PIAA District 1 Championships 2012

Lehigh University-Goodman Campus XC
Bethlehem, PA
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DISTRICT 1 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

INFORMATION SHEET

 

DATE: Friday, October 26, 2012

TIME: 1st Race 9:30 a.m.

PLACE: LEHIGH UNIVERSITY - 5,000 meter course

 

PARKING INFORMATION: Parking will be available in the lots indicated below.

                    DO NOT PARK IN ANY OTHER AREAS.

 

There are specific designated parking areas for spectators, school transportation vehicles (buses, vans, cars), meet officials, and meet management.

 

YOU MUST PARK IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS. YOU MAY NOT PARK WHERE YOU CHOOSE. PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON THE COURSE, THE GRASS, OR THE STREETS AT ANYTIME – RACE DAY OR REVIEW DAY. NO ONE IS TO PARK BEHIND THE START LINE.

 

Varsity House Parking Lots are for Meet Officials and Meet Management only.

 

Stabler Arena Parking lot is located behind Stabler Arena. This lot is to be used by all spectators and all school buses, vans, cars, or vehicles transporting athletes.

 

THE ROAD LEADING TO THE PARKING AREAS AND TO THE COURSE START AND FINISH LINE WILL     BE CLOSED TO PARKING OF ANY NATURE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO SPECTATORS AND TO ABIDE BY IT YOURSELF.

 

FACILITIES: Teams should arrive dressed to compete. There will be restroom facilities     at the Football Stadium but no facilities for changing or cover for

warm up. Stabler Arena and Rausch Field House will not be in use, there will be no entry.

 

REVIEW OF COURSE: The following dates in October are dates that you can go over

the course--October 22, 23, 24, 2012. PLEASE- NO REVIEW ON OTHER DAYS. Course review on the day of the race will be permitted until the first race begins (9:30am). NO ONE SHOULD BE REVIEWING THE COURSE AFTER THAT POINT. When you review the course you are requested to park only in the parking lots available. Do not drive or park on the course or the university grass fields. ON THE REVIEW DAYS, PLEASE RESPECT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY TEAMS THAT ARE PRACTICING WHILE YOU ARE REVIEWING THE COURSE.

 

TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL PACKETS: Team and individual packets may be picked up on the day of the meet at the Officials area/trailer. These packets contain 1 (one) “chip”

for each of your VARSITY runners – make sure the correct chip is worn by the correct

athlete. They are attached to the shoe with its laces – YOU MAY NOT USE DUCT TAPE TO

SECURE THE LACES/CHIP. At the end of the meet, all chips are to be returned to the trailer in the original team envelope. Teams will be charged $35 for any lost chips. WHEN CHIPS ARE RETURNED PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE THEY ARE COUNTED SO THERE ARE NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS.

 

TYPE OF COURSE: 5,000 meters grass with some uphills and downhills. Spikes or flats may be worn.

 

“NEW THIS YEAR (2012)”: THE PIAA STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VIEW THE CROSS COUNTRY RULES INTERPRETATION PRESENTATION ONLINE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AT THE CONCLUSION. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO YOUR TEAMS WILL ALWAYS BE IN COMPLIANCE. The below link will take you to the PIAA website/cross country rules page

     https://www.piaa.org/account/sign-in.aspx

 

 

 

AAA SCHOOLS - You may list 7 VARSITY names and 5 ALTERNATES on your milesplit entry. To vie for the team championship in the seeded race, you must run at least five but no more than seven individuals. If you are not looking for a team championship, you still may run up to and including seven individuals in the seeded race. The rest of your runners may run in the unseeded race WITHOUT CHIPS provided by District 1.

AA & A SCHOOLS - You may list 7 VARSITY names and 5 ALTERNATES on your milesplit entry. To vie for the team championship in the seeded race, you must run at least five but no more than seven individuals. There will be a AA Boys varsity race and a AA Girls varsity race plus a Boys and Girls varsity A race. The rest may run in the girls and boys unseeded races WITHOUT CHIPS provided by District 1.

 

ENTRIES OPEN: MONDAY, OCTOBER 1st http://pa.milesplit.com/meets/121099/                        

ENTRIES CLOSE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 15th (Midnight) YOU MUST HAVE YOUR ENTRIES IN pa.milesplit.us BY THIS DATE. PLEASE USE THE ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS LETTER TO ENTER YOUR TEAMS. PLEASE FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS. Any questions please call, Rich Ames at 215-822-8881 or Don Rich 610-662-6677.

 

***NEW FOR 2012*** – You may designate up to 7 varsity and 5 alternate runners on the milesplit entry - in the seeded races only 7 of these runners will run in the race. Any/all substitutions must come from the alternates list. To do a substitution you must hand in a 3 x 5 card with the following information:

School Name

Classification (boys or girls – A, AA or AAA)

DROP – name of athlete

ADD – name of athlete.

This card must be handed to Rich Ames or Michael Kelly in the finish line area (next to the Champion-chip truck) no later than 9:00 a.m. on the day

of the meet. All runners on your team other than those you ran in the seeded race may enter the unseeded races – they will NOT have chips or be registered on line.

METHOD OF STARTING: Team position will be drawn in random manner prior to the meet. Teams will report to the starting line no later than 15 minutes prior to the scheduled race time. There are no “run outs” after teams are called to the line. Starting will be by the Block method on the start line for all races. Starting line position will be available in your team packet for all races.

 

ORDER OF RACES: (NEW FOR 2012)

     9:30 a.m. – GIRLS A (7 max.)

     10:00 a.m. – GIRLS AA (7 max.)

     10:30 a.m. – GIRLS AAA(7 max.)

     11:00 a.m. – BOYS A (7 max.)

     11:30 a.m. – BOYS AA (7 max.)

     12:00 p.m. – BOYS AAA (7 max.)

     12:30 p.m. – BOYS NON-SEEDED (no max.) - new start time this year

     12:35 p.m. – GIRLS NON-SEEDED (no max.) – new start time this year

     1:30 p.m. – Awards – A Girls & Boys, AA Girls & Boys, AAA Girls & Boys in the Lehigh University Stadium

WE WILL STICK TO THIS TIME SCHEDULE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. RACES WILL NOT START BEFORE THE LISTED TIME. PLEASE BE PREPARED.

 

AWARDS: A team trophy for each classification. Also, 1st and 2nd place team medals; and medals to the (new in 2012) 1A - 8 medals, 2A - 11 medals, 3A - 20 medals – this reflects the different size of the fields in the three classification.

 

QUALIFIERS FOR STATES: AAA schools - top 5 teams and top 25 non-team finishers.

AA schools – top team and top 5 non-team finishers. A schools top team and top 5 individuals

 

 

 

 

**** New Entry Procedure ****

Entry Instructions Using MileSplit Online Registration:

1.     If you have not created a MileSplit userID, you will need to do so before you can register your team. There is no charge for this userID. Click “Register” in the header of any MileSplit page. If you already have a userID, go to step 2.

2. To register your team roster using the MileSplit system, you must be a team administrator, OR, claim your team as a coach. Again, there is no charge for this. In order to sign up as team admin OR coach, you go to your team page on the MileSplit state site (http://pa.milesplit.us/ (or your state's site if not from PA), and at bottom of the right margin, you'll see – “Sign up as team admin”. OR, at the top, click “Claim This Team”, and then click either Coach OR Site Administrator. Once you do that and are approved (usually within the hour) - you will receive a confirmation email and you'll be set to go to step 3.

3. Log-in using your userID, go to your team page, and you will see a “Team Manager” link. Click and then you are in Admin mode. Click “Roster” on the left hand toolbar. Enter or update your roster, adding any new athletes. To move previously entered but graduated athletes to Alumni, simply add their graduation year and hit refresh. If you find duplicates, simply email those names to don@penntrackxc.com. (Duplicates occur when meet results from previous seasons have different spellings, etc.). You can also remove athletes from either the XC or the Track roster by clicking the check box for specific athletes, and then the appropriate button at the top of the roster page. When entering the meet, this will then only show that season's roster on the meet entry page. You can go back to the team page at any time and make modifications. Spend a little time on your team page to see what other tools are there for you to use.

4. Now it's time to enter the meet. Go to the season calendar and click on the green meet registration button of the meet you want to enter.  Then follow the instructions for entering your team into the meet, and then adding names to the events.

With questions, contact:
 Don Rich, MileSplit PA Webmaster (Email: drich@milesplit.us OR don@penntrackxc.com
         OR
Gayle Rich, MileSplit Online Registration Sales & Support (Email: grich@milesplit.us)

FAQ's page: http://pa.milesplit.us/help/faq/meetreg

To sign up your meet to use the MileSplit Online Registration, visit: http://www.milesplit.us/pages/Meet_Registration_Form

 

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION – MONDAY OCTOBER 15th (midnight)

You may enter up to 7 varsity and 5 alternate runners in the seeded races. Any/all substitutions must come from the alternates list. To do a substitution you must hand in a 3 x 5 card with the following information:

     School Name

     Classification (boys or girls – A, AA or AAA)

     DROP – name of athlete

     ADD – name of athlete.

This card must be handed to Rich Ames or Michael Kelly in the finish line area (next to the Champion-chip truck) no later than 9:00 a.m. on the day of the meet. All runners on your team other than those you ran in the seeded race may enter the unseeded races – they will NOT have chips or be registered on line.