Youth Cross Country
CORK Youth XC is a developmental program. Geared towards preparing kids to compete in the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country series, this program teaches the basics of running. Practices are built around actual workouts, but with a hefty amount of fun included. Teamwork, sportsmanship, form, and nutrition are all addressed. Practices start late October.
If you are signing up 1 child, keep “Children” at 1 and “Quantity” at 1,
If you are signing up 2 children, select “2 Children” and keep “Quantity” at 1.
If you are signing up 3 children, select “3 Children” and keep “Quantity” at 1.
CORK Youth XC is a developmental program. Geared towards preparing kids to compete in the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country series, this program teaches the basics of running. Practices are built around actual workouts, but with a hefty amount of fun included. Teamwork, sportsmanship, form, and nutrition are all addressed. Practices start late October.
If you are signing up 1 child, keep “Children” at 1 and “Quantity” at 1,
If you are signing up 2 children, select “2 Children” and keep “Quantity” at 1.
If you are signing up 3 children, select “3 Children” and keep “Quantity” at 1.
CORK Youth XC is a developmental program. Geared towards preparing kids to compete in the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country series, this program teaches the basics of running. Practices are built around actual workouts, but with a hefty amount of fun included. Teamwork, sportsmanship, form, and nutrition are all addressed. Practices start late October.
If you are signing up 1 child, keep “Children” at 1 and “Quantity” at 1,
If you are signing up 2 children, select “2 Children” and keep “Quantity” at 1.
If you are signing up 3 children, select “3 Children” and keep “Quantity” at 1.
Practices: With the revised middle school schedules this year practice times need to be adjusted to start later but this creates issues with enough daylight after daylight savings. We have created a schedule that we hope will work for most of you with later start times, a day at Farewell Bend Park with lit pathways, and an early start day on Wednesday since everyone has early release that day. I know that this is going to create special logistical challenges for some of you as well but we feel like this is the best solution with the later middle school release times.
UPDATED DATES, TIMES, LOCATIONS:
Oct 7th-Oct 31st (Oct 7, 9, 14 and 16 for elementary ages only, middle school starts the 17th)
Drake Park - Mon 4:15 - 5:45pm
Drake Park - Wed 4:15 - 5:45pm
Drake Park - Thurs 4:15 - 5:45pm
Nov 4 - Dec 8 (due to daylight savings ending)
Farewell Bend on Monday from 4:15 - 5:45pm because there are lights
Drake Park on Wed from 3:30-5pm because of early release
Drake Park on Thurs 4:15 - 5:15pm with headlamps and we can do easy runs
Cost – $50 1st child, $30 2nd child, $25 3rd child
Start Date – 10/07/2024
Coaches – Max King, Casey Campbell (TBD)
Ages – 8* – 15 yrs (*younger/elementary kids, and/or kids unable to complete a standard workout may require additional parent involvement in order to participate)
Practices will involve a group warm-up, stretching/drills, a “workout” (intervals, hills, long run), strength conditioning, and sometimes games. Coaching advice regarding team work, sportsmanship, leadership, running form, nutrition, pacing, hydration, etc. will be incorporated as well. Average total distance in practice will be 4miles. We focus on keeping the atmosphere fun, while building skills to aid in a competitive XC season. All kids with a passion for running and willingness to try/work hard are welcome.
Please Bring:
Appropriate running shoes
Sweat pants or similar running pants
Sweat shirt, long sleeve running shirt, jacket
Water bottle (with water)
Gloves and hat (for if it's really cold)
Need based membership scholarships are available. If interested, please contact one of the CORK XC coaches for details.
Cross Country Racing Opportunities:
All practices and meets are optional. Participation in meets is not required to be a part of the program.
Stumptown Youth XC Championships (unofficial middle school state meet) - https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/222725/info
Saturday Nov 3rd - Western Oregon University Ash Creek Preserve - Entries Due Oct 27th
You can run for your school or for CORK at this meet. You do not need a USATF membership to run.
USATF Junior Olympics
If you would like to compete in the Junior Olympics, you will need to complete a few other steps. Please go to our USATF Help page for more details on registering for the Junior Olympic meets.
Schedule for USATF Youth XC can be found here: https://oregon.usatf.org/programs/youth (optional / developmental meets) Many of the dates listed are developmental meets. The actual “Junior Olympic” meets are listed below…
Key dates:
USATF Junior Olympic Association (State) XC Meet –Sat Nov 9th – Western Oregon University Ash Creek XC Course - Monmouth, OR - https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/244347/info
- Top 35 individuals and top 5 teams advance to USATF Regional Meet on Nov 23
USATF Junior Olympic Regional meet – Sat Nov 23rd - Chambers Creek Park XC Course - University Place, WA -
- Top 30 individuals and top 2 teams advance to USATF National Meet on Dec 14
USATF Junior Olympic National meet – Sat Dec 14th - Shelbyville, IN https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/239611/info
Please pass this message along to any other runners/families that you think may be interested. All the coaches are really looking forward to another great CORK Youth XC year with you. We wish you all the best in the remainder of your seasons. See you soon!
Coach Max
Contact: Max King at cork.youth.running@gmail.com