While the move of the Great American Cross Country Festival from border state North Carolina to the Deep South in Alabama affected the quantity of Virginia individuals and teams that usually compete in the event. The quality of the Virginians that will be at a very high level with teams from Midlothian, Brentsville, Oakton, and Blacksburg all having teams competing in the Nike Race of Champions, while Northside senior and returning Foot Locker All-American Catherine White will be competing as an individual as one of the race favorites in the Nike ROC.
Midlothian and Brentsville both have squads that are highly ranked in the Southeast region from Nike Team Nationals and will be looking to validate their rankings and make a possible trip to Portland, Oregon in December closer to reality with strong team performances in Hoover this weekend. Meanwhile, the Oakton boys and Blacksburg girls find themselves as bubble teams looking to crack into the top ten rankings in the Southeast region. They will have plenty of ranked teams in front of them at Great American to knock off to make such a leap into the rankings.
MEET SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Shuttle Bus Service begins 6:00am from selected hotels to Spain Park
Registration, Spain Park, Hoover, AL 6:30am-2:00pm
1 Open 3K Race 7:00 am
2 Small School Champ, Boys 5K 7:30 am
3 Small School Champ, Girls 5K 7:55 am
4 University Men, Seeded 8K 8:20am
5 University Women, Seeded 5K 8:55am
Opening Ceremonies 9:20am
6 Nike Race of Champions, Boys 5K 9:30am
7 Nike Race of Champs, Univ. Men 8K 9:55am
8 Nike Race of Champions, Girls 5K 10:30am
9 Nike Race of Champs, Univ. Women 5K 10:55am
10 Invitational Boys, Seeded 5K 11:20am
11 Invitational Girls, Seeded 5K 11:45am
22 Invitational Boys, Blue 5K 12:10pm
23 Invitational Girls, Blue 5K 12:45pm
14 Invitational Boys, Red 5K 1:10pm
15 Invitational Boys, White 5K 1:35pm
16 Invitational Girls, Red 5K 2:00pm
17 Invitational Girls, White 5K 2:25pm
18 JV Boys 5K 2:50pm
19 JV Girls 5K 3:15pm
20 Freshman Boys 5K 3:40pm
21 Freshman Girls 5K 4:05pm
END 4:30pm
Shuttle Bus Service begins 6:30pm from selected hotels to Harrier Ball
Harrier Ball (Includes Dinner) 7:00-11:00pm
Shuttle Bus Service ends at 11:30pm