3rd
David Cannon Memorial Polar Bear Invitational
Saturday,
December 7th, 2019 George C. Marshall High School - Falls Church, VA
We
have accepted the following teams into the meet - Chantilly, Dominion, Freedom (South Riding), James Robinson, Robert
E. Lee (Springfield), South Lakes, Thomas Edison, Urbana, W.T. Woodson, West Potomac, Yorktown, Lake Braddock and Marshall.
The entry deadline is
Wednesday, December 4th, 2019, at 11:59PM.
Scratches will be allowed allow until the 10AM on race day.
$200.00
Per School Payments Entry Fees payable
to:
Marshall
Boosters
Attn:
Track Coach Clifford Wong
7731
Leesburg Pike
Falls
Church, VA 22043
Once
meet limit is reached or Entries are closed, entry fees are due and not
refundable regardless of weather. Please email Coach Clifford Wong for the
entry password - gcmtrack@gmail.com or
headcoachwong@yahoo.com.
Entry Limits
- 10 per individual events, 4 relays and unlimited field events. Field events will go for 90 minutes.
Reminder
if you are doing pole vault - you can either complete it at your school during the week or compete at Robinson HS on Saturday
at 9:00AM. If, you are competing at Robinson - please let me know - so that they know how many to expect.
Additional
Entries will be allowed based on numbers of entries per event.
Running
Events: ALL FINALS
This
will be F.A.T. VHSL & MD Sanction.
Event
Winners will receive a Trophy.
General
Admission: $5.00:
Concession will be open. T-shirts will be on sales. Temporary bathrooms will be
available, and the building will be open at Door #5.
There will be no access to
the Locker room.
Coaches
Meeting: 9:00am
Field
Events begin at 9:30 AM
9:30AM - Boys LJ, Girls TJ, Girls Shot Put, Girls High Jump
11:00
AM – Girls LJ, Boys TJ, Boys Shot Put, Boys High Jump
We will have a parent 1600m run - Max 2 per school per Gender - please email
your parent name. Winners get a trophy.
Running
Entries on Rolling schedule start at 10:30am Girls then Boys
4x800m
Relay
Dave Watt
(72)
55M
Hurdles
Dusty Kuzma
(76) & Wanda Morton (80)
55m
Dash Kim Alcorn (95)
1600m
Run John Herborts (66) & Heather Holt
(17)
4x200m
Relay
Brittany
Johnson (10)
500m
dash
Jacqueline
Hargrove (07)
1000m
John Gross
(84)
300m
Dash
John Lee
(84)
3200m
Mackenzie
Haight (15)
4x4000m
Relay
Elizabeth Johnston
Field
Events
Long
Jump
Chris Gates
(80)
High
Jump
Dale
Wallace (78)
Triple
Jump
Melanie Burgess
(96)
Shot
Put
Joe
Swarm (90)
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This
meet is in honor of David Cannon. Class of 1974. Varsity for all 12 Track &
Field and Cross-Country seasons between 1970-74. 12-Time District, 8-Time
Region, 3-Time State Medalist (including State Runner-Up), 2-Time State Team
Champion and All-Met in Cross-Country. Still holds GCM 2-mile record.
Ran at James Madison University, now a USATF Masters Champion. CEO of Activated
Content in Bellingham, Washington, and is training for age group World Indoor
mile record. David passed away on October 24th, 2016 of Pancreas Cancer.
https://www.runnersworld.com/masters/age-group-ace-david-cannon
http://masterstrack.com/dave-cannon-dies-60-ran-middle-distances-masters-nationals/