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Sweepstakes Schools

1. You will have two days--Beginning at 12:01 AM on Thursday, October 14, and ending at 11:59 PM on Friday, October 15--to go back into your Athletic.net team registration page for the MT SAC XC Inv and enter an unlimited number of athletes into your JV, Soph and Freshman races in both genders. 

Related Notes…

• Since you are a Sweepstakes school, you are no longer limited to only ten entries in the JV, Soph and Freshman divisions.
• You still may only enter 7 runners in the varsity race, and you still must have at least five runners entered in a Varsity race before you may enter any JV runners.
• There is no additional charge for adding the additional entries.

2. All of your school's races (Both boys and girls Var, JV, Soph and Frosh) will be scheduled during a special session that encompasses your Sweepstakes race.

3. If you are a Division 1 or 2 school, all of your races--boys and girls--will be run on Saturday from approximately 7:15 AM to 10:15 AM.

4. If you are a Division 3, 4, or 5 school, all of your races--boys and girls--will be run on Friday from approximately 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

If you have any questions, please email Tim O'Rourke: torourke@mtsac.edu .

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2021 SOUVENIR MERCHANDISE

Items available for purchase at the Souvenir Tent, located under the stadium scoreboard.  Cash or credit cards accepted.  Please purchase early as items may sell out.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2021

• High School Division
  • Division 3                                    10 am to 12 pm
  • Division 4 & 5                             12 pm to 4:50 pm
  • Sweeps Division 3, 4 & 5             4:50 to 6:10 pm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2021

• High School Division
  • Division 1                                     7:30 am to 1:00 pm
  • Division 2                                     3:15 pm to 5:45 pm
  • Sweepstakes Races                      8:45 am to 10:30 am

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2021

• Community College Division
  • Women                                         10:00  am
  • Men                                              10:45 am
• Elementary/Middle School Division
  • Middle School Division                 2:00 pm - 3:50 pm
  • Elementary School Division          3:40 pm - 4:40 pm 

Invite Logistics

Seeding/Race Times: Specific race times and race numbers for all teams will be posted to this site on Monday, October 18th, 2021.

Dates and Times:

• Community College Division – October 15, 2021 – Women 10 am, Men 10:45 am
• Elementary/Middle School Division – October 15, 2021 – Middle School Division 2:00 pm, Elementary School Division 4:30 pm
• High School Division – Friday, October 22, 2021.
  • Division 3                                    10 am to 12 pm
  • Division 4 & 5                              12 pm to 4:50 pm
  • Sweeps Division 3, 4 & 5             4:50 to 6:10 pm
• High School Division – Saturday, October 23, 2021.
  • Division 1                                     7:30 am to 1:00 pm
  • Division 2                                     3:15 pm to 5:45 pm
  • Sweepstakes Races                      8:45 am to 10:30 am

Parking: All school busses, school vans and individual vehicle parking will take place in LOT F on the NORTH side of TEMPLE Blvd.  School busses and school vans will not be charged.  ALL other vehicles will be charged a parking fee.  (Note a ‘school van’ is a vehicle owned by the school district)

Stadium Entrance:  All participants and spectators will enter the stadium via the pedestrian access tunnel at the EAST end of LOT F.  Pedestrian or vehicle access will not be allowed SOUTH of Temple Blvd via ‘Bonita’.

Construction: Our stadium and any construction that made parts of our XC course or warmup fields inaccessible the last four years has all been completed.  We are still working on our Conference Center, Gymnasium and aquatics center so you will see some of that going on.  Please remind your students that all construction areas are off limits.

Admission:  Spectators will be able to purchase tickets at the ticket windows located at the tunnel exit point.  Cash and credit cards are accepted.  No personal checks.  Teams will be admitted after the coach has picked up their team packet.  There will be race bibs in the team packet that will serve as the athletes entrance ticket.  Each team packet will have a set amount of admission tickets for your staff. Note please that there is a limit to these passes based upon your team size.

Entrance:  Coaches and teams will enter at the EAST gates of our box office.  Spectators, friends and parents will enter the facility at the WEST gates of our box office.  There will be signs clearly making the two gates.  Once inside the stadium please follow the signage directing you to team camp areas, warm-up field, restrooms and the clerk of the course.

Water:  Bring your own coolers with you for your team needs but bring them empty.  We will have a water cooler fill up station for you to use.  Don’t forget to bring your own cups for your team use.

Medical Kit:  Make sure you bring your medical kit and all emergency forms with you to your team camp area. 

Restrooms:  We will have more stadium restrooms available for your use this year thanks to our new construction.  We will also have an ample supply of porta pots available for your use as well.  We want to  strongly suggest that you share two things with your team: 

• If time and opportunity allow, make every attempt to use the stadium restrooms even it means a bit of a walk. Try to leave the rental units for those who may be racing soon and in need of a close or quick opportunity.
• Bring your own toilet paper for team use in the porta pots. The reason is that users of porta pots take toilet paper rolls and give them or ‘save’ them for their teammates. It is a phenomenon of porta pot use if people are going to be in a location for an extended period of time it seems.  Despite our best efforts we cannot keep up with the demand for TP in our porta pots.  Make toilet paper a  part of your team camp preparation supplies

Warm-up Area:  We have brand new 353 meter, oval practice track located where our ‘lower grass field’ was prior to construction.  It is four lanes wide, and has a six lane 110 meter straight away attached on the east side. Inside of the oval is an artificial turf football field.   All of this will be open for athlete warm-up.  We are also going to set aside a portion of the ground floor parking structure for warm up.  This parking structure is directly WEST of the track stadium.

Team Camp Area: Teams may set up camps on the grass field directly SOUTH of the competition track and on the ground floor of the parking structure directly WEST of the track stadium.  NOTE PLEASE: No team camps will be allowed on the practice track facility, in the stadium bleachers or on the top floor of the parking structure. (That area is still being used as a construction storage area at this time.)

Clerk of the Course:  The clerk will be located in the NORTH/WEST corner of the practice track.  Athletes will go from the clerk directly to the starting line.  The gate they use to move to the start line will not be open for any other coaches or fans.  No one other than athletes preparing to run will be allowed to use this gate.

Coach / Spectator Course Access:  We will be returning to our previous course access protocols that were in place prior to construction. The asphalt road area from the Gauntlet entrance to the beginning of valley loop is still off limits.  The Gauntlet and Guard Alley is still off limits to coaches and spectators as in years past. 

Safety Gate: The Safety Gate policy will be enforced again. The times that we use as cut off marks are very generous.  If a runner lacks the fitness to clear the halfway point of our course by this time of the season we have to assume they lack the fitness necessary to safely compete in our ‘invitational.’  Sometimes illness or injury hampers a runner’s ability to compete at their normal proficiency.  We understand this situation but feel strongly that a runner in that situation should not be competing under those circumstances.  Our charting and history shows that runners who struggle in the first half of the race are usually the ones who struggle, collapse and can require emergency medical attention in the back half.  Our goal is the safety of all runners.  We care about every runner and this policy has greatly decreased our severe medical issues on race day.  There is no other agenda on our part other than the safety of our participants.

• Cut Off Times
  • Varsity boys 12:30
  • Non Varsity boys 13:00
  • Varsity girls 13:50
  • Non Varsity girls 14:00

Finish Line: Thanks to GPS and topographic mapping, our finish line is in the exact same position as it was prior to construction.  The area from the Gauntlet to the finish line will be fenced off and is off limits to all but competitors and meet staff.

Timing: Timing will be provided by the amazing team at Finished Results.

Awards:  The awards area will be located next to the scoreboard.  (South of the competition track)

Results:  Result will be posted on line immediately after the race at finishedresults.com and at runmtsac.com  A hard copy will be posted as well.

Souvenirs:  The souvenirs area will be located directly beneath the scoreboard.  (South of the competition track)

Refund Policy
There are no refunds. Our major costs come from preparing your packets, bibs, etc. prior to the meet, not competing in the invitational. Once you have entered your school or individual, you are responsible for all registration fees regardless if your team competes or not.

Cancellation Policy
Rain or shine, the Mt. SAC Invitational will be run. There will be no refunds due to inclement weather, acts of god, police or fire department closure, etc. The Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational reserves the right to cancel, postpone or reschedule the event in the best interests of our participants with no refunds.

For Parents:

Pets:  Our XC course is a college athletic facility located on the Mt. San Antonio College campus.  As such, pets or animals of any kind are not allowed on campus.  Please do not bring your animals with you.  They will not be allowed in.

Team Location:  Please let your parents know that you won’t know where your team camp will be until you get here.  Each year the Mt. SAC staff deals with more than a handful of ‘grumpy’ parents demanding to know where high school ‘X’ has set up camp.  Not imperative of course but having your runners text parents of your location,  once established, may help all concerned.

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION INFORMATION
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High School Information:

To assess interest in this year’s Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational, we encourage teams to register at this time. You will be asked to hold your registration with a credit card but that card will not be charged until registration closes on October 10, 2021. In previous years, registration and payment were final once you completed your submission but in this COVID impacted year of uncertainty we wanted to give you the opportunity to change plans if your circumstances change.  

Divisions:

• Varsity (max 7) 
• Junior Varsity (max 10)
  • Must register a minimum of 5 Varsity to unlock the JV division
• Sophomore (max 10)
• Freshman (max 10)

Mt SAC Inv Division Number Selection:

All CIF-SS schools must enter into the division they have been placed by the CIF-SS office for this current season.

All California schools outside of the Southern Section have two options: One, you may enter into the Mt Sac Invitational in the division you have been placed for this current season by YOUR CIF Section Office, or you may enter into a division based on the enrollment numbers listed below, which are the Southern Section parameters for this current season.

All schools from outside California should enter into the division based on the enrollment numbers listed below, which are the Southern Section parameters for this current season. If you are outside of California and you wish to be placed in a division different than the parameters listed below, please contact the meet director.

D1 2481 and above
D2 2051-2480
D3 1530-2050
D4 601-1529
D5 600 and below

Registration:

This is a high school team event with entries to be submitted by coaches. No unattached or individual registration will be accepted.  Pre-authorization of a credit card will be required to unlock registration.

Regestration Fees:

$20 per athlete
$60 team of 3 or more (per division)
$450 maximum fee per school

Refund Policy:

This meet will be run regardless of weather. There will be no refunds if your team does not show on meet day for any reason. All team registration fees will be finalized and non-refundable at the close of registration on October 10. Special note for 2021 event: IF our event is canceled for any reason related to COVID, by any public entity, your registration fee will be refunded minus necessary credit card processing fees.

Varsity Sweepstakes Race:

During the registration process, you will have the opportunity to "check" a box requesting placement. There will also be an opportunity to submit some rationale in support of your request. You only need to submit your rationale one time. Varsity Sweepstakes teams will be annouced on October 14. These select teams will receive an email informing them that their 7 varsity athletes have been moved to the Varsity Sweepstakes race. These teams will also be invited to enter the JV Sweepstakes event as well as submit unlimited entries in the Freshman, Sophomore and JV divisions.

Additional Information:

Information for coaches and a meet schedule will be added as the event nears. By adding the Mt. SAC Invitational to your team's Athletic.net calendar, you will be privy to any upcoming informational emails.

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