The RITCHIE COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY TEAM would like to invite your team to the
RITCHIE COUNTY INVITATIONAL
sponsored by West Virginia Insurance
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Location: Cokeley Recreation Area at North Bend State Park
Hosted by RITCHIE COUNTY Cross Country Teams
***We
are limiting the number of athletes attending the race to 450 runners.***
We will monitor Race Time Entry as teams/athletes enter and will close the race
once we reach our limit. This change has been made to assist with parking and
facility capacity at North Bend State Park.
Races:
9:30am -- Middle School Girls
10:00am -- Middle School Boys
10:30am -- Middle School Awards
Awards: Top 20 Medals: Team 1st and 2nd places
11:15am -- High School Girls 5k
12:00pm -- High School Boys 5k
12:30pm -- High School Awards
Awards: Top 30 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
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:
$80.00 for both High School teams
$45.00 for one High School team
$70.00 for both Middle School teams
$40.00 for one Middle school team
$10.00 per High School runner, $6.00 per Middle School runner.
There will not be any JV races. 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 25, 2023.
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
Ellenboro, WV 26346
Middle School
Athletic Director
Ritchie County Middle School
201 Ritchie County 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 x607