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Welcome to the 34th annual Essex Invitational. This year the meet will again be held at the beautiful Catamount Outdoor Family Center in Williston, VT. The invitational hosts seven races, including a citizens race, two junior varsity, and four varsity. Teams come from New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. Our event is one of the finest Cross Country races of the season, with a beautiful but challenging course, and top competition from throughout the region. It's a great way to get your season off to an excellent start! |
| The
Course
This is one of the most beautiful cross country courses in New England, with views of Mt. Mansfield and Camel's Hump. It is a challenging course with rolling hills through mowed meadows and two short wooded sections (no pavement on the course). Finally, It is a wonderful spectators course, racers can be seen for three-fourths of the race. The distances are 5km for the high school divisions. |
Race Divisions and Time Schedule
*Please note, there will be no Middle School races run this year.
Race Division |
Race Time |
Distance |
Course and Meet Records |
| 5K Open Citizens Race | 8:30 am | 5 kilometers/3.1 miles | 2008 Megan Malgeri 20:08.0 2009 Ryan Robitaille 16:56.0 |
| Junior Varsity Boys | 10:30 am | 5 kilometers / 3.1 miles | |
| Junior Varsity Girls | 11:15 am | 5 kilometers / 3.1 miles | |
| Division II Girls | 12:00 pm | 5 kilometers / 3.1 miles | 2003 Jennie Bender 19:35.2 |
| Division I Girls | 12:30 pm | 5 kilometers / 3.1 miles | 1998 Erin Sulivan 17:54.7 |
| Division II Boys | 1:00 pm | 5 kilometers / 3.1 miles | 2001 Mint Henk 15:54.8 |
| Division I Boys | 1:30 pm | 5 kilometers / 3.1 miles | 1996 Boyd Hutchins 16:28.0 |
Coach's Meeting: 10:00 am near the start area.
Results -
Distributed after the meet (coaches only) and online at
http://bsdweb.bsdvt.org/~pdvorak/webxcrun/
Junior Varsity Races - Ribbons to top twenty, Trophy and T-shirt to event winner, T-shirts to top seven of winning team, plaque to winning team.
Division I and II Varsity Races - Ribbons to top twenty, Trophy and T-shirt to event winner, T-shirts to top seven of winning team, plaque to top three teams. (Presented at 2:00 pm)
Entries Deadline: Team Entries must be submitted by:
High
School - before or on Thursday, September
1st, 2011
to Pavel Dvorak, email: 
Please type in the email Subject Line: "Your School Name" Entries for Essex Invitational
Please choose one of the entry format:
1. Hy-Tek Team Manager athlete’s roster export file (must include every athlete’s grade).
2. MS Excel (or Open Office Calc.) Please list in separate columns Last Name, First name, Gender and Grade.
Please list school and coach contact info.
| VT Citizens Race | $10.00 per person | Click here to register for Citizen's Race | |
| HS Individual | $10.00 per person | $15.00 after Sept.1st, 2011 | |
| JV School Boys Team | $45.00 | JV School Girls Team | $45.00 |
| High School Varsity Boys Team | $45.00 | High School Varsity Girls Team | $45.00 |
High School ADDITIONAL $30 LATE ENTRY FEE or $50 RACE DAY ENTRY
Fee Payable to: Essex Cross Country
Send to: Diane Auger, Essex High School, Essex Jct., VT 05452
Fee must be paid prior to participation. New York
School bring or sent purchase orders if necessary.
Parking
Each car will be charged $5 to park in the
Catamount parking lots. There will be no parking permitted for cars along
either side of the road. Overflow parking, and those who
don't want to pay, will park in either Williston Central
or Allen Brook School.
Parents, event workers and spectators are strongly encourage to ride bicycles or
carpool to be environmental friendly while attending this event.
Busses this year will be asked to park along the side of the road to the east of the race course and parking lot. This will free up more spaces for cars in the main lots.
Miscellaneous
Course Tours: You will be able to walk the course on
Friday. Your team will not need a tour, just follow the signs and mowed
paths. On Saturday the course will be open beginning at 7:30 am to the
start of the first race at 8:30 am.
Divisions: Please consider division II a small school division. Small schools can feel free to run in the division I race. A maximum of seven runners per team allowed in the varsity races.
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Don't forget to tell your athletes that long sleeve t-shirts will be available |
FROM BURLINGTON: Follow Main Street out of Burlington (Route 2 East) through South Burlington and into Williston. Stay on Route 2 through Taft Corners into Williston Village. At the 4-way stop, turn left onto North Williston Road. Follow exactly one mile, turn right onto Governor Chittenden Road. Catamount parking is on the left.
FROM BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Turn left out of airport drive onto Airport Road, follow to the traffic light. Turn left onto Route 2, follow into Willliston through Taft Corners into Williston Village. At the 4-way stop, turn left onto North Williston Road. Follow exactly one mile, turn right onto Governor Chittenden Road. Catamount parking is on the left.
FROM I-89, POINTS SOUTH Take Exit 11 (Richmond/Williston Exit). At end of exit ramp, turn right onto Route 2 heading West into Williston. In Willliston village, at the 4-way stop, turn right onto North Williston Road. Follow exactly one mile, turn right onto Governor Chittenden Road. Catamount parking is on the left. NOTE: Governor Chittenden Road has two ends. Please follow our directions as listed, the road is poor in the middle!
FROM I-89, POINTS NORTH Take Exit 12 (Williston Taft Corners Exit). At the end of the exit ramp, turn left onto Route 2A. Follow to intersection of Route 2 (by Friendly's), turn right onto Route 2 East and follow into Williston Village. At the 4-way stop, turn left onto North Williston Road. Follow exactly one mile, turn right onto Governor Chittenden Road. Catamount parking is on the left.