2021 Lake Erie Association Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships

Rules: The competition will be conducted under the current USATF rules.
 
Sanction: This meet is sanctioned by Lake Erie Association of USA Track & Field.
 
Awards: Association medals presented to the top three places in each age division.
 
Course: Mostly a grass surface. No dressing facility is available.
 
Entry Fee: $12 per athlete, no additional entry fee for teams. A team must consist of at least five runners, but not more than eight runners, and the team must be a registered USATF club. All athletes must have a current USATF membership card. Membership must be purchased online at www.usatf.org.  Membership purchased after November 1, 2021 will be valid for the rest of this season as well as the 2022 season.
 

AGE DIVISION	YEAR OF BIRTH	DISTANCE
8 and Under	2013+	2,000m
9-10	2011-2012	3,000m
11-12	2009-2010	3,000m
13-14	2007-2008	4,000m
15-16	2005-2006	5,000m
17-18	2003-2004	5,000m

                                                  
*athlete must be at least 7 years of age on December 31^st of the current year to compete in 8 & under
 
Questions: If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Rick Marinelli at rmarinelli@sbcglobal.net. If you have questions regarding entries, please contact JoAnn Kitchen at kitchgj@aol.com
 
Check In: Begins at 8:30 a.m.
 
Advancement: NO REGIONAL MEET WILL BE HELD. The top fifteen individuals and top two teams in each age division will advance to the USATF National Cross Country Meet on December 11, 2021 in Paris, Kentucky.

Due to COVID-19 virus and evolving variants, it has been decided that there will be no advancement requirements into the 2021 USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships to be held once again in Paris, Kentucky on Saturday, 11 December.  
Association and Region Championships will be allowed but will not serve as JO XC National Championship Qualifiers.  Click here for further information:
https://www.usatf.org/events/2021/2021-usatf-national-junior-olympic-cross-country-c

COVID-19 Protocols for the 2021 USATF Lake Erie Cross Country Championships
A temperature check (below 100.4^o F) and symptom survey must be performed prior to entering Columbiana High School.

Vaccinated individuals are not required to wear masks; non-vaccinated individuals and others must wear masks at all times in the facility except when warming up, competing, eating, or drinking. Social distancing must be observed at all times. 

All athletes and officials, as well as any volunteers who will have sustained direct contact with athletes (more than 15 minutes in a 24-hour period), must present evidence of one of the following:

• Being fully vaccinated (meaning having had the final dose of their course of vaccination at least 14 days prior) – presentation of their vaccination card (preferably a photocopy or a digital copy on a phone or tablet)

 
OR
 

• A negative COVID-19 test within seven (7) days of the event. There are two options for a negative COVID-19 test:
  • Option #1) a negative PCR test
  • Option #2) a negative Antigen test, provided ALL the following criteria are met: 
    • Both the county of residence of the athlete/participant AND the county of the event has a state government reported COVID-19 positivity rate in each of the last two weeks of less than 5%, AND
    • The athlete/participant is asymptomatic (as reported on the symptom survey and temperature check), AND
    • The athlete/participant has not had exposure to a person with confirmed COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
      
      If all three of the criteria above for Option #2 are not met, then the participant must use Option #1 to meet the negative COVID-19 test criterion.

Note that COVID-19 antibody testing is NOT currently accepted to meet the negative COVID-19 test criterion.

These protocols are subject to change. Last updated 10/5/2021.