2019 BTC Youth XC Registration Live!
BTC Youth,
The 2019 season is quickly approaching and registration is now live! Registration is completely online (including online payment). Please make sure to follow all of the steps to complete registration. NOTE: Payment will be accepted online only. No in-person payment.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUTH CLUB BELOW.
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BTC Youth Athletes and Parents,
The Youth XC season is here! The first practice will be Tuesday, September 10th at all 4 of our practice locations, including our new Lake Oswego practice location on Tuesday nights! Practice will be @ 5:30-6:45 for Nike WHQ, NE Portland and Lake Oswego locations and @ 5:45-7:00 for the Sherwood group. Summer goes fast, but we're excited to get the XC season going with all of our new and returning athletes. Please see below for a full list of everything you need to know for the start of the season including practice maps, race schedule uniforms and more.
Registration
If you are interested in participating this year, please complete the 3 step online registration before the first day of practice. Registration payment is required online. No checks or cash please! Registration fees for the season is $100 per athlete or $200 maximum per family. If the registration fee is a financial issue, please contact us about scholarships at youth@bowermantc.com. Registration is limited to middle school athletes and younger (7-14 years old). Any athletes that do not fit in this criteria but are still interested in participating will be considered under special circumstances. Please email youth@bowermantc.com if you have questions about registration.
What to bring to practice?
Please get in the habit of bringing pants and long sleeve clothes for before and after practice. There are drinking fountains at most of the practice locations, but it is also ok to bring your own water bottle. Whatever is brought to practice, please label it with your name. We know things can get misplaced and will try to keep a lost and found box but we are not responsible for lost items. Please, please, please write your athletes first and last name in clothing items to avoid mixups.
Parent Coaches
If any parents are interested in becoming involved as coaches throughout the season, please contact us at youth@bowermantc.com. We also encourage parents to run on their own or with other parents while practice is going on. Running is a great activity to enjoy as a family and it is always good to have more people out running looking out for our kids.
2019 Race Schedule
Below is the proposed race schedule for the season. It is subject to change and will be updated on a weekly basis. 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.
9/10 - FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE
9/12- McMinnville Middle School Invite (Joe Dancer Park, McMinnville, OR)
9/21- 3 Course Challenge (Camp Rilea, Warrenton, OR)
9/27- Nike Portland XC (Blue Lake Park)
10/10- NW Middle School XC Showdown (Avery Park, Corvalis, OR)
10/12- Stumptown Series (Mary S Young State Park, West Linn, OR)
11/3- PDXC State Middle School Championships (Western Oregon University Ash Creek Preserve, OR)
Junior Olympic Season
11/9 - Junior Olympic State (TBD)
11/16- USATF Junior Olympic Regional Championships (Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon)
12/14- USATF Junior Olympic National Championships (Madison, Wisconsin)
Uniforms
We have new singlets this year! After five years in our current singlet, it is time for the entire club to get a kit update. We have excellent, high quality singlets replicated off of our BTC Pros kit materials. Singlets ($40) will be available for purchase the second week of practice.
Jackets will be available for optional purchase during the season.
More details on purchase of both items will be sent out as announcements and announced by coaches at practice.
Practice Times and Locations
Nike Campus
Time: Tuesday/Thursday @ 5:30-6:45 before daylight savings, 5:00-6:15 after daylight savings
Location: We start and finish at the Michael Johnson Track for both Tuesday and Thursday Practices.
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.
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.
NEW LOCATION
Lake Oswego
Time: Tuesday nights only @ 5:45-7:00 before daylight savings, 5:15-6:30 after daylight savings
Location: Tuesdays @ Forest Hills Elementary School
Sunday Long Runs
In addition to our Tuesday/Thursday practices, we will also have optional/unorganized Sunday runs @ 1:00 pm from the Leif Erikson gate entrance to Forest Park. We recommend that if you are new to running, start out for at least a few weeks with the just the Tuesday/Thursday practices until you are comfortable with that. Sunday runs are organized by parent participation as the Forest Park trail system is less confined than our during the week practice locations. Athletes are also encouraged to meet up with small groups of teammates over the weekends.
Time: Sunday @ 1:00 pm
Location: Leif Erikson Gate (Forest Park)