MIDDLE TENNESSEE CROSS COUNTRY ASSOCIATION

2011 SEASON

Coaches,


On this page, you will find information on the 2011 cross country season, and on the All Mid-State team selection process.


Voyles Classic

1) The Pre-Season Meet (Voyles Classic) will be run in divisions. You may enter up to 14 runners, but you may only run 10 at this meet. Note that no junior varsity or middle school races will be run, and that this meet will start at 4:30PM.

2) Instructions for the Coach-O-Online entry will be posted on the Coach-O website. Please list 14 runners, but remember only 10 will run. You may begin entering your athletes on Friday, August 19th.   Saturday, August 27th Midnight will be the closeout.  You will not pay online, but send in your entry fee check for the season.

Entry fees for the 2011 season are:

AAA – 1 team(boys or girls)    $105.00           AAA – 2 teams            $200.00

A/AA – 1 team(boys or girls)  $90.00             A/AA – 2 teams           $160.00

Please send your payment to:

Al Evans-MSCCA, LaVergne High School, 250 Wolverine Trail, LaVergne TN   37086

Middle School Teams $50.00 per school.  Middle schools must pay this fee in order to participate in any MSCCA All-Comers meets on Tuesdays.

 

** A $25 Late Fee will be assessed for submitting late entries for the Preseason meet and/or for submitting association fees late (after 8/27/10).

** For schools with less then a full team (4 or less runners), the fee will be $10.00 for each runner. (A full team is 5 or more runners) Example: John Doe High School has 4 boy runners and 2 girl runners. The fee would be $60.00.

** Remember, these fees cover the preseason meet awards, championship meet awards, banquet meal / awards, all-comers meet awards, runners bibs, tech equipment/software, supplies, course maintance, port-a-pots, webpage, Coach-O-Online fee, and timing devices …but they do not cover invitational meets. See invitational information in this packet for fees and entry. To participate in the JV and Middle School Preseason (8/28) and Middle School Championship meet (10/16), you will need to pay the entry fee established by the host of those meets (Macon County) to cover their expenses. Contact Coach Glen Gattis at Macon County for more info on those meets.

                               

MSCCA Championship Meet

3) Only seven runners are allowed at the Mid-State Championship Meet (Saturday 10/15).  The starting time for this meet will be at 3:30PM.  You will use CoachO.com for this meet. All teams will compete in the championship race together and then be separated into the divisions in which you have chosen to compete. Following the varsity races there will be JV races with a staggered start.

Coaches will choose either Gold or Silver division to run in. Teams placing in the top 10 of their division at the Voyles classic will automatically be placed in the Gold division.

 

 

 

 

PLEASE RETURN THE PRESEASON ENTRY FORM (This will be backup, If the Coach O Online does not work. (PAGE 9) ALONG WITH YOUR FEES BY THE DUE DATE (AUGUST 27th).

 

MIDSTATE ASSOCIATION XC MEET INFORMATION

ALL-MIDSTATE TEAM QUALIFYING MEETS

PRE-SEASON MEET:               Thursday, September 1, 2011    

Voyles Classic                                     Sharp Springs Park - Smyrna (course # 2): directions on website

 DIRECTOR: Al Evans – LaVergne H.S.        (5K race)

 4:30PM – Sexton Division

 5:00PM – Mahaney Division

 5:30PM – Benson Division

 6:10PM – Kroeger Division

 

                                                                                AWARDS: Medals to top 40 in each race
                                                                                 No entry fee (covered by Mid-State dues)

 

 

MSCCA CHAMPIONSHIPS:    Saturday, October 15, 2011 Sharp Springs Park - Smyrna (course # 1)

                                                            DIRECTOR: Al Evans - LaVergne High

3:30PM - Boys Championship Race

4:15PM - Girls Championship Race

5:00PM – Combined JV Race- Staggered

 AWARDS: Trophies to top 35 in the Championship Races

 3 Team Plaques in the Championship Races.  No entry fee (covered by Mid-State dues) Trophies to the top 15 in the Open Races with 2 Team Plaques in the Open Division. Also, the top A-AA team not receiving a team award in the Championship Division.

 

 

 

MIDSTATE XC ASSOCIATION ALL-MIDSTATE (AMS) TEAMS

The Mid-State Association each year names an All-Mid-State team for both boys and girls in both A-AA and AAA classifications. Fifteen athletes are named to each team on the basis of their composite performances throughout the season in selected meets.

The selection of the All-Mid-State team is made on the basis of three times which are combined into a single composite time for each runner. The three times used are taken from the following meets:

1) MID-STATE PRE-SEASON MEET + 2) MID-STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS + 3)TSSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS*

*Any runner not competing in the TSSAA State Championships can substitute a time from either the Tennessee Classic or A.F. Bridges Invitational. In order to be eligible for the All-Mid-State Teams runners must compete in the MSCCA Pre-Season and Championship meets.

 

The fifteen runners with the lowest composite times in each division are named to the All-Mid-State team. In addition, the runner with the lowest composite time is named Mid-State Most Valuable Runner. Runners must also have run in the varsity division of all races.

All Mid-State Banquet

The members of the All Mid-State teams and the honored coaches are recognized each year at a banquet. This year’s banquet is scheduled for November 7, 2011 at Brentwood Academy.

 

Coaches of the Year   

The MSCCA will name a "Coach of the Year" in both boys and girls divisions. These coaches will be selected by a committee and honored at the MSCCA banquet at the end of the year.

If you have any questions, or if I can help in any way, let me know. My telephone number at school is 615-904-3870. You may e-mail me at evansa@rcs.k12.tn.us, and you can view all of the information in this booklet along with the latest news, AMS standings, and the most recent race results on the MSCCA homepage at: http://www.dicksoncountyschools.org/mscca/2006%20MIDSTATE%20XC%20ASSOCIATION%20WEBSITE.htm   or Google MSCCA, then save in your favorites.

Hope the best for your team this season,

         

            Al Evans

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDSTATE CROSS COUNTRY ASSOCIATION WEBSITE

 Google MSCCA -Save in your favorites.

The website has become a powerful tool in quickly communicating information that otherwise would take forever to mail and forever to write. The purpose of the site is to serve the coaches and athletes of the association, so if there is any content that you would like to see added please talk to me or e-mail me and I will get to work on it. Some aspects of the site to draw your attention to and to ask your assistance with:

 -AMS TEAM STANDINGS: I will post the standings for all four AMS teams after the preseason meet and unofficially after the championship meet. This is a very laborious task that is subject to error to even a very cautious compiler. It is important that you browse these if you believe you have an athlete to be in contention for these teams to make sure that I have not omitted them or miscalculated their composite times. Any of the AMS qualifying meets that you attend that require you to handwrite the names of your athletes on bibs or on an envelope, please print them neatly to help me prevent errors of my own.

-DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Coach Evans and I receive many requests each year to provide directions to parents to travel to the association meets all across middle Tennessee. I have started a section on the site to post directions to each meet location. Meet directors, you might find it to be a great time saver to e-mail me explicit directions to your meet locale (from multiple approaches) and I will be glad to post them in the directions section.

-MEET RESULTS: Coaches, please submit all-comers (and invitational) results in any electronic format that you would prefer (Word, Excel, HTML, etc.) can be e-mailed to me and will be posted on the site. I can also post your meet info / entry forms. The best format is in Race Tab. This program is free and is very easy to use. Go to www.tennesseerunner.com to download it for FREE!

Thanks and good luck this season!

Eric Hickerson ehickerson@dcbe.org

 

 

2011 MIDSTATE  ASSOCIATION  DUES and PRESEASON  MEET  ENTRY

[Please send this form in, just in case the online procedure does not work] E-mail will do fine or mail it in.) NO FAXES!

NAME OF SCHOOL:___________________________________________________________

Please indicate below which teams you are paying for.

CIRCLE ALL TEAMS THAT APPLY: HS BOYS   HSGIRLS   MS BOYS    MS GIRLS

GIRLS COACH:_____________________________________________E-MAIL ADDRESS: __________________________ HOME PHONE:

BOYS COACH:______________________________________________E-MAIL ADDRESS: __________________________ HOME PHONE:

Enter your high school teams for the preseason meet on September 2nd. You may enter up to 14 names, but you may only run 10 individuals. There is no middle school race at this meet. Please print.

BOYS HIGH SCHOOL RUNNERS           GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL RUNNERS

 

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                         Please return this form and your association fees by the deadline: Friday, 8/27/10.

                         NO FAXED FORM WILL BE ENTERED.  

                         The association will assess a $25 late fee to any dues or entries received after 8/27/10.