Saturday January 20th, 2024
Richmond, VA
Distance: 10K · 8K · 6k
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About USATF
Based in Indianapolis, USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long distance running, and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world's oldest organized sports, the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the number one high school and junior high school participatory sport, and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States.
The 2024 USATF Cross Country Championships will be contested on January 20, 2024, at Pole Green Park in Richmond, VA.
The course served as the host site for the 2008 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships, the 2023 USATF Cross Country Championships, and has hosted 4 Atlantic 10 Conference Championships.
The 2024 championships will consist of six separate races: Masters Women 6 km, Masters Men 8 km, U20 Women 6 km, U20 Men 8 km, Open Women 10 km, and Open Men 10 km.
Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
Male | 29:06 | Cooper Teare | 24 | Virginia |
2nd Male | 29:11 | Anthony Rotich | 33 | Colorado |
3rd Male | 29:12 | Ahmed Muhumed | 26 | |
4th Male | 29:15 | Morgan Pearson | 30 | Colorado |
Female | 32:58 | Weini Kelati | 27 | |
2nd Female | 33:35 | Emma Hurley | 26 | Georgia |
3rd Female | 33:40 | Katie Camarena | 26 | Colorado |
4th Female | 33:52 | Allie Ostrander | 27 | Washington |
Division | Time | Name | Age | Home |
Course Description
Pole Green Park is located about four miles northeast of Interstate 295 which provides quick, easy access to the facility. Located behind Pole Green Elementary School the park is only ~10 miles from the Richmond International Airport.
This 232-acre park opened in the fall of 1998. Amenities at this park include multiple cross country course designs, softball fields, soccer fields/football fields, a skate park, tot-lots and playgrounds, a concession building with restrooms, running/walking trails, picnic shelter, community center, a horse ring with stable area, sand volleyball courts and horseshoe pits.
The upper course is very spectator-friendly, with European-style grass loops running along the perimeter of the upper fields within the west side (back area) of Pole Green Park. The terrain on the upper loops is primarily flat and provides for a fast surface where spikes are highly recommended. From the start line it is ~500M to the first turn on the course. The average width of the course is 12 meters/40 feet. The entire course is highly visible and extremely spectator friendly with handicap accessible parking within 30 meters of the start line. The upper course has 2K, 3K, 5K, 6K, 8K and 10K layouts.