June 17-18, 2005

Eighth Annual
Contra Loma Classic
Cross-Country Invitational

Wednesday, September 14, 2005
At Contra Loma Regional Park, Antioch, CA

The Contra Loma Classic has been a Wednesday classic for the fall running season, intended to bring high school cross country teams together early on in the season so they can get to run a challenging and fun course to kick off the great sport of XC! Contra Loma Regional Park (EBRPD) is located in Antioch, just off of Lone Tree Way – connector street between Antioch and Brentwood.
This meeting place is ideal where Bay Area, NCS, as well as far away teams in the California Central Valley can compete. All races for the day are run on a 2.05 mile challenging-rolly-hilly course (first 1/4 mile is flat). The area is very scenic, and it is a great spectators course ( 90% view-able & 100% viewable from atop Varsity Hill !) & it is a good season starter invite!
There will be plenty of fine custom medals and trophies. Contra Loma has hundreds of picnic tables and grass space to choose from as well as plenty of restroom facilities in the area for your day picnic use. AND - There will be CLC custom-designer T-shirts on sale too.
Both starting/finish areas (separate from each other) for the CLC are also near the new beach front lagoon of Contra Loma Reservoir. There is plenty of parking for personal vehicles and busses. Tell your kids to bring towels for the swim area for a cool dip after the race!

IF YOU ARE COMING EAST FROM THE BAY AREA, PLEASE HAVE AMPLE TIME FOR TRAFFIC. SR-4 IN PITTSBURG BOTTLE-NECK STARTING AROUND 2:30PM. SO IF YOU ARE COMING FROM OAKLAND, LEAVE AROUND 1PM. CALL COACH AMOROSA FOR MORE DETAILS ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA AND OTHER SUGGESTED DEPARTURE TIMES.

~2005 Tentative Race Schedule~
2:00 PM OPEN COURSE WALK
3:15 PM COURSE CLOSED
3:35 P.M. Frosh Boys Unlimited
3:55 P.M. F/S Boys 7
4:15 P.M. F/S Girls 7
4:20 P.M. 6th & 7th Grade 1.1 Milers Unlimited
MUST enter a FULL varsity team to run a FULL JV team
4:35 P.M. Open/COACHES/8thgr 2.1m Unlimited
4:45 P.M. Girls Junior Varsity Unlimited
5:05 P.M. Boys Junior Varsity Unlimited
5:20 P.M. Girls Varsity 7 runners
5:40 P.M. Boys Varsity 7 runners

(There may be a Girls Frosh race added, depending on the number of entries received by the September 16th deadline. If this race does occur it will be in front of the Girls JV, making every other race pushed forward by 20 minutes. So please consider this time frame in your schedule of plans.)

ENTRY DEADLINE: Fees/Entries due no later than Monday, 9/11/04

Send checks to: Michael Amorosa Make checks
Antioch High School payable to:
700 W. 18th St. Antioch High School Antioch, CA. 94509 Cross Country

2005 CLC FEES:
$95 FLAT max-fee for a team consisting of both Boys & Girls (2 or more races)
!!!CHEAPEST INVITE FEES AROUND WITH THE NICEST HARDWARE!!!!
$65 for a Girls OR a Boys only team.
$11 for individuals only (teams are five or more)
Please call if you have any questions!

AWARDS:
~Top team in each F/S &/or JV division will receive medals
(10 medals deep max for each team).
~Top three teams in the Varsity races will receive medals
(7 medals deep for each team).
~Top 5 non-winning-team individuals in EVERY race will receive medals.
~Custom made trophies to the winning team in each F/S &/or JV race.
~Custom made trophies to the top three winning teams in Varsity races.
~Coaches will be awarded division winner prizes (examples: medals or T-shirts) in both Men’s and Women’s.

RACE RULES:
You MUST enter a varsity team first before you make or enter a JV team. However, if you have a talented runner that is F/S and usually runs Varsity, then you may run the athlete F/S and not have to bring up a JV runner provided that you have at least 5 runners in the varsity races and that there is no stacking up in the JV races. The majority of the varsity runners MUST be faster than the JV runners from your team. Fairness is the key and this insures accurate and fair race results for all races. Please enter your top 7 runners in the varsity race AND TOP 9TH & 10TH GRADERS IN THE F/S RACES! Athletes can ONLY race in ONE race only, no doubling up! Both varsity & F/S races are restricted to a seven runner limit, all others are unlimited. Place “extra” runners in JV races. All code of conduct rules from the CIF apply at the CLC.

RACE COURSE:
The entire 2.05 mile course is either run on grass, dirt trails, or gravel trails. The first 1/4 mile is dirt-gravel flat, the last 1/2 mile is down hill dirt trail converting into a flat 150 yard finish on the grass near the beach. The rest of the course is either maintained dirt or gravel fire trails (vehicle width). It is a “fantastic” course!

T-shirts: There will be custom T-shirts for sale -short sleeved and long sleeved.

BUSSES: BUSES ARE FREE – ALL OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION IS SUBJECT TO A PARKING FEE.

MEET DIRECTOR:
If there are any questions, call any time!!
Mike Amorosa
>Head Cross Country Coach ~ Antioch High School
>Home Phone: (925) 757.2328
>Work: (925) 754.TRAK
>AHS Phone: (925) 706.5300
>WEBPAGE WWW.ANTIOCHXC.COM
>EMAIL: [email protected]

DIRECTIONS:
Going east on State Route 4, take the Lone Tree Way/A St. Exit, make right (head south) on Lone Tree Way. About 3 miles, make right on Golf Course Rd. The entrance is 2 miles from this point. Make second right on Fredrickson Ln. Follow signs into park.

Coming from the east, take SR 4 into Brentwood, make left on Lone Tree Way. Take Lone Tree Way into Antioch, make left turn at Golf Course Rd. and follow directions above.

From Sacramento, Take I-5 south to SR 12, go west towards Rio Vista. At SR 160, make left (south) towards Antioch (turns into SR4). Get off at the Lone Tree Way/A St. Exit. Make a left (head south) on Lone Tree Way and go about 3 miles to Golf Course Rd. Make right on Golf Course Rd. Make second right on Fredrickson Ln. Follow signs into park.