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Meet Information
Meet: 2020 TMSAA Upper East Sectional XC Meet
Registration will be online at Tennessee Runner tn.milesplit.com
Where: Holston Home Cross Country Course, Greeneville
When: September 22, 2020 (Tuesday)
Entry deadline: September 19 at 9:00 AM.
COVID_19 Checklist: //assets.sp.milesplit.com/meets/390908/files/covid-19_meet_day_check-in_form.xlsx
***IMPORTANT***
Access to the course is off of TN
70 Bypass (Asheville Hwy). Parking is restricted to designated areas at the XC
course. Holston Home is a working childrens' home.Please DO NOT attempt to enter the Main Campus
of Holston Home or Beacon School. This presents security problems
when outsiders enter the campus.
Once again, KEEP OFF OF THE HOLSTON HOME CAMPUS. An address near the car parking entrance - 1453 TN-HWY 70 Bypass. Busses may park at Legion Field on Summer Street.
There will be a $3 per vehicle parking donation requested at the race site.
Collection containers will be placed around parking areas for your donations.
Donations go to paying rental fees for portable facilities and course maintenance.
No charge for team parking.
All spectators MUST go
through the temperature check stations near the entrance on HWY 70 Bypass. Walk-ins
will be directed to that station. Walk-ins are not encouraged. Spectators who fail to comply with temperature checks may be asked to leave. Spectators are required to wear masks.
Coaches will submit the completed COVID-19
check list at the registration
table prior to receiving your packet. Starting
boxes will be randomly assigned. Box numbers will be with your packets and will
be the same for boys and girls.
Please DO
NOT arrive more than one hour before your first race. The course will open to
runners and/or spectators at 3:30.
First race will start at 4:45 PM. Times are approximate based on finish of the
previous race.
4:45 - Small School Girls
5:10 - Small School Boys
5:35 - Large School Girls
6:00 - Large School Boys
There will be no combined JV race this year due to COVID-19 concerns.
You may list 10 athletes, but only run 7. You may bring these 10 athletes only.
Please, leave others at home.If you advance to the state
meet you may run any 7 of the 10 you have listed at the region.
I. General Regulations
TMSAA Uniform Rule: All uniforms must follow the NFHS Rules. The referee will warn every participant prior to the meet that they must compete in a legal uniform, and if a contestant competes in an illegal uniform, then that contestant is disqualified from the event. There are no team warnings or individual warnings after the meet begins. Officials should use preventative officiating as much as possible.
For cross country competition the schools should be divided into two classes: Class A and Class AA for both girls and boys.
The middle school cross country distance shall be 2 miles for both girls and boys.
Four Sectionals (West, Middle, Southeast, and Upper East) will be held across the state with the qualifiers advancing to the State Championships. Due to the differing number of schools participating in each meet, the following will be the number of qualifiers from each sectional to the state meet: Upper East & Southeast will advance 26 qualifiers (top three teams and the five next best times) from each classification; West will advance 19 qualifiers (top two teams and the five next best times) from each classification; Middle will advance 52 qualifiers (top six teams and the ten next best times) from each classification.
Sectionals must be completed by September 26, 2020.
State Championships will be held October 3, 2020 in Clarksville, TN.
There will be a fee of $50 for a girls' team and $50 for a boys' team for each school that participates in the championship series. Check with your school administration to see if this was paid with your school's membership in August. This can be reviewed on the school ledger on the TSSAA Portal.
TMSAA Uniform Rule: All uniforms must follow the NFHS Rules. The referee will warn every participant prior to the meet that they must compete in a legal uniform, and if a contestant competes in an illegal uniform, then that contestant is disqualified from the event. There are no team warnings or individual warnings after the meet begins. Officials should use preventative officiating as much as possible.
For cross country competition the schools should be divided into two classes: Class A and Class AA for both girls and boys.
The middle school cross country distance shall be 2 miles for both girls and boys.
Four Sectionals (West, Middle, Southeast, and Upper East) will be held across the state with the qualifiers advancing to the State Championships. Due to the differing number of schools participating in each meet, the following will be the number of qualifiers from each sectional to the state meet: Upper East & Southeast will advance 26 qualifiers (top three teams and the five next best times) from each classification; West will advance 19 qualifiers (top two teams and the five next best times) from each classification; Middle will advance 52 qualifiers (top six teams and the ten next best times) from each classification.
Sectionals must be completed by September 26, 2020.
State Championships will be held October 3, 2020 in Clarksville, TN.
There will be a fee of $50 for a girls' team and $50 for a boys' team for each school that participates in the championship series. Check with your school administration to see if this was paid with your school's membership in August. This can be reviewed on the school ledger on the TSSAA Portal.
Meet Director: Larry Blalock, cell# 423-329-7938, email blalockl@gcschools.net