The High Desert Runners present...
2007 A.V. Summer Cross-Country Series

        The High Desert Runners club is again sponsoring its annual summer series of all-comers cross-country meets for Antelope Valley area runners. This year's series will run for seven weeks on Thursday evenings beginning June 28 and concluding Aug. 9. Each meet will feature a 3-mile race and a 1-mile non-competitive fun run. Although primarily oriented towards conditioning and training for youth runners who plan to compete with their school cross-country teams this fall, these are ALL-COMERS meets, and children and adults of all ages and abilities are welcome. Participants may run both the one and three-mile races if they wish. Parents are encouraged to run with their children.

LOCATION:  This year’s meets will again be held at Pelona Vista Park, on Tierra Subida Road at Rayburn Road in Palmdale. Each course is accurately measured, and will be clearly marked. Restrooms, paved parking and grassy staging areas should make for a pleasant experience. Start and finish is on the west side of the north (lower) soccer field complex.   

DATES:  June 28, July 5, July 12, July 19, July 26, Aug. 2 (coed relay), Aug. 9 (finals)

TIME:  The 1-mile run will begin at 6:30 p.m., with the 3-mile race starting about 6:45 p.m. Registration starts at 6 p.m. Be there early!

COED RELAY: By popular demand, we will run the sixth meet Aug. 2 as a single three-leg COED RELAY on the three-mile course (no one-mile run).  At least one male and female must be on each two- or three-person team. Each segment is roughly one mile long.

AWARDS: We anticipate awarding medals by age group at the finals. Winners must have run in a minimum of three preliminary meets (coed relay also counts) to be eligible for awards. 

DONATIONS ENCOURAGED: We ask a minimum $1 donation per meet (includes both races) from all  participants to defray expenses and to support the HDR "AAA" awards. These awards are presented annually at the end of the fall X-C season to one male and one female cross-country runner at each local high school who demonstrates outstanding accomplishment in academics, athletics and attitude. The HDR is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, all donations are tax-deductible.

MISCELLANEOUS:  Water and Gatorade will be available at the finish. Watermelon at the finals!

For further details, contact X-C series coordinators Alan Brown at 661-949-8197 or Bob Haugen at 256-9190.        

HIGH DESERT RUNNERS, Inc., P.O. BOX 1714, LANCASTER CA 93539-1714
www.highdesertrunners.org

 

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