NCHSAA 4A Midwest Regional 2021

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

Reporting Deadline:Friday, Oct 22, by 9 PM

4A Midwest Cross Country Regional

From: Paul Egleston - Regional Cross-Country Director, Northwest

Guilford High School

Re: Midwest 4A Cross Country Championships

Coaches:This year's 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, October 30, 2021.The meet will begin at 10:00 a.m. with a

coaches meeting beginning at 9:00 a.m. near the finish line.A few things you need to be aware about this

meet:

1. Entries
   
   are due to me by using the online entry through milesplit (see number 6
   
   below) by 9 p.m. Friday, October
   
   22, 2021.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

9:00 am - 4A Coaches Meeting (Coaching MeetingMandatory)

10:00 am - 4A Boys Race

10:30 am - 4A Girls Race

11:00 am - 4A Awards

Allscoring will be done by Computer. The clock at the finish line is not the

1. 
   
   official time for the runners. Rodney King 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 October 30^th,
   
   you will need to make a reservation at the Park.You can do this by e-mailing Curtis
   
   Swisher at CSwisher@toknc.com.
4. Regional entries are done online at
   
   www.nc.milesplit.com. Instructions on how to use Milesplit are
   
   attached to this.You do not need
   
   to send me your entries as it is all done online.
5. Packet
   
   pick-up will at the tent near the white trailer near the finish line.
6. The
   
   course is exactly a 5K Cross Country Course.It has some rolling hills, with one
   
   brief dirt trail in the woods, rock dust, and grass.There is a mixture of running in the
   
   woods and in open fields.Excellent
   
   for Regional Competition and preparation for the State Meet.
7. Spectator
   
   parking is permitted across the road in the open field. Cost for parking
   
   is $10.00 per car. Buses will park in the lower parking lot. Meet
   
   officials and volunteers will park in the parking lot near the finish.
8. 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.
9. NCHSAA
   
   State Meet Qualification:

The top 25% of teams (minimum of 4

teams qualify) at Regionals and the top 7 individuals not on one of the

qualifying teams will qualify for the State XC Meet.The 25% (any fraction .5 or above will be

rounded up) will be determined by the number of scoring teams (at least 5

athletes) that start the race.Boys' and

girls' teams are considered separately, so 25% of the scoring boys' teams to

start the race and 25% of the scoring girls' teams to start the race will

qualify for the State XC Meet.There are

29 schools in the 4A Midwest Regional; so, 29 teams = 8 qualifying teams; 28

teams = 7 qualifying teams.

11) 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.

12) Regional

T-Shirts will be available for purchase on site.I will have the pricing information in the

final email.

13) There will

be a $10 parking fee for spectators at the Midwest Regional.Parking location may change due to weather

conditions

14) Hotel

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

15) State XC

Championships Meet Information:

November 6, 2021 at Ivey M. Redmon

Sports Complex in Kernersville, NC.

Gates will open for teams and spectators:

8:00 am

3A/1A

• Coaches'Meeting: 8:15AM
• 1AMen: 9:00AM
• 3AMen: 9:40AM
• 1A Women:10:20AM
• 3AWomen: 11:00AM

Awards Presentation: 11:15

4A/2ACoaches'Meeting: 1:15PM

• 2AMen: 2:00PM
• 4AMen: 2:40PM
• 2A Women:3:20PM
• 4AWomen: 4:00PM

Awards Presentation: 4:15 pm

State XC Meet Admission:$10; no charge for children 5 years old and younger

$5 for non-competing athletes, but

they MUST be on the bus with the team.