Wednesday, November 7, 2012

States!

The NY State XC Championship meet is scheduled for Saturday.  Here is the race schedule:

  • 9:00 - Class B Girls
  • 9:30 - Class C Girls
  • 10:00 - Class D Girls
  • 10:30 - Class A Girls
  • 11:00 - Class B Boys
  • 11:30 - Class C Boys
  • 12:00 - Class D Boys
  • 12:30 - Class A Boys
The meet will be held at Elma Meadows golf course, outside of Buffalo, just a five-mile bike ride from the house I grew up in (I made that trip many times back when $100 could buy a season pass for juniors).  In addition to playing dozens of rounds of golf each summer, I had the opportunity to compete on the course twice at our Sectional meet in high school.  And I caught most of the Sectional and State meet races there from 1985-2005.  It remains one of my favorite XC courses of all time.

Section6Runs has a link to important information about the meet.  Probably the most interesting items are the three videos that show mile 1, mile 2 and mile 3 of the course.  They can't properly convey the full experience of the elevations changes, but they do a very nice job of showing the course.  You don't have to worry about getting hit by stray golf balls during the race - the golf course will be closed for the meet!

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