Meet Information
Westby Invitational
When: Tuesday, Sept. 21st
Where: Westby Area High School
High Schools / Middle Schools Participating: Boscobel, Brookwood, DeSoto, Fennimore, Hillsboro, Kickapoo-LaFarge, Logan, Luther, Melrose-Mindoro, Nekoosa, New Lisbon, North Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Providence Academy (WI), River Ridge, Royall, Viroqua, Wauzeka-Steuben.
I need to request that teams not arrive prior to 3:30. Our high school entrance is currently under construction, therefore our middle school parking area is used for both student pick up and bus loading. If you arrive early and park in this area, you will be asked to leave. I need to insist you drop off your athletes in our bus garage lot at 206West Avenue North. You will be met by a school representative with your packet once you arrive, and this will give your athletes the closest access to restrooms. Your bus will be asked to park in our high school or middle school parking lot after 3:35. If you arrive prior to 3:30, you will be asked to leave and return closer to that 3:30 time.
Schedule of Events:
3:30Course opens for inspection
4:00Elementary Run
4:15MS Girls Race
4:40MS Boys Race
4:50All High School girl runners should have reported to the starting line.
5:10 Course will close for inspection. Boys teams may warm up on the track area which is north of the starting line, but should not continue to warm up on the course.
Our high school races are going to be run in a relay format. I would request all of your athletes report to the starting line together to help our starter. Finally, your athletes must run in the race they are assigned. If they start in a different wave, their time will be incorrect. If you do not have a complete team, your runners must be added to the 1st and 2nd races, 3rd and 4th races, and register and run your races accordingly.
5:10JV Girls Race. All Junior Varsity Girls
5:14Varsity 5th, 6th, and 7th Runners Girls
5:16Varsity 3rd and 4th Runners Girls
5:18Varsity 1st and 2nd Runners Girls
5:40All High School boy runners should have reported to the starting line.
6:00JV Boys Race. All Junior Varsity Boys
6:04Varsity 5th, 6th, and 7th Runners Boys
6:06Varsity 3rd and 4th Runners Boys
6:08Varsity 1st and 2nd Runners Boys
ASAPAWARDS
AWARDS: Team:1st place Varsity team trophy and 1st place team medals
Varsity Runner Up trophy
1st place JV team trophy
Individual: 1-20 medals for Varsity girls and boys
1st- 5th place medals JV boys and girls
1st place medal 1st / 2nd Runner Wave Winner
1st place medal 3rd / 4th Runner Wave Winner
1st place medal 5th / 6th / 7th Runner Wave Winner
Certificates 1st -10th place Jr. High girls and boys
COURSE: The elementary run will be 800 meters; the start will be near playground west of the elementary building and end at our common starting line.
The middle school run will be a two- loop course measuring 2 miles.
The high school run will be a two- loop course measuring 3.1 miles. Our 5K course will be double-lined. All athletes must run between these white lines during the race.
Maps for both the MS 2- mile course and 5K course are attached with this email, and course maps will be made available on the day of the event.
Miscellaneous
Please do not arrive before 3:30! I realize this will limit your inspection of the course, butultimately it will help relieve some of the congestion in our parking lots.
Please have your course inspection completed by 5:10 when the course needs to be closed.
We have done our best to provide a number of porta potties around the course. Pleaseunderstand we can not open the main building for restrooms.
Due to the relay format, we will not have a lead vehicle. We will provide a trail vehicle after the final runner has begun the second loop there will also be 4 course marshall to assist with distressed runners.
We will have a number of key areas roped off, but we will need to request all spectators remain behind the white lines marking the outside boundary of our course.
Accuracy results are normally published online within the hour of the last race. We will post results, but we will not print paper copies of the results following the awards as we have done in the past.
CONCESSIONS will be available, so please no carry - ins. Restrooms are also available. We will provide porta potties near the finish line; restrooms are in a building north of the softball diamonds, and there are bathrooms in the lower hallway of the high school building.
ONLINE REGISTRATION: We will be using Accurace timing services http://www.accuracetiming.com to electronically manage, time, and score our invitational. Packet pick up will be available beginning at 3:30 pm on race day.
On-line registration will close at 12:00 noon on Monday, September 20th.
Middle School Lane Assignments (East Starting Line---this will be on the practice football field)
Lane 1:
Lane 2: Kickapoo
Lane 3:Viroqua
Lane 4: Cashton
Lane 5: Brookwood
Lane 6: Royal
Lane 7:Westby
Lane 8:
Varsity Lane Assignments (West Starting Line)
Lane 1: River Ridge
Lane 2: DeSoto
Lane 3: Kickapoo-LaFarge
Lane 4: North Crawford
Lane 5: Royall
Lane 6: Viroqua
Lane 7: Brookwood
Lane 8: Providence Academy (WI)
Lane 9: Fennimore
Lane 10: Westby
Lane 11: Wauzeka-Steuben
Lane 12: Luther
Lane 13: Logan
Lane 14: Nekoosa
Lane 15: Melrose-Mindoro
Lane 16: Boscobel
Lane 17: New Lisbon
Lane 18: Hillsboro
Lane 19: Prairie du Chien