The 2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships was the seventh edition of the continental

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competition which took place on February 19 at

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in Port of Spain,

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. A total of 166 athletes took part in the event, hailing from a record high of 20 nations within the North America, Central America and Caribbean region.Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-02-20)
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IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. The competition featured four races: an 8 km senior men's race, a 6 km senior women's race, a 6 km junior (under-20s) men's race and a 4 km junior women's race. The course for the championships followed a 2-kilometer grassy loop and was relatively flat throughout.Athlete Information

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. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. Kenyan-born runner Robert Cheseret won the senior men's gold for the

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and also led the Americans to the team title.

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secured the senior women's title, but the United States took the overall senior women's gold medals. Ross Proudfoot led a Canadian sweep of the medals in the junior men's race, while American

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was the junior women's gold medalist.

Medallists

Complete results were published.

Individual

Team

Medal table (unofficial)

*Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 121 athletes from 19 countries participated. * (2) * (1) * (8) * (21) * (1) * (1) * (4) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (7) * (13) *

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(7) * (1) * (12) * (4) * (4) * (11) * (19)

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