Compete with kids from all over
the state of Arkansas. All age levels will
participate with kids in their own age bracket.
Age brackets are listed below.
Kids can compete in a variety of different events, running events as
well as field events. They will run in
their own events but be part of a team.
Practices & Meets for
2008
Practices are on Mondays
and Thursdays from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm at the Conway High School Track.
If you are interested in
the Faulkner Striders Track Club please feel free to send us an email at fstc@conwaycorp.net
or give us a call at 697-3970 for a voice message about upcoming meetings
(someone will call you back if a message is left).
2007 Faulkner
Striders Track Club (FSTC) Team
2008—AGE DIVISIONS
Division Year of
Birth
Athletes who are still eighteen (18) years of age through
the final day of a national track and field meet shall be eligible to compete
in the Young Men’s or Women’s age divisions.
Athletes must compete only in their age division. No one may compete in a younger or older age
division. Relays are authorized for
Bantam, Midget, Youth, Intermediate, and Young Men/Women age divisions only!
ADVANCEMENT CRITERIA
Each association will qualify their athletes for
the Regional meet, and the Regional for the National Championship meet,
providing they meet all other AAU requirements.
Advancement will occur as
follows:
Competitors must advance through Association and
Regional Championships to qualify for the AAU Junior Olympic Games.
The top four (4) finishers in each age division
and event advance from the Association Championships to Regional Championships.
The top four (4) finishers in each age division
and event advance from the Regional Championships to the AAU Junior Olympic
Games.
For qualification to the AAU National Club
Championships, athletes must simply be registered as 2008 AAU members.
Participation of relay teams shall be limited to
those clubs which hold current 2008 AAU club membership prior to the
Association meet. Relay teams will
consist of four (4) members plus up to four (4) alternates from the same
club. All participating club members
must wear jerseys and shorts of the same color at all National Championship
meets. 1,2,3 placement of a relay team
at the Regional meet entitles the club represented by that team to enter a
relay team in the same event at the AAU National Championship. The makeup of the team need not be the same
at the national level. However, the
relay team members must be from the same club, age division and gender.
HOW TO JOIN THE CLUB
To join the Faulkner
Striders Track Club, complete the application and mail with the entry fee to:
Faulkner Striders Track
Club
P.O Box 10953
Conway, Arkansas 72034
Entry fee is $50.00 per child
and covers an AAU membership good for all sports through August 2008 as well as
the insurance provided through AAU.
You must have a FSTC
uniform to compete with the club. The FSTC uniform (shirt and shorts) is
$25.00.
(Some scholarship are available based are
financial need.)
FOR MORE INFORMATION,
CONTACT:
Faulkner
Striders Track Club
P.O.
Box 10953
Conway,
Arkansas 72034
501-697-3970
fstc@conwaycorp.net
Club Phone Provided By:
www.mycricket.com
Tentative Meet Schedule
May 3 - Open Date - (Note: Toad Suck 5K, 10K and Tadpole Races are being
held in Conway, AR)
May 10 - Northwest Arkansas – (Tentative)
No Pole Vault. The schedule may be found here.
May
17 - Christian
Competition Track Club / North Central Arkansas Elite-Scott Field, Little Rock No Pole
Vault. The schedule may be found here.
May 24 -- North Central
Arkansas Elite / Faulkner Striders Track Club - Conway
No
Pole Vault. The schedule may be found here.
May 31 -- Port City Speed / Louis
Moss Striders – Pine Bluff
No Pole Vault. The schedule may be found here.
June
7 -- Christian
Competition Track Club – Scott Field, Little Rock
No Pole Vault.
The schedule may
be found here.
June
13 & 14 Arkansas
District Championship – Scott Field, Little Rock
June
26 - 27 AAU Region VIII
Multi-Events – Fred Hughes Stadium @ Missouri Southern
State University, Joplin, MO
June
27 - 29 AAU Region VIII
Championships - Fred Hughes Stadium
at Missouri Southern
State University, Joplin, MO
July
23 - Aug 2 AAU Junior Olympic
Games, Detroit, MI
The dates and information posted in this brochure
are for informational purposes only and are subject to change without
notice. Changes to the schedule will be
announced as they become available.
Please check the AAU website at http://www.aausports.org for the most current information about national
meets. Information regarding the AAU
Region 8 Championship meet can be found at http://www.region8aau.org