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PDXC Championship BTC Athlete Entries and Club Updates

BTC Parents,

Please check that you have registered your athlete on our list here. If you do not see their name, please let me know immediately. Registration closes officially tonight at 8pm. After that, we will not be able to add anyone into the races.

Additionally, all athletes must have the waiver here filled out by race day.

Reminder that you can find all additional information at the MEET WEBSITE

Logistics:
Where: Western Oregon University Ash Creek Preserve, Monmouth, Oregon
When:
1:00pm        GIRLS SUPERCHAMPS
1:25pm        BOYS SUPERCHAMPS
1:50pm        GIRLS CHAMPS
2:20pm        BOYS CHAMPS
3:00             AWARDS

Halloween Run:

Our annual Halloween Run will be held at practice on Thursday, October 31st
 AT THE NIKE LOCATION ONLY. We will meet at the normal time 5:30 pm and go for a short run.  Practice may be a little shorter than normal ending around 6:30.  Costumes are encouraged!  At Nike Campus, we'd love to have any interested parents to join the coaches in costume to add to the Halloween spirit as the kids run around Hollister trail.  We will be giving out candy at the end of the run.   

Daylight Savings Time:

Daylight Savings is on Sunday, November 3rd, which means that our practice times at all locations will be moving ahead by 30 minutes starting on Tuesday, November 5th.  After that, Nike, Lake Oswego and NE Portland will practice 5:00 - 6:15 pm and Sherwood will practice 5:15 - 6:30.  

Club Jacket:

As most of you know, 2019 Club Jackets are for sale and can be picked up at practice. In addition, you can purchase jackets from last year online as well as uniforms if you haven’t already ordered one for the upcoming JO season. All youth items for purchase can be found here.

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PDXC Middle School Championship Sign up Information and Club Updates

Important Sign-Ups Below! DUE WEDNESDAY!

We are beginning to enter the Championship portion of the 2019 cross country season. Our last race opportunity before the Junior Olympic racing begins will be the PDXC Middle School Championships on Sunday, November 3rd at Western Oregon University. This is a very well organized and highly competitive meet and we highly recommend all youth to participate in this meet.  If you would like to race, please fill out the appropriate sign-up below.  For this race and all races this year, we recommend you arrive at least 1 hour prior to the start of your son or daughter's race.

PDXC Middle School Championships (Sunday, November 3rd)

Registration Due: Wednesday, October 30th @ 10:00 am

Details:
MEET WEBSITE
Where: Western Oregon University Ash Creek Preserve, Monmouth, Oregon
When:
1:00pm        GIRLS SUPERCHAMPS
1:25pm        BOYS SUPERCHAMPS
1:50pm        GIRLS CHAMPS
2:20pm        BOYS CHAMPS
3:00             AWARDS

Halloween Run:

Our annual Halloween Run will be held at practice on Thursday, October 31st
 at both the Nike Campus and Mt Tabor.  Sherwood kids are welcome to join at either spot.  We will meet at the normal time 5:30 pm and go for a short run.  Practice may be a little shorter than normal ending around 6:30.  Costumes are encouraged!  At Nike Campus, we'd love to have any interested parents to join the coaches in costume to add to the Halloween spirit as the kids run around Hollister trail.  We will be giving out candy at the end of the run.   

Daylight Savings Time:

Daylight Savings is on Sunday, November 3rd, which means that our practice times at all locations will be moving ahead by 30 minutes starting on Tuesday, November 5th.  After that, Nike, Lake Oswego and NE Portland will practice 5:00 - 6:15 pm and Sherwood will practice 5:15 - 6:30.  

Club Jacket:

As most of you know, 2019 Club Jackets are for sale and can be picked up at practice. In addition, you can purchase jackets from last year online as well as uniforms if you haven’t already ordered one for the upcoming JO season. All youth items for purchase can be found here.

USATF JO State Meet:

Qualification for Youth Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin begin at the Junior Olympic State Meet on Saturday, November 16th at Western Oregon University Ash Creek Preserve, Monmouth, Oregon (the same location as PDXC Middle School Championships) . You must compete at the State meet to move forward in the qualification process for Regionals on Nov. 23rd and Nationals on Dec. 14th. All athletes can compete at the State meet (there is no qualification for the State meet).

Information regarding qualification to move on from JO State to Regionals is coming in another announcement with more information about the overall Championship Season.

We will send out an announcement with registration next week.

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PDXC Preview BTC Athlete Entries

BTC Parents,

Please check that you have registered your athlete on our list here. If you do not see their name, please let me know and I will do my best to get them accepted.

All athletes racing will need to fill out a waiver form. You can find that waiver form here.

Reminder that the race is at Pier Park. Please see the attached map here. For schedule information see below. For all other information, please visit the meet website here.

Schedule:
Boy’s 3,000m- 12:00pm
Girl’s 3,000m- 12:30pm
Primary School 1 mile- 1:00pm



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2019 PDXC Preview Race Sign-Up and Waiver

BTC Youth,

A reminder that sign up for the PDXC Preview race this Saturday is due THURSDAY, October 24th at 8:00am. There is no cost to sign up.

In addition to signing up, please take the time to fill out the waiver here ahead of the race. All athletes racing must complete the waiver.

A clarification on the race schedule. All BTC athletes are welcome to and recommended to run the 3,000m races. The one mile additional race is in case families have younger children, friends or people in the community that are interested in experiencing a shorter race.

If you would like to race, please fill out the appropriate sign-up below.  For this race and all races this year, we recommend you arrive at least 1 hour prior to the start of your son or daughter's race.

**Reminder that you must have a 2019 singlet to compete in these races. You can purchase both a singlet and a 2019 youth jacket here. Both items should be available at practice next week.

PDXC Preview (Saturday, October 26th)

Registration Due: Thursday, October 24th @ 8:00 am

Details:
MEET WEBSITE
Where: Pier Park, Portland, OR
When:
12:00pm Boys 3,000m Race
12:30pm Girls 3,000m Race
1:00pm Primary School 1 mile Race

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IMPORTANT! 2019 PDXC Preview Race Sign-Up

Important Sign-Ups Below! DUE THURSDAY, October 24th at 8:00am.

We have added a new race to the calendar this year! Working with Portland Track, we are going to have a PDXC Preview in Pier Park in Portland on Saturday, October 26th. This will be the first ever clash between Bowerman Track Club Youth and the newly established Oregon Track Club Youth teams. There will be other middle schools present but we will aim to score a duel meet between the two youth clubs. We’re very excited to welcome back Coach John “Wildhorse” Truax with his OTC Youth squad.

There is no cost to sign up.

If you would like to race, please fill out the appropriate sign-up below.  For this race and all races this year, we recommend you arrive at least 1 hour prior to the start of your son or daughter's race.

**Reminder that you must have a 2019 singlet to compete in these races. You can purchase both a singlet and a 2019 youth jacket here. Both items should be available at practice next week.

PDXC Preview (Saturday, October 26th)

Registration Due: Thursday, October 24th @ 8:00 am

Details:
MEET WEBSITE
Where: Pier Park, Portland, OR
When:
12:00pm Boys 3,000m Race
12:30pm Girls 3,000m Race
1:00pm Primary School 1 mile Race

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NW Showdown BTC Athlete Entries

BTC Parents,

Please check that you have registered your athlete on our list here. If you do not see their name, please let me know and I will do my best to get them accepted.

Reminder that the race is at Avery Park in Corvallis, Oregon. Please see the attached map here. For schedule and parking information see below. For all other information, please visit the meet website here.

Schedule:
Girls Open/Sweepstakes— 3:30pm
Boys Open/Sweepstakes— 4:00pm
Girls Champs— 4:30pm
Boys Champs— 5:00pm

PARKING UPDATE

Due to construction in Avery Park, the already tight parking situation will be worse this year.  Please review the attached map for available parking areas and the bus drop off and distribute this information to bus drivers and parents.  Our continued use of Avery Park depends on everyone following this parking plan. 

  • Buses will drop off athletes and then park at Crystal Lake Sports Park, at 100 SE Fischer Lane (to the east across Hwy. 99.) See map for details.

  • We encourage spectators to park their cars at either Pioneer Park or park at Crystal Lake Sports Park and take the free bus shuttle to and from the meet. Below is the shuttle schedule:

 

Shuttle buses departing Crystal Lake parking lot and dropping off at Thompson Shelter at Avery Park.  Departure times:  

  • 2:30

  • 2:45

  • 3:00

 

Buses departing Thompson Shelter and dropping off at Crystal Lake parking lot.  Departure times:

  • 5:00

  • 5:30

  • 6:00



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Update 2019 NW Showdown + Stumptown XC Race

Parents, this is a reminder that sign-ups for NW Stumptown XC are due Tuesday, October 8th by 8:00am.

There was an error in sign ups regarding park locations. The locations are as follows:
NW Middle School XC Showdown at Avery Park (Corvallis, Oregon)
Stumptown XC at Mary S. Young Park (Portland, Oregon)


The links below to the locations do match the location. Practice will still be held as usual on Thursday for those who do not race.
**We ask that each athlete choose one race to compete in, not both races.

If you would like to race either competitions, please fill out the appropriate sign-ups below.

For Mary. S Young Park, you will be signing up your athlete yourself. Please add BTC or Bowerman Track Club somewhere in the registration form. A BTC Coach will pick up the packet upon arriving on Saturday. For this race and all races this year, we recommend you arrive at least 1 hour prior to the start of your son or daughter's race.

**Reminder that you must have a 2019 singlet to compete in these races. You can purchase both a singlet and a 2019 youth jacket here. Both items should be available at practice next week. It is possible that the jackets will not be ready until Friday, Oct. 11. We will keep you updated.

NW Middle School XC Showdown (Thursday, October 10th)

Registration Due: Tuesday, October 8 @ 8:00 am

Details:
MEET WEBSITE
Where: Avery Park, Corvallis, OR
When:
Girls Open/Sweepstakes— 3:30pm
Boys Open/Sweepstakes— 4:00pm
Girls Championship— 4:30pm
Boys Championship— 5:00pm

Stumptown XC (Saturday, October 12th)

Registration Due: Thursday, October 11 @ 8:00 pm

Where: Mary S. Young Park, Portland, OR
When:
Girls — 8:00am
Boys — 8:30 am
*Reminder to add BTC or Bowerman Track Club somewhere in sign-up (it might not prompt you to add a team so please include it in the name field)

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IMPORTANT! 2019 NW Showdown + Stumptown XC Race Sign-Ups

Important Sign-Ups Below! DUE TUESDAY, October 8th (NW Showdown) AND SATURDAY (Stumptown XC)!

We have a busy week ahead of us with two potential race opportunities. The first will be on Thursday, October 10th at the NW Middle School XC Showdown at Avery Park. Practice will still be held as usual on Thursday for those who do not race. The second race option will be Saturday, October 12th at the Stumptown XC Youth race at Mary S. Young Park.

**We ask that each athlete choose one race to compete in, not both.

If you would like to race either competitions, please fill out the appropriate sign-ups below.  For this race and all races this year, we recommend you arrive at least 1 hour prior to the start of your son or daughter's race.

**Reminder that you must have a 2019 singlet to compete in these races. You can purchase both a singlet and a 2019 youth jacket here. Both items should be available at practice next week. It is possible that the jackets will not be ready until Friday, Oct. 11. We will keep you updated.

NW Middle School XC Showdown (Thursday, October 10th)

Registration Due: Tuesday, October 8 @ 8:00 am

Details:
MEET WEBSITE
Where: Avery Park, Portland, OR
When:
Girls Open/Sweepstakes— 3:30pm
Boys Open/Sweepstakes— 4:00pm
Girls Championship— 4:30pm
Boys Championship— 5:00pm

Stumptown XC (Saturday, October 12th)

Registration Due: Thursday, October 11 @ 8:00 pm

Where: Mary S. Young Park, Corvallis, OR
When:
Girls — 8:00am
Boys — 8:30 am

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Bowerman TC Nike Company Store Shopping

BTC Youth,

The Nike Company Store has been generous enough to welcome back all BTC Youth athletes and their families to shop at the Company Store starting now and running all the way until Sunday, October 13th.

Unfortunately they will not have youth XC spikes available, but they will have other youth running products to explore to prepare for the rest of the 2019 season.

All the information you will need is in the flyer below. Please show the flier at check in to confirm your participation in our BTC Community.

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Nike Portland XC Results and Additional Information

First, we want to say congratulations to all the BTC Youth Athletes who were able to come out and race yesterday at the Nike Portland XC meet. All the hard work at practice is starting to show! For race results, please visit here.

Looking ahead, we will have three great practices and then get ready to race on both Thursday, October 10th or Saturday, October 11th. Both are local races that is easy to get to so we recommend all youth to participate in one meet if possible.  Please only plan on racing one not both races.

Sunday Runs

Meet at the Leif Erikson trail head at the end of NW Thurman Street in Portland at 1pm on Sundays. This is a social event and intended for families to run together. A great opportunity to meet other BTC families. The younger athletes will start out with a 2.5 mile run and the older athletes will start at around 5 miles or whatever is comfortable. We will slowly add to the distance from week to week. Running will be fun, easy paced, and conversational. Rain or shine.

This is a parent/volunteer-led event. Parents who are not running should check-in with the leaders before the run starts (i.e. please don't simply drop off your child without knowing who they are running with).

For more information or questions regarding Sunday Runs please email mikelauruhn@gmail.com or Chris.cook@nike.com

Uniforms

We know that there are still some athletes looking to purchase a jersey for this year. Reminder that if you intend to race this year you must have the 2019 uniform. You can purchase the uniform below in the youth store. Once the purchase is made, the uniform will be brought to practice where you will be able to show your purchase confirmation. If you have received a jacket at practice or a race but have not paid for it, please submit payment here online.

If the cost of a uniform or any other financial burden associated with racing deters the attendance at competitions or practices, please reach out to youth@bowermantc.com about at-need scholarships and other ways we can help anyone who wants to be part of the program be involved.

Youth Jackets

Youth Jackets are at the screen printers and will be available in the next week or two at practice. You can follow the link below to the youth store to purchase the jacket along with other youth items (such as last year’s rain jacket).

Click Here for Youth Store

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