Blacksburg XC Invitational 2015

Blacksburg, VA

Meet Information

Blacksburg XC Invitational

September 26th, 2015

The course: The Blacksburg XC Course is 99.99% all grass with rolling hills and is very scenic. The course is spectator friendly and is considered a championship collegiate course. The course is located behind the Blacksburg High School and has plenty of parking and restroom facilities.
The meet allows ten athletes in the varsity race.

The course is the host of the 2015 Conference 32 Championships and the 2015 3A West Regional Championships.

Meet Schedule:
8:00am-11:15am: Packet pick-up
8:30am: Middle School 3K (6th, 7th, 8th)
9:00am: Varsity Girls (9-12th) may run up to ten athletes
9:45am: Varsity Boys (9th-12th) may run up to ten athletes
10:15am: JV Girls (8th-12th) unlimited entries
11:00am: JV Boys (8th-12th) unlimited entries
11:35am: Open Race 5K
12:00 noon: TEAM AWARDS
12:30pm: Elementary schools championship 2.5K

Varsity Scoring: Top five score, six and seven places count, team finishers eight, nine and ten will be removed from team scoring.

Awards:
Middle school 3K: Top 15 boys and top 15 girls finishers receive medals
Varsity Division: First 25 finishers medal
JV Division: First 15 finishers medal
Open Division: No awards but please register from 8am-11:15am at Packet Pick-up
Elementary Division: First 50 finishers receive awards
Top two teams in each division win awards

Entry fee:
$50 for a HS Varsity team/ $80 for HS Varsity and JV
$90 for boys and girls varsity team (no JV)
$150 for boys and girls varsity and JV squads
$10.00 per individual if less than five runners
Middle school - $40 per gender or $70 for both/ $5.00 per runner
** If a coach wants an 8th grader in the middle school 3K there is no extra charge if paying varsity and JV rate.
Open: Free!
Elementary Division: Free! Sponsored by Runabout Sports

Payment Information: Please mail check to: Blacksburg H.S., ATTN: Peter Lyell, AD, 3401 Bruin Lane, Blacksburg, VA 24060. Please make check out to Blacksburg High School with XC in the memo. You may also bring the check with you to the meet.

High School Registration: Online registration will be through www.milestat.com .
Information for registering online can be found at http://www.milesplit.us/pages/Online_Meet_Reg_Instructions
You do not need to declare your top seven but make sure to declare the individuals running in the meet.

Middle School Registration: Can register online at Milestat.com (see high school registration) or email james@runaboutsports.com with the grade, gender and name of your athletes.

Open Registration: Register at Packet Pick-up from 8am to 11:15am. Race starts at 11:40am. $10.00 and coaches free.

Registration deadline: Monday, Sept 21st at 11:59pm

Results: Will be posted on the results board by the finish line. Results will be sent to Milestat.com.

Shirts: Terrific, long sleeve technical shirts will be available for an amazing price of $15.00!

Concessions: Fruit, baked good, drinks, and pizza (Pizza available in afternoon).

Changing/ shower facilities: Our football half time building that is on sight is available for changing and showers. If you would like the use of this facility you must request it with us by email. E-mail: james@runaboutsports.com

Spectator fee: There will be a $5.00 fee per vehicle (team buses and vans exempt).

Athletic Trainer: We will have an athletic trainer on site for limited assistance.

Water/ Gatorade: Coolers and cups of both will be at the start and finish.

Sanctioning: The meet will be sanctioned. Private schools will need to compete in the JV division if out of state schools compete. Please contact James DeMarco with questions.

QUESTIONS: Please contact James DeMarco at james@runaboutsports.com or 540-552-9339 (work: Runabout Sports)

Hotels: Please see http://www.hokiesports.com/travel/hotels.html for all hotels in area.
Closest hotels:
Hawthorn Suites (two miles from course)1020 Plantation RoadBlacksburg, VA 24060(540)552-5636
Hilton Garden Inn (two miles from course)900 Plantation RdBlacksburg, VA 24060(540) 552-5005

The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center (2.5 miles from course)901 Price's Fork RoadBlacksburg, VA 24061(540)231-8000

Holiday Inn (2.5 miles from course)900 Prices Fork RoadBlacksburg, VA 24060(540)552-7001

Comfort Inn (4.8 miles from course)3705 South Main StreetBlacksburg, VA 24060(540)951-1500

Registration help:
http://va.milesplit.com/pages/Online_Meet_Reg_Instructions