Subject: WBAL #2 XC Meet on Thursday Oct. 20th Date: Friday, October 14, 2022 10:42 AM *Hi All, * *Essential Instructions for next week's xc race at the Sunnyvale Baylands. * *Address: 999 East Caribbean Drive. * *2:30 pm Coach's meeting (please be on time)* *Timer: Sean Laughlin Starter: Leroy Milam* *3 pm Girls JV* *3:30 pm Boys JV* *4 pm Girls Varsity* *4:30 pm Boys Varsity* *Once you are done, please make sure your area is pristine and all garbage and recyclables are put into an appropriate bin on the course.* *1) Use Athletic.net to add your team to the meet. The meet is titled - *WBAL #2 *2) Make sure your Roster is up to date on athletic.net .* *3) The timer will create Bib numbers for all runners from your updated team roster. * *4) You don't have to put runners in races. They can run up or down in a JV or Varsity race if they have a bib number. * *5) The deadline for a "clean" roster is Tuesday the 18th at midnight. * *New this year: -We will have a microchip corral at the end of the race. All runners must return their "shoe chips" before they leave the finish line corral. * *If you have any questions, email both Matthew and Albert. Thank you.* *CHIP CORAL: Coaches*,* please make sure your athletes remove their "Shoe chip" before they leave the finish line corral. * *Trainer: TKA* *Lead Biker: TKA * *Trail Biker:* *Can we get a volunteer from any school to be the trailing cyclist?* *Timer:* *Hank* *Starter:* *Leroy?* *Where: Sunnyvale Baylands:* *999 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale , CA 94088 * - *The course is a 5k course (3.1 miles) A course map is located below. * - *The course will be marked only with cones and NOT CHALKED THIS YEAR!* - *We will have parents and athletes at major intersections to guide runners. * - *TKA WILL PROVIDE A TRAINER AND A LEAD BIKER* - *10 x 10-foot canopies are ok, BUT NO STAKES in the ground. * - *PLEASE AVOID BRINGING SNACKS TO THE MEET TO LIMIT TRASH! * *FYI: * -* Parking is $6.00 per vehicle. No BUS PARKING!!! Buses must park outside the park in the Tech corridor nearby and only return when teams are ready to leave. * *- Please no dogs * *- Please do not stake your tents into the ground. Use backpacks or sandbags to weigh them down.* *- We will have a TKA trainer providing first aid and ice to all schools* *- Please keep your litter to a minimum - Please encourage your parents NOT TO BRING SNACKS TO THIS MEET* *-Please HELP ASAP BY PICKING UP TRASH* *We need to be very careful trash does not blow away or anywhere on the course. There will be a city employee checking on our trash and recycling areas. Please coaches, remind your athletes to place recyclables only in the recycling bins and only trash in the trash bins. * *I WILL HAVE MY PARENTS LOOKING OUT FOR TRASH...PLEASE HELP THEM BY DOING THE SAME. * ? *Dogs and are not allowed in the park. Balloons* *are not allowed in the park. * *? Foam (AKA "Styrofoam") food ware is not permitted at Baylands Park. * *If you have any questions, just let me know. * *Matthew A. Tompkins* *matthew.tompkins@tka.org *