Saline Logo Spartan Invitational
Fri., September 16, 2011
"Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be. Become one yourself!" Marcus Aurelius Antonius

Map and Directions: Forest Akers East Golf Course



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- Drive time: approx. 75 minutes
Plan on arriving WAY early! - Spectators have to take a shuttle from an adjacent lot, which can add quite a bit of time to the trip. Following the race, returning to your car will be a nightmare. Allow for lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of extra time for your return home.
Awards:
Trophies to the top 3 teams in the Varsity race.
Medals Top 35 runners in varsity races and winning team members. 

Ribbons to top 20 in JV race.

Historical Notes: No other race as clearly demonstrates Saline's return to prominance than this one. In our first attempt at Spartan, Saline was barely in the top half of the field. Since then, the team has shot to the front, landing on the podium three of the past four years (although I have a great story about how we were hosed in 2009). Since 2004, the winner of this race has always gone on to finish in the top three of the State Finals.

 

Top Ten Times at This Course
Name
Year
Time
1. Nick Renberg
11
15:40
2. Blake Johnson
07
15:52
3. Spencer Bishop
11
16:08
4. Brian Conn
07
16:13
5. Andrew Barnett
10
16:20
Logan Wetzel
11
16:20
7. Tommy Hunt
07
16:21
8. Grant Praschan
11
16:23
Andrew Harper
09
16:23
10. Andrew Lamus
11
16:49
Saline's Place Over the Years
Click the date links to see that year's individual race times, and the place to see the team's finish.
The Course...
The course is run on the Forest Akers Golf course. It is a fast course with a great chance for personal records. It is also a good spectator course as there are many spots to see the runners at various stages of the race.
COURSE RECORD
14:30
Dathan Ritzenhein, Rockford (2000)
Course Map
Schedule for the Day:
Van Leaves

11:30 AM
Bus Leaves

1:30 PM
Elite Race
3:35 PM
Reserve Race
4:30 PM
Return to SHS
(approx)
7:00 or 8:00 PM

Meet Notes:
- Not all runners will attend this meet; We will take our top seven and then about twenty more runners..
- This meet is basically a preview of the State Championships. Most of the top ten teams from Michigan will be in attendance, along with several teams from other states.
- Many alum that attend MSU will be there. It's a great day for Saline CC!
-This course is on a golf course, so it will be very slow if it is wet, and very fast if it is dry!
-There is an admission fee for spectators; Adults pay $7, students pay $5 (with ID).
- MSU will be featuring an "Elite Race." Based on our state finish last year, we are invited to participate in this race. Start times for both the elite and the regualr varsity races are listed at left.
- Stay off the greens and tee boxes