1998

Association Club National Cross Country Championships

at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex

Sunday, December 6th, 1998

Results posted as of 5:00 PM Dec. 6
Click On desired results



Senior Mens Results
Senior Womens Results
Mens and Womens Masters Results

 

TO REQUEST A REGISTRATION PACKET, CALL 407-828-3267

Click here for Waiver form <HERE>
Click here for Entry Form <HERE>

Saturday, December 5, 1998
                                        Course Preview 3:00pm - 6:00pm
                                        Packet Pickup @ DWWS 3:00pm - 6:00pm
                                        Pre-Meet Technical Meeting @ Auxiliary Court, DWWS 6:00pm
Sunday, December 6, 1998
                                        Packet Pickup @ DWWS 6:30am-10:00am
                                        Community 4000 Meters 7:30am
                                        Masters Men’s & Women’s 10,000 Meters 8:30am
                                        Senior Men’s 10,000 Meters 9:45am
                                        Senior Women’s 6000 Meters 10:45am

Site: Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex

Hotel Info: Howard Johnson Maingate West Resort on 192 West - $45 per night

Please call 1-800-638-7829 and ask for the USATF Association Club National Cross Country Championships rate. Entry Fee: Entries postmarked by November 28, 1998: $20 per runner Entries postmarked between November 29th - December 3rd, 1998: Unattached Runners: $30 per runner
Team Entries: $20 per runner plus a Team Late Fee of $50
Entries will NOT be accepted after December 3rd, 1998.
A check made out to Walt Disney Attractions, Inc. must be returned with the Meet Entry Form(s) and Waiver/Release Form(s) to: Disney’s Wide World of Sports - #120
P. O. Box 470847
Celebration, FL. 34747-0847
Meet Entry Form(s) and Waiver/Release Form(s) returned via the Internet or via Fax will NOT be accepted.
                                        Additional Fee for Incomplete Entry Form: $10

Fees:     Fee for Lost Race Number: $5
                Fee for Lost Credential: $8

Meet EntryForm:           Meet Entry Form must be completed for each team and each unattached runner, if entering the meet independent of a team. A separate Meet Entry Form must be completed for each gender. If
necessary, please photocopy the Meet Entry Form.

Waiver/Release/Forms:  An Adult or Minor Waiver/Release Form must be completed for each runner and coach
 participating in this Event. Waiver/Release Form(s) for minors MUST BE signed by a Parent or
Legal Guardian. Please photocopy the Adult & Minor Waiver/Release Forms as necessary.

USATFMembership: All runners, (except those participating in the Community Division), must have a current USATF membership. Runners will be required to write their USATF membership number on the Meet Entry Form and on the Waiver/Release Form and should also be prepared to produce their Membership Card at Registration in order to obtain their Race Number.

To purchase a USATF membership, contact the National Membership Center through the USATF National Office at 317-261-0500.

USATF memberships will be sold at Registration by USATF’s Florida Association for $15.

Age Eligibility: The age of the runner on race day determines his/her age division.

USATF Team Eligibility:

Eligibility: To be eligible for this Meet, each team must currently be registered as an Association Club with USATF and must provide proof of membership in the form of a club certificate or letter from the respective Association.
Community Division Eligibility:

A current USATF Membership is not required to participate in this race. No minimum age is required.

Senior Division Eligibility:

To be eligible, the Senior runner must be a United States citizen, a current USATF member, and must have been born on or before 12/6/82, if male, or 12/6/84, if female. No performance standards or qualifying meets are necessary in order to enter this Meet. Only Senior Clubs whose members are residents of one of the Associations of USATF or of neighboring Associations pursuant to the rules governing membership in Clubs will be scored. National Clubs will not be scored at this Meet.

Masters Division Eligibility:

Masters runners must be born on or before December 6, 1958. Resident aliens are eligible to participate. No performance standards are necessary to participate. Masters Teams must be registered with USATF.

 
National Clubs will not be permitted to participate in Masters competition.

Masters Teams are designated by 10-year age increments. However, a Masters runner may compete in a younger age division for his/her team than his/her actual age division would be if he/she were competing individually.

Team Scoring: Team Declarations: Teams must declare their scoring runners if they have entered more than eight (8) individual runners. Declarations must be made no later than 6:00pm Saturday, December 5, 1998. Team scores will be tallied for Association teams only. While eight runners may be declared per
team, only five will score.

Only United States citizens are eligible to run.

                    Senior Team: A minimum of five (5) runners and a maximum of eight (8) runners constitutes a Senior Team.

The total points of each Senior Team’s first five (5) runners determines the Team’s score. The team with the lowest score wins.

Cross Country Displacement will be in effect:

All "unattached runners", runners belonging to incomplete or ineligible teams, and runners not declared as scoring entrants for a Club Team will be removed from the results for purposes of Team Scoring.

Masters Division: Masters Men’s Teams, age divisions 40-49 and 50-59, score by adding the accumulative times of the top five (5) runners. Masters Men’s 60-plus and all Masters Women’s Teams score by adding the accumulative times of the first three (3) runners. Awards:

Community Division:

Each runner in this division will receive a participation award for finishing the race.

Masters Division:

Scoring members of winning teams will be awarded medals.

Only United States citizens and permanent alien residents are eligible to win awards/medals or to score points as part of a team.

Senior Division:

USATF Championship medals will be presented to the top seven (7) finishers with additional awards presented to the 8th through 15th place finishers.

Only United States citizens are eligible to receive awards/medals.

The top three (3) teams scoring and displacing members will also receive medals.

Awards will be presented at the awards stand approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the Meet. Race results will be posted on the results board; will be available by 10am on Monday December 7th on http://www.gate.net/~finkef/; on the t-and-f listserver, and on the Championships Website hosted by coachnet.

Credentials: Runners and Coaches, (a limit of 3 coaches per team), will be issued credentials at the Packet Pickup.

Packet Pickup: Packets may be picked up at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex at the times listed below. Please allow extra time for Packet Pickup on Sunday (2 hours prior to competition).

                                        Saturday, December 5, 1998 3:00pm - 6:00pm

                                       Sunday, December 6, 1998 6:30am - 10:00am

Race Numbers: In addition to the regular race numbers which must be worn on the front, each runner must also wear an age-division number on his/her back.

Technical Meeting: A Pre-Race Technical Meeting will be held on Saturday December 5th at 6:00pm on the
Auxiliary Court in the Disney’s Wide World of Sports Fieldhouse. Each team and individual runner entered in the Meet should attend or send a representative to this meeting.

Medical: Certified athletic trainers will be on site during the course preview on Saturday, December 5th and from 7am until the conclusion of the Event on Sunday, December 6th,1998.

Admission: A Length-of-Event Ticket, a 2-day admission ticket for Saturday, December 5th and Sunday, December 6th, is available for spectators: $8.00 for adults and $6.75 for children ages 3 to 9. These tickets may be purchased at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Box Office.

Transportation: All Event participants and spectators are responsible for providing or arranging for their own transportation to the Event site.

Parking: Ample parking is available at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex. Parking is free of charge.

Course Description: The new course at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex incorporates our world class multi-

 sports fields, Foot Locker® Track & Field Venue and the new 0.7 mile and 1.3 mile trails through the woods. The course is essentially flat with some small rises. The course will incorporate two barriers located on the multi-sport fields. (Runners are required to run over, not around, the barriers). The course terrain includes the fast Bermuda TIF 419 (multi-sports fields and trail) natural grass and a small section on the rubberized surface of the Foot Locker® Track & Field Complex.

Spikes: This cross country event is run partially on the Foot Locker® Track & Field Complex, because of this spike length will be limited to ¼ inches.

Weather: Average Temperature: 62º, High of 71º, Low of 53º
                Average Humidity at 7am: 88% at 1pm: 57% Average Wind: 8.6mph

Coolers: Individual Runners and Teams, only, may enter the DWWS complex with water coolers.

Tents: There will be a specific area designated for Pop-Up Tents. Only Tents without stakes may be used.

 
Complete the following 5 Steps to Enter the Association Club National Cross Country Championships:
    1. Complete, in full, the Meet Entry Form: Click here for Entry Form <HERE>
  1. 2. Complete a Waiver/Release Form for each runner:Click here for Waiver form <HERE>
  1. 3. Complete an Adult Waiver/Release Form for each coach:
  1. 4. Enclose a check made out to Walt Disney Attractions, Inc. for the total Entry Fee ($20 or $30 times the number of runners entered).
  2. 5. MAIL Entry Fee, Meet Entry Form(s), and Waiver/Release Form(s) to:

  3.                                                                                        Disney’s Wide World of Sports - #120
                                                                                            P. O. Box 470847
                                                                                            Celebration, FL. 34747-0847
Meet Entry Form(s) and Waiver/Release Form(s) returned via the Internet or via Fax will NOT be accepted.