General Information

• All athletes entered must officially represent the school they attend.
• Only a school official (coach, administrator) may register their schools team/individual through athletic.net. NO unattached or individual entries accepted.
• Pre-authorization of a credit card will be required to unlock registration.
• A school official (coach, administrator) must accompany the team / individual to the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational.

Contact the Mt. SAC Special Events Office at specialevents@mtsac.edu

Registration Process

Registration for the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational will be on Athletic.net.

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

• Existing teams on Athletic.net:
  1. Add the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational (Elementary/Middle School) to your calendar (you can use search to find it)
  2. Register your athletes for the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational from your team roster
• Creating a new team on Athletic.net
  1. Create a free coach account on Athletic.net
  2. Add meets to your season calendar
  3. Enter team roster
  4. Register athletes

FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO REGISTER ON ATHLETIC.NET  FOR THE MT. SAC CROSS COUNTRY INVITATIONAL, PLEASE VISIT:  https://www.athletic.net/Help/CrossCountry.aspx?Meet=213349

Registration Fees

All schools must first pre-authorize a credit card to begin the registration process. The card will not be charged until the entry deadline of Sunday, October 1st. On that date, the credit card will be charged the full fees for all entries online.

Entry Fees

• $25 for a single athlete per gender level
• $50 for two athletes per gender level
• $65 for a team of 3 or more athletes per gender level
• $450 maximum fee per school ($225 for a single-sex school)

Refund Policy
This meet will be run regardless of weather. There will be no refunds if your team does not show on meet day.

Payment Policy
All team registration fees will be charged to the registered credit card on file at the close of registration on Sunday, October 2nd. Entry fees are non-refundable.

If you would like to pay by SCHOOL/DISTRICT CHECK (no personal checks), the check for the ENTIRE AMOUNT DUE must be RECEIVED in the Mt. SAC Athletic Special Events Office by Friday, September 30th, otherwise the credit card on file will be charged the ENTIRE entry fee.

Please make checks payable to:
Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational

Please put in the check notes:
Name of the school(s) the entry fee check is for

Please submit payment to:
Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational Registration
1100 N Grand Avenue
Walnut, CA 91789

CHECKS MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2023, OTHERWISE THE CREDIT CARD ON FILE WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE ENTIRE ENTRY FEE.  

Problem Registration Tent

Please see the PROBLEM REGISTRATION TENT Staff AT LEAST 1 HOUR PRIOR TO THE AFFECTED RACE in order to:

• Put a registered runner into another race.
• Add a new (unregistered) runner from your team into a race your team is entered in.
• Make name corrections.
• Replace a lost bib number.

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The following parameters will be enforced when adding or substituting runners:

1. Your team MUST already be entered into the race you would like to move a runner into. You cannot add runners into a race your team is not entered in.
2. The runner must be ELIGIBLE to run in that race you would like he / she to change to.
   1. Example: An 8th grader cannot run in a 6th grade race.

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If the above parameters are met, we will place your athlete(s) into that race with the following charges (Cash-Only):

$5 – Name correction (we didn’t type in their name. 🙂 )

$5 – Adding a new runner on your team into a race your team has already entered in, using an unused bib number from a runner who is not competing.

$10 – Adding a new runner on your team into a race your team is already entered in, using a new bib.

$10 – Replace a lost bib.

NOTE: TEAMS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ADD NEW RACES ON RACE DAY.

General Information

The Community College Division of the 2025 Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational will be held on Friday, October 17, 2025.

• The community college division is only for community college/2-year colleges.
  –  No 4-year or unattached entries allowed.
• Only a 2-year college coach or administrator may register their team through athletic.net. 
• Pre-authorization of a credit card will be required to unlock registration unless prior arrangements are made with meet management.

Contact the Mt. SAC Special Events Office at specialevents@mtsac.edu if you have additional entry questions.

Registration Process

Registration for the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational will be on Athletic.net starting on September 1, 2025 and ending on October 12, 2025 (12:00 noon PST).

REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

• Existing teams.  Teams that have previously registered their team and have a profile on Athletic.net
  1. Add the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational to your calendar (you can use “search” to find it)
  2. Register your athletes for the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational from your team roster
• New teams.  Teams that have NEVER registered their team on Athletic.net and need to create a new team profile.
  1. Create a free team account on Athletic.net
     A.  Adding a New Team Instructions CLICK HERE
  2. Add the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational (Community College Division) to your calendar (you can use “search” to find it)
  3. Enter your team roster
  4. Register your athletes for the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational from your team roster

Registration Fees

All schools must first pre-authorize a credit card to begin the registration process. The card will not be charged unless your entry fee is not received at Packet Pick-Up on Meet Day.

Entry Fees

• $50 for a single (1) athlete per gender
• $100 for two (2) athletes per gender
  
• $200 for three (3) athletes per gender
• $200 for a team of four (4) or more athletes per gender
• $400 maximum fee ($200 for a single-sex college team) per college

Refund Policy
The meet will be run regardless of weather.  During inclement weather conditions an alternate course may be used.  There will be no refunds if your team does not show on meet day.  NO REFUNDS AFTER THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE.  

Processing Fees
A registration processing fee will be charged for ALL online credit card transactions.  

Payment Policy
All team registration fees will be charged to the registered credit card on file after Packet Pick-Up on October 17, 2025. Entry fees are non-refundable.

If you would like to pay by COLLEGE/DISTRICT CHECK (no personal checks), THE CHECK MUST BE RECEIVED AT PACKET PICK ON MEET DAY, OTHERWISE THE CREDIT CARD ON FILE WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE ENTIRE ENTRY FEE (INCLUDING FEES).

Please make checks payable to:
Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational

Please put in the check notes:
Name of the COLLEGE.  VERY IMPORTANT DUE TO MULTIPLE COLLEGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

Please submit payment to:
Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational Registration
1100 N Grand Avenue
Walnut, CA 91789  

COMPETITION LEVELS

• Men’s Invitational – Unlimited Entries – 4.0 mile course
• Women’s Invitational – Unlimited entries – 3.0 mile course

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

1. Women’s Invitational (3.0M) – 10:00 am
2. Men’s Invitational (4.0M) – 10:45 am

AWARDS (M&W)

• Race Winner
  • Individual Champion Award
• Top 15 individuals
  • Medals
    
• Top 3 Teams
  
  • Team Awards
  • Medals (7)
• Sweepstakes Team*
  
  • Nike backpacks (16)

      *Overall team champion based on combined men’s and women’s team time(s)

Parking

• Team Buses will be allowed to park on the east side of Bonita Drive directly adjacent to Champions Parking Lot.   
• Team Vans may park in either the Champions Parking Lot (first floor) or in Lot L (next to hammer throw facility).
• No parking charge for school buses or marked school vans.
  –  $5 parking charge for ALL other vehicles.  Parking permit must be purchased from parking kiosks throughout the lots.

Packet Pick-Up

• Schools will pick up their team packets at the “Packet Pick-Up Tent located directly behind the Stadium Scoreboard.
• The packet will contain Athlete Bib Numbers and other important information.
• It is IMPERATIVE that athletes receive and RUN WITH THE BIB NUMBER THEY WERE ASSIGNED (please carefully review entry list in Team Packet)! 
  –  Each bib number contains a RFID Tag on the back.  Please handle bibs with care.
  –  If you have any discrepancies with your entries, need a name changed or an athlete moved from one race to another race your team is entered
     in, please see the RACE TIMERS AT THE FINISH LINE TO CORRECT ANY ISSUES PRIOR TO START OF THE RACE.

Team Camps

• Team Camps may only be set up on the grass field south of the stadium scoreboard.
• Team camps are not allowed in ANY other areas including stadium, stadium infield or practice track area.”

Warm-up Area

• Warm-ups are permitted on the practice track (Flex Field) or on the course.

CHECK-IN / Start Line

• All athletes MUST report to the START LINE at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of their race.
• All colleges will be assigned a start line box (based on current ranking or random draw) and will line up in a single file line.
  –  Please instruct your athletes the order in which you want them to line up and to keep their distance (front and behind) away from other runners at the start. The runner they may trip up… might be their own teammate! 
• Colleges with 4 or less runners, will be assigned a box on the ends of the start line.  

Safety Caveat

In order to protect the health and well-being of our participants, the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational reserves the right to:

• Remove distressed runners from a race
• Change the running course
• Shorten race distances
• Cancel races

We reserve these rights, without monetary refund to teams, spectators, etc.

Please understand that these incidents happen due to:

• Acts of God (temperature, wind, fire, rain, etc.)
• Strain on the local Emergency Medical System (EMS)*

*This happens when coaches, athletes and parents put a strain on the EMS system by calling 911 for non-life threatening emergencies at the Cross Country Course.

SpectATOR InfoRMATION

GENERAL INFORMATION

Due to the nature of cross country running and the number of people attending, individuals with mobility and health issues are cautioned that attending the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational may place a physical burden on them. 

Those attending are subject to:

• Walking long distances (easily over 1 mile)
• Elevation changes
• Uneven and unstable walking surfaces
• Dusty conditions
• Heat conditions

Parking

•  Mt. SAC General Parking ($5) will be available in the upper or lower parking areas of the Champions Parking Structure.
•  LIMITED HANDICAPPED PARKING ($5) is also available in the Champion Parking Structure.
• Temporary Parking Permits ($5) must be purchased at a parking kiosk located at various locations within the Parking Structure.
• Pedestrian drop-off is available at the drop-off circle located on Champion Way on the South side of Temple Avenue off of Bonita Drive.    

gate admission 

There is no Spectator Admission Fees for the Community College portion of the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational.

There are a limited number of portable restroom facilities in Parking Lot L (next to hammer throw facility) and  numerous permanent restroom facilities throughout our new stadium (please see map for nearest facility).  

Medical

The Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational employs well-trained medical personnel with an on-site advanced life support ambulance as a precaution.

• Medical help will be located throughout the course with a main medical station located near the south end of building 752 
• Please seek out Mt. SAC Staff Members (who have radio communication with the medical staff) if you have a medical emergency.
• Please understand that not all medical situations are the same. We employ a triage system where life threatening emergencies take precedence over minor cuts and bruises.

PLEASE HELP US!

Unless it is an immediate life threatening emergency, please seek out our medical staff first.  Calling 911 for minor medical issues places a huge burden on the local EMS System which could lead to meet cancellation and more importantly serious safety issues including delayed medical response. Our medical staff can handle most medical issues and will contact EMS if warranted.  The staff will also contact the Mt. SAC Police Department to help quickly escort EMS to the exact location of the medical emergency.