Meet Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Meet Location: St. Thomas Aquinas High School Hammond, LA

Host School: Christ Episcopal School

Meet Director: Chad Hunt, CES ,

Race Starter: Miguel Becerra, STA

Official Scoring/Timing: Crescent City Timing

Jury of Appeals: Miguel Becerra STA, Jose Becerra CHS, Craig Ketelsen - CES 

Race Starting Times:

• Girls 3:45 p.m. 

• Boys 4:30 p.m.

• Awards Presentation immediately following boys race

Packet Pickup: 2:45 - 3:30 p.m., under the tent near the entrance of the school on Voss Drive

Please plan your arrival before 2:30p.m. or after 3:00p.m. to avoid being stuck in after school traffic. 

Meet Registration: All schools must register their athletes in advance online via http://La.MileSplit.com. Registration by phone, fax, mail, or email cannot be accepted. 

Meet Entry Deadline: Registration will close at noon on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025.

Meet Entry Fee:

$105.00 per gender/$210.00 maximum per school; $15.00 per contestant

for an incomplete team (that is less than five athletes). Checks should

be made payable to Christ Episcopal School and brought with you to the

Meet. Do NOT mail it in advance or try to pay online. No team will be

allowed to compete without paying the Meet Entry Fee at Packet Pickup.

Entry Requirements:

Only LHSAA registered eligible athletes are allowed to compete in this

Meet. No ineligible or unattached athletes will be allowed to compete in

any race.

Race Entries: Be advised that

the entries you submit for the Regional Meet are your final entries and

cannot be changed between the Regional Meet and the State Meet. A

maximum of (12) athletes per team may be entered in the Meet; any (7) of

those (12) athletes may compete in the Meet; but no more than (7)

athletes per team are allowed to compete in any scored race. No changes

to your entries can be made after the entry deadline. 

Late Entries:

A school with a delinquent regional entry form may still enter its

contestants in the Meet no later than two hours prior to the race in

each division by paying a $50 fine for one contestant or a $100 fine for

two or more contestants along with the entry fee. The fine along with

the entry fee shall be paid by a school check payable to Christ

Episcopal School. 

Race Day Declaration:

Your (7) athletes competing in the Meet must be declared no later than

one hour prior to the start of each race (same as State Meet). These (7)

athletes must come from the list of (12) athletes that you registered

in accordance with the above. All bib numbers not declared as your top-7

must be returned at this time. If your top-7 are not declared prior to

the deadline, the first (7) athletes who appear alphabetically on your

entry form will be the only athletes permitted to compete.

Race

Packets: Your race packet will be available for you to pick up

beginning at 2:45p.m., at the tent near the football field entrance.  We

will have a table setup for you to check in, drop off your entry fee,

and pick up your race packet. Race packets will be organized by gender

and school and will include your race bib numbers. All runners must wear the bib number assigned to them in the packet.  Be prepared to declare your top-7 entries at this time.

Timing & Scoring:

Timing and scoring will be provided by Crescent City Timing. All

runners will be issued a bib number. Runners that do not cross the

finish line with his/her bib intact will not be scored. A team must have

a minimum of five finishers in order to receive a team score. All

runners in all races must wear school uniforms.

Meet Results: All final results will be uploaded to La.MileSplit.com immediately following the meet. 

Meet Awards: Trophies for first and second place teams of each scored race; medals for top-10 place finishers of each scored race;

Qualifiers for the State Meet:

Only the top-8 teams from each race of this Meet will advance to the

State Meet. All individuals finishing in the top-25 from each race will

advance to the State Meet regardless of whether or not they are on one

of the top-8 teams. 

Registration for the State Meet:

Please refer to the 2025LHSAA Cross Country State Meet Bulletin for

further detailed instructions regarding registration and payment. 

Parking:

Please plan your arrival before 2:15 p.m. or after 2:30 p.m. to avoid

being stuck in carpool traffic. Team busses will park in the back lot

near the football stadium.

Final Meet Instructions (regarding the scored Division races):

No team will be allowed to compete without paying the Meet Entry Fee at Packet pickup.

Only coaches are allowed to pick up race packets. Not parents or athletes.

Be

sure that you enter your 12-athletes in this Meet. You cannot add or

change after this Meet. You must declare your top-7 at packet pickup.

And return all unused bib numbers at this time.

All teams will be assigned starting boxes. 

A school must have at least five runners to have a complete team.

No team will be allowed more than seven athletes in the assigned starting box.

No one will be allowed to run in a scored race without wearing a bib number.

Any team found competing with more than 7-runners will be disqualified.

No coaches or parents or non-competing athletes allowed in the starting area.

No coaches or parents or athletes allowed in the finish area or timing tent.

Rules

Compliance: Refer to the 2025 LHSAA Cross Country State Meet Bulletin

and to Section 13 of the LHSAA Handbook for further explanation of the

Cross Country rules and bylaws.

The link to the Division-5 Region 3 entry portal is on MileSplit.  Click on the calendar to find the meet.