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2026-08-28

HOKA Night Invitational - 24hr Prior Meet Instructions

COPLEY CROSS COUNTRY
🌙 HOKA NIGHT XC SHOWCASE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOMORROW
📍 COPLEYRUNNING MEET LANDING PAGE
🏃 Meet Info: Hoka Elite Invitational
⏱️ RACE SCHEDULE
🏃 5:40 PM — Boys JV
🏃 6:50 PM — Boys Blue
🏃‍♀️ 7:20 PM — Girls Blue
🌙 9:45 PM — Boys HOKA
🌙 10:10 PM — Girls HOKA
☀️ WEATHER

☀️ Saturday: Sunny and warm — around 80°F

🌙 Saturday Night: Cooling into the high 50s

Athletes should bring warm clothes for later in the evening, especially those racing or waiting for the HOKA races.

🚌 BUS LEAVES AT 3:00 PM

The bus leaves from the Copley High School parking lot at 3:00 PM SHARP. Please arrive early and be completely ready to go.

DON'T BE LATE — we are known to leave right on time!

💧 HYDRATE • ELECTROLYTES • NUTRITION

Since we are racing in the evening, what you do throughout the entire day matters.

Eat a good breakfast and lunch, continue fueling throughout the day, hydrate consistently and include electrolytes. Do not wait until the afternoon to start eating and drinking.

🍽️ PACK YOUR DINNER!

We will be at SPIRE for a long time. Every athlete should bring a packed dinner/meal, additional snacks and a water bottle.

Bring foods you already know sit well with you. Depending on your race time, you may eat your meal before or after you race. Do not try anything new on race day.

Use the 30-gram rule backwards from the start of your competition when planning your pre-race fueling.

📋 Athlete Cheat Sheet

🍽️ Building a Performance Plate

🎒 ATHLETES — PACK TONIGHT
✅ Copley Uniform
✅ Racing Shoes / Spikes
✅ Trainers
Packed Dinner / Meal
✅ Extra Snacks
✅ Water Bottle + Electrolytes
✅ Change of Clothes / Warm Clothes
Warmups — Mandatory
✅ Wear Your Uniform — Girls Team: Pack the BLUE uniform & wear the PINK uniform
Letter to a Teammate — Assignment in Google Classroom

Pack tonight — don't wait until tomorrow afternoon.

📋 MEET ASSIGNMENTS

Tent Off Bus: Dodson, Kayden & Jensen

🟦 JV Boys Bin: Ellie & Brynn

🩷 Blue Girls Bin: Ava & Magdalena

🔵 Blue Boys Bin: Owen & Brayden

🌙 Showcase Girls: Maria & Heloisa

🌙 Showcase Boys: Gerst & Wilkerson

Please know your assignment before we arrive and be ready to help as soon as we get off the bus.

👟 IMPORTANT COURSE INFORMATION

The meet director has let teams know that this field was recently cleared of trees and weeds and is still very new.

Athletes and spectators should wear sturdy shoes.

Team camps will be OUTSIDE, and warmups will happen in the Indoor Track facility. ONLY COACHES AND ATHLETES INSIDE THE INDOOR TRACK FACILITY.

RUNNERS: NO CROCS OR FLIP-FLOPS

Athletes should NOT touch, jump over, move or mess with the string lights anywhere on the course.

🌐 WEBSITE • LIVE RESULTS • SCORING

Please use their official event website as your primary source of information throughout race weekend.

🌙 HOKA Night XC Website

⏱️ LIVE RESULTS

🏅 AWARDS

Awards are different for each race, so athletes should check the awards information for their specific race.

🏆 CHECK AWARDS
🚗 PARENTS & SPECTATORS — PARKING & ADMISSION
🎟️ NO PER-PERSON ADMISSION FEE
PARKING: $10 — CASH ONLY
🚙 Carpool whenever possible
💵 Have your $10 ready before reaching the parking attendants
ARRIVE EARLY

Parking and traffic will get hectic at certain times. The faster vehicles can be processed, the better traffic will move for everyone.

There will also be approximately 20 food trucks on site. Come early, grab some food, walk the course and enjoy the atmosphere.

🌙 RETURN HOME

Parents, please be prepared for the bus to return pretty late tomorrow evening. We will communicate once we are heading back toward Copley.

BELIEVE.

Trust your training. Trust your teammates. Don't spend the day worrying about a time or result.

WHEN THE RACE STARTS — COMPETE.

Run tough when it gets uncomfortable. Find teammates. Pass people. Fight for every place.

Believe in the work you've done.
Be excellent in the process.

GO COPLEY! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️