Well, here we are almost a week out and things are still buzzing from this year's XO Invite. This one will be hard to top, but we will try our best to do it better next year!

This year's meet had a rough start, to say the least, with the late announcement of the date, the crunched Oregon high school schedule and all the other amazing meets on the same weekend, so many people had to step up to make this meet happen. Without hundreds of people coming together fighting for a common goal, this meet would NEVER happen! Nike, Oregon, Lane, CVALCO, the OTC and the other sponsors came up huge and the officials and staff worked their butts off to produce a meet to be proud of!

Meet records were set in twenty different events, some having multiple record breakers, countless state-leading marks were scored, and Year 4 became an unforgettable memory.

Thank you all for your support and kind words before and after this meet.

It truly is what keeps us going! I had to paste this email from an anonymous coach:

"I have been involved with running and coaching for over forty years and this was the best meet I have attended, by far. You have taken track and field to the next level ­ and it needs to move to that next level. The organization was right on and the atmosphere magical."

Here are some links from various media that you might be interested in.

dyestat.com/?pg=reg72007OutdoorXOInvite
www.youthrunner.com/index.cfm

blog.oregonlive.com/runoregon/2007/04/the_athletes_persective.html

www.registerguard.com/news/2007/04/29/d3.sp.xoinvite.0429.p1.php?sect
ion=sports


Lastly, please tell your athletes that photos are available for purchase (Rick Russell Photography put a lot of hard work into these) at:

www.backprint.com/view_event_photos.asp?PID=bp%1BxFw&EVENTID=22157&PW
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There are also selected meet winner photos on our site (www.xoinvite.com).

Congratulations to all the schools on a fantastic meet and good luck at the State Championships!

See you next year!
Ross