• Pacific Association (PA) Youth Championships
  • This meet is not a qualifier meet for the Junior Olympics
  • URL:  https://www.pausatf.org/data/2009/ytfPAC2009.html
  • Competition Date:  Saturday / Sunday, June 13-14
  • Location:  Santa Rosa High School
  • Deadline to Register:  Friday, June 5, 2009 @ 12 midnight
    • How to register:  Club Manager electronic file
    • Where to send Club Manager file:  Anthony Camargo @ [email protected]
  • Cost:  $6 per event, a relay counts as an event
    • Who to write money order to:  PA / USATF
    • Where to send money order:  Maura Kent, 1442 Deerfield Circle, Roseville, CA 95747
  • Who can compete:  only Pacific Association USATF members & clubs
• Sub-Bantam Championships
  • URL:  https://www.pausatf.org/data/2009/ytfsubbantam.pdf
  • Competition Date:  Saturday, June 20
  • Location:  Granada High School, Livermore
  • Deadline to Register:  Friday, June 12, 2009 @ 12 midnight
    • How to register:  Paper registration available on PA website
    • Where to send paper registration:  Anthony Camargo @ [email protected] or to address below
  • Cost:  $8 per athlete
    • Who to write money order to:  PA / USATF
    • Where to send money order & paper registration form:  PA Sub-Bantam Championships; 278 Wistar Road, Oakland, CA  94603
  • Who can compete:  any athlete who turns 8 years old or younger in 2009; do not have to be member of Pacific Association or USATF
• Region 14 Multis Championships
  • URL:  TBD
  • Competition Date:  Saturday / Sunday, June 20-21
  • Location:  Clovis East High School, Clovis
  • Deadline to Register:  TBD
    • How to register:  TBD
  • Cost:  $X per athlete
    • Who to write money order to:  TBD
    • Where to send money order:  TBD
  • Who can compete:  only Pacific Association and Central California Association USATF members & clubs
  • Who advances:  Top 2 finishers in each age group event will automatically advance to the USATF Junior Olympic Nationals in Greensboro, NC
• Pacific Association Junior Olympic Championships
  • URL:  https://www.pausatf.org/data/2009/ytfpajochamps09.pdf
  • Competition Date:  Friday / Saturday / Sunday, June 26-28
  • Location:  Granada High School, Livermore
  • Deadline to Register:  Friday, June 12, 2009 @ 12 midnight
    • How to register:  Club Manager software to register athletes electronically; also required to submit signed paper copy of Junior Olympic (JO) Individual Entry form (1 per athlete)
    • Where to send Club Manager file:  Anthony Camargo at [email protected]
  • Cost:  $6 per athlete; relay counts as an event; meet day registration incurs $20 late fee per event
    • Who to write money order to:  PA / USATF
    • Where to send money order, signed JO Individual Entry form and completed Relay Team Entry form:  Maria Castillo, 221 Waterview Terrace, Vallejo, CA  94591
  • Who can compete:  only Pacific Association USATF members & clubs
  • Who advances:  Top 8 finishers in each age group event will automatically advance to the Region 14 Junior Olympic meet in Bakersfield, CA on July 10-12
• Region 14 Junior Olympic Championships
  • URL:  TBD
  • Competition Date:  Friday / Saturday / Sunday, July 10-12
  • Location:  CSU Bakersfield and Liberty HS, Bakersfield
  • Deadline to Register:  June 26-28
    • How to register:  Must not leave the PA / JO meet on June 26-28 without paying advancement fees and updating JO Individual Entry form and turning into meet management
  • Cost:  $7 per event, relay counts as an event
    • Where to pay cash:  Stop at the Advancement Table and update your JO Individual Entry form and pay your advancement fees
  • Who can compete:  only Pacific Association USATF members who placed in the Top 8 finishers in the prior qualification meet on June 26-28
  • Who advances:  Top 3 finishers in each age group event will automatically advance to the USATF Junior Olympic Nationals in Greensboro, NC
• USATF Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships
  • URL:  http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USATFJuniorOlympicTFChampionships/
  • Competition Date:  Tuesday-Sunday, July 28 – August 2
  • Location:  Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Deadline to Register:  July 10-12
    • How to register:  Must not leave the Region 14 meet on July 10-12 without updating JO Individual Entry form and turning into meet management
  • Cost:  $8 per event, relay counts as an event
    • Where to pay cash:  The Pacific Association will pay the advancement fees for all PA athletes who qualify to the national meet
  • Who can compete:  only USATF youth athletes who qualified in their regional meets

• To obtain the latest version of Club Manager please contact Anthony Camargo at [email protected].
  • Club 4-digit codes can be located on the PA/USATF website in the Youth drop down list at https://www.pausatf.org/data/YTF4_letter_codes.html.  If your club is not listed contact Anthony Camargo at [email protected]  for a 4-digit code for your club
  • All 4-digit codes should be in CAPS
  • All unattached athletes use “UNA” as their code
• Load all youth athletes, their 2009 USATF numbers, birth date and their best times / marks
• Create a Meet Manager file using the “Create Meet Manager File” button and save it using your club name or unattached athlete’s name
• E-mail your saved “Meet Manager File” including the name of your club in the saved file name to Anthony Camargo at [email protected]
• Entries received after the deadline will be assessed a $10.00 per event late fee
• Meet entry changes the dayofthemeetare assessed a $20 per event late fee – changesmust be made by 7:00 am of the first dayofthemeet
  • NOTE:  This is not adding a new athlete to compete in the meet but changing the events the athlete plans to compete in
  • No changes will be accepted after this deadline

• 3-part forms are available by going to the 2009 Youth Track & Field schedule at https://www.pausatf.org/data/2009/ytfcalendar.html and scrolling down to the June 26-28 meet section. This is the Pacific Association Junior Olympic (PA/JO) Championships.
• Prior to the PA/JO, each athlete (club member or unattached) is required to have their JO advancement form validated by Tony Williams, Sr. (Youth Membership Chairperson). Validation is to ensure an athlete is competing in the correct age group and has a current 2009 USATF membership. The act of validation is a stamp that is placed on each form.
• Tony is available at the followingmeetstovalidate your forms:
  • May 30:  Central Valley Roadrunners meet @ Modesto JC
  • June 6:  Distance Runners Carnival @ Granada HS, Livermore
  • June 13-14:  PAC meet @ Santa Rosa HS
• Forms must be mailed in with your registration money order.  They cannot be submitted the day of the meet when you pick up your club packet

• When you arrive at packet pick-up remember to bring your PA Youth Committee binder which contains a copy of proof of birth documents sorted in alphabetical order by athlete’s last name (not sorted by age division). It is always recommended that you have one extra copy of each proof of birth in case the Youth Membership Chair does not have it on file.
• Check the PA/USATF website (https://www.pausatf.org/data/members.php) to verify your proof of birth for each athlete. If their name does not show up, you will need to provide a copy of their proof of birth to Tony Williams. The website is updated weekly. Please do not send any proof of birth to the main PA office in Folsom two weeks prior to the JO’s.
• Be ready to produce verification of 2009 USATF membership numbers for each youth athlete. Check https://www.pausatf.org/indexclubsa.php to verify that your athletes are listed under your team. Unattached athletes can find their membership number listed in the unattached roster. Print your roster and bring with you to packet pick-up.

Pacific
Association Youth Committee Meeting

W e l co m e

Please remember that PAYC meetings
are to follow Robert’s Rule of Order. If you need a refresher you can
visit: http://www.robertsrules.com/

Date: Saturday, January 24

Time: 11:00 pm – 3:00 pm (no
host)

Location: James Logan
High School

1800 H Street (same place of other meeting)

Union City

Chair – Joanne Camargo 

Vice Chair – Debra Harvey 

Secretary – Nadine Davis 

Treasurer
– Dan Wright 

Officials Chairperson
– Maria Castillo 

Track Chairperson – Deborah
Sample 

Field Chairperson – Kenneth
Block 

Communications Chairperson
– Maura Kent

Race Walk Chairperson
– Becky Klein

Multi Event Chairperson –
Lee Webb

High School Chairperson –
Darrell Hampton

Cross Country Chairperson –
Bob Shor

Records Chairperson –
Charlie Sheppard

Membership Chairperson –
Tony Williams 

AGENDA

• Call Meeting to
  Order
• Minutes From Last
  Meeting – Coaches meeting
  Oct 11, 2008
• USATF Annual Convention
  in Reno – December 4-7, 2008

1. Review Youth Operating
   Procedures (YOP). The YOP will be emailed to you so you can view them
   before the meeting. The items highlighted in RED will be items
   to be voted on at the meeting. Please make a copy, mark it up
   and bring to the meeting for discussion and ratification.
2. Membership Chair
   Update ———————- Tony Williams
   • Beginning in 2009
     USATF is no longer allowing copies of proof of birth date documentation
     to be used to validate a youth athlete’s birth date. Consequently
     each club will need to collect valid proof of birth documents and present
     them to our Membership Chairperson. These documents will be returned.
     This is a one time exercise per athlete. 
   • Tony Williams, our
     current PA Youth Membership Chair, will be available for youth club coaches
     and parents of unattached athletes throughout the meeting to check off
     all of your documents. Your documents will be returned to you
     before the end of the meeting. Bring your athlete documents sorted in
     alphabetical order by last name and in one folder per club or unattached
     family. This will help ensure they will stay separated from everyone
     else’s proof of birth documents. If you cannot collect all of your proof
     of birth date documents by this meeting, this can be done later at track
     meets and/or alternative check points will also be arranged for future
     dates. These details will be shared by Tony in the meeting.
3. Communication’s
   Chair Update ————————— Maura Kent
   • USATF Drug Testing
     Enforcement 
     • Beginning in 2009
       USADA, will be conducting random drug testing for Intermediate and Young
       age groups at the three major championship meets
   • Need 3-5 people
     who can write youth oriented articles 
   • Need 2-3 regionally
     based high school coaches to be responsible to promote each weekend
     at CIF high school invitational a PA sandwich board 
   • Pilot proposed to
     eliminate paper JO advancement forms and go 100% advancement through
     both rounds of JO qualifications
4. Official’s Chair
   Update ———————————- Maria Castillo
   • February 21 USATF
     Official’s certification / recertification clinic with a youth focus
     / reduced cost
5. Vice Chairperson’s
   Update —————————— Debra Harvey
   • Per YOP, request
     each club expecting to bring five (5) or more athletes to a 2009 T&F
     championship meet to sign up for a volunteer focus area (PAC, PA/JO,
     Sub-Bantam) 
   • Youth Coach’s Alliance
     (YCA) 
     • New sub-committee
       being developed and launched under the PAYC
6. Chair Update
   —————————– Joanne Camargo
   / Bob Shor
   • News from the 2008
     USATF Annual Convention in Reno
     • 2010 Pacific Association
       bid to host USATF National Outdoor Track & Field Junior Olympic
       Nationals
   • Update on 2009 USATF
     National Outdoor XC JO Nationals
     • PA won this bid
       last year, progress update on meet planning
7. Cross Country 2009
   Schedule Bob Shor / Joanne Camargo
   • Bid for 2009 Cross
     Country meet series 
     • If you plan to bid
       for a meet, ensure you follow the proposed bidding guidelines in the
       YOP 
   • Move the Region
     14 prior to state meet to align with all other associations; what is
     the impact to PA youth athletes?

8. Unfinished business.
9. New business.
10. Announcements.
11. Adjournment.

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The USA Track & Field Foundation has earmarked over Youth Track Club$100,000 for youth grant funding in 2009, and now, with a new online process, completing the grant application has never been easier.

Application materials can be accessed from the USATF Foundation Web site. All youth track & field clubs are encouraged to apply.

Goals and Criteria
The USATF Foundation seeks to support and expand high quality youth programs and clubs that promote character building, education, and active, healthy behaviors, including running and/or field event participation. It favors the use of grant money to expand the reach of the program to more children, and to enhance the experience for all participants. It also favors programs that have a history of solid financial management and community support. Creative program initiatives to attract diverse ethnic and socio-economic participants are encouraged to apply.

PLEASE NOTE: Examples of expenses that the Foundation does NOT intend to fund include staff salaries, general operating expenses and individual scholarships. Additionally, all grant recipients will be asked to promote and embrace the principles of USATF’s WIN WITH INTEGRITY program.

Interested youth clubs and programs are encouraged to apply immediately. Please direct any questions to USATF Foundation Executive Director, Tom Jackovic at the USATF Foundation office at [email protected]..

Note that the USATF Foundation also supports youth athletes through the Mark Springer Travel Grant Program, which has a separate application process.

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