2022 USATF Nationals Entires Draft + Other Important Info
IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW! PLEASE READ ALL!
Last Practices
Beaverton: Tuesday, 12/06.
North Portland: Wednesday, 12/07.
Sherwood: Tuesday, 12/06 at Nike!
NE/Eastside: Tuesday, 12/06.
Lake Oswego: Practices on Tuesday 11/29 and 12/06 will be at Nike! Last LO Practice is this Thursday, 12/01.
We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! The deadline for Nationals is approaching (Dec 3rd, 12:00pm). We need everyone that ran regionals 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.
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 final 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 Dinners
We will be conducting a pre-race team dinner on Friday night. We will also likely try to gather for something simple like pizza on Saturday night. Families are encouraged and welcome to join! The cost of Friday dinner will be a maximum of $10 per person. We will pay for the dinner up front and then we ask that you pay us afterwards. We hope to see everyone there. Please fill out the dinner sign-up below ASAP!
You can sign up for either dinner here.
Shoe Drive
Please see attached a flyer for a shoe drive project from one of our athletes here. I’m sure everyone has an old pair of shoes they could donate during this giving season!
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.