2023 Chesapeake Invitational: Info

Saturday, September 9, 2023

Please arrive at DeMatha no later than 6:00am. The bus will depart from DeMatha promptly at 6:15am. It is, approximately, a 60-minute drive to Chesapeake High School in Pasadena, Md.

Note the following meet details:

Location
Chesapeake High School
4798 Mountain Rd
Pasadena, MD 21122

Meet Schedule
7:30a - Course Walk/Coaches Meeting
9:00a - Girls Varsity
9:45a - Boys Varsity (Allowed 10 entries)
10:30a - Girls B Race
11:15a - Boys B Race (Unlimited entries)
12:00p - Awards Ceremony

Registered athletes
Our Varsity team at Chesapeake will consist of Maxwell Ellison, Graham Fenn, Daden Grogan, Tarik Harris Jr, William Jackson, Chase Lopez, Jalen Neptune, Sayid Shakur, Brandon Smoot, and Roman Zentek

All other athletes on the roster are entered in the Boys B race.

Award Ceremony
Varsity - Trophies to the top three teams and medals for all members of the winning team of the boys and girls races; trophy for individual winners and medals for rest of top 25 boys and girls

B Races - Medals to the top 25 individual athletes (given in the chute)

Estimated return to DeMatha
1:30pm (give or take depending on traffic)

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 or yours has not arrived, 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 or crocs until after you've cooled down.

  • Pack your racing spikes, if you have them. These should not be your primary shoes for the course walk and warmup/cool down; 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 5 kilometers.

  • Parents/guardians can sign up to bring water, gatorade, and/or snacks for the athletes to have before and after their races by using this Signup Genius link for this week.

  • Parents and relatives are encouraged to attend. However, please note that I expect athletes to stay with the team until the conclusion of the meet to support their teammates. In the event that you absolutely must leave the meet early, you must check in with me first because I need to remain aware of each athlete's location until either I dismiss them to leave with their guardian or until we arrive back at DeMatha. Please do not leave the meet location with your son unless I have dismissed him.

    • IMPORTANT: If you intend to bring your son home from the meet (whether he rode to the meet with you or not), you MUST sign the Return Trip with Parents form and return it to coach before you leave the meet.

    • IMPORTANT: If your son will drive to/from the meet, or if your son will leave the meet with another athlete or parent, you MUST sign the Transportation Verification Carpool form and return it to coach before we depart for the meet.

  • Anybody who takes photos during the meet is encouraged to share them to this shared Google drive folder for the Chesapeake Invitational

  • Athletes will be told to call/text their ride when we leave Chesapeake High School. I will also send an alert via Remind with an estimated time of arrival at DeMatha.

• As of Sunday, September 3, the forecast for September 9 is a high of 83 with a chance of storms, so we'll be keeping an eye on the forecast as we progress through the week.

If you have any questions, contact Coach Puffett directly.