2022 Youth XC Season Starts Next Week!
BTC Youth Athletes and Parents,
We are less than one week away from the start of the 2022 youth xc season! The first practice will be Tuesday, September 6th for Beaverton, Lake Oswego, Sherwood and NE Portland locations. The first practice for North Portland will be Wednesday, September 7th.
Parent Volunteers
We are looking for a few parent volunteers for either assistance at practice and/or at the races. Please email youth@bowermantc.com if you are interested in volunteering this season or to learn more.
Ash Creek Race Sign Up
The first race opportunity comes very quickly with the Ash Creek XC Festival. We recommend this meet to our experienced and older athletes (11-14) who have been running a little bit this summer and feel ready to start racing. Race registration is due by Monday, Sept 5th at 5pm PST. You can register here.
Registration
Please complete the online registration before the first day of practice. You must submit a waiver before the first day of practice. If you have not submitted payment, please see the online registration above. Registration fees for the season is $200 per athlete or $600 maximum per family. If the registration fee is a financial issue, please contact us about scholarships at youth@bowermantc.com.
What to bring to practice?
Its been a warm summer but the weather will get cooler soon. Please get in the habit of bringing pants and long sleeve clothes for before and after practice. We encourage athletes to bring their own water bottles. However, many locations have drinking fountains. Whatever is brought to practice, please label it with your name.
2022 Race Schedule
Below is the proposed race schedule for the season. It is a working schedule and meets may be added or removed over the course of the season. On weekends where there are multiple races, please only plan to attend one of the races to avoid racing too much. Multiple meets are offered to provide different opportunities for people with busy schedules. Participation at the races is not required. The only time participation is required is for the Junior Olympic part of the season where you must run each race if you want a chance to participate in the next race. For meets where specific schedule information is available, you can click on the race to view the race schedule. We will send out announcements sign-ups for all of the races about a week out from each race. For all races before the Junior Olympic season, registration fees are included in XC sign-up. For the Junior Olympic season we will collect race registration later in the season. You can see more updates to the race schedule and race results throughout the season at Athletic.net.
9/6 - FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE (Beaverton, Lake Oswego, NE Portland, Sherwood)
9/7- FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE (North Portland)
9/10- Ash Creek XC Fesitval (Western Oregon University Ash Creek Preserve, OR)
9/17- Bowerman 5k (Our athletes will race a 3,000m. Families are encouraged to sign up!)
9/23- Nike Portland XC
9/30- McMinnville Invite
10/13 NW Middle School XC Showdown (Avery Park, Corvalis, OR)
10/15 Stumptown Running Youth Meet #2
10/30 PDXC State Middle School Championships (Western Oregon University Ash Creek Preserve, OR)
Junior Olympic Season
11/12 USATF JO State Championship (TBD)
11/19 USATF JO Regional Championship (Arlington, WA)
12/10 USATF JO National Championships (College Station, TX)
Uniforms
More information regarding singlets ($40) will be available soon. We are having delivery issues that we need to work on. Singlets in circulation are from 2019 to now. .
More details on purchase will be sent out as announcements and announced by coaches at practice.
Practice Times and Locations
Beaverton
Time: Tuesday/Thursday @ 5:30-6:45 before daylight savings, 5:00-6:15 after daylight savings
Location: Nike WHQ
Drop off and pick up: Michael Johnson Track
NE Portland
Time: Tuesday/Thursday @ 5:30-6:45 before daylight savings, 5:00-6:15 after daylight savings
Location: Tuesdays @ Mt Tabor Park. Thursdays @ Wilshire Park.
Mt Tabor Park
Wilshire Park
Sherwood
Time: Tuesday/Thursday @ 5:45-7:00 before daylight savings, 5:15-6:30 after daylight savings
Location: Tuesdays @ Edy Ridge School. Thursdays @ Snyder Park.
Edy Ridge School
Snyder Park
Lake Oswego
Time: Tuesday/Thursday @ 5:30-6:45 before daylight savings, 5:00-6:15 after daylight savings
Location: Luscher Farm
North Portland
Time: Monday/Wednesday @ 5:30-6:45 before daylight savings, 5:00-6:15 after daylight savings
Location: Columbia/Columbia Annex Park