2009 VS Athletics
APU Meet Of Champions
Distance Invitational

Click here for the Official PDF schedule - updated March 25th, 2009

Official PDF Heats by Race
Official Excel File - Heats by Race

We would like to invite your team to participate in the 15th annual VS Athletics APU Meet Of Champions Distance Classic sponsored by VS Athletics, Azusa Pacific University, and Arroyo High School to be held on Saturday, March 28, 2009, on the beautiful Azusa Pacific University Mt. SAC all-weather facility.

Our purpose, as always, remains to provide all of your distance runners from the elite runner to the absolute beginner a chance to race against competition that is of equal ability on a world class facility with a world class sponsor for a beautiful custom designed medal.

For your elite runners this meet will give them the opportunity to get fast qualifying times for both the Arcadia and the Mt. Sac Invitationals.

The meet will have the 400, 800, 1600, and 3200 events.

Once again this year all entries will be done on line. There will no paper entries accepted.

Runners will be seeded into heats based on the times you submit. All heats will be finals with medals in each race. It is of utmost importance that coaches be as honest as possible in submitting qualifying times, so each race is fair to all participants. You can update your entries on-line up to the Monday night, March 23th, before the meet.

If there is any way we can make any part of this meet more of a positive experience for you or your athletes, please do not hesitate to call or let us know.

This year we will be attempting to break our own world record set last year of most boys under 5:00 and most girls under 6:00 in the 1600 meters.

Our current world records are….
Boys - 224 under 5:00
Girls - 185 under 6:00

Meet Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009 (Rain or Shine)
Starting Time: 8:30 AM Girls 3200 (Races 2, 3 & 4 if needed)
Place: Azusa Pacific University: Mt. SAC (Note: This is an outstanding Tartan track, only 1/8" spikes will be allowed.)

Entry Information: The entire entry process on line. Here is the process you must follow!

  1. You must first send an e-mail to…

    PLEASE DO THIS IMMEDIATELY!
    In that e-mail, please list the following:
    -SCHOOL NAME
    -COACH’S NAME
    -DAYTIME PHONE NUMBER WHERE YOU CAN BE REACHED
    -APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF ATHLETES YOU WILL BE ENTERING IN EACH DIVISION:
    *BOYS VARSITY
    *BOYS FROSH-SOPH
    *GIRLS
  2. Once we have received your e-mail, we will send you in a return e-mail the following:
    -MEET ENTRY WEBSITE ADDRESS
    -YOUR SIGN-IN NAME
    -YOUR PASSWORD

 

Begin Entering: You may begin entering your athletes any time after March 1 on line.
Updating Entries: You can update marks, add new athletes, or delete athletes up until Monday, March 23 at 12:00 Midnight. At that point no new entries will be accepted.
Entry Fee Payment: As soon as you are finished entering your athletes or after you have made final entry updates on Monday, March 17, the web site will indicate exactly how much your entry fee will be.
YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO PAY THAT FULL AMOUNT ON MEET DAY BEFORE ANY OF YOUR ATHLETES ARE ALLOWED TO RACE. EVEN IF YOU BRING LESS ATHLETES THAN YOU OFFICIALLY ENTERED, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES YOU HAVE SUBMITTED BY MONDAY, MARCH 17.
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED ON-LINE BY MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008 BY 12:00 PM MIDNIGHT.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED ON LINE—NO EXCEPTIONS!

Entry Limit: Each athlete may enter up to four events as per CIF rules
Entry Fee: $4.75 per athlete per event (Make checks payable to “Arroyo High School”)
You may bring your entry fee check to the meet; however, if you do not bring a check for the full amount, none of your athletes will not be allowed to compete.

Divisions: Varsity Boys,
Frosh-Soph Boys
Girls
Seeding: Each race will be seeded by the times entered on the entry form. The number of races will be determined at the Clerk of the Course on the day of the meet. Every runner will get a chance to compete for medals.
-There will be 8 runners in each 400 heat up through heat 8.(Heats 9 and up will have 10-12 runners running from a scratch start)
-There will be approximately 12-14 runners in each 800 heat.
-There will be approximately 12-18 runners in each 1600 heat.
-There will be approximately 16-22 runners in each 3200 heat.
Awards: Each race is a final and medals will be awarded for each race.
  In the 400 meter races 1-4 medal
  In the 800 and 1600 1-6 medal
  In the 3200 1-8 medal
  * We always increase the number of medals if we create larger fields. Most of the time we medal approximately just less than half the field.
T-Shirts Custom “Meet of Champions” T-Shirts will be sold for $12. These are high quality, 100% cotton T-shirts.
Additional Info: If you have any questions or suggestions, please call or e-mail:
  Tim O’Rourke (Arroyo High School)
  Home: 626-914-2794
  School: 626-258-5330
  e-mail: