Do you enjoy mud, camaraderie, and suffering through the hills of Lower Woodland Park? Join Club Northwest for the fall cross country season!
Free entry into the Emerald City Open, WWU Classic, PNTF Championships, NW Regional Championships, and USATF Club Nationals. This alone recoups your CNW membership fee. Please do not register yourself for these races. CNW Team Manager Mark Bloudek handles entries.
Group practices run by coach Tom Cotner and Mark Bloudek. Please contact Tom and Mark before attending.
Join the best cross country team in the Pacific Northwest.
Become a Club Northwest member. To join, go to our membership website and register. Make sure all your info is correct, including email address and date of birth.
For existing members, make sure your CNW membership is valid through December 2018.
To compete at the PNTF Championships, NW Regional Championships, or USATF Club Nationals, you need a 2018 USATF membership affiliated with Club Northwest (#116). Masters athletes need to verify their age; make sure your date of birth is correct at the CNW membership site.
Wear our uniform during cross country meets. It consists of orange Brooks singlet (available at the Club Northwest store) and black shorts. If you do not wish to pay by credit card, contact meghan.lyle@gmail.com to arrange payment and delivery.
For further membership questions, contact Deborah Fletcher at dfletch1970@msn.com.
The Teams Committee has defined the selection criteria for the men’s and women’s open elite teams for the 2018 XC season.
The procedure will be similar to years past, with the open athletes (Men and Women) competing for 4 positions based on points and 4 at large positions based on selection by the teams manager, VP of teams, and team captain for a total of 8 positions each for the men’s and womens’s Open (A) team.
The procedure for the masters team will consist of Men's 40’s athletes competing for 4 positions based on points and 5 at large positions based on selection by the Team manager, VP of teams, and team captain for a total of 9 positions. The Men’s 50’s team will consist of 4 positions based on points and 5 at large positions based on selection by the team manager, VP of teams, and team captain for a total of 9 positions. The men's 60's team will consist of 2 positions based on points and 3 at large positions based on selection by team manager, VP of teams, and team captain for a total of 5 spots. The masters women's team will consist of women competing for 2 positions based on points and 3 at large positions based on selection by the Team manager, VP of Teams, and team captain for a total of 5 positions for each Women's masters team 40's and 50's. The Club has some extra hotel rooms (For purchase by the athlete) for those athletes who are filling out B and C teams.
Scoring for OPEN athletes (Men and Women) will use your best score for 3 out of 4 qualifying meets, with the PNTF counting as double points. For Masters women athletes, we will use your best score for 2 out of 4 qualifying meets, with PNTF counting as double points. For Masters Men athletes, we will use your best score for 2 out of 4 qualifying meets. PNTF will have equal weighting for Men’s masters athletes due to the race being 6K.
Athletes must have a CNW membership which runs through December 2018 and be racing in uniform to count for a race. Also, for PNTF Champs and USATF Regionals, current USATF membership is required.
· 1st Place scores 10 points (pts), 2nd 9 pts,…..10th is 1 pt. Above 10th is 1 pt. DNF scores 0 pts.
All teams will be selected after Regionals. This is a full 2 weeks before Club Nationals on Dec. 8th.
The selected teams will represent CNW at the 2018 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships Saturday December 8th, in Spokane, WA.
Our goal is to field the best possible teams for Nationals.
The Club will fund Hotel for Friday and Saturday nights (Address: Courtyard Spokane Downtown at the Convention Center, 401 North Riverpoint Boulevard, Spokane, WA, 99202) and Race entry for the top 8 on the open A team, top 9 on men’s 40’s A team and men’s 50’s A team, top 5 on men’s 60’s A team, top 5 on women’s 40’s A team and 50’s A team. All team members will be responsible for their own food expenses.
The Club will pay for ANY ATHLETE’S ENTRY FEE that attends the Club Nationals race in Spokane, WA provided they are a current CNW member.
The team captains are Tyler VanDooren for Men’s open, Lana Lacey for Women’s open, Lance Thompson for Men’s 40’s, John O'Hearn for the Men's50's, Kelly Kruell for the Women’s 40’s, Kelly Kruell for the Women's 50's, and Tom Cotner for the Men's 60's.
1) Are there group training workouts?
We do have group practices run by coach Tom Cotner. Please contact Tom at oc1320@gmail.com before attending.
2) Age verification. How do I do this?
Go to the membership website and make sure your date of birth is correct.
3) What are the distances for the XC races?
They vary. For women, all races are 6K. For open men, races are either 8K or 10K. For master’s men, races are generally 8K and 10K, except PNTF Champs, which is 6K. Club Nationals is 10K for men’s 40’s and 50’s and 8K for men’s 60’s..
4) For Club Nationals, how will the prize money, if any, be distributed?
All athletes will get to keep all their individual or team prize money.
If anyone has questions or feedback, email Deborah and I will be happy to answer them.