6th Annual Eye Opener Invitational

Saturday September 23rd

This meet is on a flat and fast course. A good course to determine varsity spots, assess ability levels, and evaluate runners over a longer distance prior to league beginning.   Eyes may be opened in a good way or not so good. Many top finishers and teams who have a good early season time here go on to have a successful season - making state as a team or individual.

When: 2023  Saturday Sept. 23rd

Where: Shollenberger Park in Petaluma, California

Course: Two very flat loops- one .8 loop followed by a 2.2 bigger loop. For a total length of 3 miles. Paved and dirt trail. You can walk the course until 8:30. If they are on the course after 8:30 they need to stay single file to the left side. Nothing too exciting, but participants usually run some good times.

Divisions and race times

Number of athletes may result in additional/combining races. Please check back to this website for any important updates. Start may be in single file by team depending on the number of athletes in each race. Currently we have the Jr/Sr Girls combined if confirmed numbers are high enough it may be split. If that happens the Sr. Girls would follow the Sr. Boys race.   We will be splitting the Jr/Sr girls races due to large numbers. See updated schedule.

Coaches Meeting 7:40 AM

Frosh Boys              8:30

Frosh Girls       9:00

Soph. Boys                  9:30

Soph. Girls                  10:00

Jr. Boys                        10:30

Jr Girls                             11:00

Sr. Boys                      11:30

Sr Girls 12:00 

Awards-  Top 5 in each race will get ribbons and  a bag, runners. Finishers 6th through 10 get ribbons.. The Top 10 overall times for the day get a  t-shirt - boys and girls. The overall top boy and girl get a special backpack. Team scores are 1st through 3rd- Only need 3 to score and 2 to displace.

Donation: $200 for both girls and boys or $15 per entry if total would be less than $200. You can bring your check on race day. 

Make checks payable to Casa Grande Cross Country. You can mail the checks to 333 Casa Grande Rd, Petaluma CA, 94954, c/o Casa Grande Cross Country  or bring your check the day of the race. Please let me know if you will be mailing your check or bringing it the day of the event. Cash on the day of the meet is always appreciated as well.

Watching the race: Spectators can easily see the start, finish, and first small loop. However, when the athletes come through for the first loop, spectators need to be off the side of the trail and not impede the runners.  As the athletes finish, spectators should stand on the paved trail above the finish line to cheer on the athletes. If spectators bring binoculars you can see the participants in the distance. Teams should bring canopies.

Parking: There is very, very limited parking at the park, but there are multiple side streets available. Buses can park in the nearby side streets.

Entries and Results: We have moved to automatic timing. Entries need to entered on athletic.net. by Tuesday evening. Results will be available there. 

Refreshments-There may be a limited amount of breakfast type foods available to purchase.

Athletes, spectators, and parents should not enter any water in the area.  The ground may look dry and cracked, but who knows what lurks beneath. Also, the area is home to many waterfowl and other creatures, so please respect the foliage and fauna. Due to the rainy winter, there is water! It may last until Eye Opener. Stay away from it or you will lost a shoe as a former Petaluma coach learned.

No frisbees, footballs, etc, - it is a small area and we don't want any unforeseen accidents.

There will be 3 port-a-toilets and two other bathrooms, but not other changing areas.

Directions

From 101 North or South take the 116 exit towards Sonoma. At McDowell Boulevard turn right. Cader Lane is the entrance to Shollenberger Park or use google maps for the technologically advanced. Buses cannot enter the small parking lot and other vehicles will be directed to side streets.

More Information/questions: Contact Carl Triola via email cvtriola@sbcglobal.net or 707-495-5135

Participating Schools: 2021 as of 9/30

Casa Grande

American Canyon

Bay School of San Francisco

Drew

Half Moon Bay

California

Justin Siena

Menlo

Montgomery

Petaluma

Piner

Rancho Cotate

Santa Rosa

Sonoma Valley

St. Mary's College

Tamalpais

Windsor

AT Top 10 Girls

1.Gabrielle Peterson Healdsburg Junior Girls 17:36.8 2017. 

2.Adeline Johnson Tamalpais Frosh Girls.         18:23.3 2019

3 Emma Gardner Tamalpais Soph Girls   18:41.5 2022

4 Ellery Barnes Tamalpais Junior Girls 18:42.1 2022

5 Mariah Briceno Montgomery Junior Girls 18:49.4 2018

6 Emma Baswell Casa Grande Senior Girls 18:56.5 2019

7 Yasha Zink Tamalpais Soph Girls 19:04.6 2019

8 Alana Concanno Tamalpais Soph Girls 19:17.1 2019

9 Avery Codington Casa Grande Soph Girls 19:17.5 2022

10 Emma Dunmire Tamalpais Soph Girls 19:29.5 2019

10 Grace Bell Miramonte Junior Girls 19:29.5 2022

AT Top 10 Boys

14:36 -Nolan Hosbein -Course Record - 2020

1 Asher Patel Miramonte Junior Boys 15:11.7 2022

2 Jared Hayes Piner Senior Boys 15:29 2022

3 Brady English RVC Soph Boys 15:33.2 2018

4 Andrew Engle Santa Rosa Junior Boys 15:33.7 2018

5 Owen Hite Casa Grande Soph Boys 15:35.2 2018

6 Paul Law Tamalpais Senior Boys 15:37.6 2019

7 James Lyons Tamalpais Senior Boys 15:38.3 2021

8 Andrew McCamey Santa Rosa Junior Boys 15:40.1 2019

9 Will Hite Casa Grande Junior Boys 15:46.7 2019

10 Logan Moon Casa Grande Junior Boys 15:48.8  2018