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Update: USATF-NE Meet Results; Remaining Practice Times; Spring Registration

For results from yesterday's meet, click USATF-NE Youth Dev Meet Results Youth Development meet

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This is a reminder that entry fees for the March 1 Needham meet go up this Sunday.  If you have not yet entered, do so before this Sunday so that you do not need to pay a higher fee. More info here.

Be sure to affiliate with the Waltham Track Club - there is a special box on the registration page to do so.

Members DO NOT need to list their events - members will choose their events the day of the meet.  However, members do need to decide how many events they plan to do.  The basic fee allows for up to 3 events.  Members may add 1 or 2 events, but need to pay for such when you register.

Age groups for the Needham meet are based on age the day of the meet.

Also attached is a list of meet performance standards, based on last year's Needham meet.  This list has the range of performances for each event that scored in the top 8 last year.  This should help members choose events that they will be competitive in.

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Next week will be the last week of our Winter program.

Practices will be Sunday, 5:00-6:30;  Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 6:00-7:00.

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Registration for our Spring Program are open and will close in 2 weeks.

Complete info and online registration can be found via  this link https://www.familyid.com/waltham-track-club/2020-youth-spring-track-program

Info on Upcoming Meets on Feb 19 and March 1

Our next competition will be the USATF Youth Development meet on the Wednesday of February vacation, Feb 19.   Here is the link for the entry form.
https://newengland.usatf.org/USATF_ASSOC_2/files/56/5671daa2-f003-4c49-8774-95b4cb8da909.pdf

ALL CLUB MEMBERS WHO PLAN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEET MUST RETURN THE ENTRY FORM/WAIVER FORM BY SUNDAY, FEB.16.

Though the HJ is not listed as an event, our Club will run the HJ that day.

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Our next meet after the vacation week will be the major meet of the season  - the Needham Youth Classic on March 1.

Members will need to register for this meet on their own, but should affiliate with the Waltham Track Club when they do so, since this is a team scoring event.

The reason members need to register own their own is due to the meet's entry fee policy - if the meet were to be cancelled due to weather, they do not reimburse any entry fees - instead, they put fees aside for future Needham TC events that a member may choose to do.  This complicates the Club's involvement because we would need to do book keeping on thousands of dollars worth of future entry fees.  It is much easier for each member to keep tract of any fees they incur.

Members should enter for this meet soon, as fees increase periodically.  Entering early also ensures that you will get a meet t-shirt.

Info at http://www.needhamtrack.org/events/nic.html 

2020 Indoor Track Youth Development Meet ENTRIES HAVE CLOSED

2020 WALTHAM YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
TRACK & FIELD MEET

Sunday, February 2, 2020,  2:00 p.m.
A developmental track & field meet open to boys and girls ages 8-14

Hosted by the Waltham Track Club                           Sanctioned by:  USA Track & Field

When:  Sunday, February 2, 2020,  2:00 p.m.
Where:  Kennedy Middle School, 655 Lexington St., Waltham, MA 02452

Enter through doors at the back of the building - door #9 - just to the left of the rear entrance doors
The track is an 11 lap, flat track with a smooth surface - NO SPIKES!!

Time:  2:00 p.m. - DOORS OPEN AT 1:30   NO DAY OF MEET REGISTRATION

Ages Groups:  8-10, 11-12, 13-14 - Age is on February 2, 2020.       8 yrs old is the minimum age

Registration: Registration is closed

Fee:    $5.00 pre-registered by January 27, 2020    Entry must be received by this date
$10.00 after Jan 27, 2020 if room. Early registration is strongly encouraged - Meet limited to first 200 Checks payable to: Waltham Track Club                             NO DAY OF MEET REGISTRATON

Participants may enter one (1) field event and two (2) track events, plus the standing long jump. 

Events:  55 dash, 200, 400, 800, mile, 800 race walk, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, Stand.LJ 
               2 attempts in LJ, SP, no finals. If numbers & time allow, 3 attempts will be given.

Order Of Events
(1:30-2:00) - registration
(2:00)           Long Jump       8-10 LJ     followed by 13-14 LJ     followed by 11-12 LJ
Shot Put (6lb)  11-12 LJ    followed by 8-10            followed by 13-14 (may combine ages)
                     High Jump       13-14 HJ   followed by 11-12 HJ     followed by  8-10 HJ
                    Standing LJ is ongoing for all age groups starting at 3:00 p.m.
(2:30)           Track events
800 Race Walk
Mile                         
55 Dash          
400                 
800
200                              THIS IS STRICTLY A DEVELOPMENTAL MEET   NO SPIKES!

HELPFUL LINKS

CURRENT FORMS

Waltham Track Club is affiliated with USA Track & Field (USATF), the national governing body for track and field, road running, cross country running, racewalking, and mountain/ultra/trail running. As such, it abides by the rules and regulations of USA Track & Field, operates in close coordination with its local USATF Association, USATF New England, and competes in events sanctioned by USA Track and Field at the local, regional and national levels. WTC members are encouraged to become members of USATF as well.