Meet Information
2019 Hare and Hounds XC Invitational
The Ninth Annual "Hare and Hounds" Invitational
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"TheHare & Hounds Invitational has quickly emerged as one of North Carolina's biggest meets." -- NCRunners
-- "The Hare & Hounds Invitational has emerged as a major meet in North Carolina...and has held some breakout performances in past years." -- NCRunners
***ENTRIES WILL BE DONE VIA ATHLETIC.NET OR NCRUNNERS.COM (CHOOSE ONE)
**For Athletic.Net, go to:
https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/156890/info
**For NCRunners.com, click on the green "Register Online Now" button located near the top right of this page
(ONLY DO ENTRIES ON ONE WEBSITE)
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Cross country can be traced to the early 1800's in England where it was a team sport in public schools. At that time, the sport was named "Hare and Hounds" or "The Paper Chase." The sport would consist of a group of runners that would lay a trail of paper or other devices to mark a trail and another group of runners would follow the trail. In 1837, the first competition was held at Rugby School, which later turned into the sport having a course pre-set over open country land. Participants sometimes had to run through streams, jump fences, and go through hedges.
Come out to McAlpine Creek Park and run a classic course on a Saturday morning.
**Home of the FOOT LOCKER SOUTH Championships since 1982 and various other championship meets.
-- A 2012 "Great Outdoor Provision Co." highlighted meet on ncrunners.com
-- In 2013 the meet was voted one of the top 10 meets in North Carolina according to a poll by ncrunners.com
-- A 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 featured meet on ncrunners.com
***We will have chip timing again this year
Friday, September 20th @ McAlpine Creek Park
-- 5:15 p.m.Boys' Middle School Inv. (3k)...Top 21 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 5:40 p.m.Girls' Middle School Inv. (3k)...Top 21 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
Saturday, September 21st @ McAlpine Creek Park
-- 8:00 a.m.Boys' Championship (Most competitive race, 7 runners max per team)...Top 21 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 8:25 a.m.Girls' Championship (Most competitive race, 7 runners max per team)...Top 21 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 8:55 a.m.Boys' Invitational (Next most competitive race, 7 runners max per team)...Top 21 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 9:25 a.m.Girls' Invitational (Next most competitive race, 7 runners max per team)...Top 21 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 9:55 a.m.Boys' open (for rest of runners or less competitive teams)...Top 21 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 10:25 a.m.Girls' open (for rest of runners or less competitive teams)...Top 21 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 11:10 a.m.Boys' middle school championship (3k)...Top 21 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 11:35 a.m.Girls' middle school championship (3k)...Top 21 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
****Awards for Saturday's races will be given after each race is completed.****
3K & 5K COURSE MAPS: 
Medical: Novant Health and school trainers will be available for emergency care, basic first aid, and taping. Water, injury ice, and an AED will be accessible at the Sports Medicine tent located near the finish line. If your athlete will require taping, please supply your own taping and/or padding materials. All teams are encouraged to bring water for their team areas.
Awards:
-- Top two teams in each race receive a unique trophy made made by a local potter exclusively for this meet.
-- Top individual in each race receives a "Hare" trophy.
-- Second-place individual in each race receives a "Hound" trophy.
-- Top 21 individuals (first, second and third team all-meet) in each race receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
Concessions:There will be some packaged food, snacks and drinks for sale.
T-Shirts:There will be t-shirts at $10 each (approx. 400 so please come early. Orders may be taken for more if they run out.) NEW design for 2019!!!
OTHER
--- Our sponsor, Charlotte Running Company, will be there with shoes and other items.
Results: will be posted to athletic.net and ncrunners.com. There will be live results on mitchelltiming.com.
TEAMS from Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and, of course, North Carolina have competed at this meet.If you would like your school to compete, and your team is from a state other than the ones listed above, please email Brett Honeycutt (brettrhoneycutt@hotmail.com).
*** VARSITY RACES:All varsity athletes can run in any varsity race regardless of what they signed up for.
Middle School:MS runners can run either day/race.
REGISTER:Please go to athletic.net and register for the meet
QUESTIONS:Email meet director Brett Honeycutt at brettrhoneycutt@hotmail.com if you have any questions.
Meet entries will be done BY 11 PM, on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th - via athletic.net or NCRunners.
(COACHES you can change what race your runners compete in on race day without notifying us - as long as they are entered in a race, they can toe the line and are good to go.).
Meet Entry Fees:
-- $70 for a boys' team (unlimited entries)
-- $70 for a girls' team (unlimited entries)
-- $120 if you bring both a boys' and girls' team (unlimited entries)
-- For high school & middle school: Special combo price for schools that bring their high school & middle school teams: if a school has a high school & middle school team participating, you only have to pay $170 total instead of $240 (a savings of $70)
-- Individual entries are $25 each.
TWO PAYMENT OPTIONS:
a) YOU CAN PAY ONLINE AT THE SCHOOL'S SECURE WEBSITE:
b) OR YOU CAN PAY BY MAIL (and send to the school's P.O. BOX):
Checks should be made payable to:Metrolina Christian Academy
SEND registration fees to the school's P.O. Box address (listed below):
Attn: Brett Honeycutt
Metrolina Christian Academy
P.O. Box 1460
Indian Trail, NC 28079
