Meet Information
Brian T. Simpson Invite @ Gans Creek - October 7th
1. Box Assignments are listed below in Alphabetical order of School names and at the bottom in numerical order. Same boxes for MS and HS.
2 Parking - Any non-bus vehicles are welcome to park in the SOUTH portion of the Gans Creek lot (nearest the road and the restrooms). All buses (and only buses) should park in the northern part of the lot (nearer finish line). Additional spectator parking is available across the street from the meet.
3. Payment - Please either bring payment with you or plan on mailing it shortly after the race. Remember that HS teams (guys and girls count as separate teams) are $150 each, and MS teams are $100 each OR you can pay $25/runner. Whatever works out best for you. Checks can be made out to "Harrisburg High School".
4. Packets - Will be available for pickup when you arrive. There will NOT be a course map included, but you can find a link to the course map on our MoMile event info page.
5. Shirts/Hoodies - Will be available for pickup when you arrive.
6. Coach's Hospitality - We plan to have a hospitality table for coaching staff with some Panera bagels and some drinks. Please keep your runners out of that until MS races start. After that, runners are welcome to gobble up whatever is left.
7. Water: Teams should bring their own water/gatorade. Running water is available on site.
The weather looks GREAT for running. We are looking forward to a great day of races
Box assignments (By School Name)
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Race Schedule
8:00am - Parking opens
9:20am - College Mens 8k
9:30am - HS & MS Packets available for pickup
10am - College Womens 5k
10:10 - Early Coaches meeting
10:30am - MS Girls 3k
11am - MS Boys 3k
11:10 - Later Coaches meeting
11:30am - Varsity Boys 5k
12 Noon - Varsity Girls 5k
12:45 - MS and High School Awards
Other Details:
College Races to start: Please note that our race day will kick off with 2 college races. We are excited to partner with the UMSL cross country program to bring Division 2 college races at the start of our meet. We are exited that our MS and HS athletes will have the opportunity to see college-level XC running. Feel free to come early to see those races with your runners.
Middle school will run a 3000 meter race, while high school runs a full 5k.
This event takes place on the beautiful Gans Creek Course, with plenty of great viewpoints from which to watch the race.
Entry Fees....
- Each middle school team (boys & girls are separate teams) is $100 per team
- Each high school team (boys & girls are separate teams) is $150 per team
OR individual runners are $25 per runner
JV runners included at no additional charge for teams with full varsity rosters
Timing Company: Ozark Racing Systems
For questions, email our athletic director Ryan Richardson at richardsonr@harrisburg.k12.mo.
1. Packet Pickup for MS and HS will be available starting at 9:30am at Gans on the sidewalk near the athlete village area.
2. There is no JV race. We will have unlimited entries in HS guys and HS girls races. This speeds up the meet, while giving our JV runners a better running experience. We will still score top 7 runners for the team score, medal top 25 individuals, and medal first place teams.
3. ALL MS and HS awards will be given around 12:45 noon, after the last race of the day. Awards will be presented at the podium (unless weather prevents it).
4. MEDALS - Given to top 25 in each MS Race. Top 25 in each Varsity Race. 1st Place Team medals for MS and Varsity.
5. PARKING - BUS parking will be available at Gans Creek in the SOUTH LOT (closest to the course). Van/car parking will be available in the NORTH LOT (by the park bathrooms). Both lots are accessible by the same entrance to the park at 3350 E Gans Rd, Columbia, MO 65201. Additional parking is available across the street down Bristol Lake Parkway toward Perry Phillips Park.
6. Course Map - Here is a map of the course. https://mo.milesplit.com/
MS will run the outer loop only - 3000 Meters. High school runs the inner loop, then the outer loop for a full 5k. Same as the State Championship Meet.
7. Team Tents can be set up in the flat area to the North of the course (the same as at the Gans Creek Classic and at state. PLEASE DO NOT USE TENT STAKES, as there are sprinklers and underground lines in that area. Please pick up all trash.
8. Restrooms are located off of the North Parking lot.
9. TWO COACHES MEETINGS - 10:10am (for the early schools who have middle school runners and HS runners) and 11:10am (for high school runners). Feel free to come to either or both.
10. Payment - Please bring a check to the meet if you haven't paid. Payment details are given above related to costs per team and per runner.
11. Special Recognition - This meet is named in honor of Brian Simpson, who was the founding coach of Harrisburg Cross Country.
12. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me: Corey Whitaker, and whitakerc@harrisburg.k12.mo.us . Call or text me at 573-864-4357.
School Name Box #
| New Bloomfield | 1 |
| Sacred Heart | 2 |
| Russellville | 3 |
| Bishop LeBlond | 4 |
| Missouri Military | 5 |
| Smithton | 6 |
| Harrisburg | 7 |
| South Shelby | 8 |
| Linn | 9 |
| Mark Twain | 10 |
| Salisbury | 11 |
| Highland | 12 |
| Newtown-Harris | 13 |
| Northeast Randolph (Cairo) | 14 |
| Westran | 15 |
| Van-Far | 16 |
| Paris | 17 |
| Otterville | 18 |
| Schuyler | 19 |
| Monroe City | 20 |
| 21 | |
| St. Joseph Christian | 22 |
| 23 | |
| North Platte | 24 |
| Marion County | 25 |
| Alton | 26 |
| Meadville | 27 |
| Stoutland | 28 |
| Community | 29 |
| Chamois | 30 |
| Vienna | 31 |
| Brookfield | 32 |
| Wellsville-Middletown | 33 |
| Glasgow | 34 |
| Elsberry | 35 |
| Stover | 36 |
| 37 | |
| South Callaway | 38 |
| Christian Fellowship | 39 |
| Jamestown | 40 |
| Palmyra | 41 |