2025 USATF Illinois Assoc JO, Masters & Open XC Championships

USATF Illinois Assoc JO, Masters & Open XC Championships
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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Oswegoland Park District

Prairie Point Community

4120 Plainfield Rd
Oswego, Illinois

SCHEDULE & AGE DIVISIONS:

Age Division	Distance	Start Time
19 and over men	10 km (approx. 6 miles)	1:00 p.m.
19 and over women	6 km (approx. 3.5 miles)	1:00 p.m.

8 years & under (2018 and later)	2 km (approx.1.24 miles)	10:00 a.m.
9-10 years (2016 -2017)	3 km (approx. 1.86 miles)	10:30 a.m.
11-12 years (2014- 2015)	3 km (approx. 1.86 miles)	11:00 a.m.
13-14 years (2012 – 2013)	4 km (approx. 2.48 miles)	11:30 a.m.
15-18 years (2008 - 2011)	5 km (approx. 3 miles)	12:00 noon.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: This event is an all-comers (youth, Masters & Open) cross-country championship. All athletes must have a current (2025) USATF membership. Memberships can be purchased online at usatf.org/membership. A verified membership requires a copy of the birth certificate that is uploaded onto the USATF website. To ensure that the registration deadline is not missed, it should be uploaded at least five (5) days prior to the registration deadline date. You will not be able to register online if the birthdate is not verified.

ONLINE REGISTRATION: The registration site is: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/269033/info. The registration deadline is Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 5:00 pm. Registration fees are paid online. Day of meet registrations will not be accepted.

EVENT FEE: The registration fee is $10.00 per athlete.

TEAMS: only current, registered USATF member clubs may enter a team. All athletes representing the club must be affiliated with that club as part of their USATF membership. Only athletes listed on the team roster are eligible to represent the club at the Association, Regional or National championships. Athletes that are not associated with a team are considered and designated as “unattached”.

TEAM SCORING: Up to eight (8) athletes on the team may be declared as scoring athletes. The top (5) finishers among the declared runners will score.

COMPETITION BIB NUMBERS: All competitors must wear their assigned bib number chest high on the front of the jerseys during the competition. Bib numbers will be distributed to athletes during packet pick-up.

PACKET PICK-UP: Packet pick-up starts at 8:00 am and is available until the start of the individual race.

COURSE WALK THROUGH: A walk through is scheduled to begin at 9:00 am. Course maps will be available at the packet pick-up location.

EVENT RESULTS: During competition, live results will be posted online. Final event results will be posted at www.usatfillinois.org. Go to Association Championships/All Results.

AWARDS: USATF medals will be awarded to the top three finishers in each age group. For youth, ribbons will also be awarded for 4^th – 30^th place finishers.

ADVANCEMENTS: For youth only, all athletes that are on a team will be available for registration for the Region 7 cross country championship, Saturday, November 22, 2025. Unattached athletes must compete in the Association meet in order to advance to the Region 7 Championship.

Region 7 meet information is available at the following site: https://indiana.usatf.org/region7xc25.

CONTACTS

Brenda Kimbrough (bbkimbrough@gmail.com)
Lorette Cherry (usatfil@sbcglobal.net)
Art Pahl (pahlac58@gmail.com)