Veterans Park on Valleydale Rd
Hoover, AL

October 10, 2009

The Hoover Track Foundation is proud to announce the inaugural SouthEast XC Showdown to be held October 10, 2009, at Veterans Park on Valleydale Road in Hoover, AL.  Our experienced meet management team is renowned for hosting such prestigious XC meets at Veterans Park as the Great American XC Festival 2005 - 2008, Nike Team Nationals SE Regional in 2007, and is poised to host the USATF Junior Olympics National XC Championships in 2010.

We know you have limited budgets and limited meet opportunities.   Our philosophy is to provide the best value for you, while making this an exciting experience that you and your team will cherish long after you’ve left our city.  We do this by starting with a challenging, picturesque, spectator friendly, permanent cross country course, adding some of the top teams in the region, then incorporating pageantry, including marching drum lines, flag corps, the military, etc., to enhance the cross country experience.  Each race will have unique medals for the top 25 runners and special awards for the top 3 teams.

Entry fees are only $100.00 per boys or girls team with unlimited entries.  The elite, All American Championship is limited to 10 athletes per team.  You may enter the rest of your team in the appropriate division for your school (e.g., Small School/JV or Large School races).  Middle school teams are limited to the Middle School races and will not compete against high school athletes.

We have plenty of free parking, so bring the families to cheer on your team!  In fact, tell them to enter in the Trak Shak All Comers Open 3K Run at 7:30 am on race day for only $10/person.  They can register for this run online, on site Friday during your site visit, or Saturday morning beginning at 6:30.

We have plenty of things to do in Hoover and the Birmingham area.  Our nearby hotels are providing discounted rates for the event and their prices range from $89 - $130, depending on whether you want a Micotel experience or a 4-Star Wynfrey experience.  Please see the list of participating hotels for the rates and codes.  And of course, no trip to Alabama is complete without a visit to Jim ‘N Nicks Bar BQ, so we’ll have them on site cooking for you Saturday!

Registration for the event closes at midnight, September 20, 2009.  Registration will be online at www.milesplit.com.

If you have any questions, please fee free to contact me.  We look forward to seeing you in Hoover!


Steve Bedsole
Meet Director

meetdirector@secrosscountryshowdown.com