19th Annual UC Santa Cruz XC Challenge	27th Annual Phil Widener Empire Open	1st Annual GVH Lagoon Valley XC Challenge	34th Annual Golden Gate Park Open	9th Annual Rebels XC Challenge	15th Annual Garin Park XC Challenge	24th Annual John Lawson Tamalpa Challenge	11th Annual Willow Hills XC Open	22nd Annual Matt Yeo Memorial Aggies XC Open	20th Annual Excelsior Challenge	34th Annual PA Cross Country Championship
2019 Date	17-Aug-19	24-Aug-19	31-Aug-19	8-Sep-19 (Sunday)	14-Sep-19	21-Sep-19	29-Sept-19 (Sunday)	12-Oct-19	19-Oct-19	26-Oct-19	17-Nov-19 (Sunday)
Women's Race	9:00am / 4.0 miles	9:00am / 3.4 miles	8:45am / 3 miles	9:00am / 4+ miles	9:00am / 6 km	9:00am / 5 km	9:00am / 4.25 mi	9:00am / 5 km	9:00am / 4.2 miles	11:00am/ 5 km	10:00am/ 4.04 mi (2 loops)
Open Men's Race	10:30am / 4.0 miles	10:30am / 3.4 miles	9:30am / 3 miles	10:30am / 4+ miles	10:30am / 6 km	9:45am / 5 km	11:00am / 4.25 mi	10:30am / 5 km	10:30am / 4.2 miles	9:00am/ 5 km	11:00am/ 6.06 mi  (3 loops)
Master Men's Race	9:45am / 4.0 miles	9:45am / 3.4 miles	8:00am / 3 miles   NOTE EARLY-BIRD START TIME.	9:45am / 4+ miles	9:45am / 6 km	10:30am / 5 km	10:00am / 4.25 mi	9:45am / 5 km	9:45am / 4.2 miles	10:00am/ 5 km	9:00am/ 5 mi. (2.5 loops) See Misc Info below
Location	Upper campus trails, UC Santa Cruz--Crown College, Santa Cruz	Spring Lake Regional Park, Newanga Ave. entrance, Santa Rosa	Lagoon Valley Park, Vacaville	Lindley Meadow, 30th Ave and JFK Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.	Ancil Hoffman Regional Park, 6700 Tarshes Dr, Carmichael, CA	1320 Garin Ave. Garin Regional Park, Hayward, CA	Miwok Meadows, China Camp State Park, San Rafael	Willow Hill Reservoir Community Park, Folsom CA 95630	Shoreline Park, Martinez	San Bruno Mountain Park, 1100 Crocker Ave. Daly City, CA 94014	Lindley Meadow, 30th Ave and JFK Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Directions	Take Hwy 17 fron San Jose to Santa Cruz. Take Hwy 1 North towards Half Moon Bay, turn right on Bay St. Proceed up to UCSC Main Entrance at the corner of High and Bay St., go straight into campus. Turn left on Hagar Dr, go past the Fieldhouse, turn left on McLaughlin Dr. and then turn right on Chinquapin Rd. Turn right just before the Firehouse into the Crown College parking lot. Registration is in the small parking area above the Firehouse.	From Hwy 101: Take Hwy 12, east toward Sonoma 1 mile until the highway ends at Farmers Lane stoplight.  Cross intersection onto Hoen, 1.5 miles to Newanga stopsign.  Left on Newanga 1/4 mile to Spring Lake Park entrance. $7 parking fee.  Right after entrance to Oak Knolls area parking.  Race start/finish 1/4 mile from parking on west side of lake near Jackrabbit boat ramp.	Between Fairfield and Vacaville.  From Bay Area take I-80 east to Pena Adobe exit. From Sacramento, take I-80 west to Exit 51-B and follow signs to Lagoon Valley Park.  There is a $5 parking fee.	Take Fulton Avenue, which runs along the north edge of the park, to 30th Ave. (stoplight). Turn south into the park.  Road deadends at JFK at Lindley Meadow..(East end of JFK Drive is closed on Sunday, so use Fulton.)	From Hwy 50 take Watt Ave off-ramp. Head north to Fair Oaks Blvd, turn right. Follow Fair Oaks Blvd to Van Alstine and turn right. Turn left onto California Ave.  Follow the signs.  $5 parking fee in the park.	From South Bay: I-880 N toward Oakland. Merge onto Industrial Pkwy SW via exit 24. Keep R at fork to continue onto Industrial Pkwy. Turn R onto Mission Blvd. Turn L onto Garin Ave. Garin Park is 1320 Garin Ave.  From San Francisco: I-280 S.  Merge onto I-380 E.  Merge onto US-101 S.  Merge onto CA-92 E toward Hayward.  Merge onto I-880 S. Turn L onto Industrial Pkwy.  Turn on R onto Mission Blvd. Turn L onto on Garin Ave. to Garin Park at 1320 Garin Ave.	Hwy 101 to San Rafael, take the North San Pedro Road exit and go east (toward the bay) for 5 miles to the park.	Take Hwy 50 east (toward Lake Tahoe) to Folsom. Take Prairie City Rd off-ramp, Exit 25. At light go left, over freeway onto Prairie City Rd. Follow 'XC Races' signs to lower high school parking lot.	From South:  680N Exit Waterfront Rd. toward Marina Vista.  Take Marina Vista West. Right on Ferry St. into Park. From North:  680S, Exit Marina Vista toward Waterfront Rd.  Take left onto Marina Vista.  Right on Ferry St. into Park.	280 North:  Take Junipero Serra Blvd exit in Daly City.   Go straight then right on John Daly Blvd.  Follow John Daly straight up to Hillside Blvd past Mission street.  Go left on Bronswick Street and then right on Crocker Avenue.  Follow Crocker (about a mile) up to the entrance on your right near Southern Hill Blvd. 280 South: Take San Jose Ave/Mission Street exit in San Francisco.  Go straight to follow CA-82 N/San Jose Avenue.  Turn left on Wilson Street; right on Mission Street; and then left on Crocker.  Follow Crocker (about a mile) up to the entrance on your right near Southern Hill Blvd.	Take Fulton Avenue, which runs along the north edge of the park, to 30th Ave. (stoplight).  Turn south into the park.  Road deadends at JFK Dr. at Lindley Meadow.  (East end of JFK Drive is closed on Sunday, so use Fulton.)
Open Team $	$100/$75/$50	$75/$50/$25	$100/$75/$50	$125/$75/$50	$125/$75	$75/$50/$25	$120/$75	$75/$50	$150/$75/$50	$75/$50/$25	$150/$75
Open Individual $	$50/30/20	$150/$75/$25	$75/$50/$25	$100/$50/$25	$125/$75/$25	$150/$75/$50	$120/$75	$100	$100/$75/$50	$150/$75/$50	$200/$100/$50
40+ $	Indiv $40/$25; Team $100/$75/$50	Indiv. $75/$25; Team $75/$25	Indiv. $75/$50; Team $75/$50	Indiv. $50/$25; Team $75/$50	Indiv. $75/$25; Team: $75/$25	Indiv. $75/$50; Team $75/$25	Indiv. $75; Team $75/$50	Indiv. $100; Team $50/$25	Indiv. $50/$25; Team $50/$25	Indiv. $75/$50; Team $75/$25	Indiv. $50/$25; Team $50/$25
50+ $	Indiv. $30/$20; Team $50/$35	Indiv. $50; Team $50 (double-dipping allowed)	Indiv. $25; Team $50/$25	Indiv. $30/$20 Team $50/$25	Indiv. $50; Team. $50/$25	Indiv. $50; Team $50	Indiv. $45; Team $30	Indiv. $50; Team $50/$25	Indiv. $30/$20; Team $30/$20	Indiv. $50; Team $50	Indiv. $25
60+ $	N/A	Indiv. $25; Team $25	Team $25	N/A	N/A	N/A	Indiv. $35; Team $25	Indiv. $50; Team $50/$25	N/A	N/A	N/A
70+ $	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Indiv. $25	Indiv. $50; Team $50	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sponsoring Organization	Santa Cruz Track Club	Empire Runners Club	Golden Valley Harriers	Wolfpack Running Club	River City Rebels	West Valley Track Club	Tamalpa Runners	Buffalo Chips Running Club	HOKA Aggie Running Club	Excelsior Running Club	USATF Pacific Association
Total Prize Purse	$1500 (1.5 points weighted race)	$1500 (1.5 point weighted race)	$1500 (1.5 point weighted race)	$1500 (1.5 point weighted race)	$1500 (1.5 point weighted race)	$1500 (1.5 point weighted race)	$1500 (1.5 point weighted race)	$1500 (1.5 point weighted race)	$1500 (1.5 point weighted race)	$1500 (1.5 point weighted race)	$1500 (1.5 point weighted race)
Race Director	Larry Berg	Bill Rogers	Craighton Chin	Andy Crawford	Andy Harris	Karen Saxena	Tom O'Reilly	Arnold Utterback	Kevin Searls	Chikara Omine	Carl Rose
Race Email	Race Email	Race Email	Race Email	Race Email	Race Email	Race Email	Race Email	Race Email	Race Email	Race Email	Race Email
Telephone	831-465-4738	707-481-1924	530-219-7439	607-331-5411	916-531-8503	650-856-6778	415-306-2859	916-541-3608	925-963-8534	415-269-1022	510-529-6654
Cost, Pre-Reg.	$20 if post-marked by Aug 10th Online Registration	Online--$20 (no fees), deadline August 21-- Mail-in paper form--$20, postmark by August 17. Empire Open Info and Registration	$20 if post-marked by 8/24 or on-line by 8/28.   Online Registration	$20 by 9/1 Online Registration	$20 if post-marked by Sept. 6. Online Registration	$20 if postmarked by Sept. 14th. Online Registration	$20 if post-marked by Sept. 23th Online Registration	$20 if post-marked by Oct. 9th, $20 online by Oct. 9th (no fee) Online Registration	$25 if post-marked by Oct 14th Online Registration	$20 by 10/20. Online Registration (no fee)	$30 if postmarked or online by 11/4. Afterwards, $35 if postmarked or online by 11/11 when registration closes. Register by 11/4 and improve your chances to receive a cool tech t-shirt “in training” for 2020 USATF National Club Championships. Online Registration Registration Status
Cost, Late/Race Day	$25	$30. Race day substitution $10. (See webpage for subbing information.)	$30	$30	$25	$30	$30	$25 race day and on-line 10/10-10/11	$30	$25 late or race day.	$35
Check Payable to:	SCTC	Empire Runners Club	GVH	Wolfpack Running Club	River City Rebels	WVTC	Tamalpa Runners	Buffalo Chips Running Club	Aggies Running Club	Excelsior Running Club	USATF Pacific Association
Registration Address	SCTC, c/o Larry Berg Hales, 155 Molly Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065	Empire Runners Club, c/o Jerry Lyman 2345 Hilltop Court, Santa Rosa, CA 95404	GVH  P.O. Box 454, Davis, CA 95617	765 W. Valley Dr, Apt 3, Campbell, CA 95008	River City Rebels, P.O. Box 189667, Sac. CA 95818-9667	Karen Saxena, 3814 Magnolia Dr. Palo Alto, CA 94306	Tom O'Reilly, 194 Pelican Lane, Novato, CA 94949	Arnold Utterback, P.O Box 19908, Sacramento, CA 95819	Kevin Searls, 4110 Canyon Way, Martinez, CA 94553	Chikara Omine, 2725 Escobar Way, Sacramento, CA 95827	Irene Herman, 422 Presidio Ave., San Francisco, CA 94115
Misc. info	Merchandise to top 3 in Open division and 4 age group divisions.  Additional parking at the East Remote Parking Lot near the Fieldhouse. Allow exta time--parking is limited and the additional pariking is close to one mile away from registration.	"Top 10" performance t-shirts awarded to first 10 finishers of each race. Optional team entry form available to download. Empire Open Info and Registration	Classic 3-mile high school XC course, with aptly named Big Mama hill in first mile. Map and video of the course. Park has dog park, hiking and biking trails, and disc golf.  Come enjoy the cool valley morning.	Pre-2015 course. Start and finish in Lindley Meadow. Two-mile loops in Polo Field area of GGP. (No separate races for masters women or 60+ men.) Please pre-register! Race day reg is not the best way to go! NOTE: change in prize money breakdown.	All comped athletes must pre-register.  Cash or checks only on race day.	PA course records: Open men: Chris Frias 15:21 (2014). Open women: Teresa McWalters 17:36 (2017). 40+ men: Neville Davey 16:00 (2015). 40+ women: Valerie Young 18:57 (2011). 50+ men: Brian Pilcher 17:28 (2008). 50+ women: Cathy Dubay 20:23 (2017). 60+ men: Jacob Nur 18:33 (2017). 60+ women: Joannie Siegler 21:46 (2017). 70+ men: Hans Schmid 22:15 (2013). 70+ women: Melody-Anne Schulz 25:42 (2013). Plenty of parking available.  Picnic area in park.	China Camp course, a 4.25 mile eyeloop course, rolling with lots of single track.  About 1/4 mile of road.  Make sure car is parked off the roadway.  This race is a memorial to John Lawson, a Tamalpa Runner who, at 44, died suddenly of a heart attack in 2000.	Loop course, rolling hills.	2 x 2 mile loops with 0.2 mile initial grass start.  Flat course with mix of grass, groomed dirt trails, and paths.  New memorial name for recently deceased club member, Matt Yeo.	Allow for time to walk to the start. Parking is limited at the Guadalupe Canyon Parkway parking lot and costs $6 for vehicle entry. The park requires that the race not take up the entire lot so please plan to park on streets near the entrance at 1100 Crocker Avenue in Daly City (cross street Southern Hill Blvd). There should be plenty of spaces there (curb wheels to avoid a ticket). The race site is about 0.85-0.9 miles on the paved path from that entrance. No dogs allowed in the park. Course map and description	The fire damage that caused a detour in 2018 has been repaired. We will return to original course. Start and finish in Lindley Meadow. Women: 2 two-mile loops. Open men: 3 two-mile loops. Masters men: Masters men will begin from Lindley Meadow in the opposite direction (EAST) and do a one mile loop in the woods at the EAST end of the course, returning to Lindley Meadow for two normal 2-mile loops. loops.
7/15/2019