2020 AIA State Cross Countryaiaonline.org/files/17145/2020-state-tournament-guide.pdf2020/10/21 · Student Media Credentialing 14 ADA Compliance 14 Parking Map 15 State Shoe Chip

Arizona Interscholastic Association: Established 1925

7007 N. 18th St; Phoenix, AZ 85020-5552; www.aiaonline.org; 602-385-3810

2020 AIA State Cross Country

TOURNAMENT GUIDE Modified on 10/21/2020

Schedule, Rules, Regulations, Instructions

AIA State Tournament Coordinator

Dean Visser

Phone: 602-385-3821

Fax: 602-385-3781

[email protected]

Dave Shapiro 602-385-3824

[email protected]

http://www.aiaonline.org/

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

2 Arizona Interscholastic Association: Established 1925


Note: At any day; everything or anything in this guide—including the location of the state and or sectional courses

could change.

For sectional information and times check at www.aiaonline.org coachescross

country.

Rio Rico Sectional: Wednesday November 4, 2020

Rose Mofford Sectional: Thursday November 5, 2020

Cross Roads Sectional: Wednesday November 4, 2020

Cross Roads Sectional: Thursday November 5, 2020





Topic Page Number(s)

Division One and Two teams by Section 4

Division Three teams by Section 5

Division Four teams by Section 6

Sectional Meet Information and deadlines 7

Sectional BIB instructions for sectionals 7

Sectional Meet Director Information 8

Qualifying Instructions – Standards 8

State Meet Time Schedule 9

State XC Games Committee 10

General Instructions—Medals and Trophy information 11

Admission Prices 12

Parking Instructions 12

State Meet Entry Procedure - Coaches Instructions 13

Programs & Souvenirs 13

Student Media Credentialing 14

ADA Compliance 14

Parking Map 15

State Shoe Chip instructions 16


Table of Contents 2020

AIA State Cross Country Tournament Guide

Arizona Interscholastic Association: Established 1925


Highlighted schools in red indicate possible exclusion from sectional participation if their season does not start prior to October 19, 2020. Blue print represents more than likely participating Sectional placement could be redone. BUT this is the current placement. Numbers are from 2019 Sectional Finishers: Boys team listed first: F-Full team (Of at least five (5) runners , #- how many runners, 0- Did not have any runners in that gender, N- New team for 2020

Division One, Southeast Northeast Southwest

F-F Basha F-F Desert Ridge

F-F Chandler 4-F Dobson F-F Boulder Creek

F-F Cibola F-F Highland F-0 Brophy Prep

F-F Corona del Sol F-F Mesa F-F Chaparral

F-F Desert Vista F-F Mountain Ridge F-4 Copper Canyon

F-F Hamilton F-F Mountain View F-F Liberty

F-2 Kofa F-F Pinnacle F-F Sandra Day O’Connor

4-4 Maricopa F-F Red Mountain F-F Shadow Ridge

F-F Mountain Pointe F-F Skyline F-F Sunnyslope

F-F Perry F-F Westwood F-F Tolleson

F-F Queen Creek F-F Valley Vista

F-F Rincon/University F-F Westview

San Luis 0-F Xavier

F-F Tucson

Division Two, Southern Northwest Metro East

F-F Buena F-F Apollo F-F Agua Fria F-F Arcadia

F-F Canyon del Oro F-1 Canyon View F-F Betty Fairfax F-F Cactus Shadows

F-F Catalina Foothills F-F Dysart F-F Bradshaw Mountain F-F Campo Verde

F-F Cholla F-1 Glendale F-1 Buckeye F-F Casa Grande

F-F Cienega F-F Greenway F-F Centennial F-F Casteel

F-3 Desert View F-F Independence F-F Desert Edge F-F Desert Mountain

F-F Flowing Wells F-F Ironwood F-F Deer Valley F-F Gilbert

F-F Ironwood Ridge F-F Millennium F-F Flagstaff F-F Higley

F-F Marana F-F Raymond S. Kellis F-F Gila Ridge F-F Horizon

F-F Mountain View F-F Sunrise Mountain F-F Lake Havasu F-F McClintock

F-F Nogales F-F Thunderbird F-F La Joya F-F North Canyon

3-2 Pueblo F-F Verrado F-F Sierra Linda F-3 Paradise Valley

F-F Sahuaro F-4 Washington F-F Tempe

F-F Sunnyside F-2 West Point F-F Vista Grande

F-F Willow Canyon F-3 Williams Field

F-F Youngker




Division Three, Southern East Metro

North

F-0 Amphitheater F-F AZ College Prep F-1 Barry Goldwater F-F Blue Ridge

N-N Andrada

Polytechnic

F-F ALA Gilbert North F-3 Cactus F-4 Camp Verde

F-0 Catalina F-F ALA Ironwood F-F Chino Valley F-F Coconino

F-F Douglas F-F ALA Queen Creek 0-0 Coronado F-F Holbrook

F-F Empire 4-2 Apache Junction F-3 Cortez F-4 Kingman

N-N Mica Mountain F-F Benjamin Franklin F-F Estrella Foothills F-F Lee Williams

3-3 Palo Verde F-F Combs F-F Fountain Hills F-F Mingus Union

F-F Rio Rico F-2 Coolidge F-F Moon Valley F-0 Mohave

F-F Sabino 0-0 Eastmark F-3 Notre Dame F-F Page

F-F Safford 4-4 Florence F-F Paradise Honors F-3 Parker

F-3 Sahuarita F-3 Gilbert Christian F-1 Peoria F-F Prescott

F-F Salpointe F-F Globe F-F Shadow

Mountain

F-F Show Low

F-F Tanque Verde F-F Marcos de Niza 2-F St. Mary’s F-F Snowflake

F-F Thatcher 4-0 Mesquite F-3 Tonopah Valley F-F Winslow

F-1 Walden Grove 4-4 Payson 3-3 Yuma

F-F Poston Butte 3-2 Yuma Catholic

F-F Saguaro

4-2 San Tan Foothills

F-F Seton




Division Four Metro Southern East

F-3 Anthem Prep F-F Benson F-4 Arete Prep

F-F Arizona Lutheran F-F Bisbee F-F Chandler Prep

F-F BASIS-Phoenix 2-F Fort Thomas F-F Gilbert Classical

F-1 Cicero Prep F-4 Morenci F-F Flagstaff-BASIS

F-F Glendale Prep F-F Pusch Ridge 1-1 Horizon Honors

F-1 Heritage Academy-Laveen 2-0 San Manuel 3-3 Leading Edge

0-0 Joseph City 0-0 San Simon 3-F Lincoln Prep

2-3 Kingman Academy 1-1 Santa Rita 0-0 Mayer

F-F North Phoenix Prep F-F St. Augustine F-3 Miami

4-2 North Pointe Prep 3-F St. David F-F Northland Prep

F-0 North Valley Christian F-2 Tombstone 0-0 Rancho Solano Prep

F-F Northwest Christian F-2 Willcox N-N Round Valley

0-0 Phoenix Christian 0-2 Scottsdale Christian

3-F Phoenix Country Day 3-F Scottsdale Prep

F-F St. John Paul II F-F Sedona Red Rock

St. Michaels N-N Sequoia Charter

F-F Trivium Prep 2-F Tempe Prep

F-F Valley Lutheran F-F Valley Christian

F-1 Veritas Prep


2020 AIA State Cross Country Tournament Guide



COACHES SECTIONAL MEET INFORMATION

1. Sign up for a free coach account at www.athletic.net (If you haven’t already)

a. Click here to go to the Athletic.net Arizona XC Homepage:

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Arizona/

b. Find and Click on the link to your school.

c. Click “Sign Up for a free account”

d. Follow instructions to sign up and activate your account.

2. Add the sectional meet to your calendar.

a. Click “Edit Calendar under Coach Tools

b. Select the date of your sectional meet.

3. Chip timing will be used and provided by Wingfoot finish at all sectional meets:

4. Awards: The top fourteen (14) individuals will receive medals. The first place team will

receive a championship plaque.

5- Bicycles will not be allowed on the sectional courses. Coaches nor those associated with

a team are to ride bicycles as it can create an unfair advantage.

DEADLINES FOR SECTIONAL REGISTRATION

THURSDAY 12:00 PM, OCTOBER 29, 2020

All changes must to be done at the coaches meeting prior to race time with the Meet Director(s)

Sectional BIB Instructions for Coaches

1. Inspect your team packet to ensure you received all your bibs

a. Immediately notify meet management if you are missing any

b. Very important – this must be done before leaving the packet pickup area

2. Distribute your bibs to all competing athletes

a. All athletes must wear their assigned bib, as assigned on your team roster

b. Athletes that are not registered should not use someone else’s bib

c. Failure to properly distribute the bibs will result in inaccurate results

3. Athletes must properly secure their bibs with the provided safety pins


http://www.athletic.net/





SECTIONAL MEET DIRECTOR

All athletes running at the Sectional Meet must be entered with Athletic.net.

All sections will be set up with Chandler High School being the host school.

Clyde Resendez will be in charge of down loading all entries for wingfootfinish.

Remind all teams that deadline for entering individuals and teams into state is Monday, 11/9 by

noon.

STATE QUALIFYING STANDARDS FROM THE SECTIONAL: (NEW FOR 2020)

Each Sectional race will qualify the ONE THIRD 33% of FULL (5 or more runners) teams

FINISHING AS A SCORING TEAM AT THE SECTIONAL MEET. If a Section has an odd

number of entered teams the number of qualifying teams will be rounded up. Example: 11

Sectional teams entered on athletic.net will qualify 4 teams for state.

Each Sectional race will qualify the top 7 finishers from teams that are NOT qualifying as

one of the top 1/3 finishing.

State entry deadline is Monday, November 9, 2020 at NOON.





Site: Cross Roads Park; 2155 E. Knox Road; Gilbert, AZ 85023;

Course Distance: 3.1 miles

Thursday November 12, 2020

7:00 a.m. Walk Through(Div. 1)

Packet pick up

Report Schedule Race Schedule

8:25 a.m. 8:45 a.m. Division I Girls

9:00 a.m. 9:20 a.m. Division I Boys

9:55 a.m. Awards Session One

11:00 a.m. Park Open Session Two

Packet Pick up

12:20 p.m. 12:40 p.m. Division III Girls

12:55 p.m. 1:15 p.m. Division III Boys

2:00 p.m. Awards Session Two

Friday November 13, 2020

7:00 a.m. Walk Through(Div. 2)

Packet pick up

Report Schedule Race Schedule

8:25 a.m. 8:45 a.m. Division II Girls

9:00 a.m. 9:20 a.m. Division II Boys

9:55 a.m. Awards Session One

11:00 a.m. Park Open Session Two

Packet Pick up

12:20 p.m. 12:40 p.m. Division IV Girls

12:55 p.m. 1:15 p.m. Division IV Boys

2:00 p.m. Awards Session Two





State Tournament Games Committee:

Dean Visser AIA Tournament Director

Dave Shapiro AIA Tournament Director

Clif McKenzie Starter

Joe Hajek Site Preparation

Mike Elder Athletic Director

Paul Demuth Athletic Director

Rene Regoli Athletic Director

Jeff Guy Site Director

RULES

Rules are those of the current edition of the National Federation Track and Field/ Cross Country

Rules and Records, AIA Constitution and Bylaws and these tournament instructions.

Bicycles will not be allowed on the Cross Roads Park Course. Nor are coaches or those

associated with a team to ride bicycles at the sectional cross country meet as it can create

an unfair advantage.

23.9.4 Practice on Site - A practice or competition on the site of the Sectional or Post-Season Championship Tournament, except for a regularly scheduled contest, is not permitted for seven calendar days prior to the Sectional or Post Season Championship, except in the case of the host school.





GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Certified Athletic Trainers will be on site; however, each school will be responsible for the

taping/wrapping of their own athletes; including the needed supplies. The ATC’s will be near the

finish line area.

Athletes are to bring their own labeled water containers

If a participant requires medical attention, the parent/guardian/coach will be notified by the

tournament staff to meet in the medical area. Under no circumstance is a parent or coach to enter

the restricted area unless requested, which includes the following areas: scoring, finish and chute.

TROPHIES/MEDALS

Awards will be as noted in the AIA Constitution and Bylaws. First place teams and runners-up will

receive team trophies. Individual medals will be awarded to the top 21 places in each race.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Teams are requested to follow timelines established for when the park is open for arrival, packet

pick up, establishing a team camp and walk through.

All teams arriving in mini busses or vans are to park in the lot on the east side of AZ Ice.

In order to maintain a safe and efficient environment for all the coaches, fans and workers are

required to wear a mask. Only athletes warming up or competing have the option not to wear a

mask.

Athletes can wear a mask as they check in for the their race and discard prior to the start of their

race.

Team camps are restricted to the east upper soccer fields.

Course maps will NOT be included in coaches packets. Down load a copy of the map from

www.aiaonline.org CoachesCross CountryState XC Map.

NO PETS ARE ALLOWED—unless they are service animals. Comfort animals will not be

allowed into the park at Cross Roads.






2020 ADMISSION PRICE NEW

Each athlete that qualifies for state will be allowed two spectators. Before you leave the sectional race

the coach must pick up these wrist bands.

Team Qualifying: There will be a color for the 14 spectators, a color for two additional student

athletes, manager or assistant coach and a color for the coach. Wrist bands MUST be put on before

entering the park.

Individual Qualifying: There will be two wrist bands for the spectators. A wrist band for the coach. If

more than one individual qualifies for state, there will still only be one wrist band for the coach.

The cost of each spectator wrist band is $10. The coach and the Athletic Director will need to confer

how this money will be collected from the spectators from the team. Each school will be billed on the

cycle one billing from the AIA Finance.

Any unused wrist bands will need to be turned in at the state meet. These will be deducted from the

billing.

There will be NO paid admission at the state meet.

Only one person will be allowed to enter on an AIA card. No guest will be allowed with the AIA card

holder.

Only the dressed competitor and the head coaches wrist band color will be allowed down into the lower

field area near the starting/finish line. However, these individuals need to stay out of the start line check

in and line and the finish corral.

PARKING/DIRECTIONS FOR TEAMS AND FANS

Team busses, vans and mini buses are to enter Cross Roads Park from the east from Greenfield road.

Busses are to park in the lot east of AZ Ice. Enter the first entrance into the parking lot.

Those teams that are being dropped off, should enter the same entrance as other busses. Pull in behind

(south) of AZ Ice. After offloading teams, these busses will exit.

There are to be no spectators or non-essential team personnel in the middle basin area—where the

starting and finish lines are.

HANDICAPPED PARKING

There are handicapped parking spaces available at the park.

The AIA and Gilbert Parks and Recreation are not responsible for lost or stolen articles.





STATE MEET ENTRY PROCEDURE:

Instructions for all coaches:

1. Sign up for a free coach account at www.athletic.net (if you haven’t already)

a. Click here to go to the Athletic.net Arizona XC Homepage:


b. Find and click on the link to your school.

c. Click “Sign up for a free account”

d. Follow the instructions to sign up and activate your account.

2. Enter your athletes on the “Edit Athletes” page under Coach Tools.

3. Register your athletes for the STATE meet.

a. Click on the sectional meet in your calendar.

b. Click” Register Athletes” under Team Tools on the right-hand side.

c. Each qualifying team can only register up to seven (7) runner names.

d. Register the appropriate athletes and click “Save Registration”

All athletes running at the State Meet must be entered with Athletic.net. Logon and follow directions at

www.athletic.net.

All changes must to be done at the prior to race time. Fill in the form at the packet pick up tent. Bring a

pen or pencil.

DEADLINES FOR STATE REGISTRATION

MONDAY 12:00 PM, NOVEMBER 9, 2020!

PROGRAMS AND SOUVENIRS

PepWear is the official merchandise partner of the AIA.

o Sale or distribution of AIA State Tournament merchandise by any individual or company

other than PepWear at any AIA state tournament or championship event is prohibited.

Programs can be viewed for free on the AZPreps365 Live Mobile App, available on the Apple

App Store and Google Play Store.

The NFHS Network is the exclusive broadcast partner of the AIA for state tournament and

championship events.

o Video recording for live streaming of the event or for purpose of resale by any individual

or company other than the NFHS Network is strictly prohibited.








MEDIA CREDENTIAL POLICY

AIA has a Media Policy that needs to be followed to protect the proprietary rights of the Association and

to protect the student-athletes and coaches at region and state tournament events. The following link

(http://aiaonline.org/news/press_center.php) is to the AIA Media Center which houses the AIA online

media credential form and the AIA approved media list (those that have requested and been granted AIA

media credentials). The editor/manager of an outlet already granted access to AIA media credentials

must go online and order credentials for a member of the media not on the master list. Please note that

some members of the media might show up with freelance credentials. These have no pictures on them,

but do allow for access to the event per the designated media outlet on the AIA media credential.

Additionally, all member schools were allotted a number of school-based credentials for the school year.

These will allow admittance equal to a media or freelance credential.

SECTION 26

ADA COMPLIANCE NOTICE

26.1 ADA NOTICE

It is the policy of the Arizona Interscholastic Association not to discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to, access to,

or operation of its programs, services and activities, or in its hiring and employment practices.

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as sign language interpreter, by making a request to the

office staff. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.

26.2 AIA ADA COMPLIANCE OFFICER

Questions, concerns, complaints, or requests for additional information may be forwarded to the AIA ADA Compliance officer:

David Hines

Arizona Interscholastic Association, Inc.

7007 North 18th Street

Phoenix, Arizona, 85020

602-385-3810


http://aiaonline.org/news/press_center.php




Cross Roads: Parking

All School Bus Parking & Min

Staff Parking

Off Loading by big yellow busses

Spectators Parking (If allowed)

Team Camps






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2020 AIA State Cross Countryaiaonline.org/files/17145/2020-state-tournament-guide.pdf2020/10/21 · Student Media Credentialing 14 ADA Compliance 14 Parking Map 15 State Shoe Chip