TO: SENIOR ATHLETES
FROM: WV Cross-Country/Track Coaches Association
CONTACT: David Evans - Phone (304) 686-3740 after 6
p.m.
RE: Mid-East Regional Cross-Country Meet
West
Virginia has been invited to participate in a six-state regional cross-country
meet to be held on November 17, 2001 at Dayton, Ohio. The States participating will be Michigan, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Each
state is to select 10 men and 10 women to represent their state. The selection of these athletes is to be
from the Senior athletes that participate in the State Cross-Country
Meet. What we will do is start with the
athletes who have the best times in both A-AA and AAA. If an athlete does not wish to participate,
then we will move to the next best time to select the next athlete. We would like to have the top 10 seniors
(best times) to represent the state. (It is possible that we may consider an
athlete that did not make it to the state meet if we feel they would be an
asset to the team.) This will be a very competitive meet with college coaches
from the adjoining states looking for prospective athletes. This is an excellent opportunity for
athletes to demonstrate their talents if they are looking for scholarships to
run cross-country.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEET, YOU MUST MAKE A COMMITMENT BY NOVEMBER 5. WE MUST SEND A TEAM ROSTER BEFORE THE END
OF THE WEEK. (NOVEMBER 9)
BASIC
INFORMATION REGARDING THIS MEET.
1.
Warm-ups
have been purchased and will be used by the athletes. These will be returned to the coaches association at the end of
the meet.
2.
Racing
singlets and shorts have been purchased but the cost will need to be paid by
the athlete's school or booster organization.
The athlete may keep these outfits.
3.
Rooms
have been reserved at the Double Tree
Guest Suites (PHONE (937) 436-2400).
Our discount room rate will be $70.00
We plan on having two athletes per room with the athletes sharing the
cost of the room. Parents may get rooms
at this same motel if desired.
4.
The
athlete must make transportation arrangements and if possible athletes should
try to car-pool if possible.
5.
There
will be a pre-meet social on Friday night from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. Registration will be from 6 p.m. until 8
p.m. Each athlete must register
personally and you will receive a T-shirt at that time. Because of the distance to the meet site it
will make it necessary for athletes to miss one day of school. We feel sure that schools will agree to this
since you will be representing the State.
6.
The
ladies race will begin at 11:00 a.m.with the men's race starting at 11:30 a.m.
7.
The
Awards Ceremony will be held in conjunction with a Banquet of Champions at
approximately 12:30 p.m. Awards will be
presented to every athlete that completes the race. Twenty large awards to the top 20; 20 medium sized awards to the
next 20 and 20 smaller awards to the final 20 finishers. Each athlete will be recognized or will be
called forward to receive their medal.
8.
Banquet
tickets will be provided for each athlete.
Parents who want to eat at the banquet may do so provided tickets are
available. Cost of tickets will be
$10.00. They will be available on
Friday night at the mixer and Saturday at the course, but will be available on
a first come first serve basis.
9.
The
banquet and awards presentation should be completed by 2:00 p.m. and will allow
you to start home at that time.
10.
WE MUST HAVE A COMMITMENT
FROM YOU REGARDING PARTICIPATION IN THIS MEET.
IF YOU AGREE TO RUN IN THE MEET--PLAN ON BEING THERE. TOO MUCH PREPARATION HAS BEEN MADE AND WE DO
NOT WANT TO SHOW UP AT THIS MEET WITH LESS THAN A FULL TEAM. IF THIS WOULD HAPPEN, WE (WEST VIRGINIA)
WOULD BE LOOKED UPON AS GROUP THAT CAN'T GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER.
It is an excellent way of getting exposure in front
of area college coaches. We know that
many of you are planning on participating in the FootLocker Regional Meet. That is great, but this will allow you to
perform before coaches from this region.
We participated in the Mid-West Regional Track for
the last six years. We are being
invited back again this year but we would like to take at least 30+
athletes. This meet will be held the
second weekend of June. Again, this is
a SENIORS only meet. If you are a
senior or know of any senior that may be interested in participating in this
meet, please mention this to them when you return home. We are allowed to take the top two seniors
in each sprint event, top three in each distance event and top three in each field
event. We also need enough runners to
fill relay teams. It has been
recommended that an athlete not participate in more than two events. In this way, they should be able to perform
at their optimum performance level.
Look for us at
the State Track Meet to sign up for the Mid-West Track Meet.
MID-EAST MEET
Boys Coach – Coach Chris Parsons (Cabell Midland).
Girls Coach -
Sallie Hunter (East Fairmont and
Paul Martin (Grafton).