Bobby Baker, Race Director
USATF 5K Race Walk Championship
and the USA Junior Championship
Kingsport, Tennessee - October 4, 2008

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The Americourt Hotel is now the
Quality Inn and Conference Center


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INFORMATION

  • This is a 5 Km race walk USATF Certified course on a back and forth 1K loop on American Way street adjacent to the Quality Inn.
  • All race walkers must abide by the rules that govern race walking.
  • Participants will be judged by National Certified Judges. This is a Sanctioned USA Track and Field Event. Everyone must have a USATF Membership number.
  • Entry fee $25.00. (The post-race lunch has been cancelled for this year.)
  • All entries must be post marked no later than September 22th.
  • Walk up registration October 3rd, 2 pm till 9 pm in Quality Inn Lobby
  • NO registration on race day!
  • Long sleeve T-shirts guaranteed to everyone pre-registered.
  • Refreshments provided after the race.
  • A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the "Friends In Need Health Center" of Kingsport.
  • For more Information contact Race Director Bobby Baker 423-230-6406 or e-mail rlbaker@chartertn.net
  • Finish line results will be posted on www.runtricities.org

AWARDS

  • Ceremony will begin at 10:45 am in the Quality Inn Ball Room
  • $100 prize money will be awarded to the TOP Open Male and Female finishers.
  • TOP 3 Masters Male and Female finishers will receive $50 each. If a Masters wins the Open they aren't eligible to receive the $50 Masters prize money.
  • TOP 6 Open Male and female finishers will receive National Championship Medals.
  • Masters age groups for Male and Females are: ( 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 ).
  • Each age group division will receive first, second, and third place medals.
  • The Overall Open Championship winners ( male and female ) could also receive an age group medal in the Masters Division.
  • Juniors Open ( male and female ) TOP 3 finishers will receive medals.

TEAMS

  • The TOP Open Male and Female Teams will receive a plaque and the TOP 3 finishers of each Team will receive a medal.
  • The Masters Age group TOP Teams Male and Female ( 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 ) will receive medals for the TOP 3 members of that Team as they finish.
  • YOU MUST DESIGNATE IF YOU’RE COMPETING IN THE OPEN OR MASTERS. You cannot "DOUBLE DIP".
  • The Team must be registered under a USATF Club. If ages on the Team are mixed, it will invert to the YOUNGER AGE GROUP MEMBER. Example: One person in the 50-59 age group and two members in the 60-69 age group, the Team will be competing in the 50-59 age group.
  • The TOP Open Male and Female Junior Teams will receive medals three deep on each Team.
  • SIGN UP for Teams will be at the registration table in the Quality Inn on Oct 3rd from 2 pm till 9 pm.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

  • Friday October 3rd- Packet pick up and registration from 2pm till 9 pm in Quality Inn Lobby. After 9 pm packet pick up at the front desk in the motel lobby.
  • Saturday, October 4th.
    • Pre Race Activities at 7:45 AM
    • Women's Race at 8 AM
    • Men's Race at 9:15 AM
    • Awards Ceremony 10:45 AM
    • Carter's Fold- Everyone meet in the Quality Inn Lobby at 5:45 PM for Instructions and maps. We will carpool to Carter's Fold
  • Sunday Morning October 5th- Meet in the Quality Inn Lobby at 7 AM for a walk on the Greenbelt with the Race Director. Breakfast to follow in the Quality Inn.
  • (Note that the Race Walk Clinic, previously scheduled on Friday, 10/3, with Jim Carmines, has been cancelled.)

HOST MOTEL

  • Quality Inn
    1900 American Way St
    Kingsport, TN 37660
  • Call 423-245-0271 for reservations and/or shuttle service

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