Explanation of Change in Friday portion of Mt. SAC Invitational Sweepstakes Races

Coach:

Here is an explanation of our combining of the Friday Sweepstakes races into a team and individual race.

Dear High School Division 3, 4 and 5 Coaches:

In an effort to highlight the best of the teams and individual competitors in Divisions 3, 4 and 5, while at that same time giving them the best possible conditions in which to compete, this year we will combine the best teams and best individuals from Division 3, 4 and 5 and place them in a Team Sweepstakes and Individual Sweepstakes race at the end of the Friday schedule when the weather is the coolest—this will be in both the boys and girls divisions and additional awards will be presented in these races.

This follows the same type of scheduling we currently use on Saturday--combining the best schools from Divisions 1 and 2 into the same sweepstakes race. These Saturday Sweepstakes races are without a doubt the highlight of the Saturday meet, and we would like to give that same type of “elite” experience to the athletes who compete on Friday.

We realize some schools do not wish to run “all out” or bring their best squad to the invitational every year, so your team or individual will only be placed in the sweepstakes race if you specifically request it on your official entry.

We still will “seed” the other varsity races in the Division 3 section and the Division 4 and 5 section to ensure that the competition is fair in all races, so even if you do not get placed in a Sweepstakes race, you can be assured you will be placed in a race with relatively equal competition.

There will still be a team “Sweepstakes” champion awarded in EACH of three divisions--3, 4 and 5—this will be based on team time of all the schools that race in that division on Friday, so a school could still win the Sweepstakes title and awards even if it chose not to run in the Sweepstakes race.

For those unfamiliar with the two designations: Team Sweepstakes and Individual Sweepstakes—Team Sweeps is for strong teams and Individual Sweeps is for schools who may have one or two strong runners but the rest of the team is weak.

Thank you very much for your participation in the 55th Annual Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational and I wish you the best of luck.

Sincerely,
Tim O’Rourke
High School Division Director

Addendum:
If you requested to be included in either the Team or Individual Sweeps and now would like to reconsider and have us place your team in a regular Varsity race, please feel free to do so by sending us an e-mail ( [email protected] ).

Race School
30-Div. 3,4,5 Girls Individual Sweeps
Academy For Academic Excellence
Benicia
Bishop Gorman
Calaveras
Corona Del Mar
Costa Mesa
East Bakersfield
Healdsburg
Marymount
Ocean View
Pasadena Poly
Presentation
Santa Cruz
Sun Valley Polytechnic
Terra Linda

31-Div. 3,4,5 Girls Team Sweeps
Brentwood
Campolindo
Cate
Desert Christian (Lan)
Flintridge Prep
Hopi
La Canada
La Jolla Country Day
Lompoc
Madison
Maranatha
Oakmont
Orange Lutheran
San Lorenzo Valley
St. Francis (Sac)
St. Margaret's
The Thatcher
Woodcrest Christian
Harvard-Westlake

32-Div. 3,4,5 Boys Ind Sweeps
Arroyo
Yucca Valley
The Bishops
Beaumont
Desert Christian (Lan)
Julian
Littlerock
Madison
Santa Cruz
Tri-City Christian
Woodcrest Christian

33-Div. 3,4,5 Boys Team Sweeps
East Bakersfield
Estancia
Bartsow
Fillmore
Flintridge Prep
Hopi
Lompoc
McFarland
Miramonte
North Monterey County
Oakmont
Orange Lutheran
Pacifica
Redwood
San Lorenzo Valley
Santa Clara
Santa Margarita
University of San Diego
Valley Christian (Cerritos)

47-Div. 1 & 2 Boys Team Sweeps
Catalina Foothills (AZ)
Crescenta Valley
Dana Hills
Don Lugo
Centennial (LV)
Redlands East Valley
Esperanza
Fountain Valley
Indio
La Sierra (Riv)
Long Beach Poly
Loyola
Madera
Murrietta Valley
Rancho Cucamonga
Royal
Rubidoux
Temecula Valley
Upland
Vahalla

48-Div. 1 & 2 Boys Team Sweeps
St. John Bosco
St. Augustine
Beyer
Buchanan
Burbank
Burroughs
Canyon Springs
Chaparral
DeLaSalle
Downey
El Toro
Florin
Helix
Liberty Christian
Mar Vista
Monroe
Paramount
Reno
Rio Mesa
Thousand Oaks
Ukiah
University (NCS)
Duarte
Etiwanda (Waiting for school request)
Ygnacio Valley
Antelope Valley
Votech (Nev)

49-Div. 1 & 2 Girls Team Sweeps
Ayala
Canyon (CC)
Canyon (Ana)
Clovis East
El Capitan
Fallbrook
Fountian Valley
Granada
Mission Viejo
Montgomery
Murrietta Valley
Poway
San Pasqual
Sultana
Torrey Pines
Ukiah
Valhalla
Wilson (LB)

#50 Girls I & II Individual Sweepstakes
*Aliso Niguel
Bonita Vista
Buchanan
Capistrano Valley
Centennial (Yosemite)
East Anchorage (Alaska)
Henry Gunn
Laguna Creek
Long Beach Poly
Madera
Oak Ridge
Reno (nev)
San Gorgonio
Serrano
Thousand Oaks
Upland
West Anchorage (Alaska)
Westlake

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