Halloween Run!

Thursday, October 27th: Halloween Run @ Practice

Attention BTC! With Halloween approaching this coming Monday, we will hold our annual Halloween run at the end of practice this Thursday, at Nike Campus.  We will do a normal abbreviated practice to start and finish with a spooky run around Hollister Trail.  The spooky run will start around 6:20-6:30 PM.  Kids from all practice locations are encouraged to attend!  Delicious candy to be served after.  Costumes are encouraged at practice.

**Parents, we strongly encourage you to join us coaches in making the run as spooky as possible.  Bring a scaring mask and join the festivities!**

IMPORTANT! USATF Junior Olympic Season

PLEASE READ FULL MESSAGE

We are now into the USATF Junior Olympic portion of the season.  During this time, kids will compete in races separated by age and gender.

Boys 8 and under (2008 or earlier)

Girls 8 and under (2008 or earlier)

Boys 9-10 (2007, 2006)

Girls 9-10 (2007,2006)

Boys 11-12 (2005, 2004)

Girls 11-12 (2005, 2004)

Boys 13-14 (2003, 2002)

Girls 13-14 (2003,2002)

I want to provide some information about registering for a USATF Membership. This is required prior to the Junior Olympic Oregon State meet November 6th (Entries for which we want to receive by end of day Nov 1st)

Please note – we will enter the kids for the meet  – 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)

I'm aware you can get the next two year's of memberships for the price of one if you wait until Nov 1st. It's ok to do this if you are renewing (i.e. you already have had a previous USATF membership and age verification) since you won't need to do the age verification step.

If this is your first year getting a USATF membership - PLEASE DON'T WAIT! - get your USATF membership now to give you enough time to get the age verification process done before the Nov 1st entry deadline.

USATF State Meet and USATF Membership

STEP 1. Purchase a current USATF membership

Here is the link for the sign up:

http://www.usatf.org/Products---Services/Individual-Memberships.aspx

Our Club Number is 0820

(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 )

STEP 2. Proof of Date of Birth (birth certificate, passport)

Send a copy of birth certificate or passport to usatfmembershiporegon@gmail.com

 (you only need to do this if you haven’t done so in a prior year)

STEP 3. 

Click this State Sign-Up Link here to let us know your child wants to run the state meet. We will enter the athlete in the race.

There is a $12 per registration fee to be paid when you pick up your number at the team tent on Race Day. Please complete steps 1&2 before step 3.

Location: Hidden Creek Polo Club, West Linn, OR

The deadline to complete ALL THREE steps is End of day Nov 1st. 

Regionals – Polo Fields, West Linn, OR on Saturday, November 19th

Running at regionals does require competing and qualifying at the State Meet on Saturday November 6th.  Most BTC runners will qualify for regionals individually or as a part of the team (see qualification criteria below)

We will send out a link for entries to Regionals after the State meet.

Nationals -  Hoover, Alabama on Saturday, December 10th

More info on Nationals will follow later in the week on suggested Hotel's and Flight options.

Please note we will likely qualify one team of 8 runners in ALL age groups. If you are even thinking about the possibility of going to Nationals we strongly recommend that you reserve a hotel room in the next week or two before they all fill up. If you end up not going you can cancel the hotel room after regionals at no charge.

Notes on the USATF Jnr Olympics part of the season:

State meet is November 6th in West Linn, 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)

The regional meet is November 19th this year also in West Linn, OR– this is the qualifier for the Nationals meet on Dec 10th in Hoover, AL. Probably about 50% of our kids will qualify for nationals. The top 30 individuals and top 5 teams advance in each age group.

If you want advice on whether your child will qualify – email me directly or catch me at practice – I’ll be happy to advise you on the approx. odds. Chris.Cook@Nike.com

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.

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.

Results for all our meets so far this season and the dates and locations of future meets can be found here:

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=30214

Clicking on your child’s name from any of the results will show you their results from all races they’ve run from all seasons.

IMPORTANT: New Directions to PDXC State Meet

The directions link in our previous announcement and on the athletic.net website were incorrect. The race is at Western Oregon University and the Ash Creek XC course. Proper directions are here: DIRECTIONS 

Also, if you haven't filled out the waiver, please do so HERE.

Meet Schedule (Sunday, October 23rd):

12:00 PM   GIRLS SUPERCHAMPS
12:25 PM    BOYS SUPERCHAMPS
12:50 PM   GIRLS CHAMPS
1:20   PM   BOYS CHAMPS
2:00  PM   AWARDS

BTC ENTRIES
**If you were a late entry you are registered but the list has not yet updated.

Apologies for the last minute update.

Shoe Testing Opportunity

BTC Youth,
The Nike Young Athletes group has youth running shoes they are interested in testing with some of kids next week.  Who better to test and give feedback than the future running stars of the world!  There will likely be more opportunities for testing in the future, but for this test they are looking for kids with shoe size between 4y and 5y.  The testing should take no more that 30 minutes and will be a fun opportunity for any participants to run in the latest youth running shoes.  

For anyone interested, email Coach Lindsey Drake (lindsey.drake@nike.com), and she will coordinate times and give any further instructions.  

PDXC Middle School State Meet Entries

For anyone racing this weekend at the PDXC Middle School State Meet, click the link to see which race you are in.

BTC ENTRIES

Meet Schedule (Sunday, October 23rd):

12:00 PM   GIRLS SUPERCHAMPS
12:25 PM    BOYS SUPERCHAMPS
12:50 PM   GIRLS CHAMPS
1:20   PM   BOYS CHAMPS
2:00  PM   AWARDS

DIRECTIONS

FULL MEET INFO

Please plan to arrive at least 1 hour before your race.  Looks like there is a chance it will be rainy so make sure to bring rain gear and dry clothes for after.

See you there.

BTC Coaches

PDXC State Meet Sign-Up

Our next meet is next Sunday (October 23) in Monmouth, OR.  For this meet we need everyone interested in participating to fill out a participation waiver as well as our normal sign up.

To Sign Up:
1. Fill out Participation Waiver
2. Fill out Sign-Up Form

Meet Schedule:
12:00 PM - Girls Superchamps 3,000m
12:25 PM - Boys Superchamps 3,000m
12:50 PM - Girls Champs 3,000m
  1:20 PM - Boys Champs 3,000m

**The Superchamps races are more competitive races.  Depending on the number of athletes we enter as a club, we will divide our entries between the 2 races.  Exact entries will be posted on Friday, October 21st.**

Full Meet Info

Practice - Thursday, October 13th

This is just a quick announcement that we will still hold practice on Thursday, even though many kids will be racing on Friday at Portland Meadows.  For those racing, practice will consist of a short easy run and may end a little earlier than normal.  For racers that can't make it to practice, rest up for the race Friday. For anyone not racing on Friday, practice will consist of a typical practice workout.  

If you would still like to sign up for the race Friday, do so ASAP!

Portland Meadows Invite Sign-Up

Portland Meadows Invite Sign-Up

We have just been able to add another meet to our schedule and the good news is that it will be very easy access for us to travel to.  The race is going to be held at Portland Meadows (the same course that we ran for the PDXC meet a couple weeks ago).  To sign-up, please follow the link below.  The race is on Friday, but most of the Portland school districts have no school that day.

**Registration due Tuesday, October 12th by 10:00 AM

Portland Meadows Meet Info:
Friday, October 14th
Boys and Girls Race at 1:00 pm

Meet Results and Schedule

Results for all our meets so far this season and the dates and locations of future meets can be found here:

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=30214

Clicking on your child’s name from any of the results will show you their results from all races they’ve run from all seasons.

Just a reminder all information sent in announcements emails is also posted to www.bowermantc.com/youth under the announcements header on the right hand side of the page.

USATF Membership

USATF PART OF THE SEASON BEGINS WITH THE NOVEMBER 6TH RACE

I want to provide some information about registering for a USATF Membership. This is required prior to the Junior Olympic Oregon State meet November 6th.

Please note – we will enter the kids for the meet  – 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!

STEP 1. Purchase a current USATF membership with the club designation 37-0820.

    Here is the link for the sign up:

http://www.usatf.org/Products---Services/Individual-Memberships.aspx

(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 )

STEP 2. Proof of Date of Birth (birth certificate, passport)

    Send a copy to usatfmembershiporegon@gmail.com

(you only need to do this if you haven’t done so in a prior year)

Once you have completed these two steps  you'll be ready for the USATF part of the season

Cheers, Coach Cookie.