Minooka Flight Invite

09/15/2018

Minooka High School - Channahon, IL -- Channahon Community Park

44th Annual Minooka Flight Invitational
Saturday, September 15, 2018
Community Park • Channahon Park District
23304 W McClintock Rd • Channahon, IL

The course is 3.0 Miles.
Entries: F/S Races – Limited to 7 runners per team
Varsity Boys Flight Races – 1 Runner Per Flight
Varsity Girls Flight Races – 1 Runner Per Flight
Open Races (Boys & Girls) – Unlimited Entries
The 7th flight is for your number 7 runner on down to the 1st flight for your top runner. If a team does not have 7 runners, then you must fill in the flights starting with the 1st flight.

Meet Schedule: F/S Boys Race – 8:30 a.m. (7 runners per team)
F/S Girls Race – 8:35 a.m. (7 runners per team)
Note: The boys and girls will start their flight races at the same time. We will start with the 7th flight and then proceed down to the 1st or “Championship” Flight.
7th Flight Boys/Girls – 9:15 a.m
6th Flight will start once the last runner from the 7th crosses the mile marker.
5th Flight will start once all? the runners from the 6th flight finish.
4th Flight will start once the last runner from the 5th crosses the mile marker.
3rd Flight will start once all the runners from the 4th flight finish.
2nd Flight will start once the last runner from the 3rd crosses the mile marker.
1st (Championship Flight) will be run at the completion of the 2nd flight.
Open Races – Boys will start after the completion? of the 1st flight. Girls Open will start 5 minutes after the Boys Open has started. 
Flags: Blue = Straight, Yellow = Right Turn, Red = Left Turn
Scoring: Scores from each of the seven races will be added together to compute the final score. All flights have the same value. The best possible score is 7 points. In case of a tie, the finish of the runners in the championship flight will be the tiebreaker. If a team does not have 7 runners then a ghost runner will be used; however, they must fill in the flights starting with the championship flight.
Awards: Varsity Boys/Girls
- Medals to the top 5 in flights 7 through 2 & top 10 in the 1st Flight
- Team plaque to the top 3 teams
- Awards will be presented after the open races have finished F/S Boys/Girls & Open Boys/Girls - Top 25 individual ribbons – put in packets
- The top two F/S & open teams will receive a plaque
- A champion T-Shirt will be awarded to the winners of each race
Results: The results will also be posted on www.runminooka.com Saturday afternoon, and they will be e-mailed to each coach after the meet.
Locker Facilities: Locker facilities will not be available. Restrooms are available.
Concessions?: A concession stand will be available selling coffee, doughnuts, candy, pop, juice, fruit, etc.
Trainer: The Minooka Community High School Athletic Trainer will be available. His/her headquarters will be next to the scoring pavilion.
T-Shirts: T-Shirts will be available at a cost of $15.00 per shirt.
Teams: Batavia (Box 12), Belvidere North (Girls) (Box 5), Bolingbrook (Box 6), Conant (Box 10), Downers Grove North (Boys) (Box 8), El Paso Gridley (Box 7), Hoffman Estates (Box 4), Huntley (Box 20), Lakes (Box 13), Lincoln-Way Central (Box 1), Lockport (Boys) (Box 5), Lyons Township (Box 11), Maine South (Boys) (Box 2), Minooka (Box 9), Moline (Box 14), Naperville Central (Girls) (Box 2), Plainfield North (Box 3), Rock Island (Box 19), Waubonsie Valley (Boys) (Box 18), Whitney Young (Boys) (Box 16), Willowbrook (Box 15), Yorkville (Box 17), Wheaton North (Boys) (Box 21)