Meet - USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships - December 14, 2024

A USATF National Youth XC Meet         

Where

• Blue River Cross Country Course, 725 Lee Blvd., Shelbyville, IN 46176

• Here is the Google Maps.

Meet Information

• Meet information document provided by USATF; includes course maps

• Entry Counts (and, a history of entries for USATF National Junior Olympic XC)

• Parking $20 per vehicle. Yes, this is expensive. The venue is charging this amount, not USATF. Normally, they charge $10 per vehicle, from what I've been told.

  • No charge for Thursday and Friday.

  • Saturday, $20 per vehicle using online payment via https://public.eventlink.com/tickets?t=96600&p=147285

    • If someone has not already paid they have a QR code that can be scanned and allow for payment.

  • If you need to come and go on Saturday they will provide a pass that can be used to reenter.

Notes

• This is a USATF-sanctioned meet. 

• An age-verified USATF membership is required and advancement from Region 4 championships is required (either individual or by team).

• Alpha Crush has reserved a 20x20 tent. Our friends from Creekview Youth are sharing the tent with us. We have 7 athletes and they have 6 attending.

See also

• Developmental Meets

• Middle School Meets

• Meet Day Preparations

• The Competitive Season - Cross Country 2024

Meet Entry

• Meet entry deadline for Alpha Crush club members, Monday, Dec 9th, 8:00 pm. 

Athletic.net

• Coach Matthew takes the information provided on the Alpha Crush meet entry selections page and makes the appropriate selections in Athletic.net, the system used for the "real" meet entries.

Alpha Crush meet entries by Age Division and Name [Download] [View]

Special Note: "Why is my athlete entered into the meet when we said we are not competing?" Here's why ... athletes who qualify to compete due to a team qualifying in the previous round are only eligible in the next round if we have at least 5 total entered for a team. So, if little Suzie is the only athlete that says "yes", we will select and enter four (4) additional athletes from that age division so Suzie can compete. Individual qualifiers from the Region meet can be declared and entered into the National meet without any issues.

Schedule

All athletes must report to the clerking area at least twenty (20) minutes before scheduled Race start time to ensure proper check-in; and only competing athletes will be allowed in the check-in area. Please respect all areas that are roped off and please obey all course monitors and their direction.

Starting Boxes will be assigned randomly and will vary in each race. Clerks will be assigning boxes at the line. In the event of any changes, teams and individuals are expected to follow any directions given by the clerks or other USATF personnel.

• 9:00 AM 8-Under Girls 2k

• 9:40 AM 8-Under Boys 2k

• 10:20 AM 9-10 Girls 3k

• 11:00 AM 9-10 Boys 3k

• 11:40 AM 11-12 Girls 3k

• 12:20 PM 11-12 Boys 3k

• 1:00 PM 13-14 Girls 4k

• 1:45 PM 13-14 Boys 4k

• 2:30 PM 15-18 Girls 5k

• 3:15 PM 15-18 Boys 5k

Award Medals

• Top 25 individuals

• Top 3 teams

Advancement from Region to National

• The top thirty (30) individuals and top five (5) teams in each age division at the Region Championship will advance to the National Championships.