2022 JO Regional Results and Important Nationals Information
IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW! PLEASE READ ALL!
Practice this week
We will have practice as usual on Tuesday but there will be no practice on Thursday during the Thanksgiving holiday. We will send out a suggested workout or Turkey Trot at a later date.
Nationals Declaration
Great job to all who competed today! We had a ton of personal bests and saw some really great individual and team races happen. We are really proud of the way all of our athletes raced together as a team, qualifying six teams to Nationals. Everyone has a lot to be proud of.
In preparing for sending our team to Nationals, we need everyone that ran this weekend to declare if they plan to attend Nationals or not. For the declaration process, please follow the steps below even if you don't plan to run Nationals. This is very important and needs to be taken care of ASAP.
Full Regional Meet Results - CLICK HERE
Nationals Qualifiers
Overview of qualifiers by age group:
8&U Girls - 1 Team Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
8&U Boys - 1 Team Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
9-10 Girls - 1 Teams Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
11-12 Girls - 1 Team Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
11-12 Boys - 2 Team Qualified (Top 16 BTC Athletes)
13-14 Girls- 2 Individuals Qualified
13-14 Boys- 1 Individual Qualified
The spots to fill nationals teams will be offered in descending order based on regionals finish. If anyone who has qualified as part of a team for nationals turns down their spot, the spot will be offered to the next person on our list. To declare yourself for nationals please follow the steps below.
Nationals Declarations
NOTE ABOUT QUALIFICATION:
Note, only those who ran the state meet this weekend are eligible to run at Nationals. In order to qualify for Nationals you need to be in the top 30 individually or one of the top 5 teams. Each team that we qualified can have up to 8 people on it. I does not matter which BTC team you were registered under for the regional meet. If we qualified a team and you were in the top 8 BTC finishers, you have first rights to the team spot.
Step 1: Check Qualifiers List - BOYS LIST / GIRLS LIST
On the Qualifiers List, all names highlighted in GREEN are currently qualified for Nationals as part of a team. All names not highlighted are not currently qualified, but will be offered a spot on the team in the order they appear if anyone qualified declines their spot at nationals. Names listed with NO under Declaration are either ineligible or have turned down their spot.
STEP 2: Declare Yes or No for Nationals - CLICK HERE
Enter your name and yes or no declaring your plans to attend Nationals. As everyone declares, we will update the qualifiers list (may have a couple hours delay in updating once you declare). If you are someone on the waitlist, you can get an idea of your chances of getting bumped up as people in front of you declare. If you have multiple children, fill out the declaration for each of them.
STEP 3: Nationals Payment-
Entry for Nationals is $21. Payment for Nationals will be sent out after initial declarations.
USATF National Meet (Saturday, December 10th)
Where: Dale Watts Course
Schedule: Races every 30 minutes starting with Girls 8&U @ 9:00 AM
Full Meet Info: See here
Travel: Each family is in charge of their own travel to and from Nationals. Most of the coaches and team will travel down on Thursday and return Sunday, but feel free to make alternative plans as long as you will be there for the race on Saturday!
Flights: Flights to Austin are the best bet. Austin is 60 minutes outside of College Station. That is the most recommend method of travel.Nationals travel can be a good opportunity to use airline companion tickets if you have any of those as well.
**Flight Discounts** - Once you have a USATF number, you can get 10% off Delta flights and a few car rentals. Discount Page
If costs are an issue, please email youth@bowermantc.com to inquire about Youth Nationals Scholarships. We do not want cost to be an issue for an athlete wanting to attend Nationals.
Nationals Hotel Block
For Nationals, we have reserved a block of 40 rooms so we can have most everyone in the same spot. The hotel is the Aloft College Station. We have a mix of double and single king bed rooms. If you are planning to attend as one parent with one athlete, we ask that you try to reserve the king rooms so we can have families in the double. We’d love to have everyone at the same hotel if possible! We have until Nov 24th before any remaining rooms are released so we recommend booking early as it is first come, first serve. Our block of rooms is reserved for Thursday (12/8), Friday (12/9) and Saturday (12/10).
If you are interested in the hotel block, please visit the link here to book a room.
TEAM HOTEL DETAILS
Aloft College Station
1150 University Dr E, College Station, TX 77840
Cost: $109 + tax per night
2022 BTC Year End Banquet
Our annual BTC banquet is scheduled for Monday, December 12th @ 6:00 pm. The banquet will be held in the Tiger Woods Building on the Nike Campus. Dinner and drinks will be provided and there will be a cash bar. All our youth athletes and families are welcome to attend. We will recognize the 2022 highlights of the youth program as well as the other parts of our club, including the Masters, Elites and Pros.
Photos
If any parents have photos to share from today or any other meet this season, please send them to youth@bowermantc.com as we work on collecting photos and videos for the year end banquet!