Meet Information
Meet Information:
(This is not the same course or location of our previous invitational. This will be on the campus at Dixie HS in Due West and will be a mostly flat, fast course. There are no switchbacks like the course in Donalds. We will do our best to have some goats here, but no promises).
The Start/Finish Line for the races will be inside the football stadium. This is a 2 lap course. Our track was once a clay track that is now covered in turf. The race will be a fast course with only one uphill that is not very long and you will do that spot on each lap. There are two places where you have to cross roads on campus, but other than that, the course is all grass or gravel. Most of the course is the turf track in the football stadium, baseball field, softball field, and a practice field.
We will have the Erskine College Cross Country teams as volunteers at the meet.
Fan friendly, it should be easy to see a lot of the course from the stands in the stadium. Coaches (1 per school for each race) will be able to go to the top of the press box and from there you can see 99% of course).
Limit: The field will be limited to 10 schools. Please email Warren Hammond whammond@acsdsc.org for password and if you have any questions.
Trainer: We will have a trainer from PlaySafe at the meet.
Time Schedule:
JV (Boys and Girls) - 6:45 pm
Varsity Girls - 7:30 pm
Varsity Boys - 8:15 pm
Awards:
Varsity - Top 10 in each race will receive medals
JV - Top 3 Boys and Top 3 Girls will receive medals
Team - Top Team in each Varsity will receive a trophy.
Entry Fee: $60 per team or $100 if a school has both Boys and Girls.
Mail Checks to:
Dixie High School
1 Haynes St
Due West, SC 29639
Make Check payable to Dixie High School and on the memo line put The Starry Stride entry fee. (Be sure your school name is included with the check if it is not on the check itself)
Spectator Parking: You will come into the parking lot entrance off of Haynes St to park next to the gym or field house. Street parking is available along Washington Street in Due West.
Spectator Areas: Spectators will have access to the bleachers on both sides of the football stadium, baseball field bleachers and Softball field bleachers. Fans should not be inside the track on the football field, inside the fences of the baseball field or the softball field. Rest Rooms are in the back of the concession stands. Dugouts and batting cages at both baseball and softball are off limits too. The greenhouse and other facilities near the right field corner of the baseball field are off limits too.
Admission: SCHSL passes and Dixie Booster Club All season passes accepted.
Additional Restrooms: In the building next to where the buses are parked. Go to the doors that face the stadium and driveway closest to where the buses are parked.
Team Areas: Tents can be set up in the grass behind the home football stands near the concession stands. Trash bags will be provided for teams to clean up after the meet. Please place the trash bags along the back wall of the concession stands near the team area.
Bus Parking: You will enter campus from Abbeville St. You will be directed to park in the area between the athletic fields and the buildings. There is a bus circle behind the visitors stands of the stadium. You will go around that circle and then back towards Abbeville St. You will exit back on to Abbeville St after the meet. The first buses to arrive will be directed through that circle before you park for the meet. You will be able to unload your bus near the ticket booth before proceeding to park. After completing the circle, you will come back towards Abbeville St to park next to the building. You will be able to pull straight on to Abbeville St to exit. The later buses will be directed to park along the fence to your right as you are entering campus and will do the circle when leaving the meet.
Concessions will be available
Please note there may be schools participating that are not members of the South Carolina High School League. These schools may be members of SCISA, homeschool associations, or other organizations. The meet will be sanctioned for both SC and GA.