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Pomona-Pitzer Cross Country Invite
Third Annual Meet - Saturday, October 1, 2011
Pomona-Pitzer's cross country teams are pleased to host the third annual Pomona-Pitzer Cross Country Invite on Saturday, October 1, 2011. The race will be held on the Pomona College campus course through the Wash, and will feature teams from NCAA Division III, Division I, and NAIA levels.
The men's 8000m race will start at 7:45am, with the women's 6000m race starting at 8:30am. Approximately 170 runners are expected in each race.
2011 MEET INFO
COURSE MAP
ENTRIES (will be posted the week of the meet)
INVITED SCHOOLS (Meet management will limit 2012 field
sizes due to tight course restrictions):
Meet entry priority for the 2012 meet will be given to NCAA
Division III teams and NAIA teams first, NCAA Division II teams
second, and NCAA Division I teams third. Unattached individuals
will not be allowed to register.
"We are looking forward to hosting this meet again," says Men's
Head Coach Tony Boston. "We've hosted this meet for a couple years
now, including the NCAA West Regional Meet a couple years ago. This
will also give us a nice preview of this year's NCAA Regionals
course, since Occidental is hosting the meet this fall on our
course."
Women's Head Coach Kirk Reynolds is likewise enthused: "This is a real cross country course. It has grass, dirt trails, and pretty much the whole course is either uphill or downhill. So on each loop you have to do a bit of work first before you can go screaming fast the other way. The course is also very spectator-friendly; you can see the runners go by numerous times from the central start/finish area at the track."
Annie Lydens (Pomona-Pitzer) holds the women's course record of 21:03.9 set in winning the invite in 2011. The men's course record is 24:46.0 by Sam Hyams in winning the 2011 meet.
