The big time, the annual Group Championships held at Holmdel Park. These races will decide who advances to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions on Saturday November 21st. This article contains all the information you need for the event.
Listed: qualifying. schedule, rankings, parking info, race assignments, course map, awards.
Meet Page - Where results and coverage will be posted.
How do you advance? It is all explained right here.
- The top 3 teams in each group advance.
- The top 10 individuals in each group advance.
- There will be 2 wildcard teams, these will be the two best total times for non-placing teams pertaining to their top five finishers. So in other words out of all the fourth and fifth place teams, the two best total time performances for their scoring five will advance. Place is never overruled by time.
- Individual wildcards - The top 10 individuals from all the group races who have not qualified as of yet whether that be top 10 in their race, on a top 3 team, or a wild card team.
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Group Championships Saturday November 14th
10:00 AM Girls Group 2
10:30 AM Girls Group 3
11:00 AM Boys Group 2
11:30 AM Boys Group 3
12:00 PM Girls Non Public B
12:30 PM Girls Non Public A
1:00 PM Boys Non Public B
1:30 PM Boys Non Public A
2:00 PM Girls Group 1
2:30 PM Girls Group 4
3:00 PM Boys Group 1
3:30 PM Boys Group 4
Award ceremonies take place around 45 minutes after the start of each race.
Meet of Champions Saturday November 21st
11:00 A.M. -- Girls Championship Race
11:45 A.M. -- Boys Championship Race
12:30 P.M. - Awards Ceremony (Starting with Girls)
Here are rankings for each Group from the overall season, Holmdel this year, and from the Sectional meets.
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Parking for the Group Meets for both athletes and spectators on Nov. 15 will be at the Vonage facility, located on the corner of Route 4 (Holmdel Road) and County Road 520 (Newman Springs Road)
Use lots A and D. Shuttle buses will pick you up on the inside the lots on the road that circles the lots. This is the same procedure used last year. Note: Spectators will be asked to pay a $1.00 bus fee to help defray the cost of the shuttle buses. This fee will be collected at the Vonage parking lot only.
Note: Please inform your bus drivers that portable toilets will be available in the parking lot at Vonage. No one will be allowed inside the Vonage buildings.
Pole positions will be posted here when released. For now we have the boys and girls qualifying public school teams and individuals posted.
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State Group Championships
A Trophy and seven (7) medals to the first place team; seven (7) medals to the 2nd and 3rd place teams; and medals to the first ten (10) individual finishers in each Group.
