Click here for complete results from the 2009 USA National One Hour Race Walk Championship.
Steve Vaitones | USATF-NE |
off...@usatfne.org
617-566-7600 (Days 9-6) |
Justin Kuo USATF-NE RW Chair |
NEW |
j...@usatfne.org 617-731-9889 |
9:30 a.m. | Women's One Hour Race - all age groups walk together |
10:45 a.m. | Novice / Youth (age 14 and under) Quarter Hour |
11:15 a.m. | Men's One Hour Race - all age groups walk together |
12:30 p.m. | Awards and Refreshments |
Championship entry fee is $20 if received by Wednesday, October 7). Late and Race Day registration is $30. Please check in at the registration table at least 30 minutes before your race begins.
All competitors are required to have 2009 USATF membership prior to the start of their race. If you need a membership application, contact USATF – New England at office@usatfne.org. You may also include the completed application and payment with your race entry form.
All championship entrants will receive a commemorative race item
Water will be provided during each race.
Volunteer lap scorers will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring your own and/or to volunteer for the race you are not entered in. Click here to print a blank lap scoring sheet.
Correct lap scoring is crucial to the success of the hour. Here's an example of a completed lap scoring sheet. In the example, the lap scorer wrote the minutes and seconds of each lap in the box and then calculated and recorded the split time of each lap. Knowing the split times will help prevent errors. Be sure to sign the lap scoring sheet and to return it to the lap scoring chief.
There will be toilet facilities, but no showers or locker rooms at the race site.
- USA Championship medals will be awarded to the top 3 female and male finishers in each division
(Junior, Open, Masters), and top 3 teams in each division.
- Cash awards to top 3 overall eligible championship athletes, male and female - $100 / $75 / $50.
- Prize of $75 to winning overall men's and women's teams
- Lots of raffle prizes
This event would not be possible without the help of volunteers. Please contact either race co-directors if you can volunteer to help with registration, food, water table, lap scoring, officiating, or post-race festivities.
(Directions are by auto to the main campus. Follow signs to the Lower Campus Athletic Fields.)
If you have a GPS, enter the address as 400 Beaver St, Waltham, MA 02452.
Directions from points north | Take Route 95/128 south to Trapelo Road, Exit 28. Turn left at the top of the exit ramp. Follow Trapelo Road 2.6 miles toward Belmont. Turn right onto Forest Street. Bently is one ile on the left. Go past this entrance to the light at Beaver Street. Turn left. Track is on the right |
Directions from points south: | Take Route 95/128 north to Exit 27A, Totten Pond Road. At the end of the ramp turn right and follow Totten Pond Road for 1.2 miles to the end. Bear right (NOT sharp right) onto Lexington Street and go .2 miles. Take a left on Beaver Street and travel 1.5 miles. (Go around the rotary and continue) Bentley University will be on both sides. Track is on the right. |
Directions from points east/Boston: | Follow Memorial Drive west (or Storrow Drive west to Mem.Drive at the traffic lights at Harvard)
to the end and follow signs toward Rt 2 and Arlington. Bear left at the sign and lights that reads “To 16S Watertown/Waltham.” Follow for .6 mile and turn right onto Belmont Street after passing the Star Market on the right. Continue on Belmont Street and bear right as it becomes Trapelo Road. Continue for 1.7 miles. Turn left at the light and follow the sign that reads “60 Waltham to Rte. 20.” This is Waverley Oaks Road (Route 60). At the next traffic light turn right onto Beaver Street. Continue on Beaver Street, which intersects the Bentley campus. Turn left to the athletic fields at the traffic light |
Directions from points west: | Take Exit 14 off the Massachusetts Turnpike and follow signs to Route
95/128 North. Take Route 95/128 north to Totten Pond Rd, Exit 27A. At the end of the ramp turn right and follow Totten Pond Road for 1.2 miles to the end. Bear right (NOT sharp right) onto Lexington Street and go .2 miles. Take a left on Beaver Street and travel 1.5 miles. (Go around the rotary and continue) Bentley University will be on both sides. Track is on the right. |
Flying in | Waltham is approximately 15 miles west of Boston's Logan Airport. Public transportation can get you to within a mile of campus. The "T" Bus 70 runs from Central Square Cambridge to Waltham, and within 1/2 mile of the track. Commuter rail stop from Boston's North Station is 1 mile from track. Contact directors for specifics. |
There are a half dozen hotels within 2 miles of Bentley at Exit 27 off of I-95. Start with
Doubletree Guest Suites
Address: 550 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02452
PH: (781) 890-6767
FX: (781) 890-9097
Website: www.doubletreehotels.com
Athletes flying in may wish to stay in Boston or Cambridge; hotels in those cities can be recommended.
On-line entry is available through the National championship web site and the National secure website.
A paper entry form can be printed and mailed in. Click here to get to the printable form.
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