Meet - 2021 Alpha Crush XC Meet - September 11, 2021

A USATF GA Association Youth Developmental Meet

Event Registration

    • Alpha Crush athletes will use their Meet Entry URL

    • All other clubs and unattached athletes, use Athletic.net

Meet Entry

    • Meet entry deadline for Alpha Crush club members, Wednesday, September 8, 8:00 pm

Athletic.net

Coach Matthew takes the information provided on the Alpha Crush meet entry selections page and makes the appropriate selections in Athletic.net, the system used for the "real" meet entries.

    • Alpha Crush meet entries by Age Division and Name [Download] [View]

When

    • Saturday, September 11, 2021.

Where

    • Milton High School, 13025 Birmingham Highway Milton, GA 30004-7306

What time should we get there?

Award Medals

Results (and awards) will be available approximately 30 minutes after the completion of each race. The timing crew tabulates the results from each previous race as the next race is underway. Unforeseen circumstances (lost bib # numbers, athletes running in wrong race) may affect the amount of time needed to prepare these results.

    • Top 10 individuals (8 & under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14)

    • Top 3 individuals (15-18 combined)

    • Top 2 teams (8 & under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14)

      • Team awards go "8 deep"; non-scoring runners "9 and above" do not receive medals

      • No team awards for 15-18 age divisions

Notes:

  • While there are no starting line box assignments for this meet, meet management reserves the right to limit the number of athletes of each club standing directly on the starting line; we may ask team members to line up behind each other.

Notes

    • This meet is part of the USATF GA Cross Country Youth Developmental Series 2021

    • This will be the 10th time Alpha Crush has hosted this event at this location

      • 2020 event cancelled due to COVID-19

    • 2019 results

    • 2018 results

    • 2017 results

    • 2016 results

    • 2015 results

    • 2014 results

    • 2013 results

    • 2012 results

    • 2011 results

    • This is a USATF-sanctioned meet. A USATF membership is *not* required.

    • Please park in designated lots only, the lots in front of the school. There is no parking in the lots near the ball fields and starting line.

    • The team tent area is located near the retention pond across the parking lot from the starting line.

Event Schedule

    • 12:30 pm – Packet pick-up at information tent; packets available all afternoon

    • 12:45 pm – Self-guided course walk-through; see course map and course description on this page

    • 1:30 pm – 2K – 8 & under girls

    • 1:50 pm – 2K – 8 & under boys

    • 2:15 pm – 3K – 9-10 girls

    • 2:45 pm – 3K – 9-10 boys

    • 3:15 pm – 3K – 11-12 girls

    • 3:45 pm – 3K – 11-12 boys

    • 4:15 pm – 4K – 13-14 girls, 15-18 young women (run together, scored separately)

    • 4:45 pm – 4K – 13-14 boys, 15-18 young men (run together, scored separately)

Note: For scheduling purposes we are allowing up to 30 minutes per race. Factors beyond our control may affect the starting times of each race.

Facility and course map

Course description - 3 courses, 2 loops each

  • Course Map and Description [Download] [View]

  • Intersections are marked on the map, white circle with black number, 1-10

  • There are 2 loops

      • "Alpha" loop is 1K

      • "Crush" loop is 2K (also known as the UPS Loop)

  • There are 3 courses - 2K, 3K and 4K. Courses unchanged from previous years.

  • Each course has 2 loops, a combination of "Alpha" and "Crush" loops, depending on distance.

    • 2K = "Alpha" loop + "Alpha" loop

    • 3K = "Alpha" loop + "Crush" loop

    • 4K = "Crush" loop + "Crush" loop

    • Each loop has 3 key intersections (athletes will be directed by course monitors)

      • Intersection 1 - Top of hill at the end of the lacrosse field

      • Intersection 2 - Middle of course, gateway to "Crush" loop

      • Intersection 3 - Near starting line. For all courses:

      • Loop 1, go straight

      • Loop 2, go left to Finish Line

  • Each race will have course sweepers

  • Certain races may have course guides (AKA "rabbits"); typically for 8 & under age group

  • Course signage

      • 400m / 200m to finish, common to all races

      • 800m / 1-mile, unique to each race

Intersections common to all courses and loops; follow direction of arrows on map

    • Intersections 1, 2 and 3, see notes above

    • Intersection 4, follow directional arrows on map to Intersection 2 via "Mary's Meadow" (course marker on left); that means you may have to go straight (Alpha Loop) or make a left (Crush Loop)

    • Intersection 5, go right to cross the "Howell Bridge"

    • Intersection 6, go left, up the hill

    • Intersection 7, go left to go down hill; there's a big tree on your right at the top of the hill

    • Intersection 8, go left, a very sharp left turn

    • Intersection 9, go right to cross the bridge; stay right

    • Intersection 10, quick right then left

2K course

    • The 2K course is "Alpha" loop + "Alpha" loop (i.e. the same loop is run twice)

    • "Alpha" loop 1

      • Intersection 1, go straight

      • Intersection 2, go left

      • Intersection 3, go straight

    • "Alpha" loop 2

      • Intersection 1, go straight

      • Intersection 2, go left

      • Intersection 3, go left to Finish Line

3K course

    • The 3K course is "Alpha" loop + "Crush" loop (i.e. two different loops)

    • "Alpha" loop 1

      • Intersection 1, go straight

      • Intersection 2, go left

      • Intersection 3, go straight

    • "Crush" loop 2

      • Intersection 1, go left

      • Intersection 2, go right

      • Intersection 3, go left to Finish Line

4K course

    • The 4K course is "Crush" loop + "Crush" loop (i.e. the same loop is run twice)

    • "Crush" loop 1

      • Intersection 1, go left

      • Intersection 2, go right

      • Intersection 3, go straight

    • "Crush" loop 2

      • Intersection 1, go left

      • Intersection 2, go right

      • Intersection 3, go left to Finish Line

Course Video

  • Follow this YouTube link for a video of the 5K competition course used by the high school athletes.

  • The 5K course is comprised of one 1K "Alpha" loop and two 2K "Crush" loops.

Course information by Garmin

Course Length

Measured by Rolatape 32-415m measuring wheel.

    • 2K course - 2116 meters

    • 3K course - 3007 meters

    • 4K course - 3898 meters

Alpha Crush XC Invitational - Course Records

    • Alpha Crush athletes indicated in red.

Alpha Crush XC Invitational - Winning Times

    • Alpha Crush athletes indicated in red.

    • Course records highlighted in yellow.

Fun Facts as of 2019

4500 finishers

    1. 2011: 318

    2. 2012: 451

    3. 2013: 539

    4. 2014: 657

    5. 2015: 516

    6. 2016: 457

    7. 2017: 536

    8. 2018: 496

    9. 2019: 530

    10. 2020: event cancelled due to COVID-19

Clubs with 100+ finishers

    1. Walton Youth Track Club: 641

    2. Alpha Crush: 629

    3. PTC Flash: 540

    4. Lassiter Junior CC: 444

    5. Etowah: 336

    6. DeKalb Trailblazers: 247

    7. Jackrabbit: 214

    8. Woodstock: 177

    9. Creekview: 161

    10. Great Strides: 153

    11. Marietta Track Club: 149

Participating Clubs and Finishers

    1. Alpha Crush: 629

    2. Arrowhead Racing: 3

    3. Atlanta Track Club: 15

    4. Bremen Recreation Department: 14

    5. Carrollton Track Team: 21

    6. Centennial: 38

    7. Cherokee Youth Track Club: 30

    8. Cornerstone Track and Athletic Club: 4

    9. Creekview: 161

    10. DASH: 49

    11. DeKalb Trailblazers: 247

    12. Drive Phase: 8

    13. E-1 Track Club: 24

    14. East Cobb Cheetahs: 31

    15. Elite Striders: 37

    16. Etowah: 336

    17. First Light Track Club: 14

    18. Gazelle: 7

    19. Georgia Elite: 8

    20. Great Strides: 153

    21. Heart and Sole Running Club: 57

    22. Inferno Elite: 3

    23. Intensity Athletics: 5

    24. Jackrabbit: 214

    25. Jefferson Parks & Rec: 36

    26. Kennworth: 73

    27. King's Ridge: 9

    28. Lanier Lightning: 1

    29. Lassiter Junior CC: 444

    30. Marietta Track Club: 149

    31. Metro Atlanta SPIRIT: 23

    32. Neon Runners: 74

    33. North DeKalb Blaze: 17

    34. NTC Flames: 4

    35. Premier Athletics: 9

    36. PTC Flash: 540

    37. Red Runners: 8

    38. River Ridge: 73

    39. Runnin' Mustangs: 9

    40. Shreiner Academy: 3

    41. Smyrna Elite: 1

    42. Smyrna Track Club: 2

    43. Southside Pioneers: 1

    44. Throw 1 Deep: 1

    45. Track Phi Track: 2

    46. Trojan Elite: 10

    47. Walton Youth Track Club: 641

    48. Woodstock: 177

    49. YMCA Metro Atlanta: 6

Athletes with most finishes (minimum of 7)

    • Timothy Cole: 8

    • Clara Heppner: 8

    • Heidi Heppner: 8

    • John Mitchell: 8

    • Clare Cole: 7

    • Hannah Mayfield: 7

    • Katelyn Rager: 7

    • Brynn Schlaupitz: 7

    • Taylor Tarpley: 7

Athletes with most Top 10 finishes (minimum of 4)

    • Clara Heppner: 7

    • Heidi Heppner: 7

    • Taylor Tarpley: 7

    • Timothy Cole: 6

    • John Mitchell: 6

    • Brynn Schlaupitz: 6

    • Katherine Blurton: 5

    • Clark Thompson: 5

    • Allie Walker: 5

    • Sarah Bedell: 4

    • Sam Comsudes: 4

    • Nicole Delgado: 4

    • Isabel Filipek: 4

    • Ryan Hoppenfeld: 4

    • Ryan Rodriguez: 4

    • Sydney Runyan: 4

    • Addison Tilley: 4

    • Joseph Vos: 4

    • Gabriella Warnick: 4

Athletes with most Top 3 finishes (minimum of 4)

    • Heidi Heppner: 6

    • Clara Heppner: 5

    • Sam Comsudes: 4

    • John Mitchell: 4

    • Sydney Runyan: 4

    • Brynn Schlaupitz: 4

    • Taylor Tarpley: 4

    • Joseph Vos: 4

    • Allie Walker: 4

Athletes with most Championships (minimum of 2)

    • Heidi Heppner: 6

    • Clara Heppner: 5

    • John Mitchell: 3

    • Sydney Runyan: 3

    • Noah Cole: 2

    • Sam Comsudes: 2

    • William James: 2

    • Evan Owens: 2

    • Caroline Patterson: 2

    • Matthew Patterson: 2

    • Michael Patterson: 2

    • Julian Rush: 2

    • Kyle Watson: 2

Athletes with most Championships on same day

    • Clara Heppner: Two championships on same day. In 2019 Clara won the 15-18 girls 4K race then kept going for another 1K to complete, and win the only 5K race that has been contested in this meet. In statistics above Clara is only given credit for 1 championship in 2019.

Other notable finishes

    • 1st: Jack Everest, Etowah (8 & under boys), 2011. In the early years we ran 8 & under boys and girls together, hence a boy was the first finisher in this meet.

    • 1000th: Caroline Patterson (11-12 girls), Great Strides, 2013

    • 2000th: Gretchen Anderson (8 & under girls), PTC Flash, 2015

    • 3000th: Liam Welsh (8 & under boys), Walton, 2017

    • 4000th: Heidi McAllister (8 & under girls), 2019

Finishers by Gender

    • Boys: 2407

    • Girls: 2093

Finishers by Age Division

    • 00-08: 803

    • 09-10: 1179

    • 11-12: 1472

    • 13-14: 998

    • 15-18: 48

Most Common Finisher Name

    • Girls: Emma, 44

    • Boys: Ryan, 43