Meet Site: Waltham High School Secondary Campus, 99 Jacks Way. Waltham. Note: Waltham has a new high school building nearby on Lexington Street, the meet isn't held at this new address but rather the site of the recently closed former Waltham HS building on Jack's Way.
Bus leaves at 2:45
Lineups:
JV precedes varsity. By rule the first race can't start until 4:15, it may be a little bit later than than depending on the arrival time of the other schools competing.
JV: A. Conley, Golanova, Kotzampaltiris, Ma, Sun, Wang
Varsity: Kiernan, Rent, Rice, Samaratunga, Tam
Regardless of which race a person is running, the runners with the seven fastest times on the day will receive credit towards a varsity letter as outlined on pages 6 and 7 of this document.
Course Map:
The course begins on Harding Field, the turf field just down the hill from the former high school building. Upon exiting the field, runners climb the hill on Jacks Way before entering the woods on the left. The course then follows a loop in the woods (pay attention on the tour to which trail is the course and which trails are not). This loop in the woods is run in a clockwise direction, and run once for the 3k course. The map above, which says the course is 4950 meters, is for the longer version of the course which includes three loops in the woods. For this meet, the course will cover one loop in the woods. The course then returns to Jacks Way and then Harding Field where the race finishes, all in the reverse direction of the early stages of the race.
Meet Information:
• Weather forecast: Mostly sunny, temperatures in the mid to high 70s with W winds 5-10 mph. Bring clothes to wear at the meet besides your uniform. You won't be allowed on the bus if you don't have warmup clothes to wear besides your uniform.
• The Waltham coach reports that the course is not suitable for spike elements in your racing shoes. If you have spiked racing shoes the spike elements should be replaced with blanks or 1/8" pyramids.
• You'll need to wear your assigned bib number which is the same number you wore in last week's meet. After your race and before you leave, please return this bib number to the ziploc bag that holds the bib numbers and safety pins. The ziploc bag is in turn kept inside the large red duffel bag.
• There's no team scoring at this meet.
• There will be a course tour sometime soon after we arrive. Pay attention to the loop in the woods as there are various side trails that are not used in the race course.
What to Bring:
• uniform
• everyday training shoes
• racing shoes if you have them
• warmup clothes
• plastic bag to store clothes and backpack/duffel bag
• water bottle - including a larger (24-32 oz.) bottle if you have one
• snacks for post-race (chocolate milk will be provided using proceeds from the Wayland XC Festival)
for parents:
• Harding Field where the course starts and finishes is down the hill from the parking lot next to the former school building on Jack's Way.
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