Meet Information
ADMISSION: The admission fee per spectator is $3.00 for 17 & Under and $6.00 for Adults (18+). When a spectator leaves the facility, they will not be allowed to re-enter the site. No drones or dogs are allowed at the race site on meet day.
FORMAT:
JV Girls 4000m unlimited entries 9:05am
Freshman Girls 4000m(Run with JV) unlimited entries 9:05am
Freshman Boys 4000m unlimited entries 10:00am
Varsity Girls 5000m run 10 10:35am
Varsity Boys 5000m run 8 11:20am
JV Boys 5000m unlimited entries 11:50am
THERE IS NO OPEN RACE THIS YEAR.
COURSE: The 5K course is the original UW-Parkside 5000 meter high school course. The 4K course is basically the first 4K of the UWP 6K course. Restricted areas will be roped off, coned or marked with signage. Course maps are attached. Please remember that is prohibited to mark the course in any manner, including paint, streamers, signage, etc. A digital display clock will provide the countdown for each race and one will provide splits at the 1, 2 & 3 mile marks. Once the first race of the day race has started, warm-ups on the course are limited to following the race in progress. Teams may not warm-up randomly on the course during the race in progress.
SITE PROCEDURES: Teams (participants, alternates, coaches, trainers and managers) must enter the meet site together. When an athlete leaves the facility, they will not be allowed to re-enter the site. Every athlete must bring their own water bottle. DO NOT SHARE WATER BOTTLES. All individuals must bring their own hand sanitizer. TENTS & GROUND TARPS are allowed. No tent sides are permissible.
There is a large "Athletes Only" area behind the finish line area. This area is restricted to competing athletes, coaches and officials. This is where athletes leave their gear bags and water bottles. No group coolers or group supplied beverages or food are allowed. Coolers of ice for athletic training purposes are allowed.
All warmups and cooldown running MUST be done on the Parkside course .Athletes should be in the designated team area when they are not warming up, racing or cooling down. There should be limited mingling with spectators.
RACE START PROCEDURES: Athletes should be in the staging area in the "Athletes Only" area 10 minutes prior to the start of their race.
At 6 minutes they will be sent to the starting line.
Athletes may not bring any extra clothing or items to the starting line.
PARKING: All busses, team vehicles & spectators should come in on Highway E and then turn left onto HY JR to access the UW- Parkside Physical Education or Communication Arts parking lots located off of Hwy JR east of the course. There is no participant drop off on Highway JR. No parking allowed in any of the Petrifying Springs
parking lots - this includes teams, coaches and spectators. Handicap Parking (with Permit) is allowed in the lot immediately north of the course on HY JR.
UW-PARKSIDE: The UW-Parkside PE Building is off limits to our group.
PETRIFYING SPRINGS PARK: UW-Parkside has added additional port-a-lets to the race site for 2021.Please utilize those located at the course rather than the ones at Pets. We also request that all warmups are conducted on the UWP course. NO team camps are allowed in Petrifying Springs. Teams must set-up camp in the designated area.