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  15th Annual
 UC Santa Cruz Cross Country Challenge		 23rd Annual
Phil Widener Empire Open		 30th Annual
 Golden Gate Park Open		 11th Annual
 Garin Park XC Challenge		 San Bruno Mountain Park XC (formerly Presidio Challenge) 7th Annual
 Willow Hills XC
Open		 18th Annual
Matt Yeo Memorial Aggies XC Open		 20th Annual
John Lawson Tamalpa Challenge		 5th Annual
Rebels XC Challenge		 30th Annual
 PA Cross Country Championship		 USATF
National Club  Championships
2015 Date 22-Aug-15 29-Aug-15 13-Sep-15
(Sunday)		 26-Sep-15 3-Oct-15 10-Oct-15 24-Oct-15 1-Nov-15
 (Sunday)		 15-Nov-15
(Sunday)		 22-Nov-15
(Sunday)		 12-Dec-15
Women's Race
(Time/Distance)		 9:00am/4.0 miles 9:00am/3.4 miles 9:00am/4+ miles 10:30am/5 km 10:15am/5 km 9:00am/5 km 9:00am/4.2 miles 9:00am/4.25mi 9:00am/6 km 11:45am Open Women/
9:00 Masters Women/
6 km 		11:45am Open Women/
9:00 Masters Women/
6 km
Open Men's Race
(Time/Distance)		 10:30am/4.0 miles 10:30am/3.4 miles 10:30am/4+ miles 9:00am/5km 9:30am/5 km 10:30am/5 km 10:30am/4.2 miles 11:00am/4.25mi 10:30am/6 km 12:30pm/10km 12:30pm Group A/10km
1:15p  Group B/10km
Master Men's Race
(Time/Distance)		 9:45am/4.0 miles 9:45am/3.4 miles 9:45am/4+ miles 9:45am/5km 11:00am/5 km 9:45am/5 km 9:45am/4.2 miles 10:00am/4.25mi 9:45am/6 km 10:45am Masters 40+ 10km
9:45am Masters 60+ 8K		 10:45am Masters 40+ 10km
9:45am Masters 60+ 8K
Location

 Upper campus trails,
UC Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz
Spring Lake Regional Park, Newanga Ave. entrance,
Santa Rosa
Lindley Meadow,
30th Ave and JFK Drive, Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco.		 1320 Garin Ave.
Garin Regional Park, Hayward, CA		 San Bruno Mountain Park,
555 Guadalupe Canyon Parkway,
Brisbane, CA 94005
Willow Hill Reservoir Community Park, Folsom CA 95630		 Shoreline Park, Martinez
Miwok Meadows,
China Camp State Park, San Rafael

 Ancil Hoffman Regional Park, 6700 Tarshes Dr,
Carmichael, CA		 Golden Gate Park.

Start in Hellman Hollow (formerly called Speedway Meadow), finish at W. end of Polo Fields on S. Side.		 Golden Gate Park.

Start in Hellman Hollow (formerly called Speedway Meadow), finish at W. end of Polo Fields on S. Side.
Directions

 

Take Hwy 17 fron San Jose to Santa Cruz. Take Hwy 1 North towards Half Moon Bay, turn right on Bay St.

Proceed up to UCSC Main Entrance at the corner of High and Bay St., go straight into campus. Turn left on Hagar Dr,  go past the Fieldhouse, turn left on McLaughlin Dr. and then turn right on Chinquapin Rd. Turn right just before the Firehouse into the Crown College parking lot. Registration is in the small parking area above the Firehouse.

LIMITED PARKING NOTICE: The Crown College parking lot (the closest lot) has construction/repaving equipment sited there, so parking in that lot is extremely limited. Arrive early and expect to have to park in the East Remote parking lot (#104 as shown on the campus map) on Hagar Drive. It’s about a mile walk away from the race registration which is lot #156 on Chinquapin Road above the Firehouse.

Expect to have a shuttle run for those that arrive late. Campus Map

 From Hwy 101: Take Hwy 12, east toward Sonoma 1 mile until the highway ends at Farmers Lane stoplight. Cross intersection onto Hoen, 1.5 miles to Newanga stopsign.

Left on Newanga 1/4 mile to Spring Lake Park entrance. $7 parking fee.

Right after entrance to Oak Knolls area parking.

Race starts/finishes 1/4 mile from parking on west side of lake near Jackrabbit boat ramp.		 Take Fulton Avenue, which runs along the north edge of the park, to 30th Ave. (stoplight).

Turn south into the park.  Road deadends at JFK at Lindley Meadow..(East end of JFK

Drive is closed on Sunday, so use Fulton.)		 From South Bay: I-880 N toward Oakland. Merge onto Industrial Pkwy SW via exit 24.

Keep R at fork to continue onto Industrial Pkwy. Turn R onto Mission Blvd.

Turn L onto Garin Ave. Garin Park is 1320 Garin Ave. 

From San Fransisco: I-280 S.  Merge onto I-380 E.  Merge onto US-101 S.  Merge onto CA-92 E toward Hayward.  Merge onto I-880 S.

Turn L onto Industrial Pkwy.  Turn on R onto Mission Blvd. Turn L onto on Garin Ave. to Garin Park at 1320 Garin Ave.		 Note that parking is limited at the Guadalupe Canyon Parkway parking lot and costs $7 for vehicle entry. We recommend that you park in the streets near the entrance at 1100 Crocker Avenue in Daly City (cross street Southern Hill Blvd). The race site is about 0.85-0.9 miles on the asphalt path from that entrance.

Directions to the Crocker Avenue entrance is as follow:

280 North: Take the Junipero Serra Blvd exit in Daly City. Go straight and take a right on John Daly Blvd. Follow John Daly straight up to Hillside Blvd past Mission street. Take a left on Bronswick Street and then a right on Crocker Avenue. Follow Crocker (about a mile) up to the entrance on your right near Southern Hill Blvd.

280 South: Take the San Jose Ave/Mission Street exit in San Francisco. Go straight to follow CA-82 N/San Jose Avenue. Turn left on Wilson Street; right on Mission Street; and then left on Crocker. Follow Crocker (about a mile) up to the entrance on your right near Southern Hill Blvd.		 Take Hwy 50 east (toward Lake Tahoe) to Folsom. Take Prairie City Rd off-ramp, Exit 25. At light go left, over freeway onto Prairie City Rd.

Follow signs to lower high school parking lot.		 From the South:

 680 N Exit Waterfront Rd. Toward Marina Vista. 

Take Marina Vista West Right on Ferry St. into the Park 

From the North: 

 680 S Exit Marina Vista toward Waterfront Rd. 

Take a left onto Marina VistaRight on Ferry St. into the Park
 		 Hwy 101 to San Rafael, take the North San Pedro Road exit and go east (toward the bay) for 5 miles to the park. From Hwy 50 take Watt Ave off-ramp. Head north to Fair Oaks Blvd, turn right. Follow Fair Oaks Blvd to Van Alstine and turn right. Turn left onto California Ave, then right on Tarshes Drive. $5 parking fee in the park. Finish and all pre-reg and race day reg is at the South Parking Lot of the Polo Fields.

Start is 800 meters east in Hellman Hollow (formerly known as Speedway Meadow).

Finish is right near registration/SW corner of polo fields, along the S side of the dirt trotting track.

This course will be same as 2015 USATF Club Cross Country Nationals.

Course Map		 Finish and all pre-reg and race day reg is at the South Parking Lot of the Polo Fields.

Start is 800 meters east in Hellman Hollow (formerly known as Speedway Meadow).

Finish is right near registration/SW corner of polo fields, along the S side of the dirt trotting track.


Course Map
Open Team $  $100/$75/$50 $75/$50/$25 $150/$75 $75/$50/$25 $75/$50/$25 $75/$50 $100/$75/$50 $120/$75 $125/$75 $150/$75 -
Open Individual $ $50/$30/$20 $150/$75/$25 $200/$100/$50 $150/$75/$50 $150/$75/$50 $100 $50/$30/$20 $120/$75 $125/$75/$25 $200/$100/$50 -
Master $ Indiv. $40/$25
Team $100/$75/$50		 Indiv. $75/$25
Team $75/$25		 Indiv. $50/$25
Team $50/$25		 Indiv. $75/$50
Team $75/$25		 Indiv. $75/$50
Team $75/$25
 Indiv. $100
Team $50/$25		 Indiv. $40/$25
Team $100/$75/$50		 Indiv. $75
Team $75/$50		 Indiv. $75/$25
Team $75/$25		 Indiv. $50/$25
Team $50/$25		 -
Senior $ Indiv. $30/$20
Team $50/$35		 Indiv. $50
Team $50		 Indiv. $25 Indiv. $50
Team $50		 Indiv. $50
Team $50		 Indiv. $50
Team $50/$25		 Indiv. $30/$20
Team $50/$35		 Indiv. $45
Team $30 		Indiv. $50
Team $50/$25		 Indiv. $25 -
Super Senior $ N/A Indiv. $25
Team $25		 N/A N/A N/A Indiv. $50
Team $50/$25		 N/A Indiv. $35
Team $25		 N/A N/A -
Veteran $ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Indiv. $50
Team $50		 N/A Indiv. $25 N/A N/A -
Sponsoring Organization Santa Cruz
Track Club		 Empire
Runners Club		 SF Running & Walking West Valley Track Club  Excelsior Running Club Buffalo Chips
Running Club		 Aggies
Running Club		 Tamalpa Runners River City Rebels SF Running & Walking SF Running & Walking
Total Prize Purse $1500 (1.5 points weighted race) $1500 (1.5 points weighted race) $1500 (1.5 points weighted race) $1500 (1.5 points weighted race) $1500 (1.5 points weighted race) $1500 (1.5 points weighted race) $1500 (1.5 points weighted race) $1500 (1.5 points weighted race) $1500 (1.5 points
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Race Director Greg Hales Carl Triola Tim Wason Pontus Ahlstrom Chikara Omine Arnold Utterback Kevin Searls Ken Grebenstein Andy Harris Tim Wason Tim Wason
Race Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] c[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Telephone 408-390-0335 707-495-5135 415-823-2276 415-513-8640 415-269-1022 916-541-3608 925-963-8534 415-927-3664 916-531-8503 415-823-2276 415-823-2276
Cost, Pre-Reg. $15 if post-marked by Aug 15th Online-$15 (no fees), deadline Aug 26

Click Empire Open Info and Registration

Mail-in paper form--$20, postmark by August 21.
 $20 if received by Sept 10th
 or online at RaceRoster.com by midnight Sept 9 (small service fee)

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 $20 if postmarked by Sept. 18th .
Note: even if you plan to pay with check, please register online using the promo code CHECK. Click on the link below for more information. Online registration is open until Sep 23rd.

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 $15 if post-marked
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 $15 if post-marked
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 $30 if received by 11/18/15 by mail., or registered online.



 Entry Form
Cost, Late/Race Day $20 $25
Race day substitution $10
(See webpage for subbing information)		 $25 (cash or check) $25 (not incl. $5 parking) $25 $20 $25 $25 $20 $35
(cash or check)		 -
Check Payable to: SCTC Empire Runners Club SF Running & Walking WVTC  Excelsior Running Club Buffalo Chips
Running Club		  Aggies Running Club Tamalpa Runners River City Rebels SF Running & Walking -
Registration Address & Phone Number SCTC, c/o Greg Hales
110 Seascape Ridge Dr, Aptos CA 95003		 Empire Runners Club,
c/o Jerry Lyman,
2345 Hilltop Court, Santa Rosa, CA 95404		 SF Running & Walking,
c/o Homer Chan, 874 Filbert St.San Francisco, CA 94133		 Marc Lund,
1290 Oakmead Pkwy, Suite 105, Sunnyvale, CA 94085		 Chikara Omine
299 Miriam Street,
Apt. A
Daly City, CA 94014		 Arnold Utterback,
P.O Box 160852, Sacramento, CA 95816		 Kevin Searls
4110 Canyon Way
 Martinez CA 94553		 Ken Grebenstein
709 Oakdale Ave,
Corte Madera, CA 94925		 River City Rebels,
P.O. Box 189667,
Sacramento, CA 95818-9667		 SF Running & Walking,
c/o Homer Chan, 874 Filbert St.San Francisco, CA 94133		 -
Misc. info

Merchandise awards to top 3 in 10 year age groups		 "Top 10" T-shirts to first 10 finishers of each race

Downloadable multiple entry form available on webpage.
Ample parking on JFK Drive near 30th Ave. Some picnic tables available on a first come, first serve basis. Excellent competition.

Volunteers greatly appreciated--call 415-823-2276.		 PA course records:

Open men: Chris Frias 15:21 (2014). Open women: Megan Deakins18:01 (2013). 40+ men: Jim Sorensen 16:04 (2007). 40+ women: Valerie Young 18:57(2011). 50+ men: Brian Pilcher 17:28 (2008). 50+ women: Cathy Dubay 20:25 (2014). 60+ men: Donald Porteous 20:05 (2007). 60+ women: Sharlet Gilbert 23:55 (2012). 70+ men: Hans Schmid 22:15 (2013). 70+ women: Melody-Anne Schultz 25:42 (2013).

Plenty of parking available.  Picnic area in park.		 The Presidio race could not be held due to trail closures.

This year's race will take place in the rolling hills of San Bruno Mountain Park with great views of San Francisco below.

Runners on the comp list may email the RD for the online entry code. We will match entries against the list.		 Loop course, rolling hills. 2 x 2 mile loops with .2 mile initial grass start.  

Flat course with a mix of grass, groomed dirt trails, and path.  

New memorial name for recently deceased club member, Matt Yeo.		 Back to old China Camp course, a 4.25 mile eyeloop course, rolling with lots of single track. About 1/4 mile of road.

Beer mugs to first 325 finishers. Make sure car is parked off the roadway. 

This race is a memorial to John Lawson, a Tamalpa Runner who, at 44, died suddenly of a heart attack in 2000.
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All comped athletes must pre-register. Post race refreshments.		 Note: The Pacific Association XC Championships will also serve as the West Regional Championship.

We strongly suggest you set up your team meeting area in the South Bleachers of the Polo Fields.  You can erect pop-up canopies, fly your team flag.  Be good collegiate types and clean up afterwards.  Portapotties are South of the bleachers through the South Tunnel at the West end of the bleachers, please use the portapots before using the existing building toilets, which are subject to flooding if used too heavily (that happened last time, not good). At this location you are about 200 yards East from the finish and 600 yards West from the start.

Course Map		 We strongly suggest you set up your team meeting area in the South Bleachers of the Polo Fields.  You can erect pop-up canopies, fly your team flag.  Be good collegiate types and clean up afterwards.  Portapotties are South of the bleachers through the South Tunnel at the West end of the bleachers, please use the portapots before using the existing building toilets, which are subject to flooding if used too heavily (that happened last time, not good). At this location you are about 200 yards East from the finish and 600 yards West from the start.

Course Map
Course map and decription
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