Meet Information
2018 Tim Nixon Invitational
Saturday, September 1, 2018
Hosted by: Liberty High School & Liberty North High School
Tim Nixon
Thank you for participating in the 1st Annual Tim Nixon Invitational, hosted by
Liberty and Liberty North High Schools. We are pleased to present this event to to
have great competition on a top level course, while at the same time honoring our
mentor, friend, and coach...Tim Nixon
Tim coached Cross Country at Liberty High School since 1979 till his untimely
passing in 2017. While his teams were consistently competitive on the State, and
even National level, Tims legacy is in his love for what the sport of Cross Country
could do to develop young people. He did life well, engaging in relationships through
his faith, and putting people before success. He loved his student athletes and
developing work ethic, teamwork and responsibility. He is missed by us all, but his
legacy will always be a part of Liberty Cross Country.
Participating Teams:
1. Blue Springs
South
2. Central (St. Joe)
3. Columbia
Hickman
4. Excelsior
Springs
5. Fort Osage
6. Grain Valley
7. Kearney
8. Lees Summit
9. Lees Summit
North
10. Lees Summit
West
11. Liberty
12. Liberty North
13. Notre Dame de
Sion
14. Oak Park
15. Park Hill
16. Park Hill South
17. Platte County
18. Princeton
19. Raytown
20. Raytown South
21. Smithville
22. St. Teresas
Academy
23. Staley
24. Truman
25. West Plains
26. William
Chrisman
Location
Wildflower Cross Country Course
10940 NE 104th
Kansas City, MO 64157
Drop off at the course, but park in either the free parking at Liberty North High School or
the $5 parking on the private lot adjacent to the course.
Course preview
The course will be open to preview on Friday, August 31 any time. Please have your bus
drop you off & park at Liberty North High School. Maps will be provided at the meet.
Tentative Start Times
We will do our best to stay on the following time schedule
7:15 Coaches Meeting
8:00 Girls Gold Varsity 5k
8:30 Girls Silver Varsity 5k
9:00 Boys Gold Varsity 5k
9:30 Boys Silver Varsity 5k
10:00 All Girls JV 2 mile
10:30 All Boys JV 2 mile
Awards to follow the completion of the JV Boys race
For Varsity Races: Unlimited entries, but please use digression as to athletes running true
Varsity times. Please note only 7 members of the team can earn medals, score or displace.
Additional runners are simply running for times.
Divisions
Divisions will be separated by:
Gold* teams that competed at Sectionals the previous year
Silver all other teams
*If you would like to request moving up or down divisions, please email your
request to Coaches English and Coach Chatlos. However, we will not put more than of the
teams in the Gold Division.
Division Lists:
Girls Gold
1. Blue Springs South
2. Columbia Hickman
3. Lees Summit
North
4. Lees Summit West
5. Liberty
6. Liberty North
7. Park Hill South
8. St. Joe Central
9. St. Teresas
Academy
10. Staley
11. West Plains
Girls Silver
1. Excelsior Springs
2. Fort Osage
3. Grain Valley
4. Kearney
5. Lees Summit
6. Notre Dame de
Sion
7. Oak Park
8. Park Hill
9. Platte County
10. Princeton
11. Raytown
12. Raytown South
13. Smithville
14. Truman
15. William Chrisman
Boys Gold
1. Blue Springs South
2. Columbia Hickman
3. Kearney
4. Liberty
5. Liberty North
6. Lees Summit
North
7. Lees Summit West
8. Park Hill South
9. St. Joe Central
10. Staley
11. West Plains
Boys Silver
1. Excelsior Springs
2. Fort Osage
3. Grain Valley
4. Lees Summit
5. Oak Park
6. Park Hill
7. Platte County
8. Princeton
9. Raytown
10. Raytown South
11. Smithville
12. Truman
13. William Chrisman
Entry Fee
There is no entry fee for the Tim Nixon Invitational.
Awards
Top 20 individuals will receive medals, top 3 teams will receive plaques. Each
Varsity division champion team will receive t-shirts
Saucony Shoes:
Saucony is one of the race sponsors. They are providing price shoes the day of the
meet to any competitor with a bib
Bus Parking
Busses can drop off in the Warriors Best Friend drive, and park in the front of
Liberty North High School.
Spectator Parking
Spectators can park in the parking lots around Liberty North High School for free, or
pay a $5 fee to park in the private property adjacent to the course owned by the
Fleshman family. The entrance is on A Highway off of past the church.
Handicapped Parking
Handicapped individuals with a tag will be provided parking at the course.
The Course
Warriors Best Friend is an organization that travels around the country, rescuing
homeless dogs and training them to give to Combat Veterans for free. The
organization has created a 5k Cross Country course on their land which they have
called Wildflower, with a starting line just to the North of the driveway. The course
is 5,000 meters and will be led and followed by a gator. It is relatively spectator
friendly. It is a national level course and they have worked very hard to maintain the
footing and trails. Please be respectful of the course and pick up after your teams.
Attached is the course map. There is a slight deviation from the map on mile 2. The
map has the trail going through springs, but the course has changed to avoid the
muddy situation.
Timing & Entries
Use Morgan Timing for your entries. Morgantiming.net
On Site Amenities
Trainers will be on site
Port-a-potties will be available
Tents can be set up along the driveway into the Wildflower course
There will be a concession stand selling water/Gatorades on site
T-Shirts will be available, but in limited supply.
Games Committee
Games Committee: Jesse Griffin (Lees Summit West), Todd Warner (Staley), Pam
Jurgensmeyer (Park Hill South), Bob Miller (St. Joe Central)
Questions
If there are any questions, please feel free to call:
Liberty High School: 816-736-5340
Athletic Director, Jason Cahill
Liberty North High School: 816-736-5500
Athletic Director, Bob Kernell
Co-Meet Director: Dave Chatlos: 816-522-0339
Co-Meet Director: Jordan English: 816-522-5566
Entries:
Complete entries online at http://www.morgansports.net
1. Choose the appropriate meet, click the link to register your school, and complete
the required information.
2. Once your school is registered, you can login and submit your entries. Entries are
not saved automatically, so be sure to save them before navigating away from the
webpage.
3. It is not necessary to specify which race your athletes will be competing in; we
simply need a roster list of everyone running.
4. Entries do not need to be initially submitted in their entirety, you may return to
finish, modify, and remove athletes.
5. Please do not register athletes you know will not be competing.
6. If you have questions email craig@morgansports.net
7. All entries must be completed by 9:00PM on Wednesday August 29, 2018 8.
There will be no changes or additions at the meet. Please pickup your team
packet when arriving to the meet.
Event Results:
Printed results will be posted shortly after the completion of each event. Order of races,
course map, and results will also be available via the MorganSports WiFi Hotspot. There
will be no printed results packets for coaches, however you will be able to print the final
results from the website that you registered your athletes. http://www.morgansports.net/
Saturday, September 1, 2018
Hosted by: Liberty High School & Liberty North High School
Tim Nixon
Thank you for participating in the 1st Annual Tim Nixon Invitational, hosted by
Liberty and Liberty North High Schools. We are pleased to present this event to to
have great competition on a top level course, while at the same time honoring our
mentor, friend, and coach...Tim Nixon
Tim coached Cross Country at Liberty High School since 1979 till his untimely
passing in 2017. While his teams were consistently competitive on the State, and
even National level, Tims legacy is in his love for what the sport of Cross Country
could do to develop young people. He did life well, engaging in relationships through
his faith, and putting people before success. He loved his student athletes and
developing work ethic, teamwork and responsibility. He is missed by us all, but his
legacy will always be a part of Liberty Cross Country.
Participating Teams:
1. Blue Springs
South
2. Central (St. Joe)
3. Columbia
Hickman
4. Excelsior
Springs
5. Fort Osage
6. Grain Valley
7. Kearney
8. Lees Summit
9. Lees Summit
North
10. Lees Summit
West
11. Liberty
12. Liberty North
13. Notre Dame de
Sion
14. Oak Park
15. Park Hill
16. Park Hill South
17. Platte County
18. Princeton
19. Raytown
20. Raytown South
21. Smithville
22. St. Teresas
Academy
23. Staley
24. Truman
25. West Plains
26. William
Chrisman
Location
Wildflower Cross Country Course
10940 NE 104th
Kansas City, MO 64157
Drop off at the course, but park in either the free parking at Liberty North High School or
the $5 parking on the private lot adjacent to the course.
Course preview
The course will be open to preview on Friday, August 31 any time. Please have your bus
drop you off & park at Liberty North High School. Maps will be provided at the meet.
Tentative Start Times
We will do our best to stay on the following time schedule
7:15 Coaches Meeting
8:00 Girls Gold Varsity 5k
8:30 Girls Silver Varsity 5k
9:00 Boys Gold Varsity 5k
9:30 Boys Silver Varsity 5k
10:00 All Girls JV 2 mile
10:30 All Boys JV 2 mile
Awards to follow the completion of the JV Boys race
For Varsity Races: Unlimited entries, but please use digression as to athletes running true
Varsity times. Please note only 7 members of the team can earn medals, score or displace.
Additional runners are simply running for times.
Divisions
Divisions will be separated by:
Gold* teams that competed at Sectionals the previous year
Silver all other teams
*If you would like to request moving up or down divisions, please email your
request to Coaches English and Coach Chatlos. However, we will not put more than of the
teams in the Gold Division.
Division Lists:
Girls Gold
1. Blue Springs South
2. Columbia Hickman
3. Lees Summit
North
4. Lees Summit West
5. Liberty
6. Liberty North
7. Park Hill South
8. St. Joe Central
9. St. Teresas
Academy
10. Staley
11. West Plains
Girls Silver
1. Excelsior Springs
2. Fort Osage
3. Grain Valley
4. Kearney
5. Lees Summit
6. Notre Dame de
Sion
7. Oak Park
8. Park Hill
9. Platte County
10. Princeton
11. Raytown
12. Raytown South
13. Smithville
14. Truman
15. William Chrisman
Boys Gold
1. Blue Springs South
2. Columbia Hickman
3. Kearney
4. Liberty
5. Liberty North
6. Lees Summit
North
7. Lees Summit West
8. Park Hill South
9. St. Joe Central
10. Staley
11. West Plains
Boys Silver
1. Excelsior Springs
2. Fort Osage
3. Grain Valley
4. Lees Summit
5. Oak Park
6. Park Hill
7. Platte County
8. Princeton
9. Raytown
10. Raytown South
11. Smithville
12. Truman
13. William Chrisman
Entry Fee
There is no entry fee for the Tim Nixon Invitational.
Awards
Top 20 individuals will receive medals, top 3 teams will receive plaques. Each
Varsity division champion team will receive t-shirts
Saucony Shoes:
Saucony is one of the race sponsors. They are providing price shoes the day of the
meet to any competitor with a bib
Bus Parking
Busses can drop off in the Warriors Best Friend drive, and park in the front of
Liberty North High School.
Spectator Parking
Spectators can park in the parking lots around Liberty North High School for free, or
pay a $5 fee to park in the private property adjacent to the course owned by the
Fleshman family. The entrance is on A Highway off of past the church.
Handicapped Parking
Handicapped individuals with a tag will be provided parking at the course.
The Course
Warriors Best Friend is an organization that travels around the country, rescuing
homeless dogs and training them to give to Combat Veterans for free. The
organization has created a 5k Cross Country course on their land which they have
called Wildflower, with a starting line just to the North of the driveway. The course
is 5,000 meters and will be led and followed by a gator. It is relatively spectator
friendly. It is a national level course and they have worked very hard to maintain the
footing and trails. Please be respectful of the course and pick up after your teams.
Attached is the course map. There is a slight deviation from the map on mile 2. The
map has the trail going through springs, but the course has changed to avoid the
muddy situation.
Timing & Entries
Use Morgan Timing for your entries. Morgantiming.net
On Site Amenities
Trainers will be on site
Port-a-potties will be available
Tents can be set up along the driveway into the Wildflower course
There will be a concession stand selling water/Gatorades on site
T-Shirts will be available, but in limited supply.
Games Committee
Games Committee: Jesse Griffin (Lees Summit West), Todd Warner (Staley), Pam
Jurgensmeyer (Park Hill South), Bob Miller (St. Joe Central)
Questions
If there are any questions, please feel free to call:
Liberty High School: 816-736-5340
Athletic Director, Jason Cahill
Liberty North High School: 816-736-5500
Athletic Director, Bob Kernell
Co-Meet Director: Dave Chatlos: 816-522-0339
Co-Meet Director: Jordan English: 816-522-5566
Entries:
Complete entries online at http://www.morgansports.net
1. Choose the appropriate meet, click the link to register your school, and complete
the required information.
2. Once your school is registered, you can login and submit your entries. Entries are
not saved automatically, so be sure to save them before navigating away from the
webpage.
3. It is not necessary to specify which race your athletes will be competing in; we
simply need a roster list of everyone running.
4. Entries do not need to be initially submitted in their entirety, you may return to
finish, modify, and remove athletes.
5. Please do not register athletes you know will not be competing.
6. If you have questions email craig@morgansports.net
7. All entries must be completed by 9:00PM on Wednesday August 29, 2018 8.
There will be no changes or additions at the meet. Please pickup your team
packet when arriving to the meet.
Event Results:
Printed results will be posted shortly after the completion of each event. Order of races,
course map, and results will also be available via the MorganSports WiFi Hotspot. There
will be no printed results packets for coaches, however you will be able to print the final
results from the website that you registered your athletes. http://www.morgansports.net/