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Nike Team Nationals
Dec 2, 2006 at Portland OR
a DyeStat featured meet
eastbay

Open Championships added to NTN weekend.
30-team races are open to all teams - will run on same course as Nike Team Nationals.

Open Race Announced -

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP REGISTRATION UPDATE

by Rich Gonzalez

The registration frenzy for those 60 precious team spots into the inaugural NTN Open Championship now strides into Phase Two! 

Registered teams have been emailed to confirm their spots into the blockbuster event, which is slated for Saturday, December 2nd in Portland. Thirty teams per gender will be accepted into the event, which will be held in conjunction with the Nike Team Nationals race on the very same course and very same day. 

Contacted club teams now have 48 hours to complete the registration process in securing their position. Any incomplete registrations after the lapse of the 48-hour time window will result in that club team losing its spot in the NTN Open Championship race. Any new vacancies will then immediately be made available to teams on the waiting list.

This Olympic Development-style event is open to all cross-country clubs whose team members attend the same high school. Only full scoring teams (between 5 and 7 runners) will be allowed to enter. 

The absolute deadline for registering is Monday, November the 6th at 8 a.m. EST, with the race fields being announced later that week. Additional race spots may become available to waiting-list teams later in November, once the identities of the 40 invited teams into the Nike Team Nationals race are finalized. 

Teams can still register to be placed on a waiting list by visiting: http://secure.nationalscholastic.org/niketeam/register/

 

NTN Open Race Announced

by Rich Gonzalez

 PORTLAND 9/19/06 -- Have you ever caught yourself dreaming about what it'd be like to compete on Nike Team Nationals weekend?    

Ever wondered how your team would fare when compared against the very best teams in the country?     

Ever fantasized about how much fun and challenging it would be to tackle the European-style 5,000-meter NTN championship course?    

Stop all the dreaming, all the wondering and all the fantasizing. ... Your chance has come.    

In a benchmark announcement that creates opportunity for cross-country teams from all across America, footwear giant Nike announced plans to host an inaugural NTN Open Championship in conjunction with the blockbuster Nike Team Nationals event in Portland on Saturday, December 2nd.    The NTN Open is a chance for any registered team that has not qualified for the Nike Team Nationals event to become a meaningful part of the NTN meet-day festivities and compete against other leading teams along the Portland Meadows race course.

The Open Championships will be comprised of two 30-team races: One for boys and one for girls.    

"With the unprecedented excitement levels and national interest surrounding the first two Nike Team Nationals events, we wanted to find ways to bring the 'championship weekend' environment to more teams from across the U.S.," said John Truax, a Nike executive and co-founder of the NTN event.     

"With this addition, teams can come to Portland to race on the very same day and along the very same course as the very best teams in the nation. We want the fun to grow and we want more people at the party."    

Participating teams will be able to compare their times and performances against those teams in the featured Nike Team Nationals boys and girls races to get an idea of how strong their squad truly is on a national scale. 

For others, partaking in the NTN Open Championship can be an opportunity to become familiar with the NTN course -- a potentially valuable tool for any young team perhaps one year away from qualifying for NTN. For all, it will be a chance to close their seasons on a high note in the most festive team setting available for our sport.     

This Olympic Development-style event is open to all cross-country clubs whose team members attend the same high school. Only full scoring teams (between 5 and 7 runners) will be allowed to enter.     Space in the NTN Open Championship is limited to 30 teams per gender. The absolute deadline for registering is Monday, November the 6th at 8 a.m. EST.

Teams can register at: http://secure.nationalscholastic.org/niketeam/register/

 

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