Meet Information
We will be having Fulton Accurate Timing on site, Also new this year will be CHIP TIMING!!!
MEET IS CLOSED!! Please send us a email if we need to open the meet to do entries.
The Somers Big Red Invite is back!! It is Saturday September 11th 2021 at Somers HS!! Our Invite is only open to the first 25 schools! As of today 8/9/2021 we are at 25 schools! O Spots left! Please send an email letting us know you want to come and please do all registering on NY Mile Spilt. You must send us an email for it to count! These are the list of Schools we have heard from
Somers
Rye Neck
Woodlands
ArdsleyPleasantville
Brewster
Dobbs Ferry
Fox Lane
Yorktown
Hendrick Hudson
Arlington
New Rochelle
Pearl River
Bronxville
John Jay - Cross River
Rye
North Salem
Hastings
Mahopac
Sleepy Hollow
Harrison
White Plains
Edgemont
Bryam Hills
Irvington
Iona Prep/ Ursuline
It had been thirteen years since Somers HS hosted a XC race until we constructed new trails in the summer of 2001. Join us for the 21st Annual Big Red Invitational. Run your Varsity and JV squads together so you can figure out who your top seven are. The course is a beautiful, 5000m course, with some challenging hills and is entirely on trails and grass. Come check out one of The Hudson Valley's premier XC courses.
DIVISIONS
Divisions by school size. All schools with a NYS BEDS Numbers. We will be having 3 Divisions.
All Varsity and JV run in the same race
we will have a Freshman races also
ENTRY
See Attached please make sure your entire roster is entered on your team page on MileSplit. In addition, please send us an email at either mlacko@somersschools.org or Johnvegliante@gmail.com to let us know you are coming.
MAIL CHECKS AND ENTRIES TO
Somers Track and Field Booster Club
PO Box 665
Somers NY 10589
Entry Fees
$175 for complete boys or girls team - $300 for both teams. $10 per individual runner who is not part of a complete team. A complete team includes freshman runners as well.
Contact
Meet Directors are Michael Lacko and John Vegliante
mlacko@somersschools.org and jvegliante@somersschools.org
COURSE
The course is run entirely on grass and trails with some challenging hills.
Awards- Big Red Shirt, 1-25 Big Red t-shirts. Freshman awards are Medals 1-25 Places. Team awards Top 3 teams in each division will be awarded a Team Plaque. Overall Winning team will get a Plaque and a 1/4 Zip Pull over. For the first time this year we will be having a Combine Team Boys and Girls Champion!! Just like The Lions club Meet.
Scoring
Top 5 score and top 7 displace. Athletes not in the top 7 will not displace other athletes. There will be JV scoring out of the varsity race. All athletes not in their team's top 7 will count toward JV. You do not have to clarify who is JV and Varsity. In the girls freshman race, 3 girls will score as a team, with 5 displacing. All other races will score the standard way.
Directions to Somers High School
From South (NYC, Rockland, lower Westchester)- take I287 to I684 north. Follow I-684 o exit 6 (rt. 35). Make a left onto rt. 35 west and follow for approx 2 miles. Make a right onto rt. 100 North and follow for ? mile. Make a left onto rt. 139. Follow for 2 miles, and Somers HS is on the right hand side.
From North (Beacon, Pawling, Albany) ? Take NYS Thruway I-87 south to I-84 east. Take I84 to I684 south. Get off at exit 6. Make a right onto rt. 35 west and follow for approx 2 miles. Make a right onto rt. 100 North and follow for ? mile. Make a left onto rt. 139. Follow for 2 miles, and Somers HS is on the right hand side.
From West (Peekskill, Yorktown, Bear Mt. Bridge, No. Rockland County and So. Orange County) Take Bear Mt. Bridge and follow signs to rt. 6 east. Take the Bear Mt. Parkway (buses allowed) to rt. 35. Make a left onto rt. 35 east. Follow for approx 10 miles and make a right onto rt. 100 North and follow for ? mile. Make a left onto rt. 139. Follow for 2 miles, and Somers HS is on the right hand side.
Somers is located about 45 min. north of VCP, 15 min from Danbury, CT, and 1:45 South of Albany.
ENTRY FORM BIG RED INVITE 2021
SOMERS HIGH SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 11th, 2021
SCHOOL: _______________________________________________________
BOYS COACH: _______________________________ EMAIL: _______________________________
GIRLS COACH: ______________________________ EMAIL: _______________________________
Entry Fees: Boys only ($175)
Girls only ($175)
Individuals only ($10)
Boys and Girls ($300)
Total: ________________________________
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO SOMERS TRACK AND FIELD BOOSTER CLUB
MAIL CHECKS AND ENTRIES TO:
The Somers Track and Field Booster Club
PO BOX 665 Somers NY 10689