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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
September 12th, 2009

7:30 am Open Race 4k
8:10 am Junior Varsity boys 5k White Division
8:45 am Junior Varsity boys 5k Green Division
9:20 am Junior Varsity girls 4k White Division
9:55 am Junior Varsity girls 4k Green Division
10:30 am Varsity boys 5k White Division
11:00 am Varsity boys 5k Green Division
11:30 am Varsity girls 5k White Division
12:15 pm Varsity girls 5k Green Division
12:40 pm Freshman boys 3k
1:00 pm Freshman girls 3k
1:25 pm Middle School boys 2k
1:40 pm Middle School girls 2k
2:00 pm AWARDS CEREMONY

2009 Meet Program

MEET INFO:

Coaches Letter (Please Read)
Team Interest Sheet (Please Fill Out & Return)
Registration Information
Confirmed Entries
Division Lists (as of 9.9.09)
Course Records and Top Times
Race History
Past Results and Photos
Course Map
OPEN RACE Info & Registration
Meet T-Shirts & Amenities
Photos
Out-of-Town Teams (Hotel Info)
Brian Sell to appear at 2009 FPXC Festival
Live Internet Broadcast
Sponsorship Information
Directions

COACHES PLEASE PRINT OUT:

Timing Chip Instructions
Timing Chip Do's and Dont's

Registration Information:

REGISTER ONLINE HERE

Each team may send up to 9 runners to the line in the varsity divisions. The Junior Varsity, Freshman, and Middle School Divisions are unlimited. Team scoring will be invitational style with the places of the top five finishers for each team comprising the team score. Six and seven runners count as pushers, all others are taken out of team scoring but can receive individual medals.

Please fill out your interest sheet as soon as possible so we can confirm the number of teams in the meet. You must also register online to officially enter the meet. The online entry deadline is Saturday 9.5.09. Meet entries fees can be found in the coaches letter and should be made payable to St. Louis University High School and should be sent to:

Jim Linhares
St. Louis University High School
4970 Oakland Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63110

Confirmed Entries:
Please fill out your interest sheet or sign your team up online so we can confirm the number of teams in the meet. Check back to make sure we have your team on the list!

CLICK HERE FOR DIVISION LISTS!!

High Schools:
Affton
Branson
Cape Central
CBC (B)
Chaminade
Clayton
College Heights Christian (B)
Cor Jesu Academy (G)
DeSmet (B)
Eureka (G)
Farmington
Festus
Fort Zumwalt East
Fort Zumwalt West
Fort Zumwalt South
Francis Howell
Francis Howell Central
Francis Howell North
Glendale
Hazelwood Central
Hazelwood East
Herculaneum
Houston High School (TN)
Incarnate Word Academy
Jackson
Jefferson City
Jennings
John Burroughs
Kickapoo
Ladue
Lebanon
Lee's Summit North (G)
Lindbergh
Lutheran South
Lutheran St. Peters
Marquette
Marquette University High School (WI) (B)
McCluer
McCluer North
McCluer South Berkeley
Mehlville
Mexico
MICDS
Nerinx Hall
Normandy
North County Bonne Terre
Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau)
Notre Dame Academy (KY) (G)
Notre Dame (MO) (G)
Parkview
Parkway North
Parkway South (B)
Parkway West (G)
Pattonville
Poplar Bluff
Potosi
Principia
Priory (B)
Ritenour
Rock Bridge
Rockhurst
Rosati Kain (G)
St. Charles West
St. Clair
St. Dominic
Ste. Genevieve
St. Joseph's Academy (G)
St. Louis University High (B)
St. Mary's (B)
Thomas W Kelly (B)
Timberland
Sullivan
Ursuline (G)
Valley Park
Villa Duchesne (G)
Visitation (G)
Waynesville (G)
Westminster Christian Academy
Windsor

Middle Schools:
Cape Central
Farmington
Festus
Herculaneum
Jackson
Jefferson R-7
North County Bonne Terre
Potosi
Sullivan
Valley Park

Course Description:

Interactive Course Map courtesy of Google Maps. Detailed course maps will be provided race day at packet pickup. The course will be painted and ready to go on Friday September 11th. Coaches please feel free to visit the course the week leading up to the race.

The Map contains the Boys and Girls Varsity and Boys Junior Varsity Race course (5k). The runners will run an outer loop (2k), followed by an inner loop (1k), and finish up with an outer loop (2k). 5k total length. The JV girls race will do two outer loops (4k) and the freshman will do an outer loop (2k) and one inner loop (1k) for a total of 3k.

Open Race:

The festival will begin with an Open Race at 7:30am. The race is open to the public but serves as a great opportunity for coaches, parents or younger brothers and sisters to compete on the same course as the high school athletes. Medals will be presented to the top 20 finishers for men and women. Age group winners will also receive awards. Overall meet winners will receive a FREE pair of Brooks shoes. Click HERE to download an application. Register Online

T-Shirts, Concessions and other Ammenities:

This is a Festival! We will have a wide variety of food, snacks, and drinks including a full BBQ at our concession stand. Big River Running Company and Brooks will be selling shoes and apparel on location. Meet t-shirts will also be sold and have always been a big seller so make sure to pick one up!

Race Photos: 

To receive electronic proofs of the Forest Park XC Festival from Kabance Photo just email email@kabancephoto.com or text 314-520-0931 with the runner’s name and the email(s) you would like them sent to. Email addresses are used to send out proofs only and not shared with others.

Hotel Information:

The Forest Park Cross Country Festival is proud to have Drury Hotels as a sponsor of this year's event. The folks at Drury have agreed to provide a GREAT RATE for all out-of-town teams and family members and rooms have been held for our group at the Drury Inn & Suites Fenton, the Pear Tree Inn Fenton and at the Drury Inn & Suites Forest Park.  To make reservations, please click on the link below.

Drury Inn & Suites Fenton ($60)
Pear Tree Inn Fenton ($50)
Drury Inn & Suites Forest Park ($85)

Each hotel offers great amenities including complimentary breakfast so your runners will be able to get some free fuel on race morning!!

Please make your reservations by Wednesday, August 26, 2009 to receive our group rate.  Reservations made after this date will be subject to prevailing rate and availability.  

Live Internet Broadcast:
For the first time ever in the State of Missouri we are going to be able to listen to cross country....live! Prepcasts, the high school sports play-by-play network, has chosen the Forest Park Cross Country Festival as its first cross country broadcast. Anyone who cannot attend the meet will be able to listen to the varsity races as they happen. Prepcasts will also archive the broadcast so those of you at the meet may listen to your race later.

US Olympian Brian Sell to appear at the FPXC Festival:
Brooks, a major sponsor of this year's event, will be sending the company's most popular athlete to the 2009 Forest Park Cross Country Festival. Sell will be available to sign autographs and meet participants. Check out the press release here. Check out more on Brian Sell here and here.

Sponsors:

The Forest Park Cross Country Festival is a wonderful opportunity for your company to give back to the community as well as advertise to thousands of potential customers. The 2008 event saw more than 2,000 athletes from 44 teams participate in the Festival's inaugural year. The meet relies on its sponsors to create a first-class event for St. Louis. If you would like to receive a sponsor package with more details please email Ben Rosario at ben@bigriverrunning.com or call Ben at 636.394.5500.


Directions:

The Forest Park Cross Country Festival is proud to call Forest Park home. Located in the center of Saint Louis, the park is home to several area landmarks including the St. Louis Science Center and the nationally-recognized St. Louis Zoo. The race course is located entirely on the Central Ball Fields. Coming from Highway 44 (64/40 is under construction) you enter the park from Hampton via the Hampton Ave. exit. Turn right on Wells Dr. and continue on Wells until you hit the fields. There is parking around the entire perimeter of the fields as well as on the nearby upper Muny parking lot. CLICK HERE for a park map.