High Schools - Please Share with Your Junior Highs

TO: High School and Junior High Cross Country Coaches

(High Schools - please share with your Junior Highs)

FROM: Brad Parris, Track Coach, McMurry University

RE: Fifth Annual Bill Libby/McMurry University Cross Country Invitational Meet You and your team are invited!

DATE: Saturday, September 6th, 2014

ENTRIES: Will be made through Direct Athletics at www.directathletics.com

Entries will open on Saturday, August 30th, 2014 at 12:00 NOON and close on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 at 12:00 NOON. Be sure that you have entered your team and individuals. If you do not have a school code you can get one through Direct Athletics.

ACCEPTANCE: Please email Brad Parris () if you plan to attend. Do not send entries with this email just let me know you are coming. Please include your cell phone in case we need to contact you for any reason.

SCORING: We will scan each finisher

Results will be available at the end of the meet.

Results will not be sent out.

Results will be posted online at http://www.mcmurrysports.com on the track and field web page.

SITE: Nelson Park (Beside the Abilene Zoo)

COURSE: Start and finish lines will be located in the big field across the parking lot from the softball fields. The course is flat with a few pavement crossings depending on the race distance. The course is spectator friendly.

PARKING: Buses will park on access road of Highway 36/ South 11th

There should be plenty of spectators parking by the start and finish line and sofball field parking areas.

RESTROOMS: Located throughout the park

NO SPECTATOR ADMISSION FEE WILL BE CHARGED

THERE WILL BE NO CONCESSIONS STAND AVAILABLE DUE TO HEALTH CODES

WATER WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE FINISH LINE

TIME SCHEDULE: Rolling schedule starting at 9:15AM for High Schools and at 12:30PM for Junior High

DIVISIONS: TIME DISTANCE

College Women 8:00 AM 5K (*Race clock ends @ 30 min)

College Men 8:35 AM 4 miles (*Race clock ends @ 30 min)

Varsity Boys 9:15 AM 5K (*HS will follow a rolling schedule)

JV Boys 5K

Varsity Girls 5k 5K

Varsity Girls 2 Mile 2 miles

JV Girls 2 miles

7th Boys 12:30 PM 2 miles (*Middle school will follow a rolling

8th Boys 2 miles schedule)

7th Girls 1 mile

8th Girls 1 mile

REGISTRATION: 7:30 AM – 12:00PM

COST: High School Varsity Girls: $75.00

High School JV Girls: $75.00

High School Varsity Boys: $75.00

High School JV Boys: $75.00

Junior High School 7th Girls: $75.00

Junior High School 8th Girls: $75.00

Junior High School 7th Boys: $75.00

Junior High School 8th Boys: $75.00

Per individual: $10.00

AWARDS: High School and Junior High:

(*UIL and TAPPS schools will be eligible for team scores. Club runners can win individual awards only.)

Plaque for team winner in each division

Medals for top 3 finishers

SCORING: Top 5 runners score, 6th runner breaks tie and displaces, 7th runner will displace

Individual runners, and team members finishing 8th or higher, will be thrown out

Each team must have five runners to score as a team

We look forward to hosting your team! For further information contact:

Brad Parris, Track Coach

McMurry University

1 McMurry University #188

Abilene, TX 79697

Phone: 325-793-4737

Cell: 325-829-0608

Fax: 325-793-4659

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