Dear Coaches,
We anxiously await your team's arrival at the 2007 Mountaintop
Combo Invitational on Saturday, September 22nd. As
of Sunday evening, we have received entries from the following teams:
HIGH SCHOOL
Bridgeport
Capital
Clear Spring, MD
East Fairmont
Fairmont Senior (boys only)
Morgantown
North Marion
Preston
Southern Garrett, MD
West Branch, OH
Wheeling Park
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Bridgeport
Bruceton
Central Preston
Cheat Lake
East Preston
Rowlesburg
South Preston
St. Francis
Taylor County
West Preston
If you have not sent in your entries, please do so A.S.A.P. All schools
must enter their athletes using www.Athletic.net or Hytek's Team Manager Lite.
Faxed or mailed entries will not be accepted. Complete instructions on
how to use Athletic.net or Team Manager Lite can be found at our website: www.PrestonRun.com . Electronic
entries must be received by 3:30 p.m. on Monday, September 17th. Please
check with us if you sent your team entries and it is not listed above.
PASTA DINNER
A pasta dinner will be provided on Friday, September 21st from 4:00 p.m. to
6:00 p.m. for all athletes and coaches that require overnight accomodations. Please let us know how many will be in
your traveling party by 3:30 p.m on Tuesday,
September 18th.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPEN
RACE
A new addition to the Mountaintop Combo will be an
elementary school race. This free event is open to kids in 5th grade
and under. The length of the course will be approximately 800 meters or
1/2 a mile. Runners will finish in front of large crowd inside Knights
Stadium. All finishers will receive a custom medal. The elementary
school race will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is the first of eight races.
There is no need to register in advance for this event. Please let the
parents of your athletes know that "little brothers and
sisters" can run too.
CONCESSION STAND
The
T-SHIRT SALES
The official Mountaintop Combo t-shirt will be on sale
for $10.00. The shirts will have black and white screens and will be
available in red, blue, gold, gray, green, and orange. These colors were
selected because they represent at least one of the colors of the
schools that are attending. The meet t-shirt logo will be similar to logo
attached to this email. Please remind your athletes to pick one up early
because we normally sell out fast.
T-SHIRT EXCHANGE TABLE
We will have tables set up for athletes to
trade t-shirts with one another. Athletes will turn in one or more team
shirts and receive a coupon in exchange. They can use the coupon
to pick out a t-shirt from another school. The more shirts that
athletes bring, the more diverse their collection can become. Please only
bring team t-shirts. Road race shirts or non-school t-shirts will not be
accepted.
FEES
The fee to enter the Mountaintop
Combo is $75.00 per high school or middle school regardless of how
many athletes compete (junior varsity, varsity, etc.). If you have not
mailed out a check yet, please just bring it with you on Saturday. The
cost for spectators is $4.00 for adults and $3.00 for
school-aged children and senior citizens.
PARKING
Buses and coaches transporting gear (tents, equipment, etc.) will be given a
pass to park in the back of the school near the stadium. All vehicles
will travel in a clockwise direction around the school. Buses will drop
off athletes and equipment and then park at the county
bus garage. Please ask for a pass when your vehicle is stopped to collect
admission. Anyone in your traveling party that is handicapped
will also be given a pass to park at the stadium.
TEAM AREA
Teams will be able to set up tents in the "Campground."
The Campground is the grassy area behind the long jump and pole vault
runways. Please do not set up tents in the stadium bleachers.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions, please contact
Coach Paul Martin at (304) 290-3772 or prestonrun@gmail.com
. We look forward to hosting your team at the 2007 Mountaintop
Combo.
Sincerely,
Paul Martin
Preston Cross Country
www.PrestonRun.com