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VHSL State Cross Country Championships

November 08, 2008 @ Great Meadows (State Course) in The Plains, VA

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Photo by Ted Plunkett For years the Dominion District, consisting of schools from Chesterfield County, has been one of the most competitive districts in the state...
Stan Morgan had just started to coach cross country at Midlothian High School when the Lake Braddock girls were wrapping up their four year streak of Group AAA state...
The monkey is now off his back. Thomas Porter now can call himself a state champion. Porter, a promising star as a freshmen including a national title in the freshmen...
Stacey Nobles raced against history, while the Midlothian girls joined history. The Ocean Lakes senior Nobles became on the third South Hampton area female athlete to...
Monday & Tuesday: More meet stories, summaries, & interviews! There was no timing malfunction, the Run High timing group did an excellent job with the meet...
VHSL FLASH RESULTS: Both course records fall. Andrew Colley clocks 15:02, bettering the mark of 15:03 set by Alan Webb; Megan Marsico's 17:38 was 10 seconds better than...
Virtual meet scoring for the VHSL State Championships. Note that individual qualifiers are not included and only team qualifiers.
Thomas Porter has qualified for Foot Locker Nationals twice. He won a national title in the freshmen mile and earned All-American honors. Add numerous district and...
The Midlothian girls will looking to put themselves in history right along with the greatest dynasty previously among AAA girls in their pursuit of a fourth straight AAA...
The best team in the state of Virginia and the #11 ranked team in the country will be featured in the 11:15 am and second race of the day with the Jamestown High School...
Virginia High School League cross country rankings by MileStat.com prior to this weekend's state championship at Great Meadow. Top 16 teams (only state qualifiers) and...
Photo by Rick Samaha The Jamestown boys’ cross country team won the Bay Rivers District Championship in impressive fashion, placing five runners in the top 15...
With the impressive times that come consistently from the larger AAA and AA division in Virginia State track, the A group is often pushed to the back of...
Hidden Valley’s upset over the previously AA top ranked Blacksburg girls for the Region IV title last week has created a similar situation as a year ago with a...
Cream of the crop rankings prior to this weekend's state cross country championships. VA #1 ranked boys team: Jamestown VA #1 ranked girls team: Midlothian VA #1...

Additional Information

GENERAL REGULATIONS AND INFORMATION
2008 VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE STATE CROSS-COUNTRY MEET

PLACE: Great Meadow, The Plains, VA
DATE: Saturday, November 8, 2008
MEET CO-DIRECTORS: Dave Davis, Mountain View High School
Ken Wall, Freedom High School (South Riding)

TIME SCHEDULE
10:00am……………………………..Coach’s Meeting (Group AA)
10:30am……………………………..Group AA Girls
11:15am……………………………..Group AA Boys
11:30am……………………………..Coach’s Meeting (Group AAA)
11:45am……………………………..Group AAA Girls
12:30pm……………………………..Group AAA Boys
12:30pm……………………………..Coach’s Meeting (Group A)
1:00pm………………………………Group A Girls
1:45pm………………………………Group A Boys
2:15pm………………………………Awards Ceremony

Admission: $8.00
RULES AND SCORING: Cross Country section of the National Federation Edition of the Track and
Field Rule Book (2007-2008) Scoring (Rule 9- Section 2)

Coaches will not be permitted in the finish line area or chip return area.

NO SPECTATORS ALLOWED ON THE COURSE, MOST OF THE COURSE IS VISIBLE FROM VIEWING AREA, BUT BINOCULARS ARE HELPFUL.

Violation of this rule will prompt disqualification of a school’s participants. Coaches shall inform their athletes to turn in their chip before exiting the finish line area.

CHIP TIMING: We will be using Run High for chip timing and scoring the meet. Video Cameras will be set up at the finish line. There will also be a finish line judge to call close finishes.

UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT: Participants are required to wear a school issued uniform top and
bottom. Participants must attach their bib number to the front of their uniform. The VHSL will provide bib
numbers for each participant. Running shoes or spikes must be worn during the competition. Participants
may were one wristwatch. Participants may not wear LIVESTRONG bracelets or other jewelry. No
Earrings allowed to be worn during the competition. No Hats or bandannas. Sweat bands are permitted.
ENTRY: Regional Directors need to follow the directions provided for hy-tek entries and also e-mail the Region Directors report to the VHSL, Dave Davis, and Derek Farrey. The meet directors should collect state entry forms from each school that qualifies or has individuals that qualify for the state meet.

TEAM PACKETS: Available the day of the meet only. Packets may be picked up at the pavilion.
Packets will include a course map, bib number, Hy-tek entry sheet, race chips to be attached to shoe, a time schedule, and coach’s meeting agenda.

EXPENSES: All expenses for travel, meals, and lodging must be provided by the competing school.
LODGING: Each coach is responsible for making his own hotel reservations. A list of hotels and
motels in the Warrenton-Manassas area are enclosed.

TENTS: Must be erected behind the house. No tents are allowed on the hill.

DRESSING AREA: There will be no dressing area provided. Portable restrooms will be provided.

AWARDS: Team and individual awards will be presented at the Pavilion. Athletes and coaches should listen for a P.A. announcement as to the exact time awards will be presented.

SCHOOL AND INDIVIDUAL QUALIFYING LIMITS: The A, AA and AAA Boys and Girls shall be limited to the top four teams from each region and the top 15 individuals from each regional meet.

STATE CROSS-COUNTRY T-SHIRTS & SWEATSHIRTS: T-Shirts (crew neck, short, & long sleeve) and sweatshirts will be available in a variety of styles. Martin Screen Print will be there on Friday and Saturday.

DIRECTIONS: From the east or west ---take I-66 to Exit 31 (Rt. 245-2miles)

From south---take US Rt.17 or US Rt. 29 North to Warrenton, continue north on US Rt. 17, approx. 8 miles. Great Meadow will be on the right

CAR AND BUS PARKING: GATE 2

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edgar2541 wrote
at January 01, 2010 07:58 EST
Could someone fix the Boys AA Race Video its always unavailable at the time. Thanks
Superman36 wrote
at November 11, 2008 11:35 EST
haha dan
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good show guys.
Superman36 wrote
at November 11, 2008 11:34 EST
haha dan
ohh pfalls
good show guys.
danzimmer95 wrote
at November 11, 2008 21:42 EST
we cant go on the frikin course?! dang
slingo wrote
at November 11, 2008 20:45 EST
Can some tell me if it's $8 to park, $8 a person, $8 a person plus parking, or what? thanks a lot. I just have quite a few people going and want to know what to tell them, thanks!

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