NCHSAA 4A Midwest Regional 2020 2020

This year's Midwest 4A Regional will once again be held at the Ivey M Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville, NC.

Reporting Deadline:Friday, Jan 8 at 11:59pm

4A Midwest Cross Country Regional

The Midwest 4A Regional Cross-Country Championships will be

held at Ivey M. Redmond Sports Complex (Beeson Park Cross Country Park) in

Kernersville, NC on Saturday, January 16th, 2021. The meet will begin at

9:30 a.m. with a coaches meeting beginning at 8:45 a.m. near the finish

line. A few things you need to be aware about this meet:

Meet Referee: Robert Yountz

Line Judge: Anne Popek

Facility Manager: Curtis Swisher

Athletic Trainer: Sam Milbourne

1. Entries were sent in by
   
   Jan. 8^th. We had one team not able register for Covid
   
   protocols. Remember you can only have seven (7) members per boys' and
   
   girls' team. Any runner changes should be sent to me by email or made the
   
   day of the event.

Below is a time schedule for the

event:

• 7:30 am - Facility opens
• 8:45 am - 4A Coaches
  
  Meeting (Coaching Meeting Mandatory)
• 9:30 am - 4A Boys 1^st
  
  Section race (Top 1^st place team plus individual runners from
  
  each conference)
• 10:15 am - 4A Boys 2^nd
  
  Section race( all Remaining teams)
• 11:00 am - 4A Girls 1^st
  
  Section race (Top 1^st place team plus individual runners from
  
  each conference)
• 11:45 am - 4A Girls 2^nd
  
  Section race( all Remaining teams)
• 12:15 pm - 4A Awards

1. All scoring will be done
   
   by Computer. The clock at the finish line is not the official time for the
   
   runners. Coach Beitz is timing the race.
2. Athletes will be
   
   assigned bib numbers that you will place on the front of your uniform.
3. If you would like to
   
   practice at Beeson Park any time before Jan 16^th,you will need
   
   to make a reservation at the Park. You can do this by e-mailing
   
   Curtis Swisher at CSwisher@toknc.com. THE PARK IS CLOSED JAN 12-13 for maintenance.
4. TEAMS: Packets will
   
   handed out on the main road headed into the park. Individual runners and
   
   coaches along Athletic Directors will be a given packets/wristbands along
   
   main road into park. AD's and coaches observing the race need their NCSHAA
   
   Id Card for free entry and access to teams.
5. Spectator parking is
   
   permitted in the gravel parking lot along with the handicap spaces. Cost
   
   for parking is $10.00 per car. Buses will park in the lower parking
   
   lot. Meet officials and volunteers will park in the gravel parking lot
   
   near the finish.
6. Please review the
   
   uniform and jewelry rules and have your athletes in appropriate
   
   uniforms. I recommend bringing extra uniforms in case athletes
   
   forget their uniform or any have a mismatched uniform. I also
   
   recommend checking uniforms at your conference championship meets to get
   
   teams accustomed to being checked. The uniform rule, and all NFHS
   
   and NCHSAA rules, will be enforced. It is the coach's responsibility
   
   to know and communicate the rules to their athletes, including the uniform
   
   rule.
7. NCHSAA State Meet
   
   Qualification:

Top 3 teams and top 4 individuals

from each region will advance to state meet.

9) The

qualifiers for the State XC Meet will automatically be entered for the State

Meet after the Regional XC Meet. Make sure to check spelling of

athletes' names when you enter them on NC MileSplit. If you have any

change to team members to run at the State Meet, make sure to contact State

meet director with your changes.

10) Regional T-Shirts are

available for purchases at: : https://www.grrteesmsp.com/product-category/nchsaa-apparel/nchsaa-cc-regional/

11) Parking

location may change due to weather conditions

12) Hotel

Accommodations: https://www.nchsaa.org/kernersville-hotel-accommodations

COVID Protocols:

13) Attestation and Travel Party Forms:

Each team participating in the regionals should present a completed copy of

these forms to the regional director upon arrival. This is to assure that

everyone in their travel party (coaches, athletes and all others) has been

properly screened for COVID prior to departing for the regionals. The

form is posted on the cross country page: https://www.nchsaa.org/sports/cross-country

14) All spectators are assigned to a

specific area. They will be handed a colored wristband for their area. They

will shown where their spectator area is located. Only spectators with a their

certain color wristband can be allowed in that area. We allowed 100 spectators

per venue area. I will attach the spectator map.

15) All teams must park in lower parking

lot by the baseball fields and team areas. We ask teams stay in team at all

times unless warming up or cooling down. They cannot associate with the

spectators during the races. They can rejoin the parents after races and awards

have conclude.

16) They cannot share water cups or water

bottles.

17) After the race, all runners are to

return back to team area.

18) Awards will be handed out in team area.

19) Social distancing will be

enforced at all times by Coaches and meet officials at all times.

State XC

Championships Meet Information:

Friday, Jan. 22, 2021

Morning Session (4A)

Race Time

Boys A 9:30

Boys B 10:15

Girls A 11:00

Girls B 11:45