16th Cannon School Cross Country Invitational - UPDATE 9/04

16th Annual Cannon School Cross Country Invitational

Saturday September 6th 2014

5801 Poplar Tent Road
Concord, NC 28027

ATTENTION:  

Unless I receive an email or note with a legitimate reason, you will be expected to travel with the team to Cannon School on the bus.  

I would like to create more team unity among our team.  

I also was not happy with some of our runners just basically scattering out of here before the Ashbrook meet and letting me know after the fact that they drove when there was no real good reason for them to drive separate.

So unless you have a VERY good reason, you need to be at school at 6:30 am Saturday.

I have no problem with you riding home with a parent after the meet.  Please let me know before you leave on Saturday if you plan on doing so.

NEW INFORMATION FROM THE MEET DIRECTOR 9/04/14:
THIS SATURDAY 9/06, the NCDOT will be shutting down sections of the Poplar Tent Rd. I-85 interchange to finish construction. If you are traveling to Cannon for the invitational via I-85, please use Exit 54, Kannapolis/George Liles Parkway. Continue on to George Liles Parkway (R of the exit if you were traveling North, L off the exit if you were traveling south). Then take a R onto Poplar Tent Rd. School will be on your left after crossing the bridge. Please alert your parents as well.

Parking at Cannon School will also be affected by new construction on campus.  Please tell your parents to car pool as much as possible, follow traffic flow signs and parking attendants and also and most importantly BE PATIENT.

Thank you,
Russ Campbell
Cannon

Meet Specific Information:

Meet Schedule

  8:20 am: Boys Varsity Race (7 runners) 5 K
  9:00 am: Girls Varsity Race (7 runners) 5 K
  9:40 am: Boys JV Race (unlimited) 5 K
10:20 am: Girls JV Race (unlimited) 5 K
11:00 am: Awards (Bleachers)

Awards:
Varsity Races: Top three (3) teams will receive trophies
                        Top 15 individuals will receive medals

JV Races: Top two (2) teams will receive trophies
                  Top 10 Individuals will receive medals

Information:
There will be a concessions stand open throughout the meet. All proceeds will benefit the Cannon School Cougar Club Fund.

The course has a good mixture of open field and trail running, with some asphalt sections, and a couple of good hills. 

There will be a change to the course, which has added more wooded trail running during the second mile.

LCS Specific Information:

This meet is for JV and Varsity Runners Only

Arrive at LCS:  6:30 am

Departure from LCS:  6:45 am

Arrive at Cannon School:  7:20 am

Unpack/Set Up:  7:20-8:00 am

(Varsity Men will drop items they carry off the bus and then begin warm-up.  It will be up to everyone else to set up the team area.)

Varsity/JV Races:  8:20-11:00 am

Pack-up/Clean-up: 11:00-11:20 am

Leave Cannon/Return to LCS:  11:20 am - 12:00 pm