Course Map:

Course location: Dolan Lake, McLeansboro, Illinois

Girl’s Race – Report Time – 3:50 P.M.  – Race Time – 4:00 P.M.

Boy’s Race – Report Time – 4:30 P.M. – Race Time – 4:40 P.M.

Open Race – Report Time – 5:10 P.M. – Race Time – 5:20 P.M.

Course:

2.9 Miles

Awards:

1st Place Boys’ Team Trophy

1st Place Girls’ Team Trophy

1st-5th Place Varsity Boys’ Individual Medals / All Conference

1st-5th Place Varsity Girls’ Individual Medals / All Conference

BENTON INVITATIONAL

10/21/2019

Varsity Boys Race @ 4:00 p.m.  –  Awards for top 20 places – t-shirts

Varsity Girls Race @ 4:45 p.m. – Awards for top 20 places – t-shirts.

Open Race @ 5:15 p.m. – Awards for top 10 Boys – t-shirts and top 10 Girls- t-shirts.

Course: 2.92 Miles

IHSA REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY

SATURDAY, October 26, 2019

Location:             West Frankfort Park, West Frankfort, IL. (2.75 mile course)

Varsity Girls Race (10:00am)

Varsity Boys Race (10:45am)

Entries for Regional will follow the IHSA procedure for Coaches and the Online list of participants.

Information for Online Team Roster/List of Participants is at IHSA website.

Coaches will need to bring a hard copy of participants printed directly from IHSA website to meet.

Race Numbers:    Will be worn by all participants and the name/school portion of the tag

will be removed in the chute.  Runners should remain in order

                               not leave the chute until their tags have been pulled in the correct       

                               finish order.

 T-Shirts:         IHSA Regional T-Shirts will be available for purchase at the meet. The

price is $17 for a short sleeve and $22 for a long sleeve.

Coaches meeting:      This meeting will begin at the starting line at 8:15 am

1)         Coaches will receive a separate packet for all boys and girls on the

            submitted roster.

2)        Bib #’s will be assigned.

3)        Bib # is to be pinned to the front of the singlet.

4)       The bottom of the Bib # will be removed for scoring when the runner is at

            the end of the finish chute.

5)       Do not pin the bottom portion of the bib #.

 Girls Race:     Begins at 10:00 am  Runners must be at the start line by 8:40 am for uniform check.  The starting boxes must be clear of coaches and all other non-participants by 8:55.

 Boys Race:     Begins at 10:45 am  Runners must be at the start line by 9:25 am for uniform check.  The starting boxes must be clear of coaches and all other non-participants by 9:40.

SECTIONALS

Location:        Benton Community Park (2.92 mile course)

Coaches Meeting (9:15am)

National Anthem (9:50am)

Girls Race (10:00am) – need to be at box by 9:45

Boys Race (11:00am) – need to be at box by 10:45

Girls and Boys Awards (12:00pm – 12:15pm)

Entries for Sectional will follow the IHSA procedure for Coaches and the Online list of participants.

Coaches meeting:    This meeting will begin at the starting line at 9:15 am

Girls Race:    Begins at 10:00am Runners must be at the start line by 9:45 am for uniform check.  The starting boxes must be clear of coaches and all other non-participants by 9:55.

Boys Race:    Begins at 11:00 am Runners must be at the start line by 10:45 am for uniform check.  The starting boxes must be clear of coaches and all other non-participants by 10:55.

Qualifying: The top five teams and top seven individuals not on qualifying teams in each race will advance to the IHSA State Meet on November 2, 2019, at Detweiler Park in Peoria. If the top ten runners in a race are all from non-qualifying teams, all ten runners will advance as individual qualifiers.

Timing: Endurance race timing will be the official timing company for the meet. Coaches will receive their finish chips and bibs for each athlete on their rosters at the course on Saturday morning. Please return your chips to the registration table after your race(s). Results will be posted as soon as meet officials have watched a video replay of the finish. Results will not be posted until they are verified and signed by meet officials.

Race Numbers:    Will be worn by all participants. Please use IHSA guidelines for number placement on front of uniform. Race CHIP will be needed for your shoes also.

T-Shirts: Benton IHSA Sectional T-Shirts will be available for purchase at the meet.  The price is $15 for a short sleeve and $20 for a long sleeve.

IHSA Official for this year’s race will be Mark North.

IHSA Starter for this year’s race will be Dave Willmore

Rules Committee:   

Carl Florczyk (Freeburg)

Ryan Bruns (Pinckneyville)

Brent McLain (Benton)

Eric Kirkpatrick (DuQuoin)

Matt Hampleman (West Frankfort)

Eric Dixon (Carmi)Schedule of Events:

Class 1A Girls
– 9:00 A.M.

Class 1A Boys
– 10:00 A.M.

Cross Country Awards will start at 6:30pm in the Hamilton County High School Commons area. It will last approximately an hour at most.

Meet Info

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