Participant Info
WTC's fall cross country program is open to boys and girls, ages 8-18 and involves training and racing for distances of 1.1 - 2.4 miles through wooded trails and grass fields. Age groups are 8-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18. The younger age groups race shorter distance of about a mile with the races extending to 3K, 4K, and 5km ( 3 miles)
There are no try-outs or cuts.
We will limit the size of our 8-10 groups based on coaching support.
Registration Link https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/489445
Practices are held at 6:00 three nights per week (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday) from mid August through late November. Participants choose which nights they want to attend, but are expected to attend to at least two practices per week and are encouraged to attend three nights per week. We plan to hold occasional Wednesday practices in Newton. Formal XC practices start on Sunday, August 17.
Our main practice site will be the PIT behind the old Waltham High School. We will have a good number of practices at Leary Field on Sunday. Practices will also be held at various sites throughout the season including: Newton North High School, Leary Field, Albemarle Park, and The Cove in Newton, Charles River Walkway.
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Middle school members should join us for the pre-season for early training and to meet the new members. Middle school members are also encouraged to invite their school teammates to the program for the early training, the meets, and Jr Olympics. We will have an open house on August 24 and 31 for your middle school teammates to come check it out
That said, middle schoolers will mainly train with their middle school team during the main school season. However, all middle school Club members are expected to attend our Club’s practices each Sunday during the season. Middle school program do vary in structure and intensity and we’ll adjust accordingly.
PARENT SUPPORT
We welcome parents to help support the practices. Roles can include running support, trail supervision, first aid, and workout oversite.
We are also looking to add members to our board. The board provides general guidance and feedback. We’ll also ask to have some board members take on specific tasks like uniform management, registration review, CORI management, and marketing.
You will see options to indicate interest during registration
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SCHOLARSHIPS - any scholarship requests MUST be made prior to completing this teamsnap registration - send request, with a brief reason for the request, to walthamtrackinfo@gmail.com
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XC RACE SCHEDULE (additional races may be added as the season progresses)
September 14 WTC Race - Tentative
October 4 - XC Relay - Warwick RI - Tentative Date
October 12- Wayland Race - Wayland HS - 3K Only
October 19 - Franklin Park Dev Meet 1.1 Miles ( 2K)
October 26 - Mayor's Cup - Franklin Park NEW: 2k and 3k options
November 1 - Mass Middle School State Meet - Devens
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Post Season - Will Be discussed at the parent's meeting.
November 16 - USATF New England Jr Olympic Championship - Attleboro - Top 5 Teams and Top 30 Individuals in each age group advance to the Region 1 meet.
November 23 - USATF Region 1 Jr Olympic in - Attleboro
December 14 - USATF National Jr Jr Olympic Championship - Shelbyville Indiana
REGISTRATION https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/489445
