From ta@cqs.washington.edu Wed Mar 20 09:45:46 1996 Return-Path: Received: from mx3.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.03/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA01775; Wed, 20 Mar 96 09:45:45 -0800 Received: from salmo.cqs.washington.edu by mx3.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.03/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA07473; Wed, 20 Mar 96 09:45:44 -0800 Received: by salmo.cqs.washington.edu (8.6.10/COFS Revision: 2.30 ) id JAA04627; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:45:33 -0800 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:45:33 -0800 From: Ta Herrera Message-Id: <199603201745.JAA04627@salmo.cqs.washington.edu> To: nwccc-info@cycling.org, uwracing@u.washington.edu Subject: Husky Racing collegiate race ==================================================== * * * Husky Racing at the University of Washington * * * * presents * * * * the 1996 Collegiate Sprinter's Festival * * March 30-31, 1996 * * * * Two criteriums in the scenic parks of Seattle. * * * * USCF permit # 96-560 * * * ==================================================== Saturday, March 30: Criterium at the venerable Seward Park. 0.8 mi loop with a short hill and one right-hand hairpin turn. Very smooth pavement, plenty of parking. Restroom facilities and a lake to swim in afterwards. Sun sun sun. Seward Park Schedule: (collegiate only) Category Start time Length -------- ---------- ------ Men's B 1:30 55 minutes + 2 laps Point primes (3,2,1) with 40, 20 to go Women 2:45 55 minutes + 2 laps Point primes (3,2,1) with 40, 20 to go Men's A 4:00 75 minutes + 2 laps Point primes (5,3,1) @ 60, 45, 30, and 15 to go =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Sunday, March 31: Volunteer Park Criterium Technical course in the Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Small climb leading into a long straight (somewhat bumpy) sprint. This race is in conjunction with the Gregg's Cycle USCF Volunteer Park criterium; the schedule allows ample time for multiple races; we are trying to work out some sort of a discount for collegiate riders who are interested in racing USCF as well. Collegiate schedule: Category Start time Length -------- ---------- ------ Men's A 8:35 am 30 laps Men's B 9:25 20 laps (combined w/ Juniors) Women 9:55 20 laps (combined w/ Cat 4 women) Point primes TBA at the start line (probably one in the Men's B and Women, 2 in the Men's A, as allowable by the NWCCC bylaws and the promoter). ----- Combined schedule (collegiate + USCF): All races stage 15 minutes prior to start. Time Category Distance Prize List 8 AM Citizen 20k drawing, 5 deep 8:35 Collegiate A 30k conference pts only 9:25 Juniors, Collegiate B 20k 5 deep | primes, ** 9:55 Colleg. + Cat 4 Women 20k 5 deep | primes, ** 10:25 Men Cat 4 (also 5?) 25k 5 deep | primes 11:10 Men Cat 3 35k 5 deep | primes 12:00 Women Cat 1-2-3 30k 5 deep cash | primes 1:00PM Men Cat 1-2, Pro 60k 10 deep cash | primes 2:25 Cat 4 Master 35 3:05 Masters races 4:00 Masters races ** Collegiate race for conference points only. THE FOLLOWING INFO IS ONLY FOR THOSE RACING USCF Registration fees: $16 ($21 for 1/2/Pro) Extra $5 for day of race registration Unattached rider fee of $5.00 For preregistration, send standard entry form to: (Mail by 3/23/96, that's this Saturday!!!) Gina Kavesh Gina Kavesh 6501 153rd Ave. SE Bellevue, WA 98006 The fees above are ONLY for those racing USCF. I will post info on USCF entry fees for collegiate racers as soon as I get it. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LOGISTICS: Entry fees: $10 for one race, $17 for both Pre-register by sending standard release forms and checks payable to Husky Racing to Eric Ray, 112 NE 61st St., Seattle, WA 98115. Day-of-race registration OK too. No lodging is available on campus (sorry). There are about 9,000 motels/hotels, etc. in and around Seattle. Email for some suggestions. For more info, email Ta Herrera (ta@cqs.washington.edu). If you need directions to Seward Park and/or Volunteer Park, let me know and I'll get you some. We would greatly appreciate an RSVP so we know roughly how many riders to expect. If you have suggestions we would also like to hear them. To all the climbers: sorry, we tried REALLY hard to have a road race, but were shot down by the folks at Ft. Lewis. So sprinting it is :-). Thanks, and we look forward to racing with you. .