Do you enjoy mud, camaraderie, and suffering through the hills of Lower Woodland Park? Join Club Northwest for the fall cross country season! 

benefits

• Free entry into all meets on our schedule. This alone recoups your CNW membership fee.

• Group practices run by coaches Tom Cotner and Mark Bloudek on Saturday mornings during XC season.

• Join the best cross country team in the Pacific Northwest.

2023 Results

Bill Roe Classic • Emerald City Open • PNTF Championships • USATF NW Regionals • USATF National Championships

how to join

• Become a Club Northwest member. To join, go to our membership website and register. Make sure all your info is correct, including email address and date of birth.

  • For existing members, make sure your CNW membership is valid through December of the current year.

• Get a 2023 USATF membership and list your affiliation with Club Northwest (club #116). This is necessary to compete at the PNTF Championships, NW Regional Championships, or USATF Club Nationals. Masters athletes need to verify their age; make sure your date of birth is correct at the CNW membership site. If you joined late last year you should still be a USATF member through 2023, but double-check. If not, wait until November 1 to join or renew and your membership will extend through the end of 2024. If you need to change USATF association or club see here. The membership contact for PNTF is Tracy Silva (membership@pacificnw.usatf.org).

• Wear our uniform during cross country meets. It consists of orange Brooks singlet (available at the Club Northwest store) and black shorts. If you do not wish to pay by credit card, contact membership@clubnorthwest.org to arrange payment and delivery.

• For further questions, contact Deborah Fletcher at dfletch1970@msn.com.

Registering for Cross country races

Register for cross country through the Events section of our membership website. We will announce when registration is open on the XC mailing list; be sure you subscribed to that list. Do not register directly with the race. Club Northwest will cover entry fees for all races below.

2023 Cross Country Schedule

• September 23 (Sat): WWU Bill Roe Cross Country Classic, WWU Bellingham Lake Padden Park.
  [8k men / 6k women. Course Map. Participants must complete their race within 50 minutes.]

• October 7 (Sat): Emerald City Open, Lower Woodland Park, Seattle, WA.
  [8k men / 6k women.]

• November 5 (Sun): PNTF Championships, Lincoln Park, Seattle WA.
  [10k open men / 8k masters men / 6k women. Must be a USATF member.]
  Important Note: You need to be a USATF member affiliated with Club Northwest before Deborah can register you for this race. If you are not a member or your membership has expired, be sure to join or renew your USATF membership on November 1 so that you can be registered for the race by the November 3 deadline. If you need to change USATF association or club see here. The membership contact for PNTF is Tracy Silva (membership@pacificnw.usatf.org).

• November 18 (Sat): USATF NW Regionals, Fernhill Park, Portland, OR

  [8k men / 6k women. Counts double points for team selection. Must be a USATF member.]

• December 9 (Sat): USATF Club Nationals, Tallahassee, FL.
  [10k open/40s/50s men / 8k 60s+ men / 6k women. Must be a USATF member.]

Additional races (None in 2023)

The following are other options if you want more race opportunities, but the club does not pay registration fees or travel for them. You must register yourself.

2023 CLUB NATIONAL TEAM

Open WOMEN

• Lana Lacey

• Alison Maxwell

• Sarah Paquet

• Ashden Personius

• Melissa Phung-Rojas

• Erin Wagner

40s women

• Sophia Liu

• Meghan Lyle

50s women

• Deborah Fletcher

• Holly McIlvaine

• Judith Puzon

• Jennifer Saam

60s women

• Gail Hall

• Michelle Neal

• Kay Pinkstaff

2024 CNW XC National Team Elite Team Selection Criteria

Our goal is to field the best possible teams for Nationals. They will represent CNW at the 2024 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships that our club will host Saturday December 14th, at Chambers Creek in Tacoma, WA. Since CNW is hosting on our “home” course, we want this to be the focus for our members in the fall of 2024.

The Teams Committee will define the selection criteria for the men’s and women’s elite teams for the 2024 XC season. Below are the selection criteria for 2024.

All teams will be selected after Regionals which is 3 weeks before Club Nationals. Points for scoring as follows: 1st Place scores 10 points, 2nd 9 points, …, 10th is 1 point.  Above 10th is 1 point.  DNF scores 0 points. You are scored only versus members of the club in your race and in the same age group. So open runners, 40s, 50s, etc are all scored separately.

Qualifying meets are WWU, Emerald City, PNTF and Regionals, with points at Regionals counting double. For each team some positions are chosen by points, while the remaining at large positions are chosen by the selection committee consisting of the team manager, VP of teams, and team captains. In the case of a tie for the last points position(s), the selection committee will choose from among those tied who gets into the team on points (up the available points positions), and the others will be added to the general pool for further consideration.

Note that to be eligible for 2024 A team consideration, an athlete may not run a marathon after October 13, 2024, so athletes have time to recover to compete at a high level at the meet.

Open athletes (men and women) compete for 4 positions based on points, and 4 at large positions for a total of 8 positions each for the men’s and women’s open (A) team. Scoring for open athletes will use your best score for 3 out of 4 qualifying meets, with NW Regionals counting double points.

Men’s 40s and 50s athletes compete for 4 positions based on points, and 5 at large positions for a total of 9 positions.

The men's 60s, 70s and 80s, and women's 40s, 50s, and 60s teams will each consist of 2 positions based on points and 3 at large positions for a total of 5 positions.

For all masters men and women athletes, we will use your best score for 2 out of 4 qualifying meets, with NW Regionals counting double points.

Athletes must have a CNW membership which runs through December 2024 and be racing in uniform to count for a race.  Also, for PNTF Champs, USATF NW Regionals and USATF Club Nationals, current USATF membership is required. Note that USATF rules and CNW policy prohibits an athlete running for two different clubs in the same year. In order to be eligible to run for CNW at Club Nationals, you must list your affiliation as Club Northwest for every race that allows statement of affiliation.

Regarding funding, the Club will provide one night’s lodging (a shared hotel room for either Friday or Saturday night) for all open and masters athletes on the A teams. There may be extra hotel rooms (for purchase by the athlete) for those athletes who are filling out B, C, D & E teams.

The Club will pay for entry fees for all members who race Club Nationals.

All athletes will get to keep all their individual and team prize money, except PNTF and NW Regionals team prize money which is given to the club.

If anyone has questions or feedback, email Deborah and she will be happy to answer them.

2023 Team captains
Open Women: Lana Lacey
Open Men: Tyler Van Dooren
40s Women: Meghan Lyle
40s Men: Mark Bloudek
50s Women: Deborah Fletcher
50s Men: Emmet Hogan
60s Women: Gail Hall
70s Men: David Longmuir