Final Reminder 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 May 20th. Please try to complete the sign up by 5:00pm today. 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 on Wednesday May 31st and concluding during the last week of July where USATF Junior Olympic Championships will be held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
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
If you’ve received a uniform in the mail and the sizing isn’t quite right, we will do size exchanges the first few practices. Please try to handle this issue the first practice.
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 2023 cross country season as well. Please get on top of this process asap if you are even considering competing.
2023 Track Meet Schedule & Information
6/03-6/04 PDX Track Festival Middle School Boys Mile/Girls 1500m (Portland, OR)
6/03-6/04 PTF Youth Meet (Liberty High School, Portland, OR)
6/10- Albina Roadracers Invitational (Union High School, Camas, WA)
6/15-6/17- Nike Outdoor Nationals (Hayward Field, Eugene, OR)
6/24-6/25 USATF Association State Championship (Springfield High School, Springfield, OR)
7/06-7/09 USATF JO Regional Championship (Mt. Hood Community College, Portland, OR)
07/24-7/30 USATF JO National Championships (Hayward Field, Eugene, OR)
Some of these races will be by qualification or invitation only (PDX Track Fest MS Mile, 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)
-USATF State Championship (up to 2 events)
If qualified and interested in competing at Nike Outdoor Nationals and USATF Regional & National Championships, we will ask for additional payment to cover the race entry fees.