2021 Lake Erie Association Open & Masters Cross Country Championships

Age Groups (M & F): Open (ages 19 to 29), Masters ages 30+ (in five-year increments)
 
 
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.
 
 
Check In: Begins at 8:30 a.m.
 
 
Questions: Call or text Phillip Pillin at (330)881-2058 or email pillin@zoominternet.net

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.