Blaze Invitational

Here are the details for the Blaze Invitational:

Race: Blaze Invitational - hosted by Burnsville High School
Date: Thursday, September 30th
Place: Nicollet Junior High School - 400 East 134th Street, Burnsville, MN
Time: Trinity runners will be leaving immediately following school (3:15pm). The first race is at 4:00pm.
Drivers:
Vanna Valentas (6) - Jonathon Valentas, Nathan Bittner, Henry Croll, Kent Sommer, Chris Vance, JonElliott Brubaker
Brink (6) - Henry Brink, Zildjian Meyer, Max Bultman, John Michael Berns, Charlie Leighton
Driessen (6) - Catherine DeMarais, Linnea Bellomo, Maggie Griffith, Claire Mealey, Maria Stephenson, Rebecca Driessen
Ennis (6) - Mary Ennis, Lotus Schifsky, Katie Stephenson, Ruthie Gross, Maria Kraker, Lucy Leighton
Kloster (4) - Elizabeth Stephenson, Ayana Anderson, Sydney Kloster, Abigail Miranda

Families Bringing Food for Meet: Brink, Kloster, Meyer

Directions: From Trinity School, take 494 west to 35E south, take 35E south to County Rd 11 North (exit 90)...turn right onto Cty Rd 11, take the first left onto East 134th Street and follow this for a little over a mile to Nicollet Junior High School.

The Course:
Both the 4K and 5K courses are very spectator friendly. Most of the race can be seen from a single vantage point. Both runs take place on grass except one 30 meter section of pavement. A course map will be available on race day. We needed to change the course from last year as the city is not allowing us to run on a certain section.

4K Course: This will be a two loop course with flats as well as some challenging hills.
5K Course: This will be a three loop course with flats as well as some challenging hills.

Race Distances:
All Boys Races: 5000m
All Girls Races: 4000m

Schedule of Events:
4:00pm - Girls JV Race (Catherine DeMarais, Rebecca Driessen, Linnea Bellomo, Maggie Griffith, Claire Mealey, Sydney Kloster, Abigail Miranda, Ayana Anderson, Elizabeth Stephenson)
4:30pm - Boys JV Race (Chris Vance, Max Bultman, Henry Brink, Zildjian Meyer)
5:00pm - Girls Varsity Race (Ruthie Gross, Maria Kraker, Katie Stephenson, Lucy Leighton, Maria Stephenson, Mary Ennis, Lotus Schifsky)
5:30pm - Boys Varsity Race (JonElliott Brubaker, Charlie Leighton, Jonathon Valentas, Nathan Bittner, Henry Croll, Kent Sommer, John Michael Berns)
6:00pm - Awards

Awards:
Varsity Top 10 Individuals = T-Shirts
JV Top 5 Individuals = T-Shirts
1st place Varsity Team = Plaque

Scoring:
It is traditional team scoring, add the places of your top 5 runners for a team score.

Teams Participating:
Albert Lea, East Ridge, Mahtomedi, Maple Grove, Minnetonka (Boys Only), Northfield, Owatonna (Boys Only), Rochester Century, Rochester Mayo, South St. Paul, Trinity School at River Ridge, Visitation (Girls Only), Wayzata (Girls Only)