by Keith Conning, 73, Pleasanton, CA
e-mail: keithconning@aol.com
CIF State Meet Announcer
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014
INTRODUCTIONS
All 2014 Section Champions and returning State Champions will be introduced 10 minutes prior to the
start of their race. Please make contact with the announcer when you arrive at the park. Please have your athletes at the introductions 15 minutes prior to race time. See page 4 of the XC Handbook.
http://static.psbin.com/m/w/uiaye55p93aho8/2014_XC_Handbook.pdf
The introduction area is located at the east end of the starting line near the picnic table.
I will introduce all of the individual Section champions before each race. You will be introduced in alphabetical order by Section: 1. Central Coast, 2. Central, 3. Los Angeles, 4. North Coast, 5. Northern, 6. Oakland, 7. San Diego, 8. San Francisco, 9. Sac-Joaquin, 10. Southern.
I will also introduce returning State Champions.
Peter Jensen, 59, a long-time announcer in the North Coast Section, Central Coast Section, and State Meet, will introduce all the teams. Peter is the Administrative Service Manager for the Santa Clara County District Attorney. His father, former U.S. District Judge D. Lowell Jensen, was the District Attorney of Alameda County.
Both Peter and I were introduced to track and field by our fathers, who took us to track meets at Edwards Stadium in Berkeley. My father was a sprinter in London, England in the spring of 1915 at the age of 17. He kept a diary which included his service with the Canadian Field Artillery in the First World War. He was a runner, who carried messages between the gun emplacements. He had to run through mustard gas. "The sulfur mustards, or sulphur mustards,[2] commonly known as mustard gas, are a class of related cytotoxic and vesicant chemical warfare agents with the ability to form large blisters on the exposed skin and in the lungs." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_mustard
Tim O’Rourke, who coached Arroyo High School of El Monte to the very first state championship in 1987, a popular AAF clinic speaker, and the High School Director of the Mt. SAC Relays, will call the race at the mile and at 2.1 miles.
I will announce the names and times of the leaders and the team scores at one mile and at 2.1 miles. I will also call out the names of athletes as they finish from a big truck just east of the finish line.
Spectator tips:
1. After you watch the start, you can go down to the one mile and 2.1 mile mark. The runners will pass that point twice as the course is designed like a figure eight. Then you can return to watch the finish. There is usually a lot of traffic on the bridge, so plan accordingly.
See the map of the course on p. 15 of the CIF State Cross Country Championships Handbook
http://static.psbin.com/m/w/uiaye55p93aho8/2014_XC_Handbook.pdf
2. Arrive early, as this is a very popular event and you may have to park a distance from the start and finish line.
3. Spectators' entrance to Woodward Park will be at the South Gate off Audubon.
4. Admission charges: General Admission - $10.00 CHILDREN - $5.00
5. A concession stand will be available at the park.
6. The program contains the names of all entered participants, a preview article by Rich Gonzalez of www.prepcaltrack.com, pictures, and records. It will be on sale Friday from 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
7. Come on Friday and breath in the atmosphere of the largest State High School Cross Country Meet in the country.
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