Week of Sep 14: St Francis/Griak Invites

Below is the information for both Thursday's St Francis Invite at the Ponds Golf Course and Saturday's Roy Griak Invite at the Fort Snelling Golf Course in St Paul. For Thursday, there is only one race for the Middle School runners at 3:30, Boys JV is at 3:50 and Girls JV is at 4:20.  For Saturday, we are in the Maroon Division for both the boys and the girls races.  Start times are 9:00am for boys and 9:45am for girls.  Please note that at both races, pets are Not allowed.

One other item of note, the Girls team will be wearing Pink uniform tops for both days and the Boys will be wearing Black tops with their Red Shorts.

Lastly, for the Varsity that will be running on Saturday, we would like for them to come with on Thursday for support and to get their workouts in at the JV meet location. If they are not able to come with, we would like to be notified so we can let them know their workouts.  With Saturday, we would like those that raced on Thursday to come with as well so they can see and experience the atmosphere and races.  There will be races throughout most of the day, with close to 200 high school teams competing in 4 races.  We won't stay all day, but if you would like to stick around and watch the rest, it's a good day of racing! (There are also college races on Friday morning)

Any questions, please let me know,

Thanks
Denny

St Francis Invitational: Bus leaves at 1:45

The Ponds Golf Course: 2881 229th Ave NW, St. Francis, 55070. Take Hwy 10 West to Round Lake Blvd and go North to St Francis (will change to Lake George Blvd north of CR 22).   Take a right at the round-a-bout for CR 24 and the golf course parking lot will be on the left side of the road just shy of a 1/2 mile.

Spectator parking: There is limited parking available in The Ponds parking lot on the north side of the road. If you park in the parking lot on the north side of the road please use the tunnel to get to the other side. NO PARKING ALONG THE ROAD (229th/Bridge Street in front of the golf course) or on the south side of the road. Handicap parking is available in the little lot on the south side of the road near the restrooms and where the buses are to drop off. 

***PLEASE USE THE TUNNEL TO GET TO THE MEET LOCATION WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. The tunnel is located to the east of the clubhouse. There will be signs directing you to the tunnel from the parking lot. ATHLETES, SPECTATORS, AND COACHES ARE NOT TO CROSS THE ROAD AS IT IS BUSY. PLEASE USE THE TUNNEL! 

(If I can get links to the maps I will post those as well)

Roy Griak Invitational (Fort Snelling Golf Course):  Bus leaves at 7:00

5701 Leavenworth Ave, St Paul, MN 55111.  Take Highway 10 east to Hwy 610 to south Hwy 252.  Continue south onto I 94 and then exit at I 35W South and then go east on MN Hwy 62. Go about 4.5 miles and exit onto exit 116A and then turn left onto Airport Service Rd, a right Bloomington  Rd, a left onto Minnehaha Ave, a right onto Taylor Ave, and then a right onto Leavenworth Ave.  (These directions will change depending on where general public parking will be located).

The University will be charging $12.50 entry fee for adults and $10.50 for students/youth/seniors (62 & above). Kids age 3 & under are free. (Credit card Only)

Please click on this link for more spectator information: Griak Spectator Information