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CROSS COUNTRY  REGION 14  MEET INFO

 USATF REGION 14

MEET INFORMATION

Saturday, NOVEMBER 14, 2009

CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

WOODWARD PARK

Fresno, California

ENTRY INFORMATION:

 MEET DIRECTOR:  Susan Johnson   559-264-7636

ssnjohnson@comcast.net

You can find your entree forms on the following links:
(Just click and print)
Team entree form  
Individual entree form

AGE DIVISIONS, DISTANCES AND SCHEDULE

 

BANTAM (10 AND UNDER) 1999 AND LATER  3000 METERS                                              

MIDGET (11 AND 12)         1997 – 1998            3000 METERS                

YOUTH (13 AND 14)           1995 – 1996            4000 METERS                

INTERMEDIATE (15 AND 16)  1993 – 1994     5000 METERS      

YOUNG MEN/WOMEN (17 AND 18)  1991 – 1992  5000 METERS

 

Race Times:           Bantam Girls                                        9:00 am

                              Bantam Boys                                        9:30 am

                              Midget Girls                                        10:00 am

                              Midget Boys                               10:30 am

                              Youth Girls                                11:00 am

                              Youth Boys                                 11:30 am

                              Int. Girls/Young Women            12:00  pm

                              Int. Boys/Young Men                 12:45 pm

 

ENTRY FEE:          $15.00         per athlete            No Team Entry Fee.

 

AWARDS:   Medals to top twenty runners in each race.  Plaques to the top team in each division.  Awards will be given at the conclusion of each race.

 

PROOF OF AGE:   IS REQUIRED AND MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH ENTRIES.

 

USATF CARDS:    Are required.

 

ENTRY DEADLINE:          All teams must be pre-registered by November 10, 2009  All teams must have team declaration forms completed at the time of registration.

Send to:  Susan Johnson, 1407 N. Farris, Fresno, CA  93728. Cashiers Check or Money Order only endorsed to Fresno Flames Track Club must accompany entries, along with proof of birth and USATF Membership. Individuals will be allowed to enter on race day. Entries will only be accepted up to 1 hour prior to start of race. (With proof of birth and USATF Card).  NO LATE TEAM ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED

 

Those athletes and teams that qualify for the USATF Junior Olympic Meet to be held on December 13, 2009 in Reno Nevada need to enter the day of the Region Meet with the Region Meet Director.   The progressive entry form will be utilized. The region entry form is the same form used for the National Meet.

 

TEAM INFORMATION AND SCORING:

          All clubs will be USATF certified

All team members must be from the Central California Association and from the same club.         No more than 8 or less than 5 athletes may run for a team

 

ADVANCEMENT CRITERIA:

          The number of qualifiers from the Region Meet is fixed and no alternates may

          advance. Individuals finishing in the top twenty (20) places and who are also

members of the qualifying teams  are not displaced so that additional finishers

beyond twenty may not advance.  Any team may advance if it has five (5) or more individuals placing in the top twenty (20) in the Region meet.  No team finishing beyond third place may advance based solely upon either or both of the first, second or third place teams choosing not to advance.  All teams and individuals must be registered for the Junior Olympic Meet prior to leaving Woodward Park immediately following the Region Meet. All entries must be paid in CASH.  The Junior Olympic Entry Fee is $20.00.

 

DIRECTIONS TO Woodward Park:

          Coming south on Highway 99 take the Grantland Exit.  At the bottom of the exit

turn left. This becomes Herndon Avenue.  Follow Herndon Ave. to Blackstone Ave.

(approximately 5 miles).  Turn left onto Blackstone Ave.  Stay on Blackstone Ave. to

Audobon Drive.  Turn left on Audobon and the park will be on your right.  The

start/finish line is at the Mountain View Shelter.  The second shelter on the left

once inside the park.

 

Park Entrance Fee:   $5.00 per car

 

COURSE:

The course consists of rolling hills on asphalt and dirt paths.  Spikes may be worn but are not recommended.  The weather is usually 50’s and 60’s.

 

COURSE WALK THROUGH:

          A course walk through will be conducted on Saturday at 8:30 am

 

PACKET PICK UP:

          Race Numbers will be available at Woodward Park the morning of the race.

 

The 2009 Junior Olympic Cross Country meet will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2009 at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, Reno, Nevada