2018 Howard County Invitational: Info

Saturday, September 8, 2018

The bus will depart from DeMatha promptly at 7:00am. It is, approximately, a 45-minute drive to Centennial High School in Ellicott City, Md.

Note the following meet details:

Location

Centennial High School

4300 Centennial Lane

Ellicott City, MD 21042

Meet Schedule

8:15a - Course Walk and Coaches Meeting

9:15a - Girls Varsity

9:45a - Boys Varsity (Allowed 7 entries)

10:15a - Girls Fresh/Soph

11:00a - Boys Fresh/Soph

11:40a - Girls Open

12:15a - Boys Open

1:15p - Awards Ceremony

Registered athletes

Our varsity team at Centennial will consist of Dawson Grogan, Thomas Parsons, Gavin Foran, James Hudson, Jaiden Mosely, Steven Camarano, and Hayward Smith-Cassidy. Langston would have run on varsity but has received instructions from his doctor to take off this week, at least from running.

All other freshmen and sophomores will run at 11:00 in the Boys Fresh/Soph race. All other juniors and seniors will run at 12:15 in the Boys Open race.

Award Ceremony

Varsity - Team awards to the top three teams, medals to the top 25 individual athletes, ribbons to 26th through 50th place

Fresh/Soph - Team awards to the top three teams, medals to the top 15 individual athletes, ribbons to 16th through 40th place

Open - Team awards to the top two teams, ribbons to the top 25 individual athletes

Estimated Return to DeMatha

2:30pm (give or take depending on traffic)

    We WILL NOT stop for food on our return trip this week

Athletes:

• • Wear your racing uniforms

    • SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPRESSION GEAR WORN UNDER THE UNIFORM: Compression shorts, if worn, MUST be the same BLUE as our school color (ROYAL BLUE) and stop above the knee. Compression shirts may be short or long sleeve (though I recommend no compression shirts unless the weather is exceptionally cold) but MUST be WHITE . If a logo is visible on either piece of apparel, it must be Under Armour.

  • Wear your team gear (if you did not order any, you must wear Under Armour clothing to warm up in; do not show up in just your uniform).

  • Wear your training shoes. No flip-flops until after you've cooled down.

  • Pack your racing spikes. These should not be your primary shoes for the course walk and warmup/cooldown; these are only to be worn during the race.

  • Everyone must pitch in during set-up and/or take-down in regards to the tent, tarp, etc.

Additional Important Details

• • The distance for this course is 3 miles. Looking at other teams who have competed at both this meet and Seahawk in the past, athletes seem to run, on average, roughly 50 seconds slower on this course.

  • Parents and relatives are encouraged to attend. However, please plan for your son to remain with the team until we leave at approximately 1:45pm. We wound up with only a handful of athletes riding the bus back to the school and they got stuck doing most of the work taking down the tents, cleaning our area, and transporting our items back to the bus. If you absolutely must leave before that time, you need to see Coach Puffett so he can dismiss your son.

  • Parents will receive an email from SignupGenius to volunteer to bring food and drinks for the boys. These items should be dropped off at the school with your son on Saturday morning.

  • Athletes will be told to call/text their ride when we leave Ellicott City. I will also send an alert via Remind when we leave.

  • The forecast calls for rain! I am still awaiting delivery of our new team tent as the last one broke during the track season. I encourage everyone to dress appropriately. If you did not order warmups through the team store, wear something warm, ideally with an Under Armour logo. Hopefully, we will have access to the bus if needed. Additionally, if they have to cancel the meet, I will notify everyone in advance via Remind.

If you have any questions, contact coach directly.