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Great American gets new home |
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Dec 16, 2005 -- National Scholastic Sports Foundation Co-founder and Meet Director Emeritus Mike Byrnes announced that the Great American Cross Country Festival has relocated to Hoover , Alabama , a suburb of Birmingham . The event is scheduled for September 23, 2006.
The eight-year-old meet will take place in the newly developed course at Spain Park , one of the city parks in Hoover . For the past three years the meet took place at SAS Soccer Park in Cary , North Carolina . " Hoover has a strong reputation for athletic excellence in our community and feels that we are building on that reputation by having the Great American Cross Country Festival as part of our cross-country season," said City of Hoover mayor Tony Petelos. "We feel the reputation and goals of the NSSF and Great American closely align with ours - namely to promote the sport of cross-country and to encourage fitness as a life choice for our citizens, especially for our youth." Mike Byrnes described the course as viewer-friendly and challenging. The park was developed in large part by local cross-country coaches, and several invitational and regional state events were held there during its inaugural 2005 season. Byrnes also praised the local community for its support. �The City of Hoover , Birmingham and Jefferson and Shelby Counties have welcomed us with open arms,� Byrnes said. The NSSF produces the Nike Indoor Nationals and Nike Outdoor Nationals high school track and field meets as well as managing the Nike Team Nationals cross-country event.
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