Awards: Top
20 Medals: Team 1st and 2nd places
Will be given to coach once results are complete
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 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 with prepackaged
food/drinks/snacks only. We will be using chip timing and computer scoring.
This Meet is sanctioned by WVSSAC.
COVID 19
Guidelines:
**We
will be following or implementing restrictions based on current COVID-19
Guidelines from WVSSAC at the time of the race.
**We will
be using TriStateRacer for timing. We will give more
specific details the day of the event (see Coach’s packet) once we see what
teams/athletes who have registered and are eligible
the day of the race. We will do our best to keep waves limited and on time. We
will try to fill each wave with a full 35 runners. It could be possible that JV
runners can help fill up each wave if there are incomplete teams. Please have
runners ready and in team waiting zone to help our process go smoothly and
quickly.
**Coaches
should encourage athletes to be dressed for the meet prior to
arriving.
**Coaches should remind and encourage all athletes and spectators
to wear face masks whenever they are not competing and are not social
distancing. Coaches and athletes will be required to have a face
mask while in their team waiting zone.
**Coaches should remind athletes to remain with their school and
not to intermingle with athletes from other schools. Runners should plan to
cool down and leave the event area upon finishing.
Entry
Fees:
$90.00 for both High School teams
$50.00 for one High School team
$70.00 for both Middle School teams
$40.00 for one Middle school team
$15.00 per High School runner, $10.00 per Middle School runner.
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, 2020.
Checks
should be made payable to Ritchie County High School Athletic Department or
Ritchie County Middle School Athletic Department and mailed to the
following:
High
School Athletic Director
Ritchie
County High School
201 Ritchie
County School Road, Suite 1
Ellenboro,
WV 26346
Middle
School Athletic Director
Ritchie County Middle School
201 Ritchie County School Road, Suite 2
Ellenboro,
WV 26346
**
FOR QUESTIONS YOU MAY CONTACT: Head Coach, Holli Haddox Vaughan: ritchiexc@gmail.com (cell)
(304) 539-3030 (school) (304) 477-3273