Meet Information
Coaches-
The Coaches & XC Booster Club of Milton High School would like to invite you to attend the 11th Milton Cross Country Invitational at their course on September 7, 2024. Milton has hosted the Fulton County Public Schools XC Championships from 2012-2017 and our home invitational for 10 years (2007-2009/2011, 2018-23) and hope you plan to attend.
The meet will again include two open races and make the varsity races up to 10 runners per team and the JV races the next 15 runners after your varsity per team.
Tentative Meet Schedule:
Open Girls-7:45am-unlimited
Open Boys-8:30am-unlimited
JV Girls-9am-next 15 after varsity
JV Boys-9:45am-next 15 after varsity
V Girls-10:15am-up to 10
V Boys-10:45am-up to 10
Awards 11:15 AM (or as soon as possible)
Thanks for your interest in competing in the 11th Milton Cross Country Invitational. The Coaches & Booster Club of Milton HS XC.
Please email Coach Andy Carr at acarr@atlantatrackclub.org for meet entry password
More Meet Info:
11th Milton Cross Country Invitational meet will be held Saturday, September 7, 2024 starting at 7:45AM at Milton High School.
Please email Coach Andy Carr for meet entry password at acarr@atlantatrackclub.org
The race schedule will be as follows:
Open Girls-7:45am-unlimited
Open Boys-8:30am-unlimited
JV Girls-9am-next 15 after varsity
JV Boys-9:45am-next 15 after varsity
V Girls-10:15am-up to 10
V Boys-10:45am-up to 10
Awards 11:15 AM (or as soon as possible)
PARKING: PLEASE FOLLOW DIRECTIONS OF PARKING VOLUNTEERS!
SPECTATORS: please use the Birmingham Hwy entrance and park at the Milton HS main lots or at the adjacent Northwestern MS parking lots. There is no access to the start line area for private cars or any unloading by spectators!!
Please see the posted course map!!
https://www.miltonxc.org/ourtrail/
COACHES - Have buses utilize the Freemanville Rd entrance as this will facilitate more efficient bus unloading at the course start line area. We request spectators to enter the school property from Birmingham Road and park at the main school lots to avoid congestion for buses near the start area.
SCHOOL BUSES ONLY will be able to stop and unload on School Rd nearest the Freemanville/East entrance to the school at the course start area and then be directed to park in the bus loading zone adjacent to Milton HS or at the football stadium.
BUSES MUST ENTER FROM FREEMANVILLE ROAD (NOT BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY) OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UNLOAD NEAR THE START LINE. Teams will need to walk up to the school to load their buses once the meet/awards ceremony is over.
ADMISSION: There will be a $10 PARKING FEE per car and can be prepaid (see below) & it it will be collected as you enter the meet start line area. All fees will go to the maintenance of the Milton HS cross country trail. Donations will also be accepted!
Pre-paid Parking:You can prepay for parking using Square by accessing this link:
https://square.link/u/YkFCiise
or using Venmo (@MiltonXC) PLEASE BE PREPARED TO SHOW YOUR RECEIPT OR EVIDENCE OF VENMO PAYMENT AT THE GATE. We will also accept parking payments Saturday morning using cash, square and Venmo, but lines will move more quickly for prepaid parking.
The Milton XC course is self-maintained and funded. NO financial support comes from Fulton County Schools!!
TEAM TENT SET UP: All teams are requested to set up tents (camp) in the area adjacent to the course, between School Rd. and the fenced-off retention pond area (see the course map). https://www.miltonxc.org/ourtrail/
REGISTRATION: You can run up to 10 varsity athletes for each boys and girls varsity race and you can decide on race day which 10 athletes that will be from your complete roster of registered athletes. You can run up to 15 in the JV races. All other athletes will run in the Open races (no limit on the number of participants in the Open races).
Entry deadlines and changes to entries close on Sept 13th at 9pm. Get your entries in!
COURSE (same course since 2007, course records: Girls-Lindsay Billings, Northview, 2014, 18:43, Boys-Sam Bowers, Milton, 2017, 16:19)
The course is three loops, approx. 5000m in length. First loop is 1000m, followed by two loops of 2000m each. Each 1000m and each mile is marked with permanent marker post on the right hand side of the course. The course is 99% off-road with three road crossings of 10m each and four wooden bridge crossings of 5m each. NOTE: the bridges may and are often slippery so please inform your runners to be careful when running across the bridges!! The course consists of grass, bark-chip, gravel, dirt and soft pine needle trails. A course map will be in your race packet. It is very spectator-friendly, with viewing of the race start, 1000m mark, two-mile split, 3000m mark and the finish from the main field. Milton Cross Country will have padded mats over the road surface and on both bridge crossings!!
Course map available at https://miltonxc.org/ourtrail/
AWARDS: ALL TEAM awards (and varsity individuals top-10) will be presented at the awards ceremony at approx. 11:15am and will be as follows,
Open Races: Winning team will receive a trophy at awards ceremony, top-10 individuals will receive medals in the finish chute.
JV races: Top-2 teams will receive a trophy at awards ceremony, top-15 individuals will receive medals in the finish chute.
Varsity races: Top-3 teams will receive a trophy at the awards ceremony, top-10 individuals will receive medals at the awards ceremony & 11th-20th individuals will receive their medals in the chute.
THE EAGLE CUP: will be presented to (and the winning school will get their name put on the permanent Eagle Cup trophy) the 1st place school. The Eagle Cup Team winner will also receive a smaller version of the permanent trophy & have their school name put on the permanent Eagle Cup trophy. The Eagle Cup trophy scoring will be determined from all 6 races, Open, JV and Varsity Boys & Girls, to determine the awardee:
Open Races:
Team 1st place-2pts
Team 2nd place-1pt
JV Races:
Team 1st place-3pts
Team 2nd place-2pts
Team 3rd place-1pt
Varsity Races:
Team 1st place-5pts
Team 2nd place-3pts
Team 3rd place-2pts
Team 4th place-1pt
Eagle Cup Award Tie Breaking Procedure:
The tie breaking criteria for the Eagle Cup Award will be as follows and will be used in the order listed:
1) Lowest total adjusted score in the 2 varsity races
If still tied,
2) Lowest total adjusted score in the 2 JV races
If still tied,
4) Lowest total adjusted score in the 2 Open races
If still tied,
5) Lowest total placement of each schools 6th runner in each of the varsity races.
If still tied,
6) Lowest total placement of each schools 7th runner in each of the varsity races.
If still tied,
7) Lowest total placement of each schools 6th runner in each of the JV races.
If still tied,
8) Lowest total placement of each schools 7th runner in each of the JV races.
9) Same criteria as number 5(five) listed above except for the lowest total for the 6th runners in the Open races,
If still tied,
10) same criteria as number 6(six) listed above except for the lowest total for the 7th runners in the Open races. If one school does not have a runner to counter the other schools runner, then they lose this tiebreaker by default.
11) Heck, if its still tied after all that, we'll flip a coin.
The Eagle Cup Team winner will have their team entry fee waived for the 2025 meet.
Packet pick up for schools, which will contain bib numbers/chips and instructions, will be at the information tent adjacent to the start line. That will begin at 6:45am. Extra safety pins and chip ties will also be available at the information tent.
***NOTE: IF PAYING MEET ENTRY FEE DAY OF THE MEET PLEASE INCLUDE A $25 LATE FEE***
Starting boxes will be pre-assigned and listed at the information tent and on your coaches numbers packet and available at the DJ tent as well. I will try & email them out to you or post on this web site the night before as well.
Rules: We will follow NFHS/GHSA rules for uniforms, conduct, etc. We will be using USA Track and Field officials for clerking, starting and umpiring on the course and to verify/backup results tabulation.
Timing & Results: This will be a chip-timed race by the Perfect Timing Group so make sure you inform all your athletes to turn their chips BACK INTO THEIR TEAM COACHES at the end of the race & each school must then turn in chips to the timers at the finish or your school will be charged $25 for each one not returned. ALL runners will be timed and scored so enter all of your athletes in the meet. We will have extra zip-ties for timing chips to attach to the runner's shoes and extra safety pins at the information tent available to all teams.
Open races have no limit on participants.
Entry Fee:
$375 per school. Make check payable to Milton XC Booster Club.
$10 per athlete if school has less than 30 total individuals entered in the meet.
***NOTE: A $25 LATE FEE WILL BE ASSESSED IF PAYING ENTRY FEE DAY OF THE MEET***
Mail it to: Milton XC Booster Club c/o Milton HS 13025 Birmingham Hwy, Milton, GA 30004
Please bring entry fee payment (ALONG WITH $25 LATE FEE) if you have not already paid before meet day. We will have a list of schools that we have not received entry fees and expect payment & $25 LATE FEE that morning. If your school is only bringing a partial team (just JV boys as an example), contact Coach Andy Carr for fee to pay, acarr@atlantatrackclub.org $10 per high school athlete up to 30 athletes per team.
EXTRAS:
PLEASE support our Milton Captain's Charity, www.kylepeasefoundation.org
Concessions-will be selling Chick-fil-A biscuits, Starbucks coffee along with water & Powerade/Gatorade
Milton XC invitational t-shirts (with this year's meet logo) are available for PRE-ORDER here:
"EAGLE CUP" Commemorative Tee - to commemorate your run on one of the toughest cross country courses in the state!
Sale Price: $20 per tee
Tee description: Dark Blue Heather Tri-blend (cotton/polyester/rayon), Short Sleeve, Crew Neck, Unisex Sizing
Pre-Order deadline is 11:59pm on FRIDAY, September 6th (9/6)
More Information will be passed along to all the schools in their race number/chip pkts upon packet pickup.
Thanks for your support in participating at the Milton Cross Country Invitational. Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns: Catherine Bailey & Ellie Sanders, Head Cross Country Coaches, Milton High School
baileyc4@fultonschools.org or sandersm2@fultonschools.org