Meet Information

September 1, 2011

Dear Coach,

We hope your Cross Country Season is off to a good start. We would like to invite your team to the 2011 New Orleans Cross Country Metro Championships sponsored by the New Orleans Track Club. In an effort to return the Metro Championships to an invitational of the highest caliber, we have scheduled the meet one week prior to district championships and hope to have full participation from the Metro area teams. We want to give these high school athletes a local championship event they deserve. This years meet will be held in Audubon Park on Wednesday, October 26. This is a Boys and Girls Varsity Invitational only. Entries will be limited to seven (7) runners per team. B teams will not be allowed.

The New Orleans Cross Country Metro Championship will determine the New Orleans Cross Country All-Metro Teams. The Top 10 finishers in both the Boys and Girls races will be awarded 2011 All-Metro Team t-shirts in recognition of their accomplishments and will be recognized by the N.O.T.C., NOLA.com and The Times Picayune.

Brother Martin High School and Mount Carmel Academy will host this years meet and be responsible for the initial costs of awards and meet scoring. The meet will be scored using HY-TEK Meet Manager. Anyone interested in assisting with the New Orleans Metro Championships should contact Ryan Gallagher at rgallagher@brothermartin.com or 504-283-1561 ext. 3052.

An entry fee of $30 per school is required to help defray the costs of the meet. A team championship trophy will be presented in both levels of competition. Fee payment is available on race day, but you must pre-register for this meet. See attached information regarding Pre-Registration. No team will be allowed entry into the meet after the Pre-Registration deadline.

Please make your entry fee to Brother Martin High School and send your entry fee to:
Ryan Gallagher
Brother Martin High School
4401 Elysian Fields Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70122

Good luck to you and your team!

Ryan Gallagher .
Brother Martin High School

Rudy Horvath
Cabrini High School

Chris Kelley
Mt. Carmel Academy

Peter Kernion
Jesuit High School

Brendan Minihan, Jr.
Metairie Park Country Day School

Sarah Skotty
Louise S. McGehee School

Important Registration Information

This year we will be using Hy-Tek Meet Manager to score the meet. Each coach must register athletes through the online process. Athletes not registered on-line will not be allowed to participate. THERE WILL BE NO DAY OF REGISTRATION OR CHANGES!

ENTRY DEADLINE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 AT NOON! NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE!

How to register your team: Send your entries to ckelley@mcacubs.org in the following format:

Entry List Directions:
>No attachments please!
>Use only one column
>Label each race in order: Girls Varsity, Boys Varsity
>List runners alphabetically Last name, first name
>Do not number your athletes
>Do not indent names

Sample Entry List: (Send via email only to ckelley@mcacubs.org)

Smith High School Girls Varsity
Brown, Katherine
Thibodeaux, Celeste

Smith High School Boys Varsity
Ellis, Sam
Mooke, Mitchell

Wednesday, October 26 New Orleans Metro Championships (Varsity) Audubon Park

Time: 3:00 pm Registration and packet pick-up
4:00 pm Girls Varsity (7 runners only) (3.0 Miles)
4:30 pm Boys Varsity (7 runners only) (3.0 Miles)
5:10 pm Awards Presentation

Coachs Name: ________________________________________________________

School Name: _________________________________________________________

Please check which divisions you will be participating in:

New Orleans Metro Championships

_________ Boys Varsity _________ Girls Varsity

*Reminder: The Jr. High and Junior Varsity Metro Championships will still be held Saturday, November 5 in City Park!