At our annual meeting in June we discussed and agreed upon four items:
1) We were informed that the Region 14/Junior Olympics Qualifying Meet will, once again, take place the day after the California High School (CIF) State Championships. The meet will be on Sunday, November 25th, at Woodward Park in Fresno.
2) We did the bidding for our cross country schedule. The complete schedule is listed below.
3) Our point scoring system for meets leading up to the Pacific Association/Junior Olympics Qualifying Meet will again be in effect this season. We will add the sub-bantams to that system.
4) The profit from our PA/JOs will be used to rent a big tent, with heaters, for all of our PA athletes, parents and coaches at the National JOs in Lawrence, Kansas.
We will be hosting nine (9) meets, between September 22nd and November 18th, before the Region 14 Junior Olympic. We will have a scoring system at seven (7) of those meets for boys and girls in the Bantam, Midget and Youth age groups. At each meet, if you come in 1st in your age group you will receive 10 point, 2nd =9, 3rd =8, etc. For Sub-Bantams the scoring will be for the first 5 runners in each meet. At our November 11th PA/JO Championships the athletes who have scored the most points in the eight age group will be presented with a trophy and a whole lot of recognition. The athletes who have scored the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th most points will receive a letter of accomplishment and recognition.
We would like to have as many of our athletes and clubs take part in all of our meets. It supports the clubs that host the meets and it makes our athletes better in competition. The more the athletes, the better the competition. And the better the competition, the better the athletes will be.
Not all athletes in your club are good sprinters or good throwers or good jumpers. Some of them could be good distance runners. If your club is not involved in cross country give it a try! The coaching is a lot easier than track and field as there is only one event! Or, if your club is not involved in cross country, your athletes may legally take part in cross country with another club.
If you have any questions about Youth Cross Country please contact
Bob Shor
Pacific Association Youth Cross Country Chairman
1730 St. Francis Road
Santa Rosa, CA 95409
(707) 539-6787
[email protected]
This year’s schedule is on the next sheet. Next year (2008) the National JO Cross Country Championships will be in Richmond, Virginia.
