Championship information

Accommodations for Participants

The Super 8 La Crosse will serve as our host hotel. The Super 8 La Crosse is located at 1625 Rose Street, La Crosse WI 54603, take I-90 to exit 3 and follow Highway 53 South. All rooms are non-smoking. The cost of the rooms is $59.00/night. Please call and make your reservations early. It is easier to cancel your reservations than it will be to find lodging after your qualification. Please refer to WIAC/West Regional Championships when making your reservations. You can make reservations at the Super 8 La Crosse by calling 608-781-8880. Rooms will be held until February 7, 2007. The hotel will release any unbooked rooms at this time. We strongly encourage all teams to stay at the host hotel.

*Officials will have their rooms booked for them by UW-L at Hampton Inn.

Admission Prices

General Admission Adults: $7.00

Students/Seniors/Children 5 and Under: $5.00

UW-L Students (with student ID): 4.00

(These prices are tentative and will be finalized at a later date).

Athletic Training

A Certified Athletic Trainer will be available throughout the entire competition and training session. Teams that will be traveling without a trainer or have special needs beyond heat and ice should contact our coordinating ATC - Cordial Gillette (608) 785-8196 immediately. Please refer to Appendix B for detailed information.

Awards

  1. WIAC Honor Roll recipients
  2. Athletes of the Week
  3. Individual Champions---medals will be awarded to the top 6 finishers in each of the individual events and to the top six finishers in the all-around competition. The top finisher in the all-around competition will receive a plaque.
  4. Recognition of all Seniors
  5. Scholar Athlete Award
  6. Team Champion-third place and second place team also recognized. Championship plaque and individual certificates awarded to Conference Champion.

Concessions

A concession stand will be available throughout the meet.

Directions/Maps to La Crosse, WI

Driving Directions from Super 8 La Crosse to Mitchell Hall

  • Start at 1625 Rose Street, Go South on Rose Street (US-53) towards Gillette Street
  • Turn Left onto Clinton Street (CR-B)
  • Turn Left onto George Street/WI-35 Continue to follow WI-35
  • Turn Left onto State Street
  • End at Mitchell Hall 1725 State Street
  • Total Distance=3.2 Miles

Equipment

  • AAI Elite Series
  • Tac 10 Vault Table
  • Stratum Palmer Spring Floor for competition
  • 20 cm matting within competitive facility
  • 8" landing mats and sting mat at each event for competition
  • Two Tac 10 Vault Boards are available

We are requesting each team to bring with them an 8-inch landing mat and a sting mat. Thank you.

Flowers

Flower choices may be available on Thursday, March 8. La Crosse Floral may have some additional flowers on site prior to the meet. To place orders early, you may call Sandy Sexton at La Crosse Floral at (608) 784-7500 or toll free at 1-800-658-9096. You may also fax your orders at (608) 784-8603. Please see flower order insert for more information.

Hospitality

There will be hospitality provided for all coaches, assistants, meet personnel and administrators during the competition sessions. Please ask the Meet Director or meet volunteer the location of the hospitality upon your arrival.

Music

We will have capability for CD's ONLY. Teams should be prepared to run their own music. We would prefer that all of your music is on 1 CD. We will also have an audio specialist available to assist with the music should you need assistance.

WIAC/West Regional Championship T-Shirts

WIAC Championship t-shirts will be pre-ordered. The design will be faxed three weeks prior to the championship. Please assist us by placing your order in advance.

Parking

Each team will be issued parking passes upon your arrival, please see Brittany Feser to receive your parking pass.

Random Draw

Competition rotations will be determined by random draw and e-mailed two weeks prior to the Championship.

Rules

  • Current USA Gymnastics/JO/NCAA Collegiate Rule Modifications
  • Team scores will be determined by the top five (5) scores per event.
  • Six (6) entries per team event. (No exhibitions)