Meet Information
Saturday, 09/14/2024
Location: The Cooler Pit @ Hubbard's Pond
Address: 1620 Red Dam Rd, Hardeeville, SC, 29927
Coaches Meeting: 8:15am (At Finish Line Timing Tent/Table)
Varsity Boys Race 8:30 AM | Varsity Girls Race 9:00 AM
JV Boys Race: 9:30am | JV Girls Race: 10:00am
Awards: 10:45am
Welcome to the inaugural Pink House Invitational! Named after Bluffton High School's living legend, Dana House! With only one coach in school history, we are excited to host our first invitational! No stranger to hosting meets, we are excited to host a fourth meet at this beautiful racing location where we guarantee to give you the best hosted meet in the state, south of Charleston, with a ton of PR's for your runners!
The Cooler Pit @ Hubbard's Pond in Hardeeville is the perfect course for early season PR's! The course will be well marked with every kilometer and every mile marked for coaches and runners. This course is very coach friendly for coaches to be at every crucial marker during the race to call out splits. This course is also very spectator friendly with family and friends being able to see the entire race from the finish line/team tent area.
This meet will be limited to 20 Teams, and we are looking for the best to come down to race. Make it an early season weekend getaway with hundreds of miles of beaches, intercoastal waterways, amazing food, awesome parks, and a vast array of high-end shopping stores at the Tanger Outlets nearby!
Come on down to "PR'Ville" in Hardeeville and bring your fast feet to join us for an amazing meet! On set will be the local legend DJ Mar, playing awesome tunes, food trucks and a ton of amazing awards! We invite you to the inaugural Pink House Invitational!
-Coaches, please be aware that nonmember SCHSL schools may be participating in this meet
-There will not be a discounted price for any schools that do not have a full team of 7 runners
-There will not be any recorded times (won't be in MileSplit) for any runners at or over 30 minutes; coaches will need to hand time those athletes
Entry Fee
$100 per team or $200
per school ($200 = both girls and boys teams)
Entry Payment Deadline: Saturday (09/14/2024 @ Race)
Please bring check with you the morning of the Pink House Invitational Race. We will collect checks during the Coaches Meeting. Please make checks out to: BLHS Booster Club & note CC Invitational Meet in memo line.
Electronic Entries
Please make your entries in MileSplit. Entry deadline is noon Monday, September 9th, 2024.
Meet Registration Password
Meet registration is password protected. Please e-mail Dana House (dana.house@beaufort.k12.sc.us) and Woodie Melton IV (woodie.melton@beaufort.k12.sc.us) for the password to register for the meet.
Awards
Varsity: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place Team Varsity trophy | Junior Varsity: 1st & 2nd place JV trophy
Individuals: Top 10 Varsity girls & Top 10 Varsity boys | Top 5 JV girls and Top 5 JV boys
Timing Company
Timing will be provided by Grounded Running Company
Parking
THERE WILL BE A $5 CHARGE FOR PARKING AT HARDEEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. EXACT CHANGE ($5 BILL) ONLY.
Course/Trail
Total Distance is 5K (3.1 Miles)
We are super excited to host a fourth race at this location, which is an extremely fast course, known for a BIG PR Day! We call it PR'Ville in Hardeeville!
The course consists of 3 loops that go around a pond. Running surfaces are primarily wooded trail & light gravel/rocks. Spectators must remain beyond the tent side of the pond and off the course.
NO SPECTATORS at the start line or mile markers, only coaches!
Course Map:
//assets.sp.milesplit.com/meets/626455/files/pink_house_invitational_course_map.pdf
Shoe Recommendation
Spikes
Bus & Spectator Parking
Park at Hardeeville-Ridgeland Middle School and walk across the street
Tent Set-Up
Along the Tree-Line before you get to the pond
What Else
The Local Legendary DJ Mar with great Live Music & Food Trucks on sight!
Coaches Contact Information
Dana House | Email: dana.house@beaufort.k12.sc.us
Work/Office Number: 843-706-8078 | Cell Number: 843-368-2031
Woodie Melton IV | Email: woodie.melton@beaufort.k12.sc.us
Work/Office Number: 843-322-0774 | Cell Number: 706-755-5346