Meet Information
COACHES PLEASE READ: BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RAIN AT THE FARM ACROSS THE STREET FROM PATRICK HENRY WHERE WE NORMALLY HOST THE BECKY SELFE INVITATIONAL, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE THE MEET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THEIR SECOND CUTTING OF HAY YET SO THEY WANT TO LET THE GRASS GROW FOR A FEW WEEKS LONGER.
IT'S A GOOD COURSE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND IT IS 98% FLAT. I WILL BE CHANGING THE STARTING LINE TO HAVE MORE SPACE FOR THE RUNNERS FROM THE PREVIOUS CONFIGURATION OF THE COURSE BUT IT WILL MOSTLY BE THE SAME FROM WHEN WE RAN HERE DURING COVID.
SORRY FOR THE LATE NOTICE BUT WE DECIDED THIS MORNING THAT THIS IS THE BEST OPTION. THE SCHEDULE AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR THE MEET WILL STAY THE SAME. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I WILL LAY OUT THE COURSE AT THE SCHOOL NEXT WEEK AND WILL SEND ALL OF YOU MAPS AS SOON AS I CAN.
- The meet will be sanctioned for Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina
ATTENTION CROSS COUNTRY COACHES. THE BECKY SELFE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, August 31st.
My name is Mark Love and I am the head cross country coach at Patrick Henry High School in Glade Spring, Va. I would like to invite you to the 16th annual Becky Selfe Invitational which will be held on Saturday, August 31st.
INFORMATION FOR THE MEET:
The entry fee is $125.00 per school or $60.00 per team ( boys and girls) for high schools. The entry fee for middle schools is $60.00 per school.
Individual runners (less than 5 per team) will be $5.00 per runner
You can send your entry fee to Patrick Henry High School, 31437 Hillman Highway, Glade Spring, Va 24340, C/O Mark Love Cross Country Coach, or you can bring the entry fee with you to the meet.
Make checks payable to Patrick Henry High School and please write on the memo line of the check that it is for cross country.
There will be t-shirts sold at the meet
Timing and Scoring: This years race will be timed using Chip technology. Trojan Timing will be timing as in the past, and has invested in the most up to date chip timing technology. The most important part about adding this technology is to ensure that every athlete is wearing their assigned chips and that those chips are returned following each race.
Chip Return- Trojan Timing will have 2 places to return chips. You can return chips at registration for any athlete that will not be participating. All participating athletes will be required to return chips prior to leaving the finish area. A $10 return chip fee will be assessed to the participating team for every chip not returned. Returning chips is the responsibility of the head coach of each team.
Entries will be online and it will open on August 1st. If you know that you will be attending, go ahead and add your schools name so I can get an idea of how many schools will be participating.
TIME SCHEDULE:
9:00 Girls Varsity ( 3.1) (top seven runners)
9:45 Boys Varsity (3.1) (top seven runners)
10:30 Combined JV (3.1) Boys and Girls not in your top seven
11:15 - Middle School Girls (1.5) (6th, 7th, and 8th grade only)
11:45 - Middle School Boys (1.5) 96th, 7th, and 8th grade only)
No awards ceremony. Medals may be picked up by coaches only at the concession stand. We will be putting them in packets
MEDALS
Top 15 Girls and Boys Varsity
Top 5 Girls and Boys JV
Top 10 Girls and Boys Middle School
TROPHIES
Top 3 teams Girls and Boys Varsity
If you plan on attending the Becky Selfe Invitational or if you have any questions you can e-mail me at mlove@wcs.k12.va.us. You can also call me at the school at 276-739-3700 or text me at 276-685-3305.
I will send more information as the meet draws closer and we look forward to seeing you at the Becky Selfe Invitational
Mark Love
Cross Country/Track Coach
Patrick Henry High School
Glade Spring, Va