The NACAC Cross Country Championships is an annual regional
cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open cou ...
competition for athletes representing member nations of the
North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC). The event was inaugurated in 2005 and was held in
Florida
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,
United States
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until 2009. The following two editions were held in
Trinidad and Tobago
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.
The event comprises four separate races: an 8 km senior men's race, a 6 km senior women's race, a 6 km junior men's race and finally a 4 km junior women's race.
2009 NACAC Cross Country Championships
USATF
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running and racewalking (known as the sport of athletics outside the US). The USATF was known between 1979 an ...
(2009-03-07). Retrieved on 2010-02-24.
Between 1983-2003, the event was preceded by the Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships
The Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships (''Spanish: Campeonato Centroamericano y del Caribe de Campo Traviesa'') was an annual Cross country running competition organized by the CACAC for athletes representing the countrie ...
organized by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation
The Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) is a confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Central America and the Caribbean. Membership of the Confederation ...
(CACAC).
Editions
†: The number of athletes and number of nations are according to unofficial counts within complete results lists. The higher numbers that were published[ could also comprise coaches and/or officials.
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Champions
See also
*American Championships A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most ...
References
External links
NACAC websiteOfficial USATF championships page
from GBR Athletics
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Cross country running competitions
Cross country running in the United States
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