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Pacific Northwest Track & Field Office
Attn: USA Cross Country Championships
4261 S. 184th Street
SeaTac, WA 98188-4569
Phone/Fax: 206-433-8868
E-mail: pntf@wolfenet.com

Individual Entry Fees & Deadlines

* $20.00 Individual Entry Fee if received by Feb 6, 1999
* $40.00 Late Individual Entry Fee if received between Feb. 7 and Feb 12

Team Entry/Declaration Deadlines
To enter a team in the USA Cross Country Championships, Coaches/Managers must:

* Submit a team entry that must be received by the meet organizers no later than February 6, 1999. Late team entries will be assessed a $25 fee. The team entry shall include the (a) full names, (b) USATF #s, and (c) hometowns of all competitors that might represent that team in the championships. Team entries missing any of the above information will not be accepted.

* Submit a final team declaration no later than 6:00pm, February 12, 1999. Prior to 6:00pm Thursday, February 11, 1999, declarations may be faxed to 206-433-8868. After this time, declarations must be submitted in person at the Meet Headquarters packet pickup. If a declaration needs to be changed for Sunday's races, it must be submitted in writing no later than 5:00 pm, February 13 to either the women's referee, Anne Timmons, or to the men's referee, Bill Roe.

Packet Pickup
Packets may be picked up at the meet headquarters, Days Inn Tacoma, from 1:00pm until 9:00pm on Friday, February 12 and at the course from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 13 and 8:45am to 11:15am on Sunday, February 14. Athletes should be prepared to show their USATF card in order to pick up their packets.

Qualifications for Each Race
Junior athletes must be USA citizens or eligible to represent the USA in international competition, current USATF members, and born between January 1, 1980, and February 14, 1985. In other words, junior athletes may not turn 20 during 1999. There are no performance standards to participate.

Senior athletes must be USA citizens or eligible to represent the USA in international competition, and current USATF members. Males must be born on or before February 14, 1983, while females must be born on or before February 14, 1985. There are no performance standards to participate.

Masters athletes must be current USATF members and born on or before February 13, 1959. There are no performance standards to participate.

World Cross Country Qualifying
The first six finishers in each of the following events who meet the above age criteria will select themselves to represent the United States at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Belfast, Northern Ireland on March 27-28 in that event:

Junior Women's 6k
Senior Women's 4k
Senior Women's 8k
Junior Men's 8k
Senior Men's 4k
Senior Men's 12k

USATF Membership
All competitors must be current USATF members to participate. Do not send in your entry form unless you note your USATF membership number or enclose a completed a membership application with the appropriate fee. Competitors should be prepared to show their USATF card in order to pick up their packet.

Drug Testing
Junior and senior athletes who participate in this competition will be subject to formal doping controls in accordance with IAAF rules. Athletes finishing in world championships qualifying places as well as athletes chosen at random will be tested. Athletes found positive for banned substances will be disqualified from this event and may face further punitive action such as removal from the USA World Cross Country Team.

Athletes who participate in the championships must agree to be tested upon request, or face the same penalities as if they tested positive. Some prescrition, herbal, and over-the-counter medications and supplements contain banned substances. Information regarding drugs and drug-testing may be obtained by calling the toll free USOC hotline at 800-233-0393.

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