Important! 2017 USATF Season Details
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After the Middle School State Meet (different than USATF State Meet), we will begin the USATF Junior Olympic part of our season. In contrast to our meets so far this season where all ages raced together, the USATF races are separated by age and gender. See below of all USATF details.
USATF Age Groups
Boys 8 and under (2009 or later birth year)
Girls 8 and under (2009 or later birth year)
Boys 9-10 (2007, 2008 birth year)
Girls 9-10 (2007,2008 birth year)
Boys 11-12 (2005, 2006 birth year)
Girls 11-12 (2005, 2006 birth year)
Boys 13-14 (2003, 2004 birth year)
Girls 13-14 (2003, 2004 birth year)
USATF Season Details
State - Corban University, Salem, Or on Saturday, November 11th
All BTC Athletes are eligible to compete at the state meet.
Regionals – Woodland Park, Seattle WA on Saturday, November 18th
Running at regionals does require competing and qualifying at the State Meet on Saturday November 11th. Most BTC runners will qualify for regionals individually or as a part of the team (see qualification criteria below)
We will send out a link for entries to Regionals after the State meet.
Nationals - Tallahassee, FL on Saturday, December 9th
Running at Nationals requires competing and qualifying at the Regional Meet on Saturday, November 18th (see qualification criteria below). Please note we will likely qualify one team of 8 runners in ALL age groups. Last year, we had 38 kids qualify and run at Nationals in Hoover, Alabama. We will send out flight and hotel information for nationals soon. If you are even thinking about the possibility of going to Nationals we strongly recommend that you reserve a hotel room in the next week or two before they all fill up. If you end up not going you can cancel the hotel room after regionals at no charge.
Signing Up for USATF State Meet (Saturday, November 11th)
Just as we have done all season, we will send out an internal sign-up and enter kids in the meets, BUT for the USATF season we CANNOT enter any child that has not already joined USATF AND provided proof of age.
Parents, you are responsible to get your child registered with USATF and assigned to the Bowerman Track Club. Don’t wait too long to do this! (Steps below)
We are aware you can get the next two years of memberships for the price of one if you wait until Nov 1st. If you know that you will be able to send in all of your sign-up materials on November 1st, it's ok to wait until then BUT MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF IT ON NOVEMBER 1ST. The age verification takes a day or two so it will be a quick turn-around to get everything taken care of in time. If you aren’t sure if you have a current USATF membership use this link to check https://www.usatf.org/membership/help/number.asp .
3 STEP SIGN-UP PROCESS
STEP 1. Purchase a current USATF membership
Here is the link for the sign up:
http://www.usatf.org/Products---Services/Individual-Memberships.aspx
Our Club Number is 0820
(If you aren’t sure if you have a current USATF membership use this link to check https://www.usatf.org/membership/help/number.asp )
STEP 2. Proof of Date of Birth (birth certificate, passport)
Send a copy of birth certificate or passport to usatfmembershiporegon@gmail.com
(you only need to do this if you haven’t done so in a prior year)
STEP 3.
Click this State Sign-Up Link here to let us know your child wants to run the state meet. We will enter the athlete in the race.
There is a $12 per registration fee to be paid when you pick up your number at the team tent on Race Day. Please complete steps 1&2 before step 3.
Location: Corban University, Salem OR
The deadline to complete ALL THREE steps is End of day Nov 2nd.
State, Regionals, Nationals Qualification Process
State meet is November 11th in Salem, OR – this is the qualifier for regionals – The kids will run separate races in two year age groups (shown above). Most of our kids will qualify (top 35 individuals and top 5 teams in each age group)
At the state meet we will spread the best kids between 2 or 3 teams to maximize the number of teams we qualify for regionals.
The regional meet is November 18th in Seattle, WA – this is the qualifier for the Nationals meet on Dec 9th in Tallahassee, FL. Probably about 50% of our kids will qualify from regionals to nationals. The top 30 individuals and top 5 teams advance in each age group. We will likely qualify a team in every age group.
At the regional meet we will field our strongest teams with selection based on finish position at the state meet.
At the national meet we will field our strongest teams with selection based on finish position at the regional meet.
If you want advice on whether your child will qualify – email us directly or catch me at practice – I’ll be happy to advise you on the approx. odds. youth@bowermantc.com
At the national meet we will field our strongest teams with selection based on finish position at the regional meet.
Results for all our meets so far this season and the dates and locations of future meets can be found here:
http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=30214
Clicking on your child’s name from any of the results will show you their results from all races they’ve run from all seasons.
