PACIFIC ASSOCIATION
USATF JUNIOR OLYMPIC CROSS
COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California
The
meet will be hosted by some of the clubs that host other meets this
season.
Bob Shor
will be the meet director. If you have
any questions please contact him. [email protected] or
(707) 539-6787
Entry Fee: $6.00 per Athlete – Cash or Check (payable to
‘SRX’)
Registration on Day of Meet only – 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM only
You must use the ‘2006 USATF
Junior Olympic Cross Country Program Individual Entry & Advancement
Form’. This form can be found at the
bottom of this information packet. Near
the top of the form, on the line ‘USATF Club Number’ please write ‘38’ and
indicate your club number (if you are not a club member please write
‘unattached’). On the line below it,
‘USATF Association’, please write ‘Pacific’ and to the right, on the same line
‘USATF Region #’, please write ‘14’. Please
fill in the upper portion of the form at the right, the ‘Age Division’
box. Please check only one box in
Section 1. Do not write anything in
Section 2 or Section 3. Parents and
athletes, please sign the lines near the bottom. Turn this form in, with a copy of your
birth certificate stapled to it, and $6 before 9:00 AM.
The Course Walk will be at 9:00 AM – The First Race will be
at 10:00 AM
Races will go from the youngest
age group to the oldest age group; girls, then boys. Shortly after the last runner in a race
crosses the finish line the next race will start. When we get to the Intermediate and Young age
groups, if there are fewer than twenty-six (26) runner and fewer than four (4)
teams, some or all of these older age group races will be combined. Scoring will be by each age group.
COURSE
DISCRIPTION
There
are some gentle hills on mostly dirt trails.
There could be some muddy areas, depending on the rain. No spikes.
USATF
MEMBERSHIP
Each runner must be a current member of USATF. If you do not have a current USATF card you
may purchase a membership card on the Pacific Association website
(www.pausatf.org). Click ‘Member’; click
‘Join Now’; click ‘New/Renewal Individual Online Registration’ and complete the
form. The cost is $20 and you will need
a Visa credit card. You may become a
member at this meet where the cost will also be $20, cash only.
AGE
GROUPS/RACE DISTANCES
Please
be aware that age groups are determined only by the year in which the athlete
was born. The age of the athlete or the
school grade in which the athlete is enrolled has no bearing. Athletes must compete in their own age group.
Bantam
Girls/Bantam Boys (Born 1996 or later) 3000 meters
Midget
Girls/Midget Boys (Born 1994 or 1995)
3000 meters
Youth
Girls/Youth Boys (Born 1992 or 1993) 4000 meters
Intermediate
Girls/Intermediate Boys (Born 1990 or 1991) 5000 meters
Young
Women/Young Men (Born 1988 or 1989) 5000 meters
TEAMS
It takes a minimum of five runners with a maximum of eight
runners to enter a team. All members of
the team must be of the same sex in the same age group and all must be
registered members of the same registered club.
There is a ‘2006 USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Program Team
Entry/Advancement and Declaration Roster’ that must be filled out and turned in
before the race starts. I suggest that
you list every member of your club in that age group on that form. On the ‘Association’ line, check off the
runners who will compete in this meet.
If you add or change runners for the next meet those names must be on
the form that you turn in at this meet.
This form can be found near the bottom of this information packet.
IN ORDER FOR A TEAM TO COMPETE AT THE REGION 14/JUNIOR
OLYMPICS ON NOVEMBER 26TH THE TEAM MUST COMPETE AND QUALIFY AT THE
PACIFIC ASSOCIATION/JUNIOR OLYMPICS ON NOVEMBER 12TH.
ADVANCEMENT
The first twenty-five (25) finishers and first three (3)
teams in each age group will qualify to run in the Region 14/Junior
Olympics. Runners on a qualifying team
who finish in the first twenty-five (25) do not change the top twenty (25)
finishers. The Region 14/Junior Olympics
will take place in Fresno on Sunday, November 26, 2006. The information for that meet will appear
shortly on this PA website.
THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY COMPETE IN REGION
14/JUNIOR OLYMPICS WITHOUT RUNNING AT THE PACIFIC ASSOCIATION/JUNIOR OLYMPICS
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1) If you compete in a high school sub-section meet or a
high school section meet after November 12th you will not be required to
run in the PA/JOs on November 12th.
You will be allowed to run in the Region 14/JOs on November 26th
BUT YOUR ENTRY FORM MUST BE TURNED IN EITHER AT THE PA/JOS WITH $7 (CASH ONLY)
OR BY MAIL (WITH MONEY ORDER OR CERTIFIED CHECK PAYABLE TO ‘REGION 14/JOs’) SO
THAT IT ARRIVES AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,
2006. MAIL TO: PA/JO, 1730 ST. FRANCIS
ROAD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95409. Mail will
not be delivered on Nov. 11th
2) If you compete in a high school state championship meet
after November 12th and before November 26th you will not
be required to run in the PA/JOs on November 12th. You will be allowed to run in the Region
14/JOs on November 26th. BUT
YOUR ENTRY FORM MUST BE TURNED IN EITHER AT THE PA/JOS WITH $7 (CASH ONLY) OR
BY MAIL (WITH MONEY ORDER OR CERTIFIED CHECK PAYABLE TO ‘REGION 14/JOs’) SO
THAT IT ARRIVES AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10,
2006. MAIL TO: PA/JO, 1730 ST. FRANCIS
ROAD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95409. Mail will
not be delivered on Nov. 11th.
AWARDS
Junior
Olympic Medals will be awarded to the more than the first 10 runners in each
age group. There will be a plaque
presented to the winning team in each age group.
AFTER
YOU QUALIFY TO RUN IN THE REGION 14 CHAMPIONSHIPS ON NOVEMBER 26th
YOU MUST REGISTER ON NOVEMBER 12th, BEFORE YOU LEAVE GOLDEN GATE
PARK
The entry fee to the Region 14 Championships is $7 per
runner. That money, cash only, must be
turned in before you leave Golden Gate Park on November 12th. You will not have to fill out any more forms,
as the entry sheet that you turned in for the PA/JO will be forwarded for
you. For your own peace of mind make
sure that the information on the form, including the PA/JO results, is correct.
REGION
14/JUNIOR OLYMPIC INFORMATION
Information
for the Region 14/Junior Olympics will shortly appear on our Pacific
Association website.
PARKING
Parking
is allowed at Golden Gate Park but do not park on the grass, as it does not
make the park rangers very happy. Don’t
give them a reason to write out tickets.
HOTELS/MOTELS
There
are many motels and hotels in the San Francisco area.
DIRECTIONS
TO THE MEET
The meet will be at the south side
of the Polo Field, which is at the southwest area of Golden Gate Park in San
Francisco.
From I-80 – After crossing the Oakland-Bay Bridge take the Ninth
Street exit toward Civic Center/Golden Gate Bridge. Turn left on Harrison Street, turn right on
Ninth Street, turn left on Hayes Street, turn left on Gough Street, turn right
on Fell Street. Stay in the two left
lanes, staying on Fell Street. Fell
Street will then become Lincoln Blvd.
Follow Lincoln Blvd. and turn right on 25th Street into the
park. Turn left at the stop sign onto
Martin Luther King Drive. At the next
stop sign turn right onto Middle Drive.
At the next stop sign you will be at the entrance to the Polo
Field. Do not park on the grass.
From I-280 Driving North – Follow the signs to Golden Gate
Bridge. Before you get to the first red
light exit at Brotherhood Way. Take a
left under the freeway, turn right on Lake Merced Blvd. The winding road will then become Sunset
Blvd., which will run into Golden Gate Park.
Turn right on Martin Luther King Drive.
At the next stop sign turn left onto Middle Drive. At the next stop sign you will be at the
entrance to the Polo Field. Do not park
on the grass.
From the Golden Gate Bridge – Keep to the right
at the toll plaza. Follow the sign to 19th
Avenue. When you go under the tunnel you
will be on Park Presidio. Go almost to
the end of Golden Gate Park and turn right on Martin Luther King Drive. At the stop sign turn right onto Middle
Drive. At the next stop sign you will be
at the entrance to the Polo Field. Do
not park on the grass.
On the forms below, we are Region 14. You can find your Club Number on the Clubs link on our website
JO Individual Competition ENTRY FORM
