Meet - 2023 Alpha Crush XC Meet - September 16, 2023
A USATF GA Association Youth Developmental
Event Registration
Alpha Crush athletes use their Meet Selection URL
All other clubs and unattached athletes, use Athletic.net
Meet information page on Athletic.net
Meet Entry
Meet entry deadline for Alpha Crush Running Club members, Wednesday, September 13, 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.
Inclement Weather Policy
If there is severe weather during the meet and here is the policy we will follow.
If there is lightning 10 miles away or less we must stop competition and leave the meet site.
Athletes, coaches, and spectators must go to your cars. We must wait 30 minutes from each lightning strike in order to continue the meet. This is a Fulton County Schools policy.
We are planning to get the meet completed and will prevent delays if at all possible. We are going to try and stay on the published meet schedule and will not start the first race early.
If we have lightning during a race being run on the course the race will be stopped and everyone must leave the course. We will start the meet up again when possible; there will be at least a 30 minute delay before we can start again.
When
Saturday, September 16, 2023.
Where
Milton High School, 13025 Birmingham Highway Milton, GA 30004-7306
What time should we get there?
See Meet Day Preparations for details.
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 3 Individuals Open
Top 3 Individuals Masters
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
2020 event cancelled due to COVID-19
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
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
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