Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Meets for the remainder of the season



Meets for the rest of the season.
Now that we’re nearly done with the early season Cross Country Invitationals, I’ll go over in more detail the rest of the season’s meets.

September 27: Coach Downey XC Classic … JV mostly
http://www.downeyclassic.com
Up until a few years ago this was called the Saints Small School Invite and was hosted by Saint Augustine High School. When the Saints Coach passed away, the meet was taken over by a former runner of his and is now known as the Coach Downey XC Classic. It’s for D-IV and D-V schools and is held at Morley Field, over parts of our League Course. Now, it includes races for both high schools with enrollments of 1500 or less, as well as Community Colleges.  In the past or girls team won the team championship more often than not, with the boys winning from time-to-time. Now, we use this a meet for those who need or want a race. We no longer try to win it as a team. Because our varsity runners now attend more high-level races than we did back then the varsity trains through it. That said, It’s available for anyone on our team who wants to race. The entry deadline is Monday, Sept 23rd.  So, if you want to run I need to know ASAP. It’s a Friday meet, so there will be an early release. See the link above for the schedule and everything else about the meet.

October 10: Western League Cluster … Varsity and JV
This meet is the start of our league competition with other league schools.
The schools in the Western League are Coronado, University City, Cathedral Catholic, La Jolla, Serra, and Scripps Ranch.  None of the Clusters are optional. All of our Cluster Meets use the City Conference Cross Country Course at Morley Field.
Western League Girls JV Course 2.5 miles

City Conference Course 3.11 miles

Three of the clusters are for both our Varsity Runners and JV runners, this one,  the one on November 7, and the League Championship on November 14.  The Cluster on October 17 is for JV only. In the Varsity Races, we can enter more than the usual seven runners.

October 17: Western JV Cluster (see Oct 10 description)

October 25: Mt. SAC Invite – Varsity Teams Only
http://events.mtsac.edu/ccinvite/index.html 

Mt. SAC, in Walnut California, is one of the largest Cross Country meets in the world.
We’ll enter a boys and girls varsity team (7 runners each).

November 2: Postal 2-Mile Run at University City High School : Everyone
This is a series of 2-mile runs on the UC track starting at around 3pm and going into the night with the fastest races being run last. Optional, but a lot of fun. There is even a mascot race. More details when they send them.

November 7: Western League Cluster … Varsity and JV

November 14: Western League Championships … Varsity and JV

After the Western League Championships, everyone will be done except for the top seven boys and top seven girls who will run at the CIF finals and, hopefully, the State Meet.

November 23: CIF Championships at Morley Field
November 30: State Meet in Fresno

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