Meet Information
Division IV: Region III State Qualifying Cross Country Race
Hosted by: Lafayette Christian Academy
Timed by: - This meet will be automatically timed using an ITS Jaguar Platinum system and RFID race bibs. The finish line will also be recorded in order to determine placing in the case of an appeal.
Race Location: Sievers Airfield.
Address: 726 Soldier Rd. Duson LA.
Meet Director and Rules Official: Brad Sievers - Lafayette Christian Academy
Phone Number: 337-581-9535 bradsie1@bellsouth.net
Schedule of Races:
Division IV Varsity Girls: 3:30 pm
Division IV Varsity Boys: 4:15 pm
JV Boys and Girls: 4:45 pm
Varsity and JV races are 3 miles.
Awards: Team Championship trophies will be awarded to the 1st and 2nd place team in each gender. Individual medals will be awarded to the top 25 runners in each race.
Qualifications for State:
Those who will qualify for the State Meet are as follows:
1. All members of the top 8 placing Varsity teams by score in each gender will qualify.
2 Any individual who finishes in the top 25 of their respective Varsity race, that is not a member of the top 8 scoring teams.
Example 1:
Runner A finishes in 75th place overall for boys, but their team finishes 6th overall in team scoring. This runner will qualify for the state meet as a member of their schools' team.
Example 2:
Runner B finishes in 24th place overall for girls, but they did not have enough runners complete the race to score in the top 8 in overall team scoring. This runner will qualify for the state meet as an individual runner ONLY.
Example 3:
Runner C finishes 26th overall in the boys' race, and their team scored 9th overall in team scoring. This runner has not qualified for the state meet as part of a team or as an individual.
Please note that for scoring purposes, runners who do NOT have enough members of their team (minimum of 5 finishers) to achieve a team score will not have their score displace others for the purpose of team scoring ONLY. Their placement will still qualify them for the state meet!
Registration:
Registration for this meet must be completed on Milesplit by October 31st , 2023 at MIDNIGHT. You are allowed to enter up to 12 runners on the registration portal, BUT only 7 runners will compete in the race.
At packet pickup you will declare which 7 runners will be competing and turn ALL other bibs back into the registration table. ONLY RUNNERS ENTERED IN THE 12 POSITIONS AT THE REGIONAL MEET WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE SUBSTITUED AT THE STATE MEET PER LHSAA INSTRUCTIONS.
The runners who do not compete in the Varsity race will be allowed to run in the JV race but will only be timed by their coach. There is no need to enter JV entries on Milesplit.
Registration Fee:
The price for the Division IV - Region II meet will be $120 per school regardless of the number of runners or genders entered. The checks will be made out to Lafayette Christian Academy Cross Country and must be brought to the meet with you. PLEASE DO NOT MAIL YOUR CHECK! Any school who has not paid by the start of their race will not have their runners scored.
Late entries and changes will be accepted up to 2 hours prior to the start of the Girls race, but a $50 fee for an individual or $100 fee for 2 or more (per gender) will be assessed and must be paid before the changes are made. (per LHSAA policy) This must be done at packet pickup.
Receipts will be given at packet pickup.
Packet Pickup:
Packet pickup will be opened from 1:00 pm until 2:45 pm on the afternoon of the race. Please make sure that you pick up your packet in plenty of time to make your declarations and payments.
Parking:
There will be a $5 parking fee for ALL VEHICLES except participating team coaches and team busses.