Meet Information
2015 Battle of Atlanta
At Nash Farms
This meet is full. This meet will be sanctioned for border states.
We are excited to welcome Saucony on board as the sponsor of the Battle of Atlanta.
Link to course map:
http://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/Page/56125
Meet Info
You are invited to the 2015 Battle of Atlanta at Nash Farms. Last years meet attracted close to 70 schools and 2000 runners. The Nash Farms course is a 2.5 loop 95% grass course. Most consider the course moderate in difficulty and it is the most spectator friendly course in Georgia. Spectators are able to see over 90% of each race. The races will be professionally timed by Fast Feet. The meet will be sanctioned by GHSA as well as neighboring states if needed.
The Nash course has been home to numerous major high school XC meets, several NCAA D1 meets and conference championships and the 2013 D3 Regional Meet. It is 30 minutes south of Atlanta just off of I-75.
There are many hotels and restaurants within a few minutes of the course.
Due to the size of the meet more jv races have been added
7:40 JV Boys Blue 5K
8:10 Varsity Boys 5K
8:40 Varsity Girls 5K
9:15 JV Coed 3K
9:35 JV Girls Blue 5K
10:10 JV Girls Red 5K
10:45 JV Boys Red 5K
11:15 Varsity Award
11:30 Middle School boys 3k
11:50 Middle School girls 3k
12:10 Middle School Awards
If the name of your school starts with A through M run in the JV Blue 5K races.
If the name of your school starts with N through Z run in the JV Red 5K Races.
Awards: top 20 finishers in each race and trophies to the top 3 varsity teams per gender. Special General t-shirts to the top 10 finishers in the varsity races. Trophies to top 3 teams in the JV and Middle School Races.
Depending on the sizes of the fields the JV races may be divided into multiple races.
Here is a link to hotel information:
http://visithenrycountygeorgia.com/
Entry Deadline and Payment Information
The entry fee is $125 for a Varsity team. If you enter a boys and girls varsity team it is $200 total. JV and middle school entries are free with varsity entries. If you want to enter just a middle school team it is $50.
Entries will done online at http://ga.milesplit.us/
Entry deadline is August 27th, 2015.
Send payments to:
Claud Spinks
Eagles Landing High School
301 Tunis Road
McDonough, GA 30253
Make checks to Union Grove Running Club
For more information call me (770) 954-9515 or e-mail
Claud.spinks@henry.k12.ga.us
Eagles Landing High School