Pink House Invitational 2026

Woodie Melton IV | Email: meltonw@bjace.org

Cell Number: 706-755-5346

Saturday, 09/12/2026

Location: The Cooler Pit @ Hubbard's Pond

Address: 1620 Red Dam Rd, Hardeeville, SC, 29927

Coaches Meeting: 7:45am (At Finish Line Timing Tent/Table)

Varsity Girls Race (7 Runners): 8am

Varsity Boys Race (7 Runners): 8:30am

JV Girls (Unlimited): 9am

JV Boys (Unlimited): 9:30am

Awards: 10am 

Welcome to the third annual 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 our eighth 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! For the 2024 Pink House Invitational, over 85% of runners PR'd at this early season meet!

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 40 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 site will be the local legend DJ Mar, playing awesome tunes, food trucks and a ton of amazing awards!

-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

$150 per team or $300 per school ($300 = both girls and boys teams)

Entry Payment Deadline: Saturday (09/12/2026 @ 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 Sunday, September 6^th, 2026 at 11:59pm.

Meet Registration Password

Meet registration is password protected. Please e-mail Woodie Melton IV (meltonw@bjace.org) for the password to register for the meet.

Awards

• Varsity: 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd Place Team Trophies
• Co-Ed Cup for Varsity: Least Total Points Combined for Girls and Boys Teams
• Junior Varsity: 1st Place Trophy
• Individuals: Varsity Races- Top 10 Each Gender and Best #5 Runner Each Gender | JV Races- Top 3 Each Gender

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 or Venmo to @BLHS-BoosterFunds.

Course/Trail

Total Distance is 5K (3.1 Miles)

We are super excited to host our eighth 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

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

Food Trucks on sight!