Saturday Pre Classic Ticket Sign-Up
Please click the button below to request tickets for Pre Classic on Saturday.
Portland Track Youth Meet Sign Up
Parents,
PTF Youth Meet is coming up quickly after the start of the season. There is an early deadline entry on Saturday May 25th at 10:00pm. Please try to complete the sign up by May 25th. Please follow the link below to indicate interest in your athlete racing at this competition. BTC will cover race entry for races between 400m-3000m, 4x400m or 4x800m for up to 3 events 8u,9-10 & 11-12 or 4 events 13-14. Please indicate your athlete’s interest in the sign-up. Requested events (especially relays) are subject to coaches discretion and availability.
If you have yet to sign up for the season, you can do that here.
Practice Information
Practices will be held every Monday and Wednesday evening from 5:15pm-6:15pm at the Michael Johnson Track at Nike WHQ Campus starting TOMORROW, Monday May 20th, and concluding during the last week of July where USATF Junior Olympic Championships will be held at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas or the Bowerman 5k on July 28th.
Please try to arrive at 5:00pm on the first day of practice so we can answer questions and get organized quickly. A few coaches will plan to be around before and after practice to answer questions.
Practice Requirements
Every athlete should show up to practice with running shoes and water bottle (with your full name on it!). We expect athletes to be respectful to all other athletes and coaches and be responsive to coaches instructions. We also ask that you are respectful of the time commitment and arrive at the start of practice and pick up on time. Arriving late to drop off or pick up creates much difficulty on our staff within a limited practice time.
Uniforms
Athletes will receive the new 2024 BTC Uniform which will be in circulation from 2024 onward for the next few seasons. Every athlete who competes will need this new uniform. This uniform will be given out at upcoming races.
USATF Membership & Age Verification
To compete at the USATF meets, you must be a USATF member and have age verification. To get a membership please click the link here. To see the date of birth verification information, please click the link here. You must upload these documents through USATF Connect.
The deadline to complete this process comes up quickly! The youth membership is good for a calendar year and should run your athlete through the 2023 cross country season as well. Please get on top of this process asap if you are even considering competing.
2024 Summer Track Program Information
2024 Summer Track Program
BTC Parents-
We’re less than one month away from the start of practice. A reminder that you can sign up here.
Practice Information
Practices will be held every Monday and Wednesday evening from 5:15pm-6:15pm at the Michael Johnson Track at Nike WHQ Campus starting on Monday May 20th and concluding during the last week of July where athletes will either be competing at USATF Junior Olympic Championships in College Station, Texas or racing the Bowerman 5k on July 28th.
Please try to arrive at 5:00pm on the first day of practice so we can answer questions and get organized quickly. A few coaches will plan to be around before and after practice to answer questions.
Practice Requirements
Every athlete should show up to practice with running shoes and water bottle (with your full name on it!). We expect athletes to be respectful to all other athletes and coaches and be responsive to coaches instructions. We also ask that you are respectful of the time commitment and arrive at the start of practice and pick up on time. Arriving late to drop off or pick up creates much difficulty on our staff within a limited practice time.
Uniforms
We have new uniforms! This batch of uniforms will be used from 2024-2028…so everyone needs to get a new uniform. We will try to handle this the first few weeks at the track competitions so we don’t slow down practice times. For the first few races, please try to show up even earlier to make sure you get a new uniform.
USATF Membership & Age Verification
To compete at the USATF meets, you must be a USATF member and have age verification. To get a membership please click the link here. To see the date of birth verification information, please click the link here. You must upload these documents through USATF Connect.
The deadline to complete this process is June 10th! The youth membership is good for a calendar year and should run your athlete through the 2024 cross country season as well. Please get on top of this process asap if you are even considering competing.
2023 Track Meet Schedule & Information
5/20- Youth Track Practices Begin (Mon/Wed)
5/23- MS Meet of Champions (Corvallis HS, Corvallis, OR) INVITE ONLY
5/24-5/25- Prefontaine Classic (Eugene, OR) LIMITED ENTRIES
6/01-6/02 PTF Youth Meet (Liberty High School, Portland, OR)
6/8- Albina Roadracers Invitational (Union High School, Camas, WA)
6/12-6/15- Nike Outdoor Nationals (Hayward Field, Eugene, OR) INVITE ONLY
6/15- Rose City Mile (Portland, OR) LIMITED ENTRIES
6/22-6/23 USATF Association State Championship (Mt Hood Community College, Portland, OR)
7/05-7/08 USATF JO Regional Championship (Mt. Hood Community College, Portland, OR)
7/20- Stumptown Track “TBA” (Portland, OR)
07/22-7/28 USATF JO National Championships (Texas A&M, College Station, TX)
7/24- Last Day of Practice
7/28- Bowerman 5k
Some of these races will be by qualification or invitation only (MS Meet of Champions, Nike Outdoor, USATF Regional & National Championships).
BTC will cover race entry for races between 400m-3000m, 4x400m or 4x800m for the following:
-PDX Track Fest/Youth Meet (entry includes up to 3 events 8u,9-10 & 11-12 or 4 events 13-14)
-Albina Invitational (up to 1 individual and 1 relay entry)
-Rose City Mile
-USATF State Championship (up to 2 events)
If qualified and interested in competing at MS Meet of Champions, Nike Outdoor Nationals and USATF Regional & National Championships, we will ask for additional payment to cover the race entry fees.
Prefontaine Classic Youth Competitions
There are two opportunities to race at Pre this year. Sign up is due on Friday, May 17th at 5:00pm which is before our practices start. Please click the link below for more information and to indicate interest in your athlete racing at this competition.
2023 USATF Nationals Entires + Other Important Info
IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW! PLEASE READ ALL!
No practices will be held on Wednesday, November 22nd. Last practices of the season will be held:
Beaverton/Sherwood and Lake Oswego (all at Nike!): Monday, 12/04
North Portland: Monday, 12/04
NE/Eastside: Tuesday, 12/05
The deadline for Nationals declaration is Dec 4th, 5:00pm. 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 - 3 Individuals Qualified
9-10 Girls - 1 Teams Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
9-10 Boys- 1 Teams Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
11-12 Girls - 2 Individuals Qualified
11-12 Boys - 1 Individual Qualified
13-14 Girls- 1 Individual Qualified
13-14 Boys- 1 Team Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
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:
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 - 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 $20 Payment for Nationals will be sent out after final declarations.
USATF National Meet (Saturday, December 9th)
Where: Tom Sawyer Park
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 Louisville (SDF) are the best bet. Nationals travel can be a good opportunity to use airline companion tickets if you have any of those as well.
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
We have reserved a block of rooms so we can have most everyone in the same spot. The hotel is the Drury Inn Louisville East. 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! Our block of rooms is reserved for Thursday (12/7), Friday (12/8) and Saturday (12/9). Go to the Drury Inn website and put in those dates and group codes and the options will come up either a King single or Double room. The cancelation date is 11:59pm CST on 11/22/23.
NATIONALS HOTEL DETAILS
Drury Inn & Suites Louisville East
9501 Blairwood Road Louisville, KY 40222
502-326-4170
Dates: Dec 7th-10th
Group Code: 10085194
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.
2023 BTC Year End Banquet
Our annual BTC banquet is scheduled for Wednesday, December 6th @ 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 2023 highlights of the youth program as well as the other parts of our club, including the Masters, Elites and Pros.
USATF Oregon State Meet Recap + Regional Declarations
BTC Parents,
Great job to all who competed yesterday! It was so great to see all the BTC athletes and families out in the elements today at State. We had a great day as a team, winning ALL 8 races. We also had five individual champions in Lucie Zito (8U Girls), Graham Brooks (8U Boys), Harper Fawcett (9-10 girls), Quinn Hanley (11-12 girls) and Brady Lukasiewicz (13-14 boys) and many top place finishes across all races. We have a lot to be proud of as a club ! We’ll be sending 12 teams to Regionals as well as a few individuals!
Full State Meet Results - CLICK HERE
We are aware there are some issues with the State results! USATF Oregon is reviewing this now. Ultimately the most important thing is that you fill out the declaration below to indicate if you plan to compete at Regionals or not.
Below is information and declarations for USATF Regionals. Declarations for Regionals are due Thursday, Nov 16th (11/16) by 12:00pm. No late entries will be allowed.
Please see all of the information below regarding Regionals and don’t hesitate to reach out with questions. It’s very important to us that we have as many athletes who qualified at State race at Regionals!
Regionals Info - Official Website
The regional meet will be held in Athol, Idaho at Farragut State Park. Drive time is about 6 hours from Portland depending on the part of the city you live in. It is important to us to have as many kids race regionals that have qualified, especially if we only have one team qualified to race.
Keep this in mind when deciding on travel plans - if you are interested in driving up the day of the race, it it more feasible to do so for some of the older kids that race later in the day.
Where: Farragut State Park (13550 E Highway 54, Athol, ID)
When: Saturday, November 18th, 2023.
Course Maps: 4k-3k-2k
Schedule:
GIRLS
9:30 AM: 2,000 Meters 8U
10:30 AM: 3,000 Meters 9-10
11:30 AM: 3,000 Meters 11-12
12:45 PM: 4,000 Meters 13-14
BOYS
10:00 AM: 2,000 Meters 8U
11:00 AM: 3 ,000 Meters 9-10
12:00 PM: 3,000 Meters 11-12
1:15 PM: 4,000 Meters 13-14
*Ages 8 & Under: May compete in the Association and Regional meets regardless of age, but must be at least 7 years old as of 12/31/2023 to be eligible to compete at the Junior Olympic National Championship.
Regionals Declaration
In preparing for sending our teams to regionals, we need everyone that ran this weekend to declare if they plan to attend regionals or not. For the declaration process, please follow the steps below even if you don't plan to run regionals. We have limited time with Regionals being this weekend so we want to have our entries finalized as soon as possible, so please declare ASAP!
NOTE ABOUT QUALIFICATION:
Note, only those who ran the state meet this weekend are eligible to run at regionals. In order to qualify for regionals you need to be in the top 35 individually or one of the top 5 teams. Each team that we qualified can have up to 8 people on it. In some age groups we qualified 1-2 teams which means our top 8 or 16 BTC finishers are qualified as part of those teams. I does not matter which BTC team you were registered under for the state 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 regionals individually or 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 regionals.
STEP 2: Declare Yes or No for Regionals - CLICK HERE
Enter your name and yes or no declaring your plans to attend regionals. 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: Payment for Regionals -
Payment for Regionals will be set up at a later date for those planning to race. You must pay the entry fee before your athlete is registered. There is an $15 entry fee for the Regional meet.
Nationals Hotel Block
For Nationals, we have reserved a block of rooms so we can have most everyone in the same spot. The hotel is the Drury Inn Louisville East. 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 after Regionals 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 (12/7), Friday (12/8) and Saturday (12/9).
TEAM HOTEL DETAILS
Regionals:
Staybridge Suites Coeur D’Alene
Use corporate discount code (786885273)
Nationals:
Drury Inn & Suites Louisville East
9501 Blairwood Road Louisville, KY 40222
502-326-4170
Dates: Dec 7th-10th
Group Code: 10085194
Go to the Drury Inn website and put in those dates and group codes and the options will come up either a King single or Double room. The cancelation date is after Regionals so we should be safe in knowing who is going and who isn’t by then.
USATF OREGON SIGN UP - ALL STEPS DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8th
BTC Parents,
The USATF Oregon State meet is on for Saturday, November 11th, 2023 at Ash Creek Preserve, Monmouth, OR
Sign up details below. We thank you in advance for being on top of this process, we know it isn’t all easy!
ALL STEPS DUE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8th @ 12:00PM. After this, entries will be closed.
To be clear, we won’t be able to sign your athlete up before you ensure your athlete has a USATF membership. You need to have the membership submitted no later than Wednesday, Nov 1st. The membership process takes many days and we can’t do anything from our end unless your membership is complete.
Starting NOW, we CANNOT register any athlete into a race that has not yet joined USATF and provided proof of age. This is because we are now in USATF championship season. Please do this ASAP!
3 STEP SIGN-UP PROCESS
ALL STEPS DUE NOVEMBER 8th @ 12:00PM.
STEP 1. Purchase a current USATF membership
Good news! With the purchase of a USATF membership on Nov 1st, it is valid through December 31st 2024 (a.k.a. two youth seasons). If you aren’t sure if you have a valid USATF membership use this link to check. https://www.usatf.org/membership/help/number.asp
Here is the link for the sign up:
Our Club Number is 0820
STEP 2. Proof of Date of Birth (birth certificate, passport).
The age verification takes a few days (You only need to do this if you haven’t done so in a prior year).
Step 3. Sign up for USATF State!
If you have any issues please email Lynn Brown at membership@oregon.usatf.org and cc the youth@bowermantc.com email so we have visibility. Do not solely email us as we are not in control of this process!
REMINDER: ALL STEPS DUE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8th @ 12:00PM
Please be advised of the qualifying process to Regionals and Nationals in the last youth announcement. Keep an eye out for Regionals sign up after the State meet.
State: Saturday, November 11th @ Ash Creek in Monmouth, OR
Regionals: Saturday, November 18th @ Farragut State Park, Athol, ID
Nationals: Saturday, December 9th @ Tom Sawyer Park, Louisville, KY
2023 Stumptown Youth XC Championship Sign Up
BTC Parents,
Below you will find information regarding sign up for the Stumptown Running Middle School XC Championship. Stumptown sign-up is due Sunday, October 22nd at 5:00pm. No late entries will be accepted. Anyone who signs up and does not show up will be expected to pay the $15 registration fee. Read below for sign-up information.
Stumptown Sign Up
Stumptown Running Middle School XC Championship will be held at Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon on Sunday, October 29th. For meet information, see the button below.
RACE SCHEDULE -
1:00 p.m. GIRLS SUPERCHAMPS 3000M
1:30 p.m. BOYS SUPERCHAMPS 3000M
2:00 p.m. GIRLS CHAMPS 3000M
2:30 p.m. BOYS CHAMPS 3000M
Athletes in the superchamps race will be notified.
EVERYONE MUST FILL OUT TWO WAIVERS FOR THIS MEET. Please click here to sign up for both the event and facility waiver. You must do this before competing.
2023 Halloween Dash Bash Race Sign-Up
Great job to everyone who raced this weekend at the Rose City Championships and Lewis & Clark Invite! We had a lot of great results out there.
We have our next race opportunity this upcoming Saturday at the Halloween Dash Bash in Pacific Park, Vancouver, WA. We will register your athletes for this race and all races this season.
Please see below for more details and the sign-up link. Sign-up is due tomorrow, Monday, October 16th by 12:00pm.
**Additionally, we have been receiving many no-shows for races that athletes are being signed up for. If you sign your athlete up for the race and do not provide a significant reason for not attending, you will be responsible for paying the $15 entry fee for the race. We will contact you afterwards for payment. WE WANT ATHLETES TO COMPETE but please respect our coaches time and organizing efforts. If you sign-up for the race, please attend.**
Halloween Dash Bash 3k (Saturday, October 21)
Details:
Where: Pacific Park, Vancouver, WA
When:
9:30am: 8&U Boys + Girls 2,000m
9:50am: 9-10 Boys + Girls 3,000m
10:15am 11-12 Boys + Girls 3,000m
10:40am 13-14 Boys + Girls 4,000m
Plan to arrive 60 minutes before your race.
If you cannot arrive 60 minutes prior, you can still race! We recommend arriving early in order for everyone to get their uniform, bib, chip and warm-up done with ease in time for the race.
Rose City Championships & Lewis + Clark XC Invite Race Sign Ups
Great job to all our athletes who raced at the Harrier Classic this last weekend. If you haven’t been able to attend a race yet this season, we highly recommend trying to race in the next few weeks!
We have two chances to race next week. Athletes should plan to choose between the two races and only race once. We recommend signing up for the Rose City Championships on Friday Oct 13th if you can make it on a weekday. We know there are many kids who don’t have school that day so we hope that will be a big turnout. We understand that isn’t possible for all families and have an option for the Lewis and Clark XC Invite on Saturday Oct 14th.
Please see below for more details and the sign-up links. Sign-up for both races due Monday, October 9th by 8:00pm.
Rose City Championships (Friday, October 13th)
Lewis & Clark XC Invite (Saturday, October 14th)
2023 Harrier Classic Sign-Up
BTC Families,
Excellent competition this past Friday at McMinnville! We won each of the four races as a team and have a lot to look forward to for the rest of the season! Please see the next race sign-up opportunity below:
Harrier Classic (Saturday, Oct. 7th)
Our second race opportunity this weekend is at the Harrier Classic. Sign up is due Tuesday, Oct 1st by 9:00pm. See all meet information below.
MEET WEBSITE
Where: Bryant Park, Albany, OR
When:
Club 3200m (Boys + Girls): 8:30am