The NACAC Cross Country Championships is an annual regional cross country running competition for athletes representing member nations of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC).[1] The event was inaugurated in 2005 and was held in Florida, United States until 2009. The following two editions were held in Trinidad and Tobago.[2]
Sport | Cross country running |
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Founded | 2005 |
Continent | North America, Central America and the Caribbean (NACAC) |
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.[3]
Between 1983-2003, the event was preceded by the Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships organized by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC).
†: The number of athletes and number of nations are according to unofficial counts within complete results lists. The higher numbers that were published[4][5] could also comprise coaches and/or officials.
Year | Men's senior race | Women's senior race | ||
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Individual | Team | Individual | Team | |
2005 | Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) | United States (USA) | Sabrina Monro (USA) | United States (USA) |
2006 | Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) | Mexico (MEX) | Megan Metcalfe (CAN) | United States (USA) |
2007 | Fasil Bizuneh (USA) | United States (USA) | Malindi Elmore (CAN) | Canada (CAN) |
2008 | Thomas Morgan (USA) | United States (USA) | Carmen Douma-Hussar (CAN) | Canada (CAN) |
2009 | Stephen Pifer (USA) | United States (USA) | Clara Grandt (USA) | United States (USA) |
2010 | Max King (USA) | United States (USA) | Delilah DiCrescenzo (USA) | United States (USA) |
2011 | Robert Cheseret (USA) | United States (USA) | Kate Harrison (CAN) | United States (USA) |
2012 | Cameron Levins (CAN) | United States (USA) | Liz Costello (USA) | United States (USA) |
2013 | Craig Forys (USA) | United States (USA) | Natasha Fraser (CAN) | Canada (CAN) |
2014 | Joseph Gray (USA) | United States (USA) | Kellyn Johnson (USA) | United States (USA) |
2015 | Maksim Korolev (USA) | United States (USA) | Gladys Tejeda (PER) | United States (USA) |
2016 | Donald Cowart (USA) | United States (USA) | Allison Grace Morgan (USA) | United States (USA) |
2017 | Abbabiya Simbassa (USA) | United States (USA) | Sasha Gollish (CAN) | Canada (CAN) |
2018 | Joseph Gray (USA) | United States (USA) | Carmen Toaquiza (ECU) | Peru (PER) |