Meet Information
To keep numbers within state guidelines as much as possible, and to facilitate
distancing and COVID-19 safety, the following measures will be taken:
1. All adults and spectators need to wear a mask
2. Set up your team tents at the white poles we'll have set out. You can set up at whichever you
want, but it needs to be at one of the poles. This will maintain some spacing between the teams.
3. The race is being chip timed by Run Roanoke, so there is no group of adults working the finish,
no chute to clog, and no reason to stop. When runners finish, they need to walk as quickly as
possible away from the finish to their team tent.
4. The most crowded spot at a XC race is the finish line. For one thing, everyone should already be
wearing masks. In addition, do not breach the flagging that will be set along the finish straight and
space yourselves out as much as possible on either side.
5. COVID SCREENING - Use the form attached to pre-screen all your athletes and coaches
before you leave. CHA will screen spectators and visitors at the parking
area.
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6. There will be no common water at the meet or finish line. Each team should bring
water, gatorade, and snacks for their own team.
7. Our restroom/locker rooms are inside the gym. Going into the gym should only be
for access to the bathrooms, no hanging out or congregating in the gym. Coaches,
please enforce this for your group.
8. Start boxes will be marked for each school, proportionately wide for their number of
runners, and spaced apart significantly in an approximate arc.
9. Schedule
The #1 measure that is going to help us keep the numbers down so we can have this
meet is a split schedule. I borrowed it from another VACA school who used it very
effectively recently. If you have any questions about its details, please email me early. We
need teams to abide by this schedule.
Basically, the meet will be split into middle school events in the am, and varsity events
after, with a transition time for the first group to leave and the second to arrive.
Middle school events
7:30 MS teams and spectators arrive
9:00 MS girls 3K race
9:45 MS boys 3K race
10:30 MS awards and departure of all MS athletes and spectators
(Beginning as soon as possible from 10:30, middle school runners AND spectators
need to leave the campus.)
Varsity events
11:00 varsity teams and spectators arrive
11:30 varsity girls 5k race
12:30 varsity boys 5K race
1:15 Varsity awards
Please note: the middle school events will be rolling within their schedule, as will the
varsity events. This means the girls MS race will not start until 9:00, but if the MS boys
race is ready to go at 9:30, it will start. Which will also make the awards earlier.
But regardless, the varsity girls race will not start until 11:30. Then the varsity events
will also use a rolling schedule if possible.
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Christian Heritage Academy would like to invite all local Christian or private schools to the seventh annual CHARCS Private School Cross Country Invitational.
Location:
The meet will be held Saturday morning, September 26th at the Christian Heritage campus in Rocky Mount, VA.
Fees:
$60 per high school team of 5 or more. $10 per runner if less than full team. $30 per middle school team of 5 or more. $5 per middle school runner if less than full team. $150 maximum fee per school.
Make checks out to "Christian Heritage Academy" and mail to the attention of Nancy Castillo, 625 Glennwood Drive, Rocky Mount, VA 24151.
Awards:
Medals to the top 10 runners in each race (MS boys/girls will be separated) and trophies to the top varsity AND middle school teams.
CHA Course Records:
Boys MS 3K - Ryan Connelly, Roanoke Catholic 10:10
Girls MS 3K -- Ellen Ann Deneen, New Covenant 12:21
Boys HS 5K -- Daniel Connelly, Roanoke Catholic 15:56
Girls HS 5K - Maddie Harper, Grace Christian 20:12
CHARCS Meet Records
Boys MS 3K - Ryan Connelly, Roanoke Catholic 10:10
Boys HS 5K -- Daniel Connelly, Roanoke Catholic 15:56
Girls HS 5K - Maddie Harper, Grace Christian 20:12
Submitting Entries:
We would like to have all entries done through milestat.com. ALL ENTRIES ARE DUE BY WEDNESDAY, September 26th at midnight. If you are having problems and would like to e-mail your entries please contact Eric Miller at: emiller@chaknights.org or fax to Eric Miller at 540-483-9355.
Information for registering online can be found at www.milesplit.us/pages/Online_Meet_Reg_Instructions or the directions are listed below.
1. Login or Register - You must have a user name and password for Milesplit. To get that, if you don't have one, click register in the top right gray MileSplit bar directly under the Universal Sports logo and search box.
2. Claim Your Team - If you haven't already set this up, you must be registered as a coach or team administrator to register for a meet. In order to get set up, you go to your team page, and at the top right, click ?Claim This Team.? Choose either that you want to be a coach or team admin. Follow the instructions on that page. Apply and submit. Once you do that and are approved (usually within a few hours), you will receive a confirmation email and you'll be set to go to the next step.
3. Update Your Roster - If your team's roster is not already up to date, now is a good time to get any corrections made and add any additional athletes to it. Go to your team page, login, and you will see button that says "Team Administration" to the right of your team's name. Click that and then click roster on left hand toolbar. Enter or update your roster, adding any new athletes. To move graduated athletes to Alumni, simply add their graduation year and hit save.
4. Enter the Meet - Go to the season calendar and click on the green meet registration button of the meet you want to enter. Read and follow the instructions carefully and fill out the form completely. Once entered you'll see all of the available events/races listed out. To put your athletes into these events/races click the "Edit Entries" link by the event. On the following page, check the athletes you want in the race (putting in seed times if applicable), and click the save button at the bottom. Do this for each event/race. You will be able to change and update these entries until the entry deadline.
Directions:
From Roanoke on 220S, take the third Rocky Mount exit (220Bus). At the top of the ramp, turn right on Doe Run Rd and immediately turn right on 220Bus.
From Martinsville on 220N, take the first Rocky Mount Exit (220Bus)
THEN follow 220Bus, take a left at the first light (Scuffling Hill Rd), take a left on the first paved road (Glennwood Dr) and CHA's campus is at the bottom of the hill.
Registration this year is online through Milestat.com. If you are having any issues entering your team, please email emiller@chaknights.org
Course Maps:
5K: www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/10856394/
3K: www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/10873882/