EVENTS
  Tennessee State Middle School Cross Country Championships

                                   

 2007 TENNESSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL 

STATE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

PRESENTED BY

 

     Saturday, October 20, 2007
Victor Ashe Park
Knoxville , Tennessee

GENERAL INFORMATION

ENTRY FEE:

$10.00 per athlete. Maximum $50.00 per team -Varsity Division (Boys and Girls pay as separate teams).  JV Division -$10.00 per athlete.  Elementary Division - $10.00 per athlete. No Refunds

ELIGIBILITY / DIVISIONS: 

This is a Tennessee State Championship meet for Tennessee middle school aged athletes only.  You must be in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade to compete.  Teams and / or individuals must qualify to compete in this championship meet through designated regional qualifying races.  There will be a special open elementary school race (grades 3,4,5) which will precede Middle School races. This meet is santioned by USATF (USA Track and Field)

Middle School Varsity Division - Open to all Middle School Athletes (grades 6,7,8) Top 10 runners on your team

Middle School Junior Varsity Division - Open to all Middle School Athletes (grades 6,7,8) All remaining runners outside of your top 10

REGIONAL QUALIFYING MEETS / QUALIFYING CRITERIA

West Region Qualifying Meet

Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic

Date: 10-06-2007
Location: Mike Rose Soccer Complex, Memphis, TN
Host Team: Christian Brothers University

bhoffman@cbu.edu, njimenez@diamondjaxx.com,


Middle Region Qualifying Meet

MTCCA Middle School Championships

Date: 10-13-2007

Location: Macon County High School Cross Country Course, Lafayette, TN

Host Team: Macon County High School

Info:  gattisg@k12tn.net

 

Chattanooga Region Qualifying Meet

Chattanooga Cross Country Festival

Date: 09-22-2007
Location: Chickamauga Dam, Chattanooga, TN
Host Team: Chattanooga Area XC League

Info: coachparks@tennesseerunner.com

Knoxville Region Qualifying Meet

KTC Elementary / Middle School XC Championships

Date: 10-04-2007
Location: Victor Ashe Park, Knoxville, TN
Host Team: Knoxville Track Club

Info: tennrunner@aol.com

 

Tri-Cities Region Qualifying Meet

Trailblazer Cross Country Invite

Location:  Daniel Boone HS, Gray TN

October 11, 2007

Host Team: Slipstream Track Club

Info: brian@slipstreamtiming.com

LIST OF STATE QUALIFIERS TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL BY REGION

  • Teams / Individuals must qualify at only one of the Regional Meets above according to the Region Boundries detailed on the map below
  • Top 5 teams (boys and girls) and the top 25 indivduals outside of the top 5 teams qualify for the State Championships
  • Qualifying teams are limited to thier top 10 runners for the state varsity race.  The balance above 10 will be placed in the JV race.

REGIONAL QUALIFIERS - MAP

ENTRY DEADLINE:

All entries must be made online by midnight  Wednesday, October 17, 2007 . No exceptions. 

FOR ONLINE ENTRY ( Enter here only if you have qualified)

Click ---> Online Entry   

Make checks payable to Knoxville Track Club. Certified / Cashiers Check / Money Order only.    Entry Fees Due - October 19, 2007

Mail entry fees only to:
     Marty Sonnenfeldt
      TN MS CC CHAMPS
      P.O. Box 7175
      Knoxville , TN 37921
              

For Results -- Click ----> Results

                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Elementary School 1M and Middle School 2M Course Map

Click ---> Course Map

 

AREA HOTELS

For a list of hotels close to the course please click HOTELS


ENTRY CONFIRMATION
:

A copy of your on-line entries will be e-mailed to you. Scratches or no-shows will not be refunded.

TEAM SCORING:  

Team Scoring will follow standard scoring format.  Top 5 runners score with team tie breakers taken to runners 6,7,8.  Team Scoring for Middle School Varsity race only.

MEET SCHEDULE

Saturday 10/20/07

 

Event Time

Event

9:00 AM

Packet Pick Up at Course (Concession Stand Area)

9:30 AM

Course Open for Warm ups

10:30 AM

Course Closed for Warm ups

 

 

Special Elementary School Races

11:00 AM

Girls Elementary School Race - 1 Mile

11:25 AM

Boys Elementary School Race - 1 Mile

 

 

Middle School Division

12:00 PM

Junior Varsity Races (Boys and Girls together)

12:40 PM

Girls Middle School Varsity Race - 2 Miles

1:20 PM

Boys Middle School Varsity Race - 2 Miles

 

 

2:00 PM

 Awards

DIRECTIONS TO VICTOR ASHE PARK :

Off of I-640 take the Western Ave. exit.  Follow Western Ave West (towards Oak Ridge ) .3 miles to Ballcamp Pike - take a right at the light by Wendy's Restaurant and follow Ball Camp to Bradshaw Rd.   Take a right onto Bradshaw and follow 1 mile to the entrance to the park on left.  Bear left when entering park to the XC parking area, please follow parking instructions given by security officers.

 

PACKET PICK-UPSaturday - October 20th - 9AM - At Victor Ashe Park

T-SHIRTS / AWARDS:

Commemorative shirts will be on sale at the meet for $13.00

Individual awards - Trophies will be awarded to the top 20 in each race.  

Team awards - plaques will be awarded to the top three boys and girls varsity middle school teams.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

For general information, call the Knoxville Track Club - Youth Athletics Hotline at (865) 406-4128. For technical, meet details e-mail Meet Director - Marty Sonnenfeldt TennRunner@aol.com