USATF National Masters Indoor
Championships
Reggie Lewis Track Facility
Boston MA, March 24-26 2006
Several meet photos were posted on the CBS4Boston web site. Click
here to view.
On-line
entry is available this year at the USATF site.
OR
Click on the link in the left column for a printable entry form.
2006 UPDATES
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
Marriott - Host Hotel is Full
The host hotel is full at this time. We first recommend the Hampton Inn and Suites, 811 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston 617 445 6400. There is a room block at $129/night. No shuttle is planned.
For those driving, you may prefer to stay at the Newton Marriott, at the intersection of I-90 and 95; it is about 20 minutes away. The cost is $99, and there is no parking charge. No shuttle from the Newton hotel.
The office can assist you with other recommendations.
PRE MEET SOCIAL / DINNER
The traditional pre-meet gathering for the 2006 USATF Masters Indoor
Championships will be held on Thursday, March 23rd at 7:00 PM at Bertuccis Brick Oven Restaurant (39-45 Stanhope Street, phone (617) 247-6161) .
The restaurant is within walking distance from the meet hotel (Marriott
Copely). Take Stuart Street to Clarendon Street.
The dinner menu includes Insalata or Caesar salad, speciality pizzas
and pasta, plus unlimited soda, tea, coffee and rolls. The cost is $20.00
per person payable at the restaurant.
BOSTON PREPS FOR INDOOR NATIONALS
The Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, which has produced
over 200 masters World and US indoor records in the eight previous editions of the USA Masters Championships held here, is expected to see a continuation of alterations of the record
book in 2006 as it welcomes an expected 800 competitors. The
meet will be hosted and managed by the New England Association of
USATF, reprising their role in the 1998, 2000, and 2002-2004 Indoor
Nationals.
The 2006 meet presents the eleventh time that the Championships are
held in New England, the first time being in 1975 (Tufts University,
Medford MA) with approximately 100 participants. In 1981, about
200 competitors met at M.I.T. in Cambridge MA. Meet management in
1997, 1999, and 2001 was by TRACS, Inc. In 1998, the fourth year
of competition in Boston and first organized by the New England
Association of USA Track & Field, the meet had a record 817
entrants. USA Track & Field - New England.
Meet Sponsors and Supporters
Meet sponsors and supporters for 2006 include the B.A.A., Dunkin'
Donuts, M-F Athletic, Shooting Star Media / Larry Eder, the Marriott Copley,
and the Friends of the Indoor Championships. And we couldn't do
it without the officials on the floor.
Meet Entrants
ENTRANTS are posted at the National website on a continual basis.
Final Instructions
Final Instructions
have been posted and includes info on:
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Number and Packet Pickup
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Workouts
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Warm-ups
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Time Schedule
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Weigh-in
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Transportation
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Driving Directions
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