Mountaineer Cowboy Invitational 2021

Gunnison, CO

Meet Information

Mountaineer / Cowboy Cross country meet

Saturday Sept 18th. 2021

Times:

9:00 Middle School Boys 3k

9:30 Middle School Girls 3k (MS awards for top 10 individuals)

10:00 College Men 8k

10:45 College Women5k

11:15 High School Boys 5k

11:45 High School Girls 5k

12:30 Awards for College and High School

SITE: Gunnison Community School/ Van Tuyl trail system

ENTRIES: online at DirectAthletics.com- close Wed, Sept 15th 5pm. Entries open 6th of September

HS/MS teams PLEASE specify roster on DA ie: Gunnison HS vs Gunnison MS; and enter into the correct race.

Email Jennifer Michel jmichel@western.edu if you need to adjust your entries due to athlete substitution- there will be no refunds for cancelled registrations

Max team entries MS- 12 per team / HS- 12 per team

ENTRY FEE: College: $150.00 (per gender) $300.00 (Men and Women) $25.00/ person for partial teams/unattached

MS: $100 (per gender) /$200 (boys and girls)/ HS: $125 (per gender) /$250 (boys and girls);

Payment made to Western Colorado University

COURSE: College Women/HS Boys and Girls-5000 meters College Men~ 8200 meters

MS completes first full loop of course (~3,000 meters)

Course is flat: dirt paths and grass. Splits will be given at every mile. Flats are recommended. The mens course is a bit long in order to accommodate 5k.

Note: There will be a lead and trail bike for each race.

COURSE RECORDS: 8K MEN: Charlie Sweeney -Western Colorado 25:45 2020

5K WOMEN: Kaylee Bogina- Unattached 17:52 2020

5K HS BOYS: Connor Williams- Crested Butte 16:02 2020

5K HS GIRLS: Soleil Gaylord- Telluride 19:43 2017

3K MS BOYS: Jonas Graff- Montrose MS 9:45 2018

3K MS GIRLS: Sarah DeLaCerda - Ortega MS 11:06 2018

TEAM CAMPS: Team camps will be in designated team camp areas.

TEAM PACKETS: Will be available at the Gunnison Community School starting 1 hour prior to meet.

NCAA: scratch deadline of 9:00 am the day of the meet to satisfy the new rule about having to include DNFs in the results

WATER: Teams are encouraged to bring own water and water bottles- Water jugs will be available for refilling.

AWARDS: Individual awards to the top 10 at finish/ team champion-

MEET RESULTS: Results will be available online at www.gomountaineers.com; and posted on milesplit following the meet

DIRECTIONS: Gunnison Community School: 1099 N. 11th

Course starts on the practice field behind the school and continues on Van Tuyl Trails

PARKING: Utilize the Main lot- southeast of the school. Buses can use the bus loop in the front of the school or the main parking lot. NO PARKING OR BUS DROP OFF ALLOWED IN PARKING LOT BEHIND THE SCHOOL ADJACENT TO THE COURSE-

Race Directors: Coach Jennifer Michel jmichel@western.edu/

Coach Lindsey Grasmick- grasmick@western.edu