Meet Information
Online Registration Instructions
Location:
New Orleans City Park (https://goo.gl/maps/A4dRZKieoaadeUZH8)
Parking information: City Park Logistics Map
1. Meet Registration
Registration Website: All athletes must be registered online throughLa.MileSplit.com.
Registration by phone, fax, mail, or email will not be accepted.
Entry Deadline: 11/2/2026 at 12:00 p.m. (noon).
No changes or additions may be made after the entry deadline.
2. Meet Entry Fee
$150 per school, entry fee for JV: $25 per team, made out to your regional host(can be added to the varsity check, if needed.
Incomplete team: $15 per contestant for teams with fewer than five athletes.
Payment Instructions:
Make checks payable to Louise S McGehee.
Bring payment with you to Packet Pickup.
Do not mail payment in advance or pay online.
A team will not be allowed to compete until the entry fee has been paid.
3. Athlete Eligibility
Only LHSAA-registered and eligible athletes may compete.
Ineligible or unattached athletes are not permitted to compete in any race.
4. Team Entries & Race Declarations
Each school may enter a maximum of 12 athletes per team.
Any 7 of the 12 entered athletes may compete.
No more than 7 athletes per team may compete in a scored race.
The 12 athletes entered at the Regional Meet become your final entries for the State Meet.
Athletes may not be added or changed after the Regional Meet.
Race-Day Declaration:
Your competing top 7 must be declared at least one hour before the start of your race.
All 7 athletes must come from your original list of 12.
All unused bib numbers must be returned when your top 7 are declared.
If your top 7 are not declared by the deadline, the first 7 athletes listed alphabetically on your entry form will be designated as your competing athletes.
5. Late Entries
Schools with a delinquent regional entry may still enter athletes up to two hours before the start of their division's race.
A late-entry fee will apply:
$50 for one contestant
$100 for two or more contestants
The late fee and regular entry fee must be paid by school check payable to Louise S. McGehee
6. Race Packets & Packet Pickup
Race packets will be available an hour and a half before your race. under the registration tent nearest the starting line.
At Packet Pickup, coaches will:
Check in their school
Submit the Meet Entry Fee
Pick up the race packet
Declare their top 7 competing athletes
Return all unused bib numbers
Race packets will be organized by division, school, and gender and will include:
Race bib numbers
Pins
Starting box assignment
Only coaches may pick up race packets. Parents and athletes may not do so.
7. Timing & Scoring
Timing and scoring will be provided by Chipped Timing.
Every runner will receive a bib number.
The bib must be securely pinned to the front of the runner's shirt.
Runners must cross the finish-line scoring mat with their bib intact to receive an official score.
A team must have a minimum of 5 finishers to receive a team score.
All runners must wear their school uniform with the school name clearly visible.
8. Starting Area & Finish Area
No more than 7 athletes may be in a team's starting box for the scored race.
No athlete may compete without wearing a bib number for the scored race.
Parents, and non-competing athletes are not permitted in the starting area.
Parents, and non-competing athletes are not permitted in the finish area or timing tent.
9. Live Results & Final Results
Live Results:chippedtiming.com
The live-results link will be available prior to the start of the races.
Final results will be uploaded toLa.MileSplit.com following the meet.
10. State Meet Qualifiers
The following athletes and teams will advance to the State Meet:
Teams
The top 8 teams from each scored race will qualify.
Individuals
The top 25 individual finishers from each race will qualify, regardless of whether they are members of a qualifying team.
11. State Meet Registration
Refer to the 2026 LHSAA Cross Country State Meet Bulletin for complete State Meet registration and payment instructions.
12. Important Coach Reminders
Before arriving at the meet, please make sure you have:
Registered your athletes by the deadline.
Entered your complete list of 12 athletes
Brought your Meet Entry Fee
Prepared to declare your top 7 athletes
Remember that your top 7 must come from your original 12 entries
Prepared to return all unused bib numbers
Confirmed that all competing athletes are LHSAA-eligible
Ensured all athletes are wearing school uniforms with the school name clearly visible
Important: No team will be permitted to compete until its entry fee has been paid at Packet Pickup.
13. Rules Compliance
For complete rules and regulations, refer to the 2026 LHSAA Cross Country State Meet Bulletin and Section 13 of the LHSAA Handbook.
LHSAA Handbook Rule:
13.5.7 A school with a delinquent regional entry form may still enter its contestants in the meet no later than two hours prior to the run by paying a $50 fine for one contestant or a $100 fine for two or more contestants along with the entry fee. The fine shall be paid payable to the meet host.