Colorado Middle School Runner Challenge 3K and RRCA Colorado State 6K XC Championship

Hey there is a fun Colorado Masters Race this weekend - 6 K cross country with a new twist A 3k Middle school (6-8th grades) focused cross country run.
Have a Middle School runner it should be fun. I am bringing my 7th grader

RRCA Colorado State 6K XC Championship and Colorado Middle School Runner Challenge 3K
Saturday, May 9 at 8:00 AM - Sand Creek Greenway, Denver, CO

This race is for middle-school children in the Denver-metro area. Registration has been online at Running Guru for several months (only $9.24). We will be accepting race day registration for up to 60 entrants ($10 each). Medals and really nice USATF long-sleeved tech shirts will be awarded to age group winners. The first 60 to register will get a nice goody bag with items from top-notch sponsors. The top 60 finishers will receive a ribbon.

Adult runners will compete over a 6K distance on a course starting and finishing at the Smith Road Trailhead of the Sand Creek Greenway in Denver. The venue will include unpaved paths and single trails along Sand Creek. Conditions may vary from dusty to muddy based on weather conditions and may include creek crossings if the water level in the creek is low. Adults will run two 3K loops. Here is a map of the course: http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=561558.

Middle school participants (aged 11-14 and grades 6-8) participating in the Colorado Middle School Runner Challenge event will do only one 3K loop of the course. The Middle School Challenge event is capped at 60 participants. Online registration is $9.24 at http://www.RunningGuru.com/Event/COMSRCRace day registration is $10. Ribbons to all middle school registrants and medals and long sleeve shirts to the top 3 boys and girls in each of the 11, 12, and 13 - 14 year old age groups.
Directions:
From I-70, take Havana Street south 0.4 miles to Smith Road, then head west 0.6 miles to the parking lot for the Smith Road Trailhead of the Sand Creek Greenway.
See the Google Map for directions.
For information or to volunteer for the adult 6K race contact Dan Shaw at [email protected] or 720-480-2370. For information or to volunteer for the middle school children's 3K Colorado Middle School Runner Challenge event race contact Bruce Kirschner at [email protected] or 303-902-4528.


Edited by peto_primo 2015-05-06 10:54 AM