WCAC Cross Country Championship 2017

WCAC 2017 Cross Country Championship Format

COACHES' INSTRUCTIONS 1. Coaches please go to the following link www.milesplit.com to register your athletes for the WCAC Cross Country Championships. The registration window will be open from Oct. 17 to Oct. 21, closing at 11:59 pm. Please email your girls and boys varsity rosters prior to Oct. 21.

2. Packets may be picked up at 9:00 AM near the finish area where we will have the coaches' meeting.

3. Please have your athletes on the starting line and ready to go 10 minutes prior to the start of each race.

3. Meet Schedule: 9:30 AM Coaches' meeting (Awards Table)

10:00 AM Freshman Boys

10:30 AM Varsity B Boys

11:00 AM Varsity B Girls

11:30 AM Varsity A Boys

12:00 noon Varsity A Girls

12:45 PM Awards ceremony (Picnic Shelter)

4. Awards, both individual and team, will be handed out at the awards ceremony as follows:

Varsity A races: medals to top 12 individuals, plaques to 2nd place teams and trophy to 1st place teams

Varsity B races: medals to top 12 individuals, plaques to 2nd place team and trophy to 1st place team

Freshmen race: medals to top 12 finishers

5. Assigning chip & bib numbers: MIKE FILL THIS IN AS YOU NEED!!!!!

Each athlete competing in a race will be assigned a competitor bib number which will be pinned to their chest and a corresponding chip to be worn on their shoe. YOU MUST MAKE CERTAIN EACH ATHLETE WEARS THE BIB NUMBER AND CHIP ASSIGNED TO HIM/HER ON THE SHEET IN YOUR PACKET. Each athlete must start and finish the race with both items to receive a time. Additional instructions for the shoe chip will be provided in each team's packet. ALL chips must be returned at the conclusion of the meet. A $25 fee will be assessed for each chip not returned after the meet.

6. Course Markings: MIKE FILL THIS IN AS YOU NEED!!!!!

Areas of the course in open areas will also be marked by BLUE and RED landscape flags along with WHITE and YELLOW chalk on the ground. There will be directional flags in those ambiguous corners or trails in the woods. Athletes must run the course as marked and within the boundaries of the flagged portions of the course. Failure to adhere to the course markings will result in disqualification of offending runners.

7. Officiating:

The meet referee (Mike), or designee, is responsible for starting each race and for judging finish places and for enforcement of appropriate rules. An appeals committee of three head coaches

(DeMatha, Good Counsel, O'Connell) were chosen at the coaches' meeting. The appeals committee will be called upon in case any head coach files an official appeal with the referee.

8. Eligibility

In order to race any athletes in either Varsity B or freshman boys' races, a team must race a minimum of 5 competitors in the Varsity A race. An unlimited number of runners from a school may compete in freshman and varsity B races. No more than 7 runners may compete in a Varsity A race.

Freshmen that run in the Freshmen race cannot run in two races on championship day.

9. Bathroom facilities

Bathroom Facilities (port-a-potty) are located near the parking area.

10. Athletic trainers

Athletic training staff will be available for treating athletes in need. They will be stationed