New York Regional Championship

10/15/2007 -- Nike announced that New York will have its own NTN qualifying races on November 24 at Bowdoin State Park. The Northeast region will run its championship races on the same day at Bowdoin.

Nike's letter to coaches and other officials in New York:

excited about this new development and hope you are able to encourage your teams to consider participating in the New York NTN regional qualifying event."


Schedule


9:00 Boys Small School Championship
9:30 Girls Small School Championship
10:00 Boys Large School Championship
10:30 Girls Large School Championship
11:00 Boys Northeast Regional Championship
11:30 Girls Northeast Regional Championship
12:00 Boys Frosh
12:30 Girls Frosh
1:00 Boys NY Regional Championship
1:30 Girls NY Regional Championship
2:00 Boys JV
2:30 Girls JV


Course

Bob Baratta's course notes




Bob Baratta walks you through the course:

1. Width of starting area: Just over 400 feet. 38 teams in 11' boxes. Capable of expanding some
2. Starting straightaway: 450 meters
3. Viewer friendliness: Roughly 900 - 1000 meters is not viewable assuming strict crowd control. About 650 meters in mid-race (the hill) and roughly 300 of the final 1000 meters. 80% of the course can be seen by moving about .25 mile on a blacktop road (uphill & back downhill)
4. Hills and difficulty: A short steep hill at 800 meters followed immediately by a short downhill, a significant twisting uphill at 1.25 miles to 1.5 miles followed by a long downhill to 1.7 miles, a moderate downhill just after 2.0 miles to about 2.2 miles, and a moderate but timely uphill at 2.9 to 3.0 miles. The course is basically an out and back with a hill loop in the middle.
5. Finish level: Last 1200 meters flat except for the hill at 2.9 miles
6. Straightaway distance to finish from last turn: About 350 meters, last 200 meters flat.
7. Course difficulty: Challenging, only a handful of male runners have broken 16:00. Finding the fine line between going out hard enough to be competitive and being able to run in is not easy.
8. The course is primarily open with about 600 meters in the woods and 350 - 400 meters below sight lines.

BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THIS IS A CHALLENGING, BUT FAIR COURSE. IT HAS GREAT SPECTATOR VISIBILITY WITH A MINIMUM OF MOVEMENT, A VERY FAIR START AND AN EXCELLENT FINISH.

TEAMS/RUNNERS ARE ABLE TO BE LAST GOING OFF THE MAIN FIELD, AND BE IN THE FRONT COMING DOWN TO THE LAST 1000 METERS. THERE IS ONLY ONLY COMPARATIVELY NARROW PART, AND THAT IS UP AND DOWN THE MAJOR HILL IN THE COURSE. THAT HILL IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR A GATOR TO LEAD OR FOLLOW, AND PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE RACE STRATEGY EMPLOYED IN THE RACE PLAN.

IT HAS A GOOD BALANCE OF HILLS, TURN, STRAIGHT RUNS, AND A BIG HILL, AND IS VERY EASY TO REMEMBER THE COURSE SINCE IT IS BASICALLY AN OUT AND BACK COURSE. IT HAS BEEN THE PERMANENT SITE FOR THE NEW YORK STATE FEDERATION XC CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1989 WITH ONE EXCEPTION – THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY MEET WHICH WE HELD IN VAN CORTLANDT PARK IN NYC, THE SITE OF THE FIRST FEDERATION MEET IN 1974, AND SEVERAL MORE BEFORE I MOVED IT TO BOWDOIN PARK AS A PERMANENT, MORE CENTRAL SITE.


Local Information

Duchess County information

Hotels

Mention NTN Northeast Regional when making reservations.
Best Western - Poughkeepsie	$ 89.95
2170 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 462-4600
Marriott Courtyard-Poughkeepsie	$ 99.00
2641 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(800) 321-2211 or (845) 485-6336
Marriott Courtyard-Fishkill	$ 99.00
17 Westage Drive
Fishkill, NY 12525
(800) 320-5741