Meet Information
The 5th Carolinas Kickoff Inv. will be held on Saturday, Aug. 28, at Metrolina Christian, which features a flat and fast, double-loop 5K course and a flat and fast 3K course, and is a great season-opening course for any of your runners (agood many PRs have been set on this course).
**Register on athletic.net or NCRunners/MileSplit
--To register on athletic.net, go to:https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/181630/info
--To register on NCRunners/MileSplit, click the green "Register Online Now" button in the upper right corner of this page
This is a great season-opening course for any of your runners.
Whether your runnersare veterans looking to run a PR in their first race so they can have a nice, mental pick-me-up to start their season, or whether they're a runner who is just getting into shape and needs a flat, fast course to ease them into the season, this meet will encourage both types of runners.
We will cap the high school field to 25 schools (30 if the extra schools are small schools), so it will be a first-come, first-served basis (a true invitational).
The middle school field will not be capped (we had 35 in 2019, and our middle school format allows for more schools to run).
**This meet is also good for local schools if you don't want to travel too far and are looking for an area meet that will provide your kids some fast, season-opening performances.
The high school races will be first, followed by the middle school races (we are starting early to avoid the heat).
MEET SCHEDULE (we are starting early to avoid the heat, so the cooler weather will be more conducive to fast performances)
***Top 15 boys and top 15 girls in each race, except the JV race, will receive a medal.
7:00 a.m., 5K Varsity Boys' Championship (top 7 from each team)...Top 15 will receive medals
7:30 a.m., 5K Varsity Girls' Championship (top 7 from each team)...Top 15 will receive medals
8:05 a.m., Boys & Girls JV 5K (everyone not in the top 7)
8:40a.m., Boys' Middle School 3K Championship (top 7 from each team)...Top 15 will receive medals
9:00a.m., Girls' Middle School 3K Championship (top 7 from each team)...Top 15 will receive medals
9:20 a.m., 6th Grade Boys & Girls' 3K (those not in the top 7)...Top 15 boys & top 15 girls will receive medals
9:45 a.m., 7th Grade Boys' & Girls' 3K (those not in the top 7)...Top 15 boys & top 15 girls will receive medals
10:10a.m., 8th Grade Boys' & Girls' 3K (those not in the top 7)...Top 15 boys & top 15 girls will receive medals
10:35 a.m., Elementary 2K Invitational (2nd-5th grade)...Top 15 boys & top 15 girls will receive medals
We will still give medals to the top 15 boys' finishers and top 15 girls' finishers)
(Each middle school team can put their top 7 in the Championship, but I'm not going to hold anyone to that. DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOUR KIDS SINCE IT IS AN EARLY-SEASON MEET. NO PROBLEM AND NO WORRIES).
***This schedule should help spread everyone out in each race so that the races aren't so packed and so that the runners have plenty of room to maneuver early in the race.
***WE WILL HAVE CHIP TIMING AGAIN THIS YEAR***
1. DEADLINE TO ENTER ROSTERS: Tuesday, Aug. 24, 11:59 p.m. (please enter earlier if possible).
2. TEAM AWARDS:
*Top threeteams in each Championship race will receive plaques
*Top 2 teams in the grade-level races will receive plaques.
*No JV team awards will be given.
3. MEDALS:Top 15 individuals in each of the races will receive a medal (except for the JV race).
4. MEET ENTRY FEE:(to cover cost of awards and chip timing):
--- $60 for middle school teams (this covers both boys & girls teams)
--- $60 for high school teams (this covers both boys & girls teams)
--- **$100combo high school/middle school (if a school brings both middle school and high school teams)
--- $20 for individuals (for unattached runners or teams with less than 4 runners total)
Make checks payable to: "Metrolina Christian Academy" and put "Carolinas XC Kickoff" in the subject line, and mail to our P.O. Box (or bring the day of the meet):
Metrolina Christian Academy
P.O. Box 1460
Indian Trail, NC 28079
5. COURSE:Flat, fast and through the woods on dirt/grass, which will be an encouragement for a first meet. Any shoe is appropriate (racing flats, spikes, and even trainers for those runners who don't have flats or spikes)
6. WATER:We will have water, but also please bring your own water so that your athletes can have access to fluids in multiple places.
7. CONCESSIONS:We will have Sunset Slush and a food truck.
8. T-SHIRTS:We will have meet t-shirts for $10 (new design for 2021!)
9. TRAINERS:We will have trainers from Novant Healthcare on site. If you have a trainer for your school, please feel free to bring them, as well.
10. TENT SET UP-- Go to the back of the parking lot, where you can see the start/finish area roped off.-- You will see picnic shelters and picnic tables outside the fenced-in soccer field.-- Just beyond that, you will see some shaded grassy areas with plenty of tall trees in the back yard of what looks like a house (it's actually an office).-- Place your tents in the shaded area.
***This tent set-up area will allow runners easy access to the starting areas without creating to much foot traffic in that area.
11. PARKING:
-- BUSES:Please park buses in the back gravel lot (just keep going all the way back until you see gravel. It's to the far right of the back parking lot)
-- SPECTATORS:Please begin parking at the back of the school and then let the lot fill up so that it's easier for people to find places as they arrive.-- Traffic flow should be helped by the fact we have 10 races going off from 7:00 a.m. until nearly 11 a.m.
12. 3K COURSE MAP:
13. 5K COURSE MAP:
14. QUESTIONS:Email brettrhoneycutt@hotmail.com if you have questions.
Thank you,
Brett Honeycutt
Metrolina Christian Head Cross Country Coach
brettrhoneycutt@hotmail.com
Cell: 704-236-4204