Punahou Invitational XC
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This message from Tita Ahuna at Punahou School:
Aloha Coaches,
The 61st Annual Punahou Invitational Cross Country Meet will be live-streamed. Please see below for the following links:
www.facebook.com/punahouschool or www.punahou.edu/webcasts
A few reminders before the race on Saturday:
1. Please do not park along the racecourse. Parking will be allowed on the baseball field.
2. The Chapel Courtyard, Kosasa and Case Middle School are closed. No loitering allowed in these areas.
3. Restrooms will be available near the gym or Mamiya Science Center.
4. Please do not arrive on campus before 12 noon due to SAT testing at the Academy.
5. Please pick-up and dispose of trash. We will have trash bags available at the volunteer tent.
URGENT NOTICE FROM PUNAHOU SCHOOLS ATHLETIC TRAINING DEPARTMENT
On Saturday, October 13, 2018, the 60th Annual Punahou Invitational Cross-Country Meet will be held on the Punahou Campus. The Athletic Trainers will measure the temperature, humidity, heat index and Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) along the course with a portal Kestrel heat monitor. If the WBGT is consistently at or above a reading of 92 for most of the course, the race will be canceled and WBGT will be monitored for subsequent races. If the WBGT is between 89 to 92, the decision to cancel will be made through the collaboration of the Athletic Trainers and Punahou’s Athletic Directors.
This decision is based on the 2016 HHSAA Heat Acclimatization and Practice Policy which states:
Monitoring of Temperature and Humidity
A schools’ designee can monitor temperature and humidity in a variety of ways. However, the best practice is to utilize wet bulb global thermometer, which is a device, that monitors temperature, wet bulb global temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed (i.e., Kestrel heat monitor). A sling psychrometer may be used to establish relative humidity and temperature from which the heat index can be used to determine practice modifications. To provide flexibility due to available equipment, each school may choose one of the following charts to determine practice modifications or cancellations.
James Rubasch
Interscholastic League of Honolulu
TO: Girl’s Cross Country Coach
Boy’s Cross Country Coach
The 61st Annual Punahou Invitational Cross Country Meet will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2019
on the Punahou School campus. Below are race information and a tentative timeline for the races.
Girl’s Intermediate 2.0 mile course unlimited 7th & 8th grade entrants/school
Boy’s Intermediate 2.0 mile course unlimited 7th & 8th grade entrants/school
Girl’s Open 2.0 mile course unlimited entrants per school
Boy’s Open 2.0 mile course unlimited entrants per school
Girl’s Varsity 5000m course unlimited entrants per school
Boy’s Varsity 5000m course unlimited entrants per school
PLEASE COMPLETE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION AT WWW.ATHLETIC.NET
Friday, September 27, 2019
If you have not already registered your team, please go to
http://www.athletic.net and create a free coaches’ account.
Approximate schedule on race day: (See Specific Rules for each race)
1:30 p.m. All Divisions Coaches Meeting
2:00 p.m. Boy's Intermediate Race Starts
2:30 p.m. Girl’s Intermediate Race Starts
3:00 p.m. Boy’s Open Race Starts (Formally Boy’s JV Race)
3:30 p.m. Girl’s Open Race Starts
4:00 p.m. Boy’s Varsity Race Starts
4:35 p.m. Girl’s Varsity Race Starts
Presentation of Intermediate/Open/Varsity Awards will occur on the Middle Field Courts as results
become available. Please keep in mind that Intermediate awards may be given out while the Open
races are being run.
COURSES: The course will be similar but not identical to previous years. (See course maps)
ACCESS: The course will be available for teams to preview on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 between
4:00 and 6:00pm. You must notify Tita Ahuna (Punahou Cross Country Athletic Director–
rahuna@punahou.edu or 945-1326) by Friday, September 27, 2019 if your team plans to preview the
course. This will give us time to notify security that you will be on campus. On the day of the race,
as Punahou is a host site for SAT testing, no teams will be allowed on the campus, nor will
people be allowed to walk the course or set-up tents, earlier than 12:30pm. It is also expected
that during the walk-through/warm-up teams will keep their noise to a minimum out of respect
to those still testing.
ELIGIBILITY: General Rules
1. All contestants must meet the eligibility requirements of their own interscholastic league.
2. All contestants must have had a complete medical examination within three (3) months prior
to the run.
3. All 2-mile races will be completed in 30 minutes and all 5000m races will be completed in 35
minutes. Any runners who have not completed the course may be asked to stop.
SPECIFIC RULES: (Both Boy’s and Girl’s races)
1. No runner may compete in more than one division.
2. The Intermediate races are open to runners in grades 7 and 8. (No 6th graders)
3. Note that the order of events will be such that all 2.0-mile races will run first followed by the 5K
races.
4. The Girl’s Open race will be 2 miles and is open to runners in grades 9 through 12.
5. The Boy’s Open race will be 2 miles and open to runners in grades 9 through 12.
6. The Girl’s and Boy’s Varsity races will be 5K and are open to runners in grades 9 through 12.
It is possible the entries to a single race will create a potentially unsafe situation for
competitors. If the entries to a single race are determined to be too large, we will split the
race into two heats. The split into two separate heats will be done alphabetically by school
name. If this does occur, the individual and team results from the two heats will be combined
in the results.
UNIFORMS:
1. All contestants are required to wear Cross Country uniforms of shirt and pants, which
designate their respective schools.
2. Shoes are required and the use of spikes is not allowed.
3. Athletes will be given a number at the end of the race. That finishing number is unique to
this event so coaches and athletes will NOT be asked to write a number on their arm.
ENTRIES & SCORING:
1. Five (5) contestants must finish the race to qualify for team scoring. If a team has six or
seven finishers, runners six and seven may affect team scoring by displacing scoring
members of other teams.
2. Participants representing schools with less than five finishers may qualify for individual
awards but will not affect positioning for team scores.
3. Scorers need not be designated before the race.
AWARDS:
1. Individual medals will be awarded to the top 10 runners in each race.
2. Non-scorers are eligible for individual awards.
YOUR ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION AT WWW.ATHLETIC.NET IS DUE ON
Friday, September 27, 2019
CROSS COUNTRY COURSE RULES
PUNAHOU SCHOOL CAMPUS
Each competitor is responsible for knowing the race route, though monitors may sometimes help out
by giving directions. Please look at the course map and/or ask for directions before the race.
Most of the monitors will be students, and will often be athletes not competing in that particular race.
Visiting schools are invited and encouraged to contribute monitors or other assistants for the officials.
(See a Punahou coach for details.) Any monitor or other race official may take action on an observed
violation. All violations will be reported to the Head Finish Judge for final decision.
Following are the rules for running the course: The purpose of these procedures is to allow
competitors to enjoy good fair competition and to prevent misunderstanding.
1. Short cuts are not allowed.
2. Never run more than six (6) feet inside the course line where it curves.
3. You must follow the course line around all obstacles (such as trees, flags, posts, bushes, road
barriers, etc.)
4. If you do take one of the improper short cuts, you may correct it by going back to your last legal
position on the course and then continuing on.
5. Interference:
(a) Do not interfere with another runner's progress by making physical contact.
(b) Do not interfere with another runner's progress by veering left or right to
prevent passing.
(c) Do not cut in front of a runner until you are a full stride ahead.
6. Spikes are not allowed