Team New Balance elite, former PA champ & FL Finalist/4x D1 All-American
Liz Costello a Fri-Sat guest at PTXC-7!
Saturday, September 12, 2015
"The Farm Course" at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
PTXC-7 welcomes one of PA's all-time best... Liz Costello - Conestoga class of 2006, Princeton class of 2010, post-grad University of Tennessee 2012, and now an elite runner with Team New Balance out of Boston.
Liz was a 2-time individual state champ in PA her senior year in high school, winning the AAA cross country title in the final race on the original Hershey course at the foot of Hotel Hershey; going on to qualify for Foot Locker Nationals; and also was the AAA 1600 meter champ in May. In college, Liz was a 7x Ivy League Champion, a 3x SEC champion, a 4x All-American, and has been a member of three USA teams - NACAC XC in 2012, Chiba Ekiden in 2014, and most recently, the Pan American Games where she was 4th in the 10k. On August 1st she was the 2nd American by less than a second and 6th overall in the elite Beach to Beacon 10K in Maine.
Liz will be giving a talk at our meet hotel on Friday, September 11th (details to be announced on the meet page)… and then will be with us on race day for PTXC-7.
You won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn and to be inspired by one of our best ever in PA. But you have to be on a team that is registered and racing at PTXC-7!
Liz Costello's Blog in Running Times
Liz Costello's athlete bio on PennTrackXC
PTXC-7
Four Varsity Races
Girls/Boys GOLD (A) / BLUE (B) 5000m
Two Junior Varsity Races
Girls/Boys 5000m
One Middle School Race
Girls & Boys 2500m
Varsity teams per gender - $110 (limit 8 athletes per race)
JV and MS teams per gender - $60 (unlimited)
Individuals - $25 per person
Sanctioned for NY, NJ, MD, DE, WV, OH and VA. Others as needed.
Presented by New Balance, with support from InsideTrack, this meet has firmly established itself on the PA calendar as an early season must-run.
Now in our 5th year on the very popular venue at Kutztown University, we plan to continue to improve on the fun that is unique to cross country and this meet.
This nationally certified, all-grass course is a true cross country challenge. Coaches who raced it in college, rave about it as one of their favorites. No killer hills (It is, after all, early season). It is fan-friendly by using two loops which pass the start/finish at about the half-way point, and then goes over a new section before looping backward for the final mile.
2015 will have all the cool stuff from PTXC-1 through 6, including chip timing, great awards and entertainment, meet T-shirts for sale, and more to be announced in the coming months.
EACH YEAR since its inception, we have had at least one returning or same-year Foot Locker Finalist and NXN Qualifiers!
Once again, we'll be doing video of each race from the front with a gator... and have great awards, music and food.
The meet is open for online registration using the MileSplit system, and closes when the meet reaches capacity.
Sanctioned for NY, NJ, MD, DE, WV, OH and VA. Others as needed.
PTXC-7 welcomes all of our 2015 competitors for what promises to be a great day of cross country.
Click to register or for additional information
Hotel:
This year's meet headquarters is again at the Hampton Inn on Route 100 near I-78, with a great special rate of just $89 for up to four, and includes a hot breakfast.
Reservations can be made online
Go to: Hampton Inn, Allentown, PA - When prompted, click the Add Special Rate Codes and enter PTX under the Group Code box after selecting the date and number of rooms.
Deadline for making reservations is August 28th, but rooms are nearly gone.
2014 Girls Gold Race Video
2014 Boys Gold Race Video
Presented by New Balance, with support from InsideTrack,
this meet has now established itself on the PA calendar as an early season must-run.
For more info or questions,
please send an email to don.rich@flocasts.com or
register online.
About New Balance:
New Balance began as a Boston-based arch support company in the early 1900's, developed into a specialized shoe manufacturer in the 1970's, and has grown to become a leading global athletic products company.
Since the days of selling arch supports to police officers and waiters, New Balance has been a brand concerned with meeting the needs of the everyday athlete.
To ensure the best fitting, best performing shoes and apparel, New Balance focuses on improving our technology and production methods. New Balance has maintained five manufacturing facilities in New England where they continue to rely on the skills and teamwork of our American workforce to produce a percentage of our athletic footwear. New Balance has also remained strongly committed to a core set of company values that include integrity, teamwork and total customer satisfaction.
Today, New Balance sponsors some of the best track and field athletes in the country including world 1500m champion Jenny Simpson and world championship finalist Maggie Vesey.