20th Anniversary Hillbilly Run: A Hillbilly Homecoming 2018

Bardstown, KY
Hosted by Nelson County

Meet Information

JOIN US FOR THE 20TH ANNUAL HILLBILLY RUN

A HILLBILLY HOMECOMING

Hillbilly Run Cross Country Invitational

When: Saturday, September 22nd, 2018

Where: Generals XC Course at Thomas Nelson High School, 2885 New Shepherdsville Road (Hwy 245), Bardstown KY 40004

Shooo dawgies! Cmon out to the 20th Annual Hillbilly Run! Were dad gum guaranteein a good time for you and your people. It aint like no reglar race. We do things a bit difrent in these parts. Miss this meet and yer teams liable to be ornerier than a pack of ring-tailed wampus cats!

We r speshally excited to be hostin any school that's ever come to the Hillybilly Run in our 20 year histry and we want to see ya there!  This is a big dal fer us to be havin this meet fer so long and if you ever come to it ever ever we want to see you there so's we can tell ya how special ya are to us down to the bottom of our gullets.

Well be running again on the awesome course at Thomas Nelson. It features free, close parking for both buses and cars, indoor restrooms, hot sandwiches and cold drinks at the concession stand, the famous Hillbilly Run Ts, and a great competitive course with the most exciting stadium finish youll ever see at a XC race! Plenty of room in the chute for recovering athletes, and everyone can see great! Our athletes, spectators, and coaches all love it! And we keep all your favorite Hillbilly Run traditions (cannon, hillbilly rabbit, music, etc.) intact!

Once again, we will be offering boys and girls Elementary A races for teams top ten runners, and any school entering A teams gets to run an UNLIMITED number of runners in the following popsicle race ABSOLUTELY FREE! The popsicle race will be coach-timed and unscored, but every finisher gets a delicious ice-cold refreshing POPSICLE! NICE!

Meet Schedule:

Commencin Race Dist # runners/team Hurtin

7:15 Course opens for warm-ups & walks

8:00 Hillbilly Run Open 5K (everyone welcome!) $20/ind*

*Comes with a t-shirt and a chance at age group awards!

8:45 Girls JV 5K Unlimited! $40/team

9:30 Boys JV 5K Unlimited! $40/team

10:15 Girls Varsity 5K 10 $45/team

11:00 Boys Varsity 5K 10 $45/team

12:00 High School Awards Ceremony

11:45 MS Girls (6-8) 3K Unlimited! $35/team

12:15 MS Boys (6-8) 3K Unlimited! $35/team

12:45 Elem Girls A (K-5) 2K 10 $30/team

1:15 Elem Boys A (K-5) 2K 10 $30/team

1:45 Combined Popsicle Race 2K Unlimited FREE*

*(A team entry required)

2:00 Middle School/Elementary Awards Ceremony

Awards: CUSTOM Medals go to the top 10 individuals in each race, with CUSTOM trophies to top two individual and team winners of each race. Saa-aa-aaa-lute!

Registration: Deadline is 11:59 pm Wednesday, September 19. Entry will be done online at ky.milesplit.com. Please drop me a quick note of the teams yer bringin sos I can plan fer ya. Preshadit. Contact me at the above address or at Nelson Co HS, 502-349-7010 (school) / 502-349-7017 (fax). Make all checks payable to NCHS Cross Country. Send in your check to Nelson County High School, ATTN Dan Bradley, 1070 Bloomfield Road, Bardstown KY 40004.

HOPE TO SEE YALL THERE!