The Fall Classic is back with a revamped format and a new location. The history of this meet has its roots in the Huntington Beach Invitational which ran its last race in the fall of 2004. In 2005, former OLU coach Jonathan Zimmerman partnered with Valencia coach Pat Hadley to revive the meet at its original location (HB Central Park) and its original date (end of September). The only thing that changed was the name, the Fall Classic. In 2006, the meet was again discontinued for lack of directorship. This fall, Orange Lutheran is bringing back the Fall Classic cross country meet with a new race schedule, location and date.

The 2007 version of this meet will take place this Saturday at Irvine Park running the Orange County Championships course. The format will mirror many other early season meets in the southland, running age-group races allowing athletes to compete with runners their own age. The meet will begin with a novice race and will be followed by the Frosh, Sophs, Juniors, and will end with the Seniors.

Teams participating in this meet include:

Orange Lutheran Boys (Ranked Top 10 CIF-SS Div 3) and Girls (Ranked Top 10 CIF-SS Div. 3)
Brea Boys (Ranked #3 CIF-SS Div. 2) and Girls (Ranked #3 CIF-SS Div 2.)
Santa Margarita Boys(Ranked #5 CIF-SS Div. 3) and Girls
El Dorado High School Boys and Girls
29 Palms High School Boys and Girls
and TWO newly formed schools in Orange County:
Crean Lutheran South
San Jaun Hills (Coached by Dave Burnett formally of Cypress and Orange High Schools).

Race Times:

7:30 am - Boys and Girls Novice Race (No team scoring)
8:00 am - Girls Frosh
8:30 am - Boys Frosh
9:00 am - Girls Sophomore
9:30 am - Boys Sophomore
10:00 am - Girls Junior
10:30am - Boys Junior
11:00am - Girls Senior
11:30am - Boys Senior

 

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