Lewis and Clark College XC Invite - Meet Information

BTC Parents,

Congrats to those who raced yesterday! Meet results can be found below.

We’ve got a lot of youth participating tomorrow at the Lewis and Clark College XC Invitational. Some reminders for tomorrow’s race, from the Meet Director:

SCHEDULE

Girls + Boys

1:00pm: Middle School/Youth 3k.

PARKING

• CARPOOL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE – there are ~500 parking spots at the main course location

  • All vehicles must park in designated parking spots; those parked along roadsides or in grass are subject to citations

  • Fans are encouraged to depart as soon as their athlete is done competing to aid other spectators in finding parking near the course

  • All non-team vehicles must pay the $5 day use fee upon arrival; please account for this in your travel plans, as there may be a line to enter the park

  • It will take 5-10min to get to the course area once you enter the park; please account for this in your travel plans

    • After entering park, turn left at first intersection w/stop sign, travel ~1mile down the hill, then bus dropoff either straight ahead or left at next intersection. To get closest to the starting line, turn left and drop off at second parking lot on the right near Dogwood shelter

RESTROOMS

• There are three main permanent restrooms throughout the park, and these should be the only ones spectators use. Please relay to parents.

• There will be 30 port-a-potties located near the start line that should be reserved for athlete use only.

PACKET PICKUP/RETURN

• Please return all chips to the timers after the races.

STARTING BOXES / COURSE MAPS (see attached)

• The starting line is ~45m wide and each box is about 1m wide (the width of a track lane)

• Each team is assigned a starting box or boxes. See attached for your starting box assignment for each race you are participating in. In some cases your team may have more than one box assigned in the JV sections.

• Boxes are numbered by paint on the ground and/or wooden stakes

• The entire course will be lined with surveyor flags on both sides of the course, with colors corresponding to the loop colors on the maps (white, black, orange).

  • In locations where there are multiple color flags, that is where loops run over the same path (notably the starting area and first 700m of the course)

• 3k loop - one short white loop, one long orange loop

• 5k loop - one short black loop, one long orange loop

• Courses have been measured multiple times with both a wheel and multiple GPS units & have been accurate within approximately 1% +/-

  • Latest measurement was 3033m and 4995m for the 3k/5k courses. 

COURSE CONSIDERATIONS

• Course width

  • The starting line is ~45m wide with 1m starting boxes

  • ~30m at 75m into the race

  • ~15m at 150m into the race

  • ~7-10m for the first 1900m of 3k/5k courses, and first 3k of 6k/8k courses

  • ~4m wide while on path along river on orange loop for ~400m each loop

  • All other places along course ~7m wide

• Course footing

  • All grass and/or dirt path with only two brief gravel path crossings per loop

  • Spikes recommeneded; 3/8" acceptable on entire course

• Distances

  • 1M/2M/3M will be marked by signs

  • The final gravel road crossing on the farthest NW corner of the loop and the final major turn is 500m to go

  • After passing the park bathroom after the final incline on the final loop is ~300m to go

AWARDS/MERCHANIDSE

• The top 10 individual finishers in each race will receive an award. Those awards will be handed out immediately upon finishing

• The team champion in the three varsity sections will receive a trophy

• T-shirts will be sold on site by Hot Tees apparel. Items can be customized and made to order. Flier is attached.