Meet Information
George County High School in Lucedale, MS will be hosting the MHSAA Region 4-5A, 4-6A, 7-4A, 8-4A & 3-1A Cross-Country Championships on Saturday; October 21, 2017. The meet site will be George County High School, 9284 Old 63S, Lucedale, MS 39452.
Ocean Springs, Pascagoula, St. Martin
Schools will be charged a $150 entry fee if you are entering both gender varsity teams and a $75 entry fee if you are only entering one gender varsity team.
The 4K & 5K race course running surfaces will be almost entirely grass. There is only one asphalt running stretch on the race courses. That asphalt running stretch is about 20 meters long. It would be alright if your runners decide to wear racing spikes on the courses.
Schools should park their team buses in the parking lot located directly in front of the football stadium. Spectator parking is also available in the adjacent parking lot. Schools must set-up their team areas inside the course near to the starting line.
You will receive competitor number bibs in your team packet at the meet registration tent when checking-in on the morning of the meet. Each of your runners must wear their assigned competitor number bib in order to be scored in the meet
You must register your school as a participating team as well as enter your athlete in their respective varsity or middle school championship races on-line at mile split. The on-line entry deadline is Tuesday; October 17, 2017 at 11:59p.m. No entries will be accepted after the entry deadline.
Regional Team Champion and runner-up team trophies will be presented in the varsity championship races. Over-all District Team Champion and runner-up team trophies will be presented in the middle school championship races. Top 20 finishers in varsity races will receive tee shirts and top ten in middle school races will receive tee shirts.
---PLEASE NOTE CHANGES---
After speaking with
several coaches and concerned parents, I am going to move the start times for all varsity classifications up to
9:00am for varsity girls and 9:45am for varsity boys.The main concern expressed was the lingering
heat and the effect it will have on our runners trying to put their best times
forward as we prepare for the state meet.An added advantage is this should give us greater competition throughout
the classifications.I apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause, but I appreciate your understanding and
flexibility as we do what is best for our runners.
Teams are limited to 10 entries per varsity race. Middle school entries are unlimited.
The new race day timeline is as
follows:
7:30Course
opens for teams/Registration & Packet Pickup begins
8:45Coaches
meeting
8:55National
Anthem at the starting line
9:00Girls Varsity 5K (ALL CLASSIFICATIONS)
9:45Boys Varsity 5K (ALL CLASSIFICATIONS)
10:30Middle
School Girls
11:15Middle
School Boys
12:00Awards
Ceremony
Since we are combining races, tee
shirts will be awarded to the top TWENTY finishers across the line of the VARSITY
races and top ten for middle school races.
If you have any questions regarding the meet, you may contact Stephen Pater (Meet Director) through the following e-mail address paters@gcsd.us or cell phone number 601-508-3017.