36th Annual Trailblazer Invitational 2008

Gray, TN

Meet Information

Daniel Boone High School
is pleased to invite you to the
36th Annual
Trailblazer Cross-Country Invitational
Thursday, October 9, 2008

The 36th edition of the Trailblazer Cross-Country Invitational will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2008 on the campus of Daniel Boone High School and Crossroads Christian Church. We are excited to unveil our new 5000 meter course. We have combined the Crossroads course from last year with our old course to come up with a single loop race. Only about 500 meters is ran twice. We are excited about the new course and what it offers us in terms of a better start area and a more spectator friendly course. Now that we have finalized the 5000 course we will finalize the middle school course. It will be the same course as last year for the middle school. Once final maps are drawn they will be posted at www.slipstreamtiming.com.

In addition the Trailblazer will serve as the qualifying meet for the Tennessee Middle School Championships to be held on Saturday, October 18, 2008. See details on page two of this flyer.

Estimated Time Schedule:
Middle School Girls Est 3000 meters 4:00 pm Unlimited
Middle School Boys Est 3000 meters 4:25 pm Unlimited
HS Junior Varsity 5000 meters 4:45 pm Unlimited
(Boys & Girls Combined)
HS Varsity Girls 5000 meters 5:15 pm Top 7 only
HS Varsity Boys 5000 meters 5:45 pm Top 7 only

Entry Fees: High School - $50 per school ($30 per team)
Middle School - $30 per school
Individual Runners - $6 per runner
(Schools that have both high school and middle school teams must pay as separate teams.)

Make checks payable to: Daniel Boone High School
1440 Suncrest Dr.
Gray, TN 37615

Awards: Medals/ribbons to top 50 each division, Special Memorial Trophies to Individual Winner of the Varsity Races, Team Plaques in all divisions. All middle school individual awards will be given in chute. Middle school team awards will be available for pickup once results are completed. All high school medallions and team awards will be given at awards ceremony following the last race.

Entries: Please email your entries to brian@slipstreamtiming.com. Please include first and last name and grade. You do not have to declare what race your runners are competing in. However, high schools with 8th graders need to declare whether those runners are middle, HS JV, or HS Varsity.

Entry deadline: Friday, October 3, 2008. Absolutely no day of meet entries.

If you have any questions, please contact Len Jeffers, Head Coach, Daniel Boone High School
423-477-1600(school), 423-753-9609 (home), 423-612-0650 (cell), jeffersl@wcde.org
or
Brian Buckner, Slipstream Timing & Meet Management, brian@slipstreamtiming.com, 423-742-5004 (cell)

Tri-Cities Region
Qualifier

TRAILBLAZER SERVES AS AREA QUALIFYING MEET FOR TENNESSEE STATE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP

In 2006, the Knoxville Track Club and TennesseeRunner.com started an end of the season meet to serve as a Tennessee State Middle School Championship. This meet is not a TSSAA or TMSAA meet. The meet is a USATF sanctioned meet.

Beginning in 2007, a series of qualifying meets has been set across the state in which middle schools may attempt to qualify for the State Middle School Meet. The Trailblazer Cross-Country Invitational will serve as the qualifying meet for the Tri-Cities Region. The Slipstream Track Club is serving as the local sponsor for the Tri-Cities Region.

The Tri-Cities Region consists of the following counties:

Claiborne, Hancock, Jefferson, Hamblen, Cocke, Greene, Hawkins, Sullivan, Washington, Unicoi, Carter, and Johnson.

The Top 5 Tennessee middle school teams at the Trailblazer will qualify for the State meet. In addition, the top 25 Tennessee individuals not on one of the five teams will also qualify.

For further information on the Tri-Cities Region qualifier please contact Brian Buckner at brian@slipstreamtiming.com or call 423-742-5004.

To find out more information about the Tennessee State Middle School Championships please go to: www.ktcyouthathletics.org/tnstatemsccchampionship.html
www.slipstreamtrackclub.com
The Slipstream Track & Field Club is looking for runners interested in joining us for our fall cross-country program. We are already working with some athletes and will be having more join us after their school season is over. Competition is for ages 7-18 and is open to anyone from Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Information about our fall program will be posted on our web site at www.slipstreamtrackclub.com. We have the following meets scheduled:

November 22 AAU Southeastern District - Decatur, AL (Jesse Owens Course)
November 29 Foot Locker South Region - Charlotte
December 6 AAU National Championships - Decatur, AL (Jesse Owens Course)

Come join us as we have a lot of fun with our club program.

TENNESSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL
STATE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFYING MEET

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.