2022 JO Regional Results and Important Nationals Information
IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW! PLEASE READ ALL!
Practice this week
We will have practice as usual on Tuesday but there will be no practice on Thursday during the Thanksgiving holiday. We will send out a suggested workout or Turkey Trot at a later date.
Nationals Declaration
Great job to all who competed today! We had a ton of personal bests and saw some really great individual and team races happen. We are really proud of the way all of our athletes raced together as a team, qualifying six teams to Nationals. Everyone has a lot to be proud of.
In preparing for sending our team to Nationals, we need everyone that ran this weekend to declare if they plan to attend Nationals or not. For the declaration process, please follow the steps below even if you don't plan to run Nationals. This is very important and needs to be taken care of ASAP.
Full Regional Meet Results - CLICK HERE
Nationals Qualifiers
Overview of qualifiers by age group:
8&U Girls - 1 Team Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
8&U Boys - 1 Team Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
9-10 Girls - 1 Teams Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
11-12 Girls - 1 Team Qualified (Top 8 BTC Athletes)
11-12 Boys - 2 Team Qualified (Top 16 BTC Athletes)
13-14 Girls- 2 Individuals Qualified
13-14 Boys- 1 Individual Qualified
The spots to fill nationals teams will be offered in descending order based on regionals finish. If anyone who has qualified as part of a team for nationals turns down their spot, the spot will be offered to the next person on our list. To declare yourself for nationals please follow the steps below.
Nationals Declarations
NOTE ABOUT QUALIFICATION:
Note, only those who ran the state meet this weekend are eligible to run at Nationals. In order to qualify for Nationals you need to be in the top 30 individually or one of the top 5 teams. Each team that we qualified can have up to 8 people on it. I does not matter which BTC team you were registered under for the regional meet. If we qualified a team and you were in the top 8 BTC finishers, you have first rights to the team spot.
Step 1: Check Qualifiers List - BOYS LIST / GIRLS LIST
On the Qualifiers List, all names highlighted in GREEN are currently qualified for Nationals as part of a team. All names not highlighted are not currently qualified, but will be offered a spot on the team in the order they appear if anyone qualified declines their spot at nationals. Names listed with NO under Declaration are either ineligible or have turned down their spot.
STEP 2: Declare Yes or No for Nationals - CLICK HERE
Enter your name and yes or no declaring your plans to attend Nationals. As everyone declares, we will update the qualifiers list (may have a couple hours delay in updating once you declare). If you are someone on the waitlist, you can get an idea of your chances of getting bumped up as people in front of you declare. If you have multiple children, fill out the declaration for each of them.
STEP 3: Nationals Payment-
Entry for Nationals is $21. Payment for Nationals will be sent out after initial declarations.
USATF National Meet (Saturday, December 10th)
Where: Dale Watts Course
Schedule: Races every 30 minutes starting with Girls 8&U @ 9:00 AM
Full Meet Info: See here
Travel: Each family is in charge of their own travel to and from Nationals. Most of the coaches and team will travel down on Thursday and return Sunday, but feel free to make alternative plans as long as you will be there for the race on Saturday!
Flights: Flights to Austin are the best bet. Austin is 60 minutes outside of College Station. That is the most recommend method of travel.Nationals travel can be a good opportunity to use airline companion tickets if you have any of those as well.
**Flight Discounts** - Once you have a USATF number, you can get 10% off Delta flights and a few car rentals. Discount Page
If costs are an issue, please email youth@bowermantc.com to inquire about Youth Nationals Scholarships. We do not want cost to be an issue for an athlete wanting to attend Nationals.
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
2022 BTC Year End Banquet
Our annual BTC banquet is scheduled for Monday, December 12th @ 6:00 pm. The banquet will be held in the Tiger Woods Building on the Nike Campus. Dinner and drinks will be provided and there will be a cash bar. All our youth athletes and families are welcome to attend. We will recognize the 2022 highlights of the youth program as well as the other parts of our club, including the Masters, Elites and Pros.
Photos
If any parents have photos to share from today or any other meet this season, please send them to youth@bowermantc.com as we work on collecting photos and videos for the year end banquet!
FINAL Regionals Registration + Nationals Info
BTC Parents,
Regionals
Below is the final draft for USATF XC Northwest Regionals for this Saturday, November 19th. If you see anything amiss please email youth@bowermantc.com immediately.
Payment information for Regionals can be found here
Nationals
After Regionals, we will send information regarding sign up and travel for youth nationals that will be held in College Station, TX on Saturday, December 10th.
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
Regionals Registration Draft + Nationals Info
BTC Parents,
Regionals
Below is the entry draft for USATF XC Northwest Regionals for this Saturday, November 19th. You have 24 hours to reply to this email with request for late additions to Regionals!
Payment information for Regionals can be found here
Nationals
Once entries for Regionals are finalized, we will send information regarding sign up and travel for youth nationals that will be held in College Station, TX on Saturday, December 10th.
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
Updated Links Regional Declarations
BTC Parents,
See below updated links. Please refill out the Regionals Declarations! Sorry for the confusion.
Regionals Info - Official Website
The regional meet will be held in Tacoma, Washington at Chambers Creek Regional Park. It’s the same course as last year for those who ran it. Drive time is about 2 hours from Portland depending on the part of the city you live in. It is important to us to have as many kids race regionals that have qualified, especially if we only have one team qualified to race. We are considering paying for a bus to go to Regionals if this would help ease the travel burden on families. Please see in the Regional declaration list a location to select this of interest.
Keep this in mind when deciding on travel plans - if you are interested in driving up the day of the race, it it more feasible to do so for some of the older kids that race later in the day.
Where: Chambers Creek Regional Park, Tacoma, WA
When: Saturday, November 19th, 2022.
Schedule:
GIRLS
9:30 AM: 2,000 Meters 8U
10:30 AM: 3,000 Meters 9-10
11:30 AM: 3,000 Meters 11-12
12:30 PM: 4,000 Meters 13-14
BOYS
10:00 AM: 2,000 Meters 8U
11:00 AM: 3 ,000 Meters 9-10
12:00 PM: 3,000 Meters 11-12
1:00 PM: 4,000 Meters 13-14
Regionals Declaration
In preparing for sending our teams to regionals, we need everyone that ran this weekend to declare if they plan to attend regionals or not. For the declaration process, please follow the steps below even if you don't plan to run regionals. We have a little bit of time as Regionals is two weeks away but we want to have our entries finalized as soon as possible, so please declare ASAP!
NOTE ABOUT QUALIFICATION:
Note, only those who ran the state meet this weekend are eligible to run at regionals. In order to qualify for regionals you need to be in the top 35 individually or one of the top 5 teams. Each team that we qualified can have up to 8 people on it. In some age groups we qualified 1-3 teams which means our top 8, 16 or 24 BTC finishers are qualified as part of those teams. I does not matter which BTC team you were registered under for the state meet. If we qualified a team and you were in the top 8 BTC finishers, you have first rights to the team spot.
Step 1: Check Qualifiers List - BOYS LIST / GIRLS LIST
On the Qualifiers List, all names highlighted in GREEN are currently qualified for regionals individually or part of a team. All names not highlighted are not currently qualified, but will be offered a spot on the team in the order they appear if anyone qualified declines their spot at regionals.
STEP 2: Declare Yes or No for Regionals - CLICK HERE
Enter your name and yes or no declaring your plans to attend regionals. As everyone declares, we will update the qualifiers list (may have a couple hours delay in updating once you declare). If you are someone on the waitlist, you can get an idea of your chances of getting bumped up as people in front of you declare. If you have multiple children, fill out the declaration for each of them.
STEP 3: Payment for Regionals -
Payment for Regionals will be set up at a later date for those planning to race. You must pay the entry fee before your athlete is registered. There is an $16 entry fee for the Regional meet.
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
USATF Oregon State Meet Recap + Regional Declarations + Practice Time Change
BTC Parents,
Great job to all who competed today! It was so great to see all the BTC athletes and families out in the elements today at State. We had a great day as a team, winning 6 of 8 the races. We also had two individual champions in Nolan Tegenkamp (9-10 boys) and Tristan Bernards (11-12 boys). and many 2nd and 3rd place finishes across all races. We have a lot to be proud of as a club today! We’ll be sending 12 teams to Regionals as well as a few individuals!
Full State Meet Results - CLICK HERE
Below is information and declarations for USATF Regionals. Declarations for Regionals are due Saturday, Nov 12th (11/12) by 10:00pm.
We have an extra week this year to get organized for Regionals but we want to secure our teams as quickly as possible. Please see all of the information below regarding Regionals and don’t hesitate to reach out with questions. It’s very important to us that we have as many athletes who qualified today race at Regionals!
Photos
If any parents have photos to share from today or any other meet this season, please send them to youth@bowermantc.com as we work on collecting photos and videos for the year end banquet! A reminder, that banquet will be held on Monday Dec 12th at 6:00pm at the Nike Tiger Woods Center. Lastly, Jake Willard from Tracktown came out to Stumptown last weekend and was able to capture from photos of our athletes. Please see those photos here.
Practice Time Change!!
A reminder that with Day Light Savings, practice times are changing at each location. Beaverton practice time will move to 5:00-6:15pm for the remainder of the season. Other locations coaches have communicated their time changes to each group.
Regionals Info - Official Website
The regional meet will be held in Tacoma, Washington at Chambers Creek Regional Park. It’s the same course as last year for those who ran it. Drive time is about 2 hours from Portland depending on the part of the city you live in. It is important to us to have as many kids race regionals that have qualified, especially if we only have one team qualified to race. We are considering paying for a bus to go to Regionals if this would help ease the travel burden on families. Please see in the Regional declaration list a location to select this of interest.
Keep this in mind when deciding on travel plans - if you are interested in driving up the day of the race, it it more feasible to do so for some of the older kids that race later in the day.
Where: Chambers Creek Regional Park, Tacoma, WA
When: Saturday, November 19th, 2022.
Schedule:
GIRLS
9:30 AM: 2,000 Meters 8U
10:30 AM: 3,000 Meters 9-10
11:30 AM: 3,000 Meters 11-12
12:30 PM: 4,000 Meters 13-14
BOYS
10:00 AM: 2,000 Meters 8U
11:00 AM: 3 ,000 Meters 9-10
12:00 PM: 3,000 Meters 11-12
1:00 PM: 4,000 Meters 13-14
Regionals Declaration
In preparing for sending our teams to regionals, we need everyone that ran this weekend to declare if they plan to attend regionals or not. For the declaration process, please follow the steps below even if you don't plan to run regionals. We have a little bit of time as Regionals is two weeks away but we want to have our entries finalized as soon as possible, so please declare ASAP!
NOTE ABOUT QUALIFICATION:
Note, only those who ran the state meet this weekend are eligible to run at regionals. In order to qualify for regionals you need to be in the top 35 individually or one of the top 5 teams. Each team that we qualified can have up to 8 people on it. In some age groups we qualified 1-3 teams which means our top 8, 16 or 24 BTC finishers are qualified as part of those teams. I does not matter which BTC team you were registered under for the state meet. If we qualified a team and you were in the top 8 BTC finishers, you have first rights to the team spot.
Step 1: Check Qualifiers List - BOYS LIST / GIRLS LIST
On the Qualifiers List, all names highlighted in GREEN are currently qualified for regionals individually or part of a team. All names not highlighted are not currently qualified, but will be offered a spot on the team in the order they appear if anyone qualified declines their spot at regionals.
STEP 2: Declare Yes or No for Regionals - CLICK HERE
Enter your name and yes or no declaring your plans to attend regionals. As everyone declares, we will update the qualifiers list (may have a couple hours delay in updating once you declare). If you are someone on the waitlist, you can get an idea of your chances of getting bumped up as people in front of you declare. If you have multiple children, fill out the declaration for each of them.
STEP 3: Payment for Regionals -
Payment for Regionals will be set up at a later date for those planning to race. You must pay the entry fee before your athlete is registered. There is an $16 entry fee for the Regional meet.
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
Final USATF Oregon State Meet Entries
Hello, Parents,
Please see attached the finalized entries for the USATF Oregon State Meet and additional information below. You’ll notice in some age groups we have 2-3 teams indicated by A-B-C. These were predominantly decisions made to try and qualify as many teams as possible to Regionals. The top 35 individuals and 5 teams at State move on to Regionals. However, opportunity to race at Regionals will be determined by the finish at State. The top 8 finishers in each age group will get first selection to Regionals. For example, an athlete listed as “Team C” that finishes as the 5th overall BTC athlete at State will be given the choice to run at Regionals. If anyone has any questions on this, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Meet Specifics
MEET DATE: November 5th, 2022
LOCATION: Bush Park, Salem, Oregon.
PACKET PICKUP: BTC will be doing a team packet pick up, so please see coaches at the BTC tent for bibs.
RACE SCHEDULE:
9:00am 8&U Girls 2,000m
9:30am 8&U Boys 2,000m
10:00am 9-10 Girls 3,000m
10:30am 9-10 Boys 3,000m
11:00am 11-12 Girls 3,000m
11:30am 11-12 Boys 3,000m
12:00pm 13-14 Girls 4,000m
12:30pm 13-14 Boys 4,000m
Additional information can be found here.
Course Map
Attached here are tentative course maps. The courses will be very similar to what is posted (only minor changes). The 4k course will be 2 loops of the two kilometer course and the 5k course will be a combination of the 2k and the 3k courses. They will have course monitors at the critical turns/intersections.
Footwear/Gear
The course will take athletes over asphalt and concrete in many places. However, with 100% chance of rain on Friday and 50% probability on Saturday, we recommend that athletes wear spikes. There is a lot of grass along the course but let your athletes know to be cautious when crossing the hard surfaces on the course. Additionally, with the rain, please make sure the athletes come with layers with their names written on the inside. Please make sure whatever items your athletes come to the race with, they take home!
Important! USATF Oregon State Meet Draft Entries
Hello, Parents!
First, thanks to all of you for being so on-top of the sign up process for the state meet. We are so excited. Below is the draft of the athlete entries list - please reach out for any questions or missing entries, you have ~24 hours to reach out! (tomorrow @ 2pm).
We cannot assist with any entries after the entry deadline! USATF has a very hard line about this.
If you have outstanding issues with USATF such as birth date verification or pending memberships, please immediately email Lynn Brown at membership@oregon.usatf.org and cc youth@bowermantc.com for visibility in assisting this process. If you filled out our registration form but do not see your athlete’s name, this is likely what the hold up is. As long as you email Lynn prior to the deadline, we should be able to make sure they are entered.
Finalized entries will be sent out on Thursday.
Please do not note the B or C teams. This has not been sorted or finalized.
Thank you!
Stumptown XC Results & Reminder USATF Oregon Sign-Up Due
BTC Parents,
Congratulations to all who raced yesterday at the Stumptown Youth XC Championships. Results can be found here.
A quick reminder that sign-up for the The USATF Oregon State meet is due WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2nd @ 9:00AM. Please try and complete all the steps today to allow time for processing.
Starting NOW, we CANNOT register any athlete into a race that has not yet joined USATF, registered as part of Bowerman Track Club and provided proof of age. This is because we are now in USATF championship season. Please do this ASAP!
3 STEP SIGN-UP PROCESS
ALL STEPS DUE NOVEMBER 2nd @ 9:00AM.
STEP 1. Purchase a current USATF membership
Good news! With the purchase of a USATF membership on Nov 1st, it is valid through December 31st 2022 (a.k.a. two youth seasons). If you aren’t sure if you have a valid USATF membership use this link to check. https://www.usatf.org/membership/help/number.asp
Here is the link for the sign up:
Our Club Number is 0820
STEP 2. Proof of Date of Birth (birth certificate, passport).
The age verification takes a day or two. (You only need to do this if you haven’t done so in a prior year).
Step 3. Sign up and pay for USATF State!
If you have any issues please email Lynn Brown at membership@oregon.usatf.org and cc the youth@bowermantc.com email so we have visibility. Do not solely email us as we are not in control of this process!
Please be advised of the qualifying process to Regionals and Nationals in the 2022 Junior Olympic Season Information youth announcement. Keep an eye out for Regionals sign up after the State meet.
State: Saturday, November 5th @ Bush Park in Salem, Oregon
Regionals: Saturday, November 19th @ Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place, Washington.
Nationals: Saturday, December 10th @ Dale Watts XC Course in College Station, Texas
USATF OREGON SIGN UP - ALL STEPS DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd
^you, probably.
BTC Parents,
The USATF Oregon State meet is on for Saturday, November 5th, 2022 at Bush Park.
Sign up details below. We thank you in advance for being on top of this process, we know it isn’t all easy!
ALL STEPS DUE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2nd @ 9:00AM. After this, entries will be closed.
To be clear, we won’t be able to sign your athlete up before you ensure your athlete has a USATF membership.
Starting NOW, we CANNOT register any athlete into a race that has not yet joined USATF and provided proof of age. This is because we are now in USATF championship season. Please do this ASAP!
3 STEP SIGN-UP PROCESS
ALL STEPS DUE NOVEMBER 2nd @ 9:00AM.
STEP 1. Purchase a current USATF membership
Good news! With the purchase of a USATF membership on Nov 1st, it is valid through December 31st 2022 (a.k.a. two youth seasons). If you aren’t sure if you have a valid USATF membership use this link to check. https://www.usatf.org/membership/help/number.asp
Here is the link for the sign up:
Our Club Number is 0820
STEP 2. Proof of Date of Birth (birth certificate, passport).
The age verification takes a day or two. (You only need to do this if you haven’t done so in a prior year).
Step 3. Sign up and pay for USATF State!
If you have any issues please email Lynn Brown at membership@oregon.usatf.org and cc the youth@bowermantc.com email so we have visibility. Do not solely email us as we are not in control of this process!
REMINDER: ALL STEPS DUE NOVEMBER 2nd @ 9:00AM.
Please be advised of the qualifying process to Regionals and Nationals in the last youth announcement. Keep an eye out for Regionals sign up after the State meet.
State: Saturday, November 5th @ Bush Park in Salem, Oregon
Regionals: Saturday, November 19th @ Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place, Washington.
Nationals: Saturday, December 10th @ Dale Watts XC Course in College Station, Texas
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