Great Oak's cross country program heads to the Southwestern League Championships on Thursday, Nov. 5, at Galway Downs in Temecula.
All four races cover 3 miles. Racing starts at 2 p.m. with JV girls, followed by JV boys, varsity girls and varsity boys, according to the Great Oak athletics schedule. Every athlete on the roster will compete.
A Senior Night celebration for the Wolfpack's graduating runners will take place immediately after the final race.
Murrieta Valley is the host school for the championships, according to the meet page on MileSplit. The six-team Southwestern League pits Temecula's three public high schools against Murrieta Valley, Vista Murrieta and Murrieta Mesa.
Galway Downs, at 38801 Los Corralitos Rd., has hosted the league finals in recent years. The Athletic.net meet listing shows a registration deadline of Wednesday, Nov. 4.
The league already gathered at Galway Downs once this season. The Southwestern League Preview took place Oct. 1 at Temecula Valley, according to Finished Results. That meet featured novice, JV and varsity races.
Great Oak's practice schedule heading into the meet reflects the buildup. The Wolfpack trains at the GOHS Multipurpose Field at 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday during the week of Oct. 26-31, with a 6:30 a.m. Wednesday session at the GOHS track and a Halloween costume run at 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Butterfield Stage Park. The week of Nov. 2-5 is labeled the last week of regular-season practice on the team's schedule.
For runners who advance past league finals, the postseason path is set. The CIF Southern Section calendar lists Nov. 6 as the last allowable league contest, with CIF-SS Preliminaries on Nov. 13-14, CIF-SS Finals on Nov. 21 and the State Meet on Nov. 28.
Chaparral and Temecula Valley will also compete at the league championships. The first race fires at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at Galway Downs.
