Highbanks Recreation Area
Letchworth State Park, Mount Morris, NY
Hosted by SUNY Geneseo

Regional Information

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TO: NCAA Division III Atlantic Regional Cross Country Coaches
   
   
FROM: Mike Woods (Meet Director)
  1 College Circle
  Alumni Gymnasium
  Geneseo, NY 14454
  Phone: 585-245-5340 (Work) 585-243-5374 (Home) 585-733-3081 (cell)
  Fax: 585-245-5347
  E-mail: woodsm@geneseo.edu
   
  Marilyn Moore (Athletic Director)
  Phone: 585-245-5345
  E-mail: moorem@geneseo.edu
   
   
DATE: Saturday, November 11, 2006
   
   
TIME: men:  11:00 a.m.
  Women:       Noon
   
   
ENTRIES: Entries will be handled by Direct Athletics ( a link is provided on the LINKS page to the entry website).
  Complete coaches information can be downloaded from the forms page.
  Entries for regionals must be submitted by 5 pm ET on Sunday, November 5th. Any entries submitted after this time shall be considered to be late and are subject to acceptance by the games committee with a $100 fine per team and gender.

Squad Size – Participating teams are limited to a maximum of seven runners in uniform. Institutions entering five to seven runners in the regional qualifying meet must compete as a team. If fewer than five competitors from one institution compete in the regional qualifying meet they will compete as individuals only.
   
   
SELECTION CRITERIA: Effective for the 2006 championships the following at-large selection criteria and procedures will be followed for teams and individuals.
 
 Teams (32 per gender) will be selected in the following manner:
 
·         16 teams will automatically qualify (two per region);
·         16 at-large teams will be selected by the committee to be determined using the criteria listed below; and
·         Only the top five teams in each regional will be considered.
 
The selection criteria below (not listed in preferential order) will be considered to select the at-large teams:
 
·         Regional place;
·         Late-season performance (meets within the last 25 percent of the season);
·         Head-to-head competition with teams already in the championships field and other potential at-large teams using late-season performance comparisons;
·         Gap times amongst runners within a team (one to five runners) at regionals;
·         Regional meet results – point gap for places of a team’s finish and total team score versus the team that placed ahead of them and behind them; and
·         Late-season meet results - point gap for places of a team’s finish versus the team that placed ahead of them and behind them.
 
Individuals (56 per gender) will be selected in the following manner:
·         56 Individuals will automatically qualify (7 per region)
·         Remove the team championship qualifiers from regionals and renumber the remaining individuals (not with a qualifying team) to determine the individual national qualifiers.
 
 
Selection Timeline
 
Sunday, November 5, 2006
·          5 p.m. ET – Deadline for receipt of entry form to appropriate regional meet director.
·          5 p.m. local time – Coaches must submit "team information form" to Kristin Steckmesser at the national office.
           
(The “team information form” is posted under the forms page on this website. The form will need to be sent to Kristin Steckmesser at the NCAA preferably by email (ksteckmesser@ncaa.org) or fax (317/917-6210) by the Sunday prior to regionals, November 5th, at 5 pm local time.)
 
Sunday November 12, 2006
·          3 pm ET - Championships fields will be posted online at www.ncaasports.com and the championships meet website.
 
·          3 - 9 pm ET - Championships entry period online through Direct Athletics. Entries received after 9 pm ET shall be considered late but may still be accepted until 11 pm per games committee approval and with a $100 fine per team and gender.
 
   
   
COURSE: The course is on natural terrain in the High Banks Area of Letchworth State Park
  which is often called the Grand Canyon of the East. The course has many natural
  boundaries and portions run on protected trails along the gorge. Spikes are
  recommended since the majority of running is on grass and trails. Road crossings
  are few and brief. A continuous double solid line will mark the course. The start
  and finish are in close proximity and much of the course is spectator friendly.
   
  The course is considered fast. Runners will experience long, open stretches with flat gradual up hill and gradual down hill running along the way.
   
   
INSPECTION: The course will be open for inspection from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on
  Friday, November 10th and 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 11th.
   
   
PACKET Meet packets will be available from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. prior to the
PICK-UP: coaches meeting on Friday night at the SUNY Geneseo Newton Lecture Hall Room 201. NCAA merchandise will also be available at this time. See the FORMS page for more official NCAA souvenir information.
   
   
TIMING & Scoring: Leone Timing Systems will provide official timing and scoring. The computer chip
  system (one per shoe) will be used. We will also use 2 cameras as backups.

Chips must be returned to the chip table located in the North Shelter by the start/finish area by 30 minutes after the last race.
   
   
RESULTS: Unofficial results will be posted 30 minutes after each race.
  The results will become official 30 minutes after posting when verified by the
  Meet Director and the Games Committee Chair. Copies will be distributed to
  coaches at the post race gathering.
   
   
POST RACE NCAA Qualifiers and the All-Region Team will be announced at 3:00 pm in the
GATHERING: Merritt Gymnasium on the SUNY Geneseo Campus. The ceremony will take
  approximately 30 minutes.
   
   
MEET Country Inns & Suites            (3 miles from the course)
HEADQUARTERS:    130 North Main Street           
  Mount Morris, NY 14510
  585-658-4080 or 1-800-456-4000
  www.countryinns.com/mountmorrisny
   
   
MEDICAL The day before the meet, the Athletic Training Room in the Alumni Fieldhouse on
INFORMATION: the SUNY Geneseo Campus will be open for regular hours from 2:00 to 7:00pm. On the morning of the meet, the Athletic Training Room will be open from 8:00 to 9:00am. Any athlete requiring ultrasound or electrical muscle stimulation must have a note from their Athletic Trainer.
   
  The Athletic Trainers will be on hand at the race site finish line area from 9:00am
  until completion of the contest. A physician, nurse practitioner, and ambulance will also be available at the finish line.
   
  Any athlete requiring tape or wrapping must bring their own materials. There will be no modalities (heat, ultrasound, muscle stimulation) at the race site. Ice and water will be available at the finish line. No massages will be performed.
   
  Sharon West  (Head Athletic Trainer)
  1 College Circle
  Geneseo, NY 14454
  Phone: 585-245-5341
  E-mail: west@geneseo.edu
  Fax: 585-245-5347
   
   
HOTELS, MEALS Click here for more information on hotels, meals, and maps.
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COACHES' A mandatory coaches' meeting will take place at 8:00 p.m.
MEETING: Friday, November 10, at the SUNY Geneseo Newton Lecture Hall Room 201.
  (Failure to attend this meeting will result in a $100 fine.)
   
   
BOX ASSIGNMENTS: The games committee will meet at 7:00pm on Friday, November 10, at the SUNY Geneseo Newton Lecture Hall Room 201..
   
   
FINAL Student athletes must check in with the clerk at their assigned box 20 minutes
DECLARATIONS:  before the start of the race. The clerk will also be inspecting for uniform, logo
  compliance, race numbers, and race chips on shoes.
   
   
PARKING: There is ample parking between the South Shelter and the Pool.  Buses will park at the back of the lot.  Cars will park in the front to middle of the lot.  Buses must shut down their motors by 12:30.
   
   
PARK ENTRY FEE: This year Letchworth Park will still be charging to enter the park as late as
  weather will allow. Thus, there is a good chance that the park will be charging
  on 11/10 and 11/11. All team buses and vans will be allowed in on both days free of charge. Spectators, however, will have to pay $6 per vehicle. Please let your spectators (parents, alumni, friends, etc.) know that there are 2 ways to avoid this fee:
       (1) Arrive before the charging time of 9:00am.
       (2) Enter the park from the Mt. Morris entrance on Route 36 and start up the hill. Take the right hand turn before the toll booth (Upper Mount Morris Road),  go approximately 150 meters and take the first left (Highbanks Road). Follow this road about 2.2 miles and you will see a large gate on the left. If you look past this gate you will see the finish line and the chute area. Park on either side of the road, walk through the woods, and you will be on the course. DO NOT park in the gate driveway.