Friday Night Lights: 2008 XC Invitational
Friday, August 29^th
The Woodlands, TX
http://twhsfridaynightlights.info

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Date:
Friday, August 29^th, 2008

Meet Schedule:
5:00-5:30pm Packet pick-up & registration
6:30pm Open race
7:00pm Boys’ 9^th grade 2 mile
7:25pm Girls’ JV 2 mile
7:50pm Boys’ JV 3 mile
8:15pm Girls’ Varsity B Race 2 mile
8:35pm Boys’ Varsity B Race 3 mile
9:00pm Girls’ Varsity A Race 2 mile
9:30pm Boys’ Varsity A Race 3 mile

Location:
Bear Branch Fields, The Woodlands, TX
Directions: I-45 to The Woodlands; Exit Research Drive. Bear Branch Fields are located on your left approximately 3 miles from the interstate. Take a left on Bear Springs Place to enter Bear Branch Fields. Note: There is a light here, but no marked street name. This intersection is the very next street after you pass Shadowbend. Refer to map for further clarification.
(A map is available via the "Directions/Parking" link at the top of this webpage).

Course:
3 miles & 2 miles
 *Similar course at the Nike South XC Invitational to be held in October.
(Course maps are available via the "Course Maps" link at the top of this webpage).

Cost:
Boys’ Teams…$75; Girls’ Teams… $75; (Maximum fee of $150 per school)
**Note: We are NOT in the Athletic Director’s Agreement. This is a Booster Club sponsored meet, so EVERY school must pay to participate. Even if your school district does not approve check requests prior to September, we MUST have payment (ie, if not a school district check, a personal check from a booster club or coach would suffice) the day of the meet. Please make checks payable to TWHS Girls’ XC Booster Club. If you send checks via mail, please address them to: The Woodlands High School, c/o Girls’ Cross Country- Noel Hansen; 6101 Research Forest Dr., The Woodlands, TX 77381.

Entries:
Entries must be submitted through www.directathletics.com by Tuesday, August 26^th . As in the past, we will run two divisions in the Varsity races, with the A race being the faster of the two. Teams will be limited to 10 runners in the Sub-Varsity races and to 7 runners in the Varsity Divisions. You may run an additional Varsity team in the B race, but only individuals will be considered for awards. (No B race team award will be given to those schools who have teams in both the A and B divisions). There will also be an un-scored, open division at 6:30pm.
Team scoring will be done via Hy-Tek software. If you have any changes after the entry deadline, please let us know as soon as possible. The night of the meet only scratches and replacements will be allowed.

Awards/Results:
Results will be tabulated at the end of each race and posted shortly thereof. Results will also be posted on the website: twhsfridaynightlights.info and at txrunning.com . Awards will be given to the top 2 teams in each division, as well as the top 15 individual finishers in each race. An awards ceremony will be held at the completion of the meet.

Parking/Concessions/T-shirts:
Parking is free and easily accessible, and there will be plenty of space to set up team tents and camps. We will also have a concession stand, with refreshments and snacks, along with meet T-shirts on sale for $15.

**Please note: Because of recent building improvements to the Bear Branch Sports Complex, parking is very limited. There will be a designated bus unloading zone, and busses will be need to be parked at the nearby high school. We will have a shuttle service available for coaches and bus drivers to and from the high school parking lot. For vehicles, we will be using the parking lots at Faith Community Church, which connect to the park, and as those fill up, vehicles will also need to park at the nearby high school which is only a 1/4 mile from the park. There is no parking allowed on the sides of Research Forest and vehicles that do so will be ticketed.

We hope that you will be able to attend and to help make this the best meet yet! If you have any questions please call Head Coach Noel Hansen at (wk) or  281-298-3766  (hm) or  832-577-4077  (cell) or email noelwhansen@yahoo.com.

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