�� LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL

�Cross� ��

�Country

�� 1101 Eucalyptus Drive

�� San Francisco, CA 94132

�� Phone: 415-759-2730

�� August 14, 2004

Dear Cross Country Coaches:

�� The 32nd annual San Francisco/AAA Cross Country Invitational Meet will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2004 in Lindley and Speedway Meadows, in Golden Gate Park. This will mark the 26th consecutive year Lowell High School has sponsored this meet.��

�� There will be three races for girls (Frosh/Soph, Jr. Varsity and Varsity) and four races for boys (Freshmen, Sophomore, Jr. Varsity and Varsity).� The distance is approximately 2.8 miles for Varsity & J.V. races and 2.0 miles for Frosh/Soph races.� We will run the same basic courses that we have been running since 1993 (maps enclosed).� The number of races and distances may change based on the number of teams attending and other circumstances beyond our control.� This meet is traditionally a low-key meet and we welcome all teams regardless of their size or experience.

New for 2004: We are going to try to go to computer results.� Every school that plans to attend must submit a roster by e-mailing a Microsoft Excel document as an attachment to an e-mail.� Please include every possible runner that may be coming to the meet.� You do not need to declare which race an athlete will run before your athletes begin the race.� Deadline to submit your roster will be 9:00 PM Thursday, September 9.�

Please make the document look like this:

Line 1 � Name of school

Line 2 � Name of Coach

Line 3 � e-mail address; Day/Night (#

Line 4 � Number of runners per race that you think you will have

On the next line, whatever the number, please place the following information into the appropriate column.

Please title column A � FIRST NAME

Please title column B � LAST NAME

Please title column C � YR (for year in school) SR, JR, SO, FR

Please title column D � AFFILIATION

Please title column E � SEX (�G� for girls and �B� for boys)

Your entries should look like this:

A

FIRST NAME

LAST NAME

AFFILIATION

SEX

Herb

Blanchard

(School name)

The following is a tentative time schedule and number of awards given in each race:

�� TIME�� # Team Awards�� # Inv. Awards

�� Walk Course�� 9:00-9:45 AM (maps provided)

�� Frosh Boys�� 10:00 AM�� 2�� 12

�� F/S Girls�� 10:30 AM�� 2�� 12

�� Soph Boys�� 11:00 AM�� 2�� 12

�� J.V. Boys�� 11:30 AM�� 2�� 9

�� J.V. Girls�� NOON�� 2�� 12

�� Var. Girls�� 12:30 PM�� 3�� 20

�� Var. Boys�� 1:00 PM�� 3�� 20

�� Awards Ceremony�� 1:30 PM

��

There will be seven medals for each winning team.� Individual awards are for members of non-winning teams with no more than seven individual medals going to members of the same team.� Please note that the J.V. Girls will be before the Varsity Girls race.� Please try to run only seven runners in the Varsity divisions, however because our meet is an early season event and coaches have used our meet to establish their top seven in the past, this is not mandatory. �A Varsity team must be entered first before a J.V. team can be entered. Teams will be subject to disqualification if they have faster runners on their J.V. teams.� There are no dressings facilities so please come dressed to run.� We plan on having souvenir tee shirts for sale again this year.

�� Entry fees will be $8.00 per individual, $40.00 per team with a $120.00 maximum for each school (still one of the lowest fees in Northern California).� Checks should be made out to "Lowell High School".� All entry fees must be received by October 11^th.� After this date, your school will be charge a late fee of $25.� If you have questions, please e-mail me at [email protected], or leave a message at 415-759-2730, extension 3853.

Sincerely,

Andy Leong

Cross Country Coach