Important Youth XC Announcement

BTC Families,

Looking forward to the next few weeks that includes the Thanksgiving holiday and the integrity of our pod setup we have created, we are going to make a few adjustments regarding the schedule. As you’ve seen at your individual pod practices, we screen each athlete with temperature checks and questions about exposure/activity such as travel.

With the expectation that many families will be traveling out of state or hosting additional persons at their home for the holiday, we are going to cancel in-person practice the week following Thanksgiving (11/30-12/6). We will provide digital practices that week and will be looking into hosting a few digital events Monday, Wednesday and Friday that week. The final week of in-person BTC Youth XC will be moved to the next week (12/7-12/11).

Please note that we will be sending out frequent updates as the landscape with COVID-19 continues to change within the state of Oregon.

There are two definitive race opportunities left on the calendar. Additionally, Jesuit High School Coach Tom Rothenberger is looking to add two races on 12/5 and 12/12 at Jesuit High School. Please stay tuned for information on those events. See below the two race opportunities:

If you would like to race, please fill out the appropriate sign-ups below. After our internal sign-up, athletes will be asked for payment before officially being registered for the race. 

Race Opportunities:

Yakima XC Meet of Champions (Yakima, Washington)
When: Nov. 21st (Sign Up Due Wednesday, Nov 18th at 10:00pm)
What: Race waves of 10 athletes separated by age and distances (2,000m, 3,000m and 4,000m). For more information click here
Cost: $15

USATF Junior Olympic National Championships (Bourbon County Park, KY)
When: Dec. 12-13 (Sign Up Due Sunday, December 6th at 9:00am)
What: USATF Junior Olympic Nationals is continuing this year without State and Regional qualification. Athlete 12 and under will compete Saturday, Dec 12. Athletes 13-14 will compete Sunday, Dec 13. For more information click here
Cost: $20

NOTE: We are happy to sign up athletes to compete at the following opportunities. However, there will be no official BTC Tents, Coaches or organization at the races. Each family will be expected to be responsible for their athlete(s).

**Reminder that you must have a 2020 singlet to compete in these races. You can purchase a singlet here.