Meet Information
2022 Hare and Hounds XC Invitational
The 12th Annual "Hare and Hounds" Invitational
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"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 NCRUNNERS.COM & ATHLETIC.NET (**only enter on ONE of the sites**)
**TO ENTER ON NCRUNNERS.COM, click the green "Register Online Now" button on the upper right corner of this page
**TO ENTER ON ATHLETIC.NET, go to this link: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/203752/info
Come out to McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotte and run a classic course on a Saturday morning.
**McAlpine has been home of the Southeast Footlocker (now Eastbay) Championships since 1982 and has also hosted state, regional, conference and various other high school and college championship meets, including AAU, USATF, NCAA Regionals and NAIA Nationals.
-- In 2013 Hare & Hounds was voted one of the top 10 meets in North Carolina according to a poll by ncrunners.com
-- For the past 10 years (2012-2021), Hare & Hounds has been a featured meet on ncrunners.com
GREAT COMPETITION:Runners from Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and, of course, North Carolina have competed at this meet.
We will have chip timing again this year
Friday, September 16th @ McAlpine Creek Park
-- 5:25 pm Boys' Middle School Invitational (3k)...Top 20 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 5:50 pm Girls' Middle School Invitational (3k)...Top 20 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
Saturday, September 17th @ McAlpine Creek Park
-- 7:55 am Boys' Championship (Most competitive race, 7 runners max per team)...Top 20 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it. (**Limited to top teams; this is not a race for developmental runners)
-- 8:15 am Girls' Championship (Most competitive race, 7 runners max per team)...Top 20 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it. (**Limited to top teams; this is not a race for developmental runners)
-- 8:40 am Boys' Invitational (Next most competitive race, 7 runners max per team)...Top 20 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it. (**not a race for developmental runners)
-- 9:10 am Girls' Invitational (Next most competitive race, 7 runners max per team)...Top 20 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it. (**not a race for developmental runners)
-- 9:40 am Boys' open (limits still to be determined)...Top 20 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it. (**for teams that are not as competitive and for developmental runners)
-- 10:10 am Girls' open (limits still to be determined)...Top 20 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it. (**for teams that are not as competitive and for developmental runners)
-- 10:55 am Boys' middle school championship (3k)...Top 20 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 11:15 am Girls' middle school championship (3k)...Top 20 individuals receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
-- 11:35 am Boys' and Girls' Elementary Championship (2K) ... Top 20 boys and Top 20 girls receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
****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 trophy
-- Top individual in each race receives a "Hare" trophy.
-- Second-place individual in each race receives a "Hound" trophy.
-- Top 20 individuals in each race receive a dog tag with race name and place on it.
Concessions: There will be a food truck and some packaged food, snacks and drinks for sale.
T-Shirts: There will be t-shirts at $15 each (approx. 500 so please come early. Orders may be taken for more if they run out.) NEW design for 2022!!!
OTHER--- Our sponsor, Charlotte Running Company, will be there with shoes and other items.
Results: will be live on athletic.net and ncrunners.com and will be posted on athletic.net and ncrunners.com after the meet.
RUNNERS from Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, 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 or NCRunners and register for the meet
To register on athletic.net accept the invitation or add the meet to your schedule
To register on NCRunners/MileSplit: go to NCRunners.com
QUESTIONS: Email meet director Brett Honeycutt at brettrhoneycutt@hotmail.com if you have any questions.
Meet entries will be done BY September 12th, MONDAY
(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 are good to go.).
Meet Entry Fees:
-- $85 for a boys' team
-- $85 for a girls' team
-- $150 if you bring both a boys' and girls' team (savings of $20 if you bring both teams)
-- $185 if you bring your high school & middle school teams (a savings of $115).
-- Individual entries are $25 each (unless a team has more than 3 and then they can pay the team price)
IF PAYING ONLINE:
--Go to this link: https://www.metrolinachristian.org/tickets
--Click "Athletics"
--Click "Register" for "Hare & Hounds"
--Choose your options
IF PAYING BY CHECK:
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
QUESTIONS: Email meet director Brett Honeycutt at brettrhoneycutt@hotmail.com.Thank you,
Brett Honeycutt
Metrolina Christian HeadCross Country Coach
brettrhoneycutt@hotmail.com
Cell: 704-236-4204
PARKING MAP:
TO ORIENT YOURSELF, PLEASE READ BELOW:
REGULAR COURSE PARKING: look to the middle right; you will see a trail leading from the regular course parking area to the lake (the corner of the lake is just visible to the far, far right of the screen)
BLUE OUTLINE: That is overflow parking and where you are allowed to park (shuttles will be there shuttling people over if we need overflow parking, which we usually do. McAlpine Park only has overflow parking available on Saturdays).
RED OUTLINE: You can not park here. If people do, it jeopardizes any large invitationals from ever taking place at McAlpine (Providence Inv., Wendy's, Eastbay, Hare & Hounds, etc.). Mecklenburg County Park & Rec has let each of the meet directors know, so we must have you, your parents and your team's full cooperation.
MAP OF MCALPINE PARK'S 3K AND 5K COURSES:
