July 29, 2009

 

To All Coaches & Athletes,

            First, I want to apologize for the delay in posting the meet information for the 25th annual Fullerton Season Opener Cross Country Invitational. I found out a few weeks ago that we would be unable to host the meet at our traditional site of Carbon Canyon Regional Park. Needless to say I’ve been scrambling around trying to secure an alternate site for the meet. After considering several options, we’ve secured the Fullerton Golf Course as the site for this year’s meet.

In addition to the site change, there are a couple other notable changes. First, in order to use the golf course we had to move the meet to a late afternoon/early evening start. Baring an extreme heat wave, the start times should produce pretty good conditions. Second, because of the increased cost of renting the golf course, I’ve had to increase the entry fee from $100 to $150 per team and $25 per individual. Third, I’ve changed the women’s distance from 5K to 6K. This is a change I’ve considered for several years, and with a 2K loop course it seemed natural to make the change this year.

Again, I apologize for the delay in getting this information out, but I’m optimistic the changes will provide a great experience for all the participants, coaches and spectators. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

 

All the Best,

 

John L. Elders

Head X-Country/Track Coach

Cal State Fullerton

P.O. Box 6810

Fullerton, CA  92834-6810

Office: (657)278-3490

FAX: (657)278-5668

Cell: (714)262-9752

 

 

 

 

2009 CAL STATE FULLERTON

SEASON OPENER

CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL

 

Date:                Saturday, September 5th

Times:              Women’s 6K - 6:00pm

Men’s 8K - 6:30pm

Location:          Fullerton Golf Course

                        2700 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92835

                        (714)578-9201

Course:            2K loop course; predominately flat with some rolling sections; mostly on fairways with some dirt sections and cart path crossings. Course should be available for warm-up by 4:30pm. Please no running on greens. Course map will be available at a later date.

Team Area:      We have use of the “Front 9” holes of the golf course only. Looking down the 9th fairway from the club house, the best place for team areas will be under the trees on the right hand side of the fairway, and canopies could be set up across the bridge and behind the starting line. 

Entries:             Email entry list to Don Chadez @ dchadez@aol.com no later than 5:00pm PST on Tuesday, September 1st. Please put “Fullerton Opener Entry” in the subject line of the email. Please indicate whether a team entry or an individual/ unattached entry.

Entry Fee:         Team Entries of 5 or more = $150 (Men + Women = $300)

                        Individuals or Teams of less than 5 = $25 per person

                        Make checks payable to: CSF Athletics

Awards:           Top 2 teams and top 10 individuals in each race.

Parking:            Free parking available at Golf Course. Please email Coach Elders if your team will be traveling by bus.

Info:                 Contact Coach John Elders @ (657)278-3490 or jelders@fullerton.edu.