NY Federation Championships 2024

THE 50th ANNUAL BOYS & GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY NYS FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday, November 23, 2024.

Bowdoin Park, Wappinger Falls, NY.

Boys Race 12:25 PM and Girls Race 1:00 PM

Meet Director - Louis Vazquez Entry Coordinator - Adam McKenzie

Jury of Appeals: New York State Federation Committee Members:

Louis Vazquez, NYSF, Chuck Wiltse, Marbry Gansle - NYSPHSAA - Dwayne Alexis - AIS, Dwayne Burnett - PSAL, Adam McKenzie -Entry Coordinator

Entries are limited to qualifiers through their association championships and approved by their association

chairperson.

 New York State Federation qualifying quotas:

The meet director will approve the final selection of at-large teams.

Course: 5000 meters (3.1 miles) with varied terrain and surfaces. Spikes are recommended for this course. The course is spectator friendly with a fair start and finish.

Boys race begins at 12:25pm and the Girls at 1:00pm. All athletes should be at the starting line 20 minutes before the start of their race.

Awards: Team plaque and seven medals for the first five teams.  Top forty individual medals. The awards ceremony will begin shortly after the boys' race and will be located at the park's amphitheater. Results will be posted after each race by the registration tent and posted on most cross-country websites. Top teams and athletes will also earn NXR awards.

Entry Fees: Teams - $90 and Individual - $20. Checks, cash, or money orders are accepted. No credit cards accepted. We do not accept vouchers or purchase orders. Payments will be accepted at packet-up. All AIS, 

CHSAA and PSAL entries are submitted through their league chairperson. Athletes who previously entered as individuals in the NXR New York Open race can be refunded for any entry fees paid by emailing Joe Lanzalotto - j.lanza@verizon.net and Louis.Vazquez@parks.nyc.gov. Please email both of us.  

Entry Fees are Payable to: New York State Federation of High School Athletic Association

 All fees are payable on the day of the meet for the Championship. If your school is mailing a check, please send to: 

NYS XC Federation

c/o Jim Foster

129 Rocky Ridge Road

West Charlton, NY 12010

 Entry fees for the NXR New York Open race must be paid in compliance with the deadlines:https://nxrny.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=299&title_id=218&do=title&pg=1&folder_id=273&page_id=494

 New Entry Procedure:

All coaches must enter their individuals/teams on athletic.net by Sunday, November 17th at 9:00pm. Only those individuals/teams that qualify from their association championship can compete in the NYS Federation Championship race. All association chair people must send a list of their team and individual qualifiers to both Louis Vazquez - Louis.Vazquez@parks.nyc.gov and Joe Lanzalotto - j.lanza@verizon.net at the conclusion of their

association championship. Teams/individuals will then be invited to enter the NYS Federation Championship on athletic.net -

 All others can compete in the Nike NXR Open Race. For more information on the NXR open race please click on the following link: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/240512/info

IMPORTANT: Entries for the New York Open races

and the Federation Championship races cannot be made on the same entry. The races are in two different meets in Athletic.net. Enter your Open individuals and teams here: https://nxrny.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?event_id=299&title_id=218&do=title&pg=1&folder_id=273&page_id=494

The link to Federation entry will be provided to coaches whose individuals and teams qualifying for those races when the invitations are emailed.

Uniforms: All individuals/teams in the NYS Federation Championship must wear their school issued uniforms and

compete under their school's name. For those individuals/teams running in the Nike Open races, athletes must compete as unattached/club and must not wear their school uniform.  

 Uniforms: All individuals/teams in the NYS Federation Championship must wear their school issued uniforms and compete under their school's name. For those individuals/teams running in the Nike Open races, athletes must compete as unattached/club and must not wear their school uniform.  

 Nike NYS Federation/Nike Cross Regional Retail Sales:

Tee shirts, sweatshirts as well as other merchandise will be on sale Friday and Saturday near the finish line area.

Packet Pick-up: Packet pick-up will be located at the park's amphitheater. Packets will be available on Friday - 12:00pm until 4:00pm and on Saturday starting at 7:30am. The course is available on Friday from 12:00pm until 4:00pm and will be on Saturday at 7:30am. All athletes will receive a bib number, hip numbers (left & right), meet certificate and box assignments. Please remind your athletes to run past the finish line mats at the finish line. No coaches of spectators are allowed in the finish line area. Coaches are asked to inform parents of parking procedures, spectator areas and sportsmanship responsibilities.

Parking: Admission charge is $10.00 per car and spectator parking will be on the upper grounds of the park. Overflow parking will be placed in offsite areas. Large team buses will be parked on the lower part of the park and should follow directions when entering the park. Small school buses will be parked at a lower level as available. There is no parking on Sheafe Road, and tickets may be issued by local police enforcement. We ask all vehicles to follow the directions of the parking crew. Disability parking as directed by staff and may require some walking. Athletes can be dropped off at the main entrance and then walk down to the starting line. Coaches are asked to inform their spectators of the parking procedures, spectator areas and sportsmanship responsibilities.

 Spectator sportsmanship: All spectators must respect the running lanes and the restraining lines set-up on the course and finish line area. The safety and needs of the athletes must be respected. We ask spectators to avoid coming out to the middle of the infield between the starting line area (river side) side and the finish line area. This will provide a clear view of the last 1000 meters for all spectators and coaches.

Concession Stand: - Concession stand will be open on Saturday. The concession stand will be located south of the packet pickup area and across from the finish line area.  

Hotel Information: 

Questions on the Nike Cross

Regionals for New York/Northeast, please contact Paul Limmer - palimmer1@gmail.com or Joe Lanzalotto - j.lanza@verizon.net