2022 Junior Olympic Season Information PLEASE READ ASAP
USATF Championship Season
PLEASE READ FULL MESSAGE
We now begin the USATF Junior Olympic part of our season. In contrast to our meets so far this season where all ages raced together, the USATF races are separated by age and gender. See below of all USATF details.
USATF Age Groups
Boys 8 and under (2014 or later birth year)
Girls 8 and under (2014 or later birth year)
Boys 9-10 (2012, 2013 birth year)
Girls 9-10 (2012, 2013 birth year)
Boys 11-12 (2010, 2011 birth year)
Girls 11-12 (2010, 2011 birth year)
Boys 13-14 (2008, 2009 birth year)
Girls 13-14 (2008, 2009 birth year)
USATF Season Details
State - Bush Park, Salem, Oregon on Saturday, November 5th
All BTC Athletes are eligible to compete at the state meet. Cost is included in your BTC Membership. Sign-up is in a separate youth announcement!
See all additional information here
Regionals – Chambers Creek Golf Course, Tacoma, WA on Saturday, November 19th
Running at regionals requires competing and qualifying at the State Meet on Saturday November 5th unless specifically cleared with the coaches at the beginning of the season due to another conflict. Most BTC runners will qualify for regionals individually or as a part of the team (see qualification criteria below). Cost is $15 per athlete to enter and will be collected with sign-up. Cost is not included in your membership.
We will send out a link for entries to Regionals after the State meet.
See all additional information here
Nationals - College Station, TX on Saturday, December 10th
Running at Nationals requires competing and qualifying at the Regional Meet on Saturday, November 19th (see qualification criteria below). Please note we will likely qualify one team of 8 runners in ALL age groups. We will send out flight and hotel information for Nationals soon. Cost is $20 per athlete to enter and will be collected with sign-up. Cost is not included in your membership.
If you are even thinking about the possibility of going to Nationals we strongly recommend that you look into a hotel room in the BTC block before they all fill up.
See all additional information here.
Signing Up for USATF State Meet (Saturday, November 5th)
Just as we have done all season, we will send out an internal sign-up and enter kids in the meets, BUT for the USATF season we CANNOT enter any child that has not already joined USATF AND provided proof of age.
Parents, you are responsible to get your child registered with USATF and assigned to the Bowerman Track Club. Don’t wait too long to do this! (Steps below)
PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE The age verification takes a day or two so it will be a quick turn-around to get everything taken care of in time. If you aren’t sure if you have a current USATF membership use this link to check https://www.usatf.org/membership/help/number.asp .
3 STEP SIGN-UP PROCESS
STEP 1. Purchase a current USATF membership
Here is the link for the sign up:
2022 USATF Youth Membership
Our Club Number is 0820
(If you aren’t sure if you have a current USATF membership use this link to check)
STEP 2. Proof of Date of Birth (birth certificate, passport)
Send a copy of birth certificate or passport to membership@oregon.usatf.org
(you only need to do this if you haven’t done so in a prior year)
STEP 3.
We will send out a State meet sign up as we’ve done all year. We will enter the athlete in the race.
Please complete STEP ONE and TWO ASAP. f you have any issues please email Lynn Brown at membership@oregon.usatf.org and cc the youth@bowermantc.com email so we have visibility.
State, Regionals, Nationals Qualification Process
State meet is November 5th in Salem, OR – this is the qualifier for regionals – The kids will run separate races in two year age groups (shown above). Most of our kids will qualify (top 35 individuals and top 5 teams in each age group)
At the state meet we will spread the best kids between 2 or 3 teams to maximize the number of teams we qualify for regionals.
The regional meet is November 19th in Tacoma, WA – this is the qualifier for the Nationals meet on Dec 10th in College Station, TX. Probably about 50% of our kids will qualify from regionals to nationals. The top 30 individuals and top 5 teams advance in each age group. We will likely qualify a team in every age group.
At the regional meet we will field our strongest teams with selection based on finish position at the state meet.
At the national meet we will field our strongest teams with selection based on finish position at the regional meet.
More information will follow in the coming weeks but this is an informative document to look over the next few weeks.
Nationals Hotel Block
For Nationals, we have reserved a block of 40 rooms so we can have most everyone in the same spot. The hotel is the Aloft College Station. 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 Nov 24th 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 (12/8), Friday (12/9) and Saturday (12/10).
If you are interested in the hotel block, please visit the link here to book a room.
TEAM HOTEL DETAILS
Aloft College Station
1150 University Dr E, College Station, TX 77840
Cost: $109 + tax per night