The Nike Cross Regional Southwest Race will take place in Tempe Arizona on November 20th 2021. Traditionally, the team has offered some of the runners the opportunity to be in this race. Some years it has been open to just the varsity runners. Some years the seniors have been invited. THIS year the race is open to any of the runners who are interested.

Athletes who would like to race are responsible for making and paying for their own flight reservations.

The coaches will be flying out on Thursday 11/18 on the following flight: Southwest Flight #: 2081 Departure Time DEN to PHX: 7:40am Arrival Time DEN to PHX: 9:45am. They will be renting vans and can drive athletes from the airport to the hotel where they will be staying. The vans will also be used to take athletes to and from the meet and possibly to places to eat also. The vans will be driving back to the airport in time for the coaches to catch their flight home on Saturday 11/20 Southwest Flight 2982 Departure Time PHX to DEN: 7:50pm Arrival Time PHX to DEN: 9:35pm.

​If you would like your athlete to be transported between the Phoenix airport and the hotel, please keep the following in mind when making flight reservations. The athlete must fly into Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix between 7:40am-10:00pm Thursday November 18th or 8:00am-5:00pm Friday, November 19th should they choose a Friday arrival. The race is Saturday morning to early afternoon on November 20th. The EARLIEST flight they can get kids to the airport for a return home is 5:00pm. So set their flights home AFTER 5:00pm on Saturday November 20th.

The athletes and coaches will be staying at the Fairfield Inn hotel (2222 S. Priest Dr. Tempe, AZ, 85283). There are currently rooms reserved for the athletes only. No rooms have not been reserved for families traveling on their own.

The booster club has currently reserved four 7 passenger vans. Please let Coach Jenna (jenna.springer@jeffco.k12.co.us) know if your athlete will be using one of those seats. We realize that some athletes will be transported by their family members who are renting cars and the coaches want to have a good count of who will be using the vans for transportation.

There are two options for fees. If your athlete will be staying in a hotel room with their fellow athletes, the fee will be $430. If your athlete will not be staying at the hotel with the other athletes, the fee will be $315. These fees will cover the van transportation, meet fees, a team dinner on Friday night 11/19 and will offset the fixed overhead costs of the coaches’ flights and hotel rooms to facilitate this experience for our athletes. The $430 fee will also cover the hotel cost for Thursday and Friday night (11/18+11/19) for the athlete if you choose that option.

You can pay the Arizona fee with Venmo by sending the payment to @drhsxctf (this is a business account) and include the message “XC Arizona trip for (athletes full name)” in the memo. You can also pay by check made out to DRXCTF Boosters. Please add “XC Arizona Trip for (athletes full name)” in the memo. Have your athlete give the check to one of the coaches (preferably Chelsea or Jenna).