Track & Field 

tRACK SEASON INFORMATION

FIRST PRACTICE

Thursday, March 14th.  Practice times and locations will be posted on the team calendar. 

PRACTICE TIMES

Tuesday evening, 6:00 PM

Thursday evening, 6:00 PM

Saturday morning, 9:00 AM

PRACTICE DURATION

Generally around 60-90 minutes, but times can fluctuate depending on the practice activity.  Please be available to pickup your runner at the end of practice.

PRACTICE LOCATION

Millard West High School (5710 S 176th Ave, Omaha, NE 68135).  Based on track availability, the location of practice may change during the season.

EXPECTATIONS

Athletes should plan to attend at least two practices a week and race the meets on the weekends.

Middle school runners (7th-8th grade) are expected to run on non-practice days (5 running days per week).  The five runs can include 402 XC practice, school team practices, meets, or on their own.  These runners should also plan to communicate with Mike (head 402 coach) about their middle school practices and meets to ensure they are participating in the proper workouts with 402 XC.

We welcome athletes of all abilities, but ideally, athletes are able to run the following distance and pace prior to the first practice:

  8 years old and under -- 2K (1.24 miles) -- less than 13 minutes (~10:30 min/mile)

          9  to 12 years old -- 3K (1.86 miles) -- less than 18 minutes (~9:30 min/mile)

         13 to 14 years old -- 4K (2.49 miles) -- less than 21 minutes (~8:30 min/mile)

                 15+ years old -- 5K (3.11 miles) -- less than 25 minutes (~8:00 min/mile)

REGISTRATION FEES

First child:       $85

Second child:  $75

Third child:      $65

Fourth child:    free

Meet fees:  $112 per child (overs eight local USATF meets; state, regional, and national meets are not included)

USATF REGISTRATION

Current 2024 USATF registration is required prior to the first team practice.  USATF registration 

If your child is joining 402 XC and Track from another youth organization, please contact Nebraska USATF to update your child's team information.  Nebraska Association USATF 

UNIFORMS

The required uniform consists of a tank and shorts.  Any other items are optional.

The 402 XC Store is open twice per year to order gear for the season.  

The store closes 3/24/2024 at 11:59 pm.  Once the store closes it is not possible to order gear again until XC season in the fall.

SEASON DATES

Local meets occur late April through mid-June - generally on Saturday.  The meet schedule will be posted as soon as available.  Practice times and locations will also be posted on the team calendar.

This year the USATF Region 8 meet occurs on July 4-7 in Aberdeen, SD.  Athletes qualify for this meet by running the Nebraska state meet in mid-June (usually the top 8 runners in each age group and gender qualify).  The team will have a block of rooms available for reservations.  This is not a required meet, but is posted here in case families would like to plan ahead.

The USATF National meet occurs July 22-28 in College Station, TX.  Individual qualifiers (usually the top 5 at regionals) can attend this meet, but 402 coaches generally do not travel to this meet.

OTHER INFO

All of the coaches kids run run high school track so there could be an instance where a practice day shifts or is cancelled to allow them to attend their kids' meets.

If any parents who are runners would like to assist with practices, please let Mike know.

Additional team details can be found on the Athlete Info page at www.402xcandtrack.com.