Saturday September 19, 1998

ORDER  OF  EVENTS: 		
		Middle School Boys 	10:15 AM
		Middle School Girls 	10:40
		Varsity Boys		11:10
		Varsity Girls		11:40
		Junior Varsity Boys	12:10 PM
		Junior Varsity Girls	12:40
		Awards Ceremony	  	 1:15	

Teams may walk the course beginning at 9:00 AM

Fresh fruit, Cookies, and sports drinks will be served to the
Athletes following the races.

The Hampshire College Soccer team will be selling Refreshments
throughout the meet.

Long and short sleeve T-Shirts will be on sale.

NEW for 1998: Pasta dinner on Friday evening for local teams and 
those staying over. Free swim at Hampshire College after the race.



PARTICIPATING  SCHOOLS: 
Algonquin, Amherst, Belchertown, Bement, Bromfield, Defending girls' 
State Champions Brookline, Carver, Cathedral, Dennis-Yarmouth, Frontier,
Loomis Chaffee, Longmeadow, Newton South, Plymouth North (tentative),
West Springfield, Wibraham-Monson.

Official Starter: Attorney Richard Howland



Past Champions: 
Boys' Varsity:
	1996	Amherst Regional	David Patterson, Amherst 	16:48
	1997	Newton South		Daniel Yifru, Plymouth North	16:23 CR
Girls' Varsity:
	1996	Amherst Regional	Emily Hogan, Algonquin		20:22
	1997	Amherst Regional	Lauren Matthews, Brookline	18:31 CR
Boys' JV:
	1996	-			Matt Ewing, Amherst
	1997	-			Matt Capstick, Newton South	19:01
Girls' JV:
	1996	-			
	1997	-			Emily Adrion, Amherst		22:03
Boys' Middle School:
	1996	-			Derek Scott, Frontier		12:36
	1997	Frontier		Ian Marcus, Amherst		12:08 CR
Girls' Middle School:	
	1996	-			Nora Segar, Amherst		13:56
	1997	Amherst			Nora Segar, Amherst		13:21 CR

Mark your calendars now for the 1999 Amherst Distance Festival at
Hampshire College:	Saturday Sept 18, 1999




Please thank our Sponsors:



 Hampshire College
 893 West Street
 Amherst, MA 01002
 (413) 549-4600
 http://www.hampshire.edu

Hampshire is set on 800 acres of meadows, woods, orchards and a
working farm in Amherst, Massachusetts, a vibrant college town that is
also home to the University of Massachusetts and Amherst College,
and is within several miles of Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges. The
colleges are partners in the Five College Consortium, an educational
cooperative with the resources of a major research university that
allows students from each member school to take courses and enter
programs at any of the five campuses. 




 Atkins Farms Country Market 
 On the corner of Rt.116 & Bay Rd., in South Amherst
 Open Every day
 413-253-9528        1-800-594-9537

Just Seconds from the Hampshire College campus
Fresh Deli Sandwiches, Pies, Cakes, Sweets and Pastries.
Local Produce, Apples, Peaches, Pears, Tomatoes, and
The Famous Cider Doughnuts.




 Amherst Regional High School
 21 Mattoon St.
 Amherst, Ma. 01002
 Offering a quality high school education 
 to runners of all abilities and persuasions.

 http://www.arhs.net 



Most of all, we thank the volunteers.  Without the help of the family,
friends, and relatives of the ARHS Cross Country teams, we couldn’t
make this meet happen.