2016 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships East Regional
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2016 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships East Regional
Hosted by Franklin Pierce University
Hopkinton Fairgrounds
Hopkinton, N.H.
Saturday, November 5
NCAA Division II Men's Cross Country Home Page
NCAA Division II Women's Cross Country Home Page
NCAA.com Championship Central
RESULTS (available via TFRRS)
NCAA East Regional Participant Manual (PDF)
Starting Box Assignments (PDF)
For further participant information, please visit NCAA.org.
Other regional host sites:
Atlantic Regional: Slippery Rock University (Slippery Rock, Pa.)
Central Regional: Augustana University (Yankton Trail Park - Sioux Falls, S.D.)
Midwest Regional: University of Southern Indiana (Angel Mounds State Historic Site - Evansville, Ind.)
South Regional: Saint Leo University (Saint Leo, Fla.)
South Central Regional: Metropolitan State University of Denver (Washington Park - Denver, Colo.)
Southeast Regional: University of Montevallo (Montevallo, Ala.)
West Regional: Montana State University Billings (Amend Park - Billings, Mont.)
Links to Championship Central pages will be added as they become available.
Host Information
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Franklin Pierce University Ravens University Web Site |
Travel Information/Parking
The address for the Hopkinton Fairgrounds is:
513 Park Avenue
Hopkinton, NH 03229
For the NCAA Championship East Regional, the parking lot behind the I.O.O.F Lodge #23 (512 Kearsage Ave, Hopkinton, NH 03229) will be blocked and designated for officials and team parking ONLY. This lot is the closest to the finish and starting areas. Parking passes will be given at parking pick-up and vehicles will be directed to the lot of race morning.
All other vehicles (spectators) will be directed to a larger parking lot, accessible by a driveway just past the team parking lot.
Official/Team/VIP parking will be available to those that have been pre-issued complimentary parking passes. Parking for all spectators inside of the fairground parking lots will be $10 per vehicle charged upon entry, including handicap reserved spaces that are to be available in the Official/Team/VIP section.
Area map (via Google Maps; right-click on marker and select "Directions to here" and input starting address for driving directions)
Course maps (PDF to be added when available)
Schedule
Friday, November 4
10 a.m.-5 p.m. - Course available for practice.
Evening activities to take place in "The Webster Room" at Holiday Inn Concord Downtown (web site):
5-6:30 p.m. - Packet pick-up.
6:45 p.m. - Mandatory coaches meeting.
Saturday, November 5
8 a.m. - Course opens to competitors.
Please call head coach Zach Emerson at (603) 831-2385 for frost warning and/or severe weather updates on race day, if necessary.
Men's 10,000-Meter Championship Race
10:40 a.m. - Competitors called to the start line (approximately 20 minutes until start).
10:44 a.m. - National Anthem.
10:50 a.m. - Second call to the start line (approximately 10 minutes until start).
10:55 a.m. - Start line is cleared of all non-competitors (approximately five minutes until start).
10:57 a.m. - Runners at the start line for instructions.
11 a.m. - Start of men's 10,000-meter championship race.
Women's 6,000-Meter Championship Race
11:55 a.m. - Competitors called to the start line (approximately 20 minutes until start).
12:05 p.m. - Second call to the start line (approximately 10 minutes until start).
12:10 p.m. - Start line is cleared of all non-competitors (approximately five minutes until start).
12:12 p.m. - Runners at the start line for instructions.
12:15 p.m. - Start of women's 6,000-meter championship race.
Immediately following conclusion of women's race, top runners and teams will be recognized.
Area Accommodations
The following is a list of area hotels and their contact information. The institution is responsible for contacting the hotel to make all arrangements and providing the hotel with a rooming list.
Meet Headquarters Hotel
Holiday Inn Concord Downtown
172 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 224-9534
Web site
Holiday Inn Concord Downtown is currently offering rates of $109 per night, with breakfast included for teams booking blocks of rooms for the NCAA East Regional.
Other Area Hotels
Days Inn Concord
406 South Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 224-2511
Web site
Best Western Concord Inn & Suites
97 Hall Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 228-4300
Web site
Courtyard Concord
70 Constitution Avenue
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 225-0303
Web site
Comfort Inn Concord
71 Hall Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 228-2106
Web site
Area Information
Area Attractions (via Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce)
Concord Area Restaurants (via Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce)
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