Welcome to the third annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival

"one of the very best meets in the entire midwest"

2007 Festival Champ Jacob Swearingen

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

September 13th , 2008

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 GO! St. Louis Varsity boys 5k White Division
11:00 am GO! St. Louis Varsity boys 5k Green Division
11:30 am GO! St. Louis Varsity girls 5k White Division
12:05 pm GO! St. Louis 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

MEET INFO:

Coaches Letter (Please Read)
Team Interest Sheet (Please Fill Out & Return)
Registration Information
Course Records and Top Times
Race History
2008 Confirmed Entries
2007 Full Results
2007 Photo Gallery
Course Map
OPEN RACE Info & Registration
Meet T-Shirts & Amenities
Out-of-Town Teams (Hotel Info)
Sponsorship Information
Directions

DIVISION LISTS ARE NOW UP!!!

Registration Information:

All registration will be once again be done online through The End Result Co. The races are all chip timed so there is no special designation as to which race each runner will be participating in. Just enter your roster, send your athletes to the line for the appropriate race and the chips will take care of the rest!

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.

Confirmed Entries (as of 9.08.08):

Please fill out your interest sheet or sign your team up online as soon as possible so we can confirm the number of teams in the meet. Beginning August 1st we will be updating this site with the teams that have signed up for the meet. Check back to make sure we have your team on the list!

High Schools:

Branson
Cape Girardeau Central
Cape Notre Dame (B)
CBC (B)
Chaminade (B)
Clayton
Columbia Rock Bridge
Cor Jesu (G)
DeSmet (B)
Farmington
Festus
Fort Zumwalt East
Fort Zumwalt South
Fort Zumwalt West
Francis Howell
Francis Howell Central
Francis Howell North
Hazelwood Central
Hazelwood East
Helias
Herculaneum
Incarnate Word Academy (G)
Jackson
Jefferson City
John Burroughs (B)
Kickapoo
Ladue
Lebanon
Lee's Summit North (G)
Lindbergh
Lutheran High School - St. Peters
Lutheran South
Marquette (St. Louis)
Marquette University High School (B)
McCluer
McCluer North
McCluer South Berkeley
Mehlville
Nerinx Hall (G)
Normandy
O' Hara
Ozark
Parkview
Parkway North
Parkway West (G)
Pattonville
Poplar Bluff
Potosi
Principia
Priory
Raytown South
Ritenour
Rockhurst (B)
Rockwood Summit
Rosati Kain (G)
St. Charles West
St. Clair
St. Dominic
Ste. Genevieve
St. Joseph's Academy (G)
St. Louis University High School (B)
St. Mary's (B)
Timberland
Troy Buchanan
Ursuline (G)
Valley Park
Westminster Christian Academy
Whitfield

Middle Schools:

Cape Girardeau Central
Farmington
Festus
Herculaneum
Jackson
Jefferson R-7
Potosi
Priory

CLICK HERE FOR GREEN & WHITE DIVISION LISTS

2007 Photos:

Boys Varsity
Girls Varsity
JV Boys (Green)
JV Boys (White)
JV Girls
Open Race
Freshman Boys
Freshman Girls

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 7th. 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. Awards will be presented to the top three finishers in each age group. Overall meet winners will receive special awards (TBD). Click HERE to download an application. Online Registration HERE.

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 will be selling shoes and apparel on location. Meet t-shirts will also be sold and will be in high demand. NEW THIS YEAR will be customizable t-shirts on site from Fine Designs Inc. Choose from up to fifteen designs with cotton t-shirts, moisture-wicking technical longsleeves, hoodies and more.

Hotel Information:

The Red Roof Inn Forest Park (located only minutes from the course) will serve as the host hotel for the Forest Park Cross Country Festival. In order to reserve your rooms at the discounted rate you must use the discount code B135FPXCF when calling the Red Roof Inn. You may call the hotel directly at (314) 645-0101 or dial 1-800-REDROOF.
Hotel Website
Hotel Map

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 2006 event saw more than 1,100 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 64/40 you enter the park from the Forest Park 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.