2021 USATF Masters 5 km Cross Country Championships

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COVID-19 Protocols for the 2021 USATF Masters 5 km Cross Country Championships

A temperature check (below 100.4^o F) and symptom survey must be performed prior to entering Franklin Park.

Vaccinated individuals are not required to wear masks; non-vaccinated individuals and others must wear masks at all times in the facility except when warming up, competing, eating, or drinking. Social distancing must be observed at all times. 

All athletes and officials, as well as any volunteers who will have sustained direct contact with athletes (more than 15 minutes in a 24-hour period), must present evidence of one of the following:

• Being fully vaccinated (meaning having had the final dose of their course of vaccination at least 14 days prior) – presentation of their vaccination card (preferably a photocopy or a digital copy on a phone or tablet)

• A negative COVID-19 test within seven (7) days of the event. There are two options for a negative COVID-19 test:
  • Option #1) a negative PCR test
  • Option #2) a negative Antigen test, provided ALL the following criteria are met: 
    • Both the county of residence of the athlete/participant AND the county of the event has a state government reported COVID-19 positivity rate in each of the last two weeks of less than 5%, AND
    • The athlete/participant is asymptomatic (as reported on the symptom survey and temperature check), AND
    • The athlete/participant has not had exposure to a person with confirmed COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
      
      If all three of the criteria above for Option #2 are not met, then the participant must use Option #1 to meet the negative COVID-19 test criterion.

Note that COVID-19 antibody testing is NOT currently accepted to meet the negative COVID-19 test criterion.

These protocols are subject to change. Last updated 10/5/2021.