Stanford Invite

Stanford Invitational on September 29th

This year’s Stanford Trip is still open to any boys who want to go, but time is running out to register.
I have reserved both a boy’s and girl’s varsity team (7 runners each). The girls’ team is full but no boys have yet indicated that they definitely are going.…. Probably because only the girls’ trip was really promoted by John Downey.

However, there’s still time to put together a boys’ team, or at least a few boy runners.  We’ve done this trip now for the past 2 years. Most fly in to the San Jose airport (or San Francisco or Oakland) on Friday morning  and visit the Stanford Campus as a group during the day.  We stay at the Sheraton Sunnyvale where we have a group rate of $89 reserved up until September 13 .. This Thursday.  The girls’ team, their families, and I have now reserved rooms there.   There’s still time to put together a boys’ team or at least a few boy runners but I need to know by this Thursday because, after that, I’m going to finalize our entries.  We’ve done this trip now for the past 2 years.

 Please understand that this is not a school chaperoned event and we are able to participate as a team only because each runner travels with their family.  To book a room(s) at the Sheraton Sunnyvale call 800-325-3535 by the 13^th and mention the “Coronado Cross Country” group rate. I did this today and there was no problem. Airfare via Southwest is CURRENTLY around $70 each way (depending on when you return.)

The girls and parent(s) so far going this year are:
Ashley Engelman
Brooke Pierson
Brooke Hendricks
Rachel Steffen
Aeron Yim
Hannah Downey
Elise Umansky

Here are a few photos of our two previous trips”

Last year 

http://smu.gs/PYuvPW

2010

http://smu.gs/PYub3y

If you plan to make the trip please let both John Downey and I know.
John’s email address is:  downeyjd@sbcglobal.net

Here is the high school info about the meet:

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/c-xc/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/12SIHighSchool.pdf

Here is the Stanford Website:

http://www.gostanford.com/sports/c-xc/stan-c-xc-body.html

Here is the current availability of races.... D-IV girls was the 1st to fill followed by D-IV boys. We waited too long last year

and wound up running the D-I races. This year we registered on the first day. After Thursday, however I'm going to release

the D-IV boys slots we won't be using... Coach Green