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
IMPORTANT COVID 19 Guidelines:
**We will be following / implementing restrictions based on
current COVID-19 Guidelines from WVSSAC at the time of the race.
**We will NOT be selling admission tickets. These tickets (Household
Members and Grandparents only) must be purchased ahead of time through your
school’s Athletic Director. A check must be provided for spectators’ tickets as
you pickup your team’s packet.
**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 upon finishing. We are really stressing this due
to parking and the number of athletes entered to race.
**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 the bull pen/waiting zone. Spectators will NOT be allowed
near starting line or in bull pen/waiting area.
**We will be using TriStateRacer for timing. We will do
our best to keep waves limited and on time. We will try to fill each wave with
a full 84 runners. Please have runners ready and in team waiting zone to
help our process go smoothly and quickly.
Races:
**Please have all runners report to the bull pen / waiting zone 10
minutes prior to the first wave in their division. **
9:30am -- High School Girls 5K Wave
A - Top 3 Runners from each team
9:35 Wave
B - Next 4 Runners from each team
9:40 Wave
C - JV/remaining runners
10:15am -- High School Boys 5K Wave A- Top
3 Runners from each team
10:20 Wave
B - Next 4 Runners from each team
10:25 Wave
C – JV/remaining 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 – Top 3
Runners from each team
11:20 Wave
B – Next 4 Runners from each team
11:25 Wave
C – JV/remaining runners
12:00pm -- Middle School Boys Wave
A – Top 3 Runners from each team
12:05 Wave
B – Next 4 Runners from each team
12:10 Wave
C – JV/remaining runners
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 that should
be given to Athletic Director or Coach. The school should provide a check the
day of the race. We will have spotters in all areas to help runners, as well as
an athletic trainer available.
We WILL NOT be having a concession stand.
We will be using chip timing and computer scoring.
This Meet is sanctioned by WVSSAC.
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