USATF-NE Cross Country Schedule

Open events may require USATF membership - Always confirm entry info with directors

UPDATES: *** JO PREVIEW MEET IN AMHERST NH MOVED TO OCT 28 - includes adult races
FIVE GP EVENTS THIS YEAR
Events identified by ** XC GP ** - See XC GP page
October 13 - New youth meet at Northwood NH
Construction on the course at Franklin Park has moved ALL meets to other locations for 2012

AUGUST 2012 Mondays Empire One RC Westfield 3 Mile XC, Stanley Park, Westfield 6:30 p.m. 413 569-0875 May through September Tuesdays Northampton XC Race Series - 26th annual - Community Gardens, Northampton MA. 6:30 p.m. www.sugarloafmac.org Don Grant 413-584-7725 Thursdays Holyoke Lodge of Elks XC, Asliegh Reservoir Holyoke MA 5K 6:30 pm. 12 Week Point Series 413-467-7354 11 20th Green Mt AA Scholarship Cross Country 5K, Red Rocks Park, South Burlington VT www.gmaa.net/XCinfo.html scholarshipxc@gmaa.net 22 Elm Brook 5K XC Race, Elm Brook State Forest, Contoocook NH 6:00 p.m. Jeff Litchfield 603-746-6995 / nhactive@lycos.com 25 ** Thomas Chamberas 5K XC Race, Carlisle MA, 9:00 a.m. ** GP Event ** Great Brook Farm State Park, 984 Lowell Rd. Anthony Chamberas 781-899-0499 achamberas@alum.bu.edu or thomasxc.org SEPTEMBER 2012 Mondays Empire One RC Westfield 3 Mile XC, Stanley Park, Westfield 6:00 p.m. 413 569-0875 Dtowle1282@netzero.com Tuesdays Northampton XC Race Series, Community Gardens, Northampton MA. 6:30 p.m. www.sugarloafmac.org Don Grant 413-584-7725 Tuesdays 18, 25 - Attleboro YMCA youth races, Norton Outdoor Center, 290 W.Main St Norton MA, 5pm. Age 6-17 - 1 Mile, scoring 2 year age groups. Ed Poirier 508-222-7422 x124 epattleboroymca@yahoo.com Thursdays Holyoke Lodge of Elks XC, Asliegh Reservoir Holyoke MA 5K 6pm 413-467-7354 1 Friends of UNH XC & TF Open XC Meet, University of.New Hampshire, Durham 5K races for women (9am) and men (10am) in the University Forest course Coach Rob Hoppler 603-862-4740 rob.hoppler@unh.edu 1 Keene State Alumni Invitational, Keene NH 8 Nassaney Invitational, Bryant College, Smithfield RI. 4pm. 5km men and women. Open to post-collegians. Stephanie Reilly 401-232-6526 sreilly2@bryant.edu 8 35th Essex VT HS XC Invitational AND All-comers/open Citizens Race - Catamount Center, Williston VT Pavel Dvorak pdvorak@bsdvt.org website Run same course as the HS races 8:30 a.m. 8 Dartmouth XC Invite, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 8 Shacklette Invitational, St.Anselm U, Manchester NH 8 Smith College Co-Ed Invite, Northampton MA 9 UVM Vermont Invitatinal, Williston VT www.uvmathletics.com 9 Run to Fall 5k Cross Country Challenge: 10:00 am, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, Northwood NH. runtofall5k.weebly,com tcox@coebrown.org 603-682-7249 15 Three Stallion InnVitational, Hosted by VT Technical College at Montague Golf Course, Randolph VT. Collegiate 8K M, 5K W, Citizens 5K Bob Dunkle, rdunkle@vtc.edu 802-728-1771 15 River Hawk College Invitational, Mine Falls Park, Nashua NH. 12:30 pm 15 Burlington VT JrHS and HS XC Invitational AND all-comers/Citizens Race 9:00 AM North Beach / Burlington HS, Burlington, VT website Pavel Dvorak pdvorak@bsdvt.org 15 U-Mass Dartmouth Invitational, Dartmouth MA 15 Bates Invitatinal, Pineland Farms, New Gloucester ME 15 Iona Meet of Champions, (collegiate) Van Cortlandt Park NY 16 USA 5K Road Championship - CVS/Downtown 5K, Providence RI cvsdowntown5k.com Join some of the best in the country on a fast course in RI's largest race Includes many youth races annd 3K HS run 21 Rivier University Invitational, Nashua NH 4:30 pm 22 Amherst MA HS Invitational, Hampshire College, Amherst MA website ENTRY CLOSED 22 Manchester NH HS Invitational - 38th running. Derryfield Park. Kelly Fox 603-548-6802 manchesterinvite.com !! Codfish Bowl WILL NOT BE HELD IN 2012 due to course construction 23 ** Gr.Boston TC Cross Country Festival, Elm Bank Park, Wellesley MA ** New Location ** USATF NE GP EVENT ** 5K Races for Women, Masters Men, 8K Men. Team and Individual prizes. John Raguin jraguin@gmail.com www.gbtc.org 28-29 New Balance Ocean State XC Invitational, Goddard Park, Warwick RI Middle school Fri 28th 3:45-6:30pm, HS races on Sat 29th 9am-3pm www.oceanstatexc.com 29 Pop Crowell Invitational, Gordon College, Wenham MA 29 Vermont Intercollegiate, Lyndon State College , 10 a.m. 29 Mass State HS Track Coaches Assn Frank Kelley Invitational, Wrentham MA 30 USATF New England 5K Road Championship - Kerouac 5K, Lowell MA OCTOBER 2012 REMINDER: NO meets at Franklin Park Tuesdays 2, 9, 16 Attleboro YMCA youth races, Norton Outdoor Center, 290 W.Main St Norton MA, 5 pm. Age -17 - 1 Mile, Scoring 2 year age groups. Ed Poirier 508-222-7422 x124 epattleboroymca@yahoo.com 6 22nd Thetford Woods Run HS Invitational, Thetford VT lancertiming.com website 10:30 a.m. 2 Jr HS races and 5 HS races, Course built for XC and accessible for spectators; site of VT State Meet 6 USATF Maine Open Championship/Craig Cup 5K, Twin Brooks Park, Cumberland ME Jeff Walker walker@maine.edu craigcup.blogspot.com 207-729-6180 6 James Early Invite, Stanley Park, Westfield (MA) State Univ. (Full) 6 31st Wickham Park HS XC Invitational, Manchester CT www.wickhampark.org 7 ** Wayland XC Challenge, Wayland HS, Wayland MA. 9:30 a.m. 3K Youth, 5K Open ** NE GP event ** Age 11-14 9:30, 10/under 10:00, open men and women 5K 11:00 www.waylandxc.com Eric Bucher 508-397-1261 eric@waylandxc.com 7 New England Collegiate Championships (100th running), Women/Men, Stanley Park, Westfield MA 12 noon MEET IS ON A SUNDAY THIS YEAR 13 NH Thunder Youth Cross Country Meet, Coe Brown Northwood Academy, Northwood NH Registration at 3pm, races at 4pm. Sub-Bantam 2K, Bantam & Midget 3K, Youth 4K Info Flyer / entry Karyn Fisher 5fishers@metrocast.net (603)664 6993 13 Connecticut College Invitational, Harkness Park, Waterford CT 11 a.m 8K men 6K women Ned Bishop nbis@conncoll.edu Website Limited college entry 13 Seven Sisters Championship, Wellesley College 12 noon 13 State of Maine Collegiate, Twin Brooks, Cumberland ME 13 Manhattan College HS Invitational. 40th annual, largest in east - 40 races manhattanxcinvitational.com 13 Mass State Track Coaches Association McIntyre Twilight XC Meet (MA HS), Barnstable County Fairgrounds 13 USATF National Masters 5K XC, Balboa Park, San Diego CA Information 14 USATF Development XC Runs, Larz Anderson Park, Brookline MA, 9:30 am Co hosted by USATF New England and Brookline HS XC. Youth 14 and under 1 Mile, Open 2.8mile. Challenging! Enter day of meet only. $3 adult/$1 youth, 617-566-7600 Info Flyer Entry Form 14 Friends of Reading Recreation Middle School and Open Meet, Reading MA Town Forest 10:00 a.m 2 Mile races for middle schoolers age 11-14, and for open (age 15 and up) Day of registratin only. forrxc.blogspot.com or dan.princic@gmail.com 14 Ravenswood Trail Race, Gloucester MA, 9 a.m. 4.1 mile, some rough footing, challenging terrain. www.teamgloucester.com or info@teamgloucester.com 14 USATF Adirondack Open XC Championships, Saratoga Springs NY Website www.usatfadir.org 18 Bronco HS/JV Invitational, Burrillville Middle School, Burrillville RI 19 New Hampshire HS Junior Varsity State Meet, Mine Falls Park, Nashua South HS 20 ** Western Mass Distance Project XC Invitational, Stanley Park, Westfield MA ** NE GP event ** New event hosted at site of NE XC Championship on 11/18. WMDP website 20 Mass State Track Coaches Assn Bay State Invitational, Northfield Mtn www.mstca.org 20 Catholic Memorial HS Invitational (53rd), ** Millennium Park **, West Roxbury / Boston 20 30th Brown University Northeast XC "Championship", Goddard State Park, Warwick RI. 12 HS races Marc Mangiacotti 401-863-1041 www.brownbears.com 20 New Hampshire Middle School Championships, Londonderry NH 20 Northeast-10 Collegiates, Lemoyne U, Syracuse NY 21 USATF Development XC Runs, Larz Anderson Park, Brookline MA, 9:30 am Co-hosted by USATF New England and Brookline HS XC. Youth 14 and under 1 Mile, Open 2.8 mile varsity course Enter day of meet only. $3 adult/$1 youth, 617-566-7600 22 RI HS State Freshman meet, Burrillville RI 4pm www.ritca.org 26 Heptagonal (Ivy League) Collegiates, New York NY 27 Larch Hill English Style XC Classic, Bramble Hill Farm, Amherst MA Dave Martula davidmartula@gmail.com 413-586-8002, sugarloafmac.org http://www.bramblehillfarm.com 27 Northeast Conference Collegiates, Bryant University, Smithfield RI 27 America East Collegiates, University of New Hampshire 27 Atlantic Coast Conference, Blacksburgh VA 27 MASCAC / NE Alliance Conference, Westfield MA 11:00 a.m. 27 NESCAC Collegiates, Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME 27 NEWMAC Collegiates, Smith College, Northampton MA 27 New England Collegiate Conference, site 27 Great Northeast Athletic Conference, Rivier University, Nashua NH 12 noon 27 Commonwealth Coast Conference Champ's, site 27 New Hampshire HS Class Meets, Derryfield Park, Manchester Lancer Timing Vermont State HS Championships, Thetford Academy Lancer Timing 27 RI State HS Class/JV Championship Meet, Ponaganset HS, No.Scituate RI. www.ritca.org 27 Connecticut HS Divisional meets, Wickham Park, Manchester CT, CT HS site 28 USATF New Jersey Open/Masters 8K Champ's, Deer Path Park, Reddington usatfnj.org 28 MAYOR'S CUP CROSS COUNTRY RACES WILL NOT BE HELD IN 2012 due to course construction Cancellation is as of Aug 25. Will be back in 2013 28 Amherst NH Preliminary Jr Olympic Cross Country and Open Race, 11 a.m., Freestyle Farm, Amherst NH Youth 2K/3K/4K/5K races, Open 5K. The only JO meet course preview. amhersttrack.org ENTER ONLINE 28 Cape Cod Marathon, Falmouth MA - USATF New England Marathon Championship NOVEMBER 2012 2 Connecticut State HS Championship, Wickham Park, Manchester CT (Friday), 2:00 p.m. 3 Massachusetts Middle School Invitational Championship , Tewksbury MA 3000 meters MA middle schools with grades 5,6,7,8 only. Championship team race, grade 5-6, 7, 8 races. usatfne.org/cross/middleschool/massachusetts2012.html Sponsored by the Boston Athletic Association 3 Running the Rough, Mt.Pleasant Golf Club, Lowell MA Mike Boswser mikebowser@bowserlaw.com 978-256-2700 3 ECAC Division III, Williamstown MA 11 a.m. 3 Northeast District Junior College meet, Stanley Park, Westfield MA 3 New Hampshire High School Meet of Champions (All State Champ's), Mine Falls Park, Nashua 3 Mass State Track Coaches Association HS Invite, Wrentham Developmental Ctr 3 Connecticut Middle School Championship, Wickham Park, Manchester CT 4 AMHERST YOUTH MEET MOVED TO OCT 28 4 Rhode Island State HS Champ's, Ponaganset HS, No.Scituate RI 1:15 p.m. www.ritca.com 9 NCAA Division I Northeast qualifier, Hammonasset Park, Madison CT 10 New England Division III Championship / NCAA New England qualifier, Stanley Park, Westfield MA 10 New England High School Championships, Twin Brook Recreation Area, Cumberland ME 11:00 a.m., 10 Mass HS Class Meets: EastMass- Wrentham, Centl Mass-Gardner GC, WMass-Northfield Mt 11 * USATF-NE JUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIP *, Freestyle Farm, Amherst NH MA, NH, VT, RI only. 2K/ 3K/4K/5K depending on age. Race in 2 year age groups, born 2004 & later to born 1992-1993. Top 3 teams and Individuals in top 25 advance to Regional meet at Eisenhower Park, Long Island, NY November 18 Entry Information (after September 20) ... and Course Maps Online entry only at CoachO.com after September 20 Entry requires 2012 or 2013 (after Nov 1) USATF membership, and date of birth must be verified 617-566-7600 / office@usatfne.org 11 USATF Connecticut Junior Olympics, White Conservation Center, Litchfield CT Contact Bill Mongovan or Dave Driscoll FUMAN43@peoplepc.com or www.usatf-ct.org 11 USATF Maine Junior Olympics and Open Championship, Cony HS, Augusta ME. Contact Ron Kelly RKelly01@maine.rr.com www.meusatf.org 11 USATF Adirondack Junior Olympics (upstate NY) Queensbury HS NY Website www.usatfadir.org 11 USATF Long Island Junior Olympics,Long Island website USATF Long Island 11 National Junior College Division I Championships, Ina IL, 17 Mass HS All-State Meet, Northfield Mountain, Northfield MA 17 IC4A Collegiate, Van Cortlandt Park NYC 17 NCAA Division I Nationals, E.P.Tom Sawyer St.Park, Louisville KY 17 NCAA Division II Nationals, Mo.Southern St.U., Joplin MO 17 NCAA Division III Nationals, Terre Haute IN 18 ** USATF-New England Championship, 11:00 a.m. Stanley Park, Westfield MA ** GP Event ** (NEW SITE IN 2012 due to Franklin Park construction) Three separate races - Masters Men 8K, Open and Masters Women 6K, Open Men's 8K Enter Early - Day of event costs a lot more. (617)566-7600 / office@usatfne.org 18 USATF Region I Junior Olympics, Eisenhower Park, Long Island, NY Qualify from New England meet on November 11 (see above) Top 3 teams and individuals in top 20 qualify for Nationals. Online entry only at CoachO.com, on 11/13-14-15 www.long-island.usatf.org 18 Little Rhody Runaround, 8 Mile Trail Race, Burlingame Park, Charlestown RI 401-596-8612 westerlytrackclub.org 18 USATF New York Open and Masters Championships, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx NY 8K open/masters men, 5K open/masters women, 10/11 a.m. www.newyork.usatf.org 22 Wild Turkey Trot, Maudsley State Park, Newburyport MA. Hosted by Winners Circle RC www.runthecircle.org 23 Gabe's Run, Patton Park, Hamilton MA 9:00 a.m. Jeff Pacione gabesfund@me.com www.gabesrun.org 24 Footlocker HS East Qualifier, Returns to Van Cortlandt Park, NY City 212-720-3752/ footlockercc.com 24 Nike HS Cross Nationals Northeast qualifier, Wappinges Falls NY. event website 25 Warrior Run, 2.8 miles, Larz Anderson Park, Brookline MA Give the challenging Brookline HS XC course a run after the holiday Michael Glennon *** NOT BEING HELD IN 2012 ** Andover 6K, Andover MA Country Club - DUE TO COURSE CONSTRUCTION DECEMBER 2012 1 Nike HS Cross Nationals, Portland OR. runnerspace.com/nxn 8 USATF Junior Olympic Nationals Albuquerque NM. Qualify on November 18. All entry online Championship website 8 USATF Fall National XC Championships - Louisville KY National Club Championship Men 10K, Women 6K, Masters Men 10K, Masters Women 6K. PRE ENTRY ONLY and ONLINE ENTRY ONLY www.usatf.org/events/2012/USATFClubXCChampionships 8 Footlocker HS Finals, Balboa Park, San Diego CA JANUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 2 USA WinterNational XC / USA Team Trials, St.Louis MO Worlds trials: Sr Men 12K, Sr Women 8K, Jr Men 8K, Jr Women 6K usatf.org ?? Ras na hEireann, Dunleer Ireland. Open meet. Website Top New England athletes at NE Championship November 18 earn trip MARCH 2013 24 IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Bydgoszcz Poland iaaf.org NOVEMBER 2013 Tentative dates and sites 10 NE Junior Olympics, Burrillville RI 17 NE Open Championships, Franklin Park 17 Region I Junior Olympics, Metro NY DECEMBER 2013 14 USATF Jr Olympic Nationals, San Antonio TX Championship website 14 USA Fall (Club) Nationals,

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USATF-New England 2012 Cross Country Schedule As of September 16, 2012

USATF-New England
2012 Cross Country Schedule
As of September 16, 2012