WALTON 
                    Youth Track Club
The 2008 Fall "Cross Country" season will start on August 17th with registration/shoe sale at the Big Peach Running Co. store at 1062 Johnson Ferry Road in Marietta from 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.  The first practice will be later that day from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Sope Creek NRA trails on Paper Mill Road.

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The Walton Youth Track Club is a track and field and cross country running club for girls and boys ages 5 to 15 which participates in the Northwest Georgia Youth Track League, AAU, and USATF sanctioned meets.  No prior experience with running competitively is required to participate on the Walton Youth Track Club team.  

Our Club has two seasons; track and field in the Spring and cross country in the Fall.  Our program is designed to introduce kids to sprint and distance running and field events by providing an experience that is fun, competitive, social, and informative about the sport.  Track & Field events include 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3,000m, 4x100m, and 4x400m races and the shot put, running long jump, high jump, and javelin as field events.  Cross country races are trail runs across several types of terrain at distances of 2,000m (1.2 miles) for kids 8 years old and under; 3,000m (1.9 miles) for kids 9 through 12 years old; 4,000m (2.5 miles) for kids 13 and 14 years old; and 5,000m (3.1 miles) for 15 year olds.