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FROM THE MEET DIRECTORS:
PORTAGE/GAZELLE CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL
Saturday, October 6, 2001
Hosted by Portage Central and Portage Northern High Schools
Dan Wytko, Co-Meet Director
Bill Fries, Co-Meet Director
Date: Saturday, October 6, 2001
Location: Portage West Middle School, 7145 Moorsbridge, Portage
49024 (see enclosed map)
Race Times: 9:00 Middle School Boys (report 8:50)
9:20 Middle School Girls (report 9:10)
9:40 Division 4 Men (report 9:30)
10:05 Division 3 Men (report 9:55)
10:30 Division 2 Men (report 10:20)
10:55 Division 1 Men (report 10:45)
11:20 Division 3/4 Reserve Men (report 11:10)
11:45 Division 1/2 Reserve Men (report 11:35)
12:10 Division 4 Women (report 12:00)
12:35 Division 3 Women (report 12:25)
1:00 Division 2 Women (report 12:50)
1:25 Division 1 Women (report 1:15)
1:50 Division 3/4 Reserve Women (report 1:40)
2:15 Division 1/2 Reserve Women (report 2:05)
DIVISIONS ARE BASED UPON 2001 MHSAA CROSS COUNTRY DIVISION ALIGNMENT
SYSTEM
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
All teams from Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Ontario and Wisconsin are
able to compete without Michigan High School Athletic Association
restriction. Any team within 300 miles of Portage, Michigan can
also compete. The MHSAA restricts round-trip mileage to 600 highway
miles for all visiting teams outside of the listed states.
Awards:
-T-shirts to all high school varsity runners (7 per varsity team).
-Longsleeve shirt to each head coach (1 per varsity team), including
middles schools.
-Trophies to the top three teams in each division, including middle
schools.
-Longsleeve shirts (7) to the winning team in each division, including
middle schools.
-Medals to the top 25 in each varsity run and each reserve race.
-Medals to the top 50 in middle school races.
Entrance Fee: High Schools:
$80 per varsity team, or $140 for both mens and womens.
Middle Schools: $30 per team, or $50 for both boys and girls. No
individual rates, sorry.
Please make checks payable to Portage XC Invitational and mail them
to:
Dan Wytko, 7310 Wrenbury, Portage MI 49024
Packet Pick-up:
Please pick up your final instructions packet upon arriving at the
official's canopy.
Located behind West Middle School.
Coaches Meeting:
Middle School Coaches at 8:30 and High school Coaches at 9:20 a.m.
please plan on being prompt for this meeting.
Course Description and Preview:
The course is a repeat loop, which is relatively flat on the southern
portion, and some hills on the northern portion, and all turns are
very smooth. The course will be available for preview from 3:00
- 8:30 PM, Friday, October 5th, and all day, Saturday, October 6th.
There will be an elementary fun run
Entry Disk:
We will be sending you a disk this year to enter your teams into
the races. This disk will come at a later date. This system is very
similar to the disk that many of you have used for entering your
track teams into regional meets. This year the process will be much
easier, as you will enter your entire team into each race with the
click of a button. You will not have to designate your top seven
runners. Instructions for using the entry disk will be provided.
You may return your entries by mail or email. We appreciate your
prompt return of your entries. Your help with this is appreciated.
Please have your entries returned to Dan Wytko by, Friday, September
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Mail: Portage XC Invitational, c/o Dan Wytko, 7310 Wrenbury, Portage,
MI 49024
Email: (home) [email protected], or (work) [email protected]
If you have any questions, please call Dan Wytko at 616-323-5233
from 7:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. You may reach Dan at home after 6:30
p.m., 616-324-7368.
Gazelle Sports & Reebok Tent:
Our meet sponsors will have a tent selling Reebok running shoes
and other running products. Cash and checks will be accepted as
payments.
Concessions & T-shirt Sales:
A variety of food and beverages will be offered at our concession
tent. Longsleeve t-shirts will be sold for $15 at the concession
tent. Cash and checks will be accepted as payments.
Results:
Printed results will be provided for each race and made available
to coaches and press. Due to the size of the meet, we will be sending
results only to the Kalamazoo Gazette. If you would like an additional
copy of results that is newspaper-friendly, we will be happy to
provide these. Results will also be posted on the internet at www.gazellesports.com
DyeStat.com:
All meet information and results will be posted on the internet
at: www.dyestat.com. DyeStat
may be covering the meet on-site as in 2000.
Bathroom/Dressing Facilities:
Bathrooms will be available for athletes and spectators in Moorsbridge
Elementary School, West Middle School, and port-o-johns near the
starting line.
Parking:
Busses and team vans should park in the parking lot in front of
Moorsbridge Elementary School and cars may park in the lot in front
of West Middle School. There is a $1.00 parking fee for spectators.
We look forward to seeing you on October 6th, and would like to
thank you in advance for attending the 2001 Portage/Gazelle Cross
Country Invitational. We hope you have an enjoyable experience.
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