Meet Director: Ron Kelly-207-883-2747(evenings),
rkelly01@maine.rr.com
Entry Information: The Regional entry fee is $10 per athlete. Individuals must enter at
their Association meet, complete the entry form and turn into your Association
Youth Chairperson, and pay the Regional fee. Association Youth Chairpersons from
each Association will send their entries to Ron Kelly. All
Entry Forms must include the
USATF membership number. All entries
must be stamped age verified or
attached a copy of birth certification.
E-mail entries to
rkelly01@maine.rr.com
Qualification Information: The top three(3) teams , waivers, and individuals finishing in
the top 25 at their Association meet, qualify for the Regional Championship.
Teams: All members of the same club must be listed on the Team Entry/Advancement and
Declaration Roster form at the Association meet.
Team Scoring: Teams are required to declare their scoring runners. If they have more than 8
individuals listed on the team entry form, the top 8 must be declared 1 hour
before the start of each race. If a team with more than 8 entries fails to
declare, the first 8 runners listed on their team roster-whether they run or
not-will be considered their declared team.
Rules: 2009 USATF Championship rules apply unless superseded by the 2009 USATF Youth
Athletics Handbook.
Race Schedule:
Bantam Girls
1999 & later
10:00am
3K
Bantam Boys
1999 & later
10:30am
3K
Midget Girls
1997-1998
11:00am
3K
Midget Boys
1997-1998
11:30am
3K
Youth Girls
1995-1996
12:00noon
4K
Youth Boys
1995-1996
12:30pm
4K
Intermediate Girls
1993-1994
1:00pm
5K
Intermediate Boys
1993-1994
1:30pm
5K
Young Women
1991-1992
2:00pm
5K
Young Men
1991-1992
2:30pm
5K
Starting positions will be done by
Associations Boxes
Results: Official results will be
available 30 minutes after each race and will be posted
The results will be posted on
www.meuastf.org,
www.coolrunning.com,
www.usatf.org,
www.sub5.com,
and all of the association web sites.
Awards: Medals are awarded to the top
20 in each race. Ribbons to all others that finish the race.
Games Committee: Marty Kahler, Marty
Thornton, Valaree Foss
Jury of Appeals: Bill Mongovan and
Youth Chairs or their representative from each Association.
Meet Referee: Don Berry
Protests: Protests must be referred
to the Meet Referee within 30 minutes of the end of the race. Appeals to the
decision of the Meet Referee shall be made in writing within 30 minutes to the
Jury of Appeals and shall be accompanied by a $25 fee. The fee is returned
if the decision is reversed.
Medical: There will be a Trainer on
site during the meet.
Course: The course is located in back
of Cony high school. The course consists of fields and trails in the woods. The
courses will be challenging with hills. Spikes are recommended. Maps will be
available and course walks will be held Saturday from 1:00-4:00pm. Sunday course
walks will begin at 8:00am.
Number/Packet Pick-up: Saturday from
1:00-5:00pm in the lobby of Cony
High School. Sunday beginning at 8am number
pick-up will be located in the Gym (enter door #3 or 4).
Concessions: T-shirts will be on sale
Saturday and Sunday in the Main Lobby. Food will be available in the
Food Court located at the main entrance.
Directions to Cony
High School: Exit the Maine Turnpike at
Portland and take I-295. From portland-52.6 miles. Merge onto I-95 and
take Exit 109 for (ME17/ME100/US202/ME11) toward Augusta. While taking this exit, bare to the
right. You are now on Western Ave. Visual marker is the Senator Hotel. Continue
1.5m to the Memorial Circle
and take the 2nd exit onto ME100?ME17/Memorial Dr/US201. Continue
over the bridge and at the next traffic circle(Cony
Circle) take the 2nd exit onto Cony
St/ME105. Travel up the hill and bear right at the top of the hill(you are
remaining on Cony St). Continue to Pierce Drive with schools entrance on your
left. The entrance is 1.1m from Cony Circle.
Hotels For Region 1 Junior Olympic Cross
Country:
When making
reservation-mention “Junior Olympic Cross
Country” to get special rates and rooms reserved for you. Number of rooms listed are those under our block. Most
have more rooms available.
Comfort Inn - 281 Civic Center Dr.,
70 rooms-$85+7% tax; 800-808-1188, 207-623-1000
Holiday Inn - 110 Community Dr., 101 rooms-$85+7% tax; 877-863-4780,
207-622-4751
Senator Inn & Spa -
284 Western Ave., 31 rooms-$99/$129+7% tax:
877-772-2224, 207-622-3138
Econo Lodge Inn & Suites - 390
Western Ave., 40 rooms-$59.99+7% tax; 207-622-6371
Fairfield Inn & Suites -
14 Anthony Ave., 81 rooms-$85+7% tax; 207-623-2200
Super 8 Motel -
395 Western Ave., 49 rooms-$65.88+tax; 626-2888
Motel 6 - 18 Edison Dr., 50 rooms-$65.99+tax; 622-0000
Quality Inn & Suites -
65 Whitten Rd., 27 rooms-$68+tax; 622-3776
National Junior Olympic Cross Country
Championships: Reno,
Nevada on Saturday, December 12. The top 20 finishers in and the top
3 clubs in each race will advance to Reno. National Registration
must be done before leaving the Regional meet.
Additional information: Contact Ron Kelly-883-2747(eve) or e-mail:
rkelly01@maine.rr.com