2020 Lexington Cross Country Invitational
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Site: Lakeside Country Club (south of Lexington on US HWY 283) at Johnson Lake Dam
Parking: Available in course lot, along Johnson Lake Dam, and around the Chapel at the Lake. DO NOT PARK ALONG HIGHWAY!
Teams: Alma, Arapahoe, Axtell, Hi-Line, Lexington, McCook, Mullen, North Platte MS, Southwest, Wood River
Schedule: (Please report scratches/changes as soon as you arrive) Times after the 5:15 p.m. start are approximate.
5:15 > Girls Race (5000 meters) 5:55 > Boys Race (5000 meters)
6:35 > MS Girls Race (3000 meters) 6:55> MS Boys (3000meters)
Awards: Medals to the top 15 individuals in both girls and boys divisions. Medals to top 10 7th/8th grade competitors.
We welcome your participation in the 2020 Lexington Cross Country Invitational—Lakeside Golf Course on Tuesday, September 8th.
Due to health and safety concerns related to Covid 19, please be aware of the following:
- We are asking all athletes, coaches, and fans to wear masks while on the premise of the Lakeside golf course.
- Please keep your team in close vicinity of your team’s ‘camp site’ throughout the meet. If they are cheering on teammates along the course, please make sure they are wearing their masks. Please emphasize to your team the importance of socially distancing themselves from other teams when not competing. We’re trying our hardest to mitigate the risk of having a quarantine situation take our teams out of competition for 14 days.
- During the ‘warm up’/course walk thru prior to the meet—please have athletes wear the mask unless they are jogging or running. At the starting line extra space will be provided between teams. Please wear masks until teams are lined up with proper spacing within teams to allow for safe run outs and start line up. One suggestion is for athletes to wear masks on their arms when they run…. Another suggestion is for them to put their mask in a plastic “sandwich” bag at the start line and leave the masks behind them in their team starting box. A team coach or manager could then collect their team’s masks after the start.
- Finish Line chute: Please inform athletes to continue to move through the line to exit and return to team camp site. Each school MUST provide one adult to assist any athlete from their school that is in need of assistance (for example, helping him/her up, moving him/her quickly through the chute towards camp, etc.). Tabs will not be pulled from the bib but instead video/chip system will record placings.
- Restrooms: Each team will have a port-a-pottie designated for your school. Athletes are not allowed in the clubhouse.
- Water: Instead of water jugs available to all schools, we will provide bottled water for your athletes and coaches. Each school is responsible for bringing their own coolers of ice, if you want the water cooled. Your coaches/athletes will pick up their cases of water upon check-in and carry back to your camp. We will also give each team 2-3 black trash sacks, and expect each team to clean up their own camps at the end of the day, and bring the filled trash sacks to a central location.
- Awards: The medalists will be announced but there will not be a medal ceremony. We will ask coaches to collect the medals at the completion along with the results. Results will also be emailed to AD’s, coaches, and local media outlets at the conclusion of the event.
- Refreshments: We will not be providing the traditional fruit kabobs as we have in the past. However, each team will receive bags of cookies that have been prepared by Lexington High School’s Cafeteria. Each bag will contain 50 cookies, and we should have enough so each team will have 3 cookies per participant.