Posts Categorized: Team USA Selection

Cirque Series Snowbird Race to Host Collegiate Mountain Running National Championships

The following release was provided by Steve Taylor and features details about the upcoming 2024 Collegiate Mountain Running National Championships.  RICHMOND, VA – The Collegiate Running Association has announced the 2024 Collegiate Mountain Running National Championships will take place on July 13 at the Snowbird Race, hosted by the Cirque Series in Snowbird, Utah. For the… Read more »

USATF 2024 Mountain Ultra Trail Championships Calendar

The USATF Mountain Ultra Trail championships calendar is set for 2024. Eleven events will be staged featuring distances from 10 kilometers to 100 miles as well as 24 hours, on road, trail, and mountain terrain. Nine states – Nevada, New York, New Hampshire, California, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Arkansas, Utah, Wisconsin – will host a championship with… Read more »

2024 NACAC Mountain & Trail Running Championships – US Team Selection

The 18th annual NACAC Mountain Running Championships will become the second ever NACAC Mountain & Trail Running Championships to be held August 3-4, 2023, in Villa del Carbón, Mexico. For 2024, the events are organized under the auspices of Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones. The classic mountain running race will be an up/down format event of… Read more »

2024 USATF National Cross Country Championships Return to Richmond Region

The following release was provided by Steve Taylor and features details about the upcoming 2024 USATF Cross Country Championships. Featured photo from the 2007 USATF Cross Country Championships taken by Nancy Hobbs. RICHMOND, Va. – The excitement is building for the 2024 USA Track & Field National Cross Country Championships to be held in Richmond,… Read more »

2025 IAU 24 Hour World Championship – US Team Selection Criteria

2025 U.S. NATIONAL 24 HOUR TEAM QUALIFICATION STANDARDS AND LIST OF CURRENT QUALIFIERS After the 2023 event in Taiwan, the next 24 Hour World Championship will be held on October 25, 2025, in Albi, France. U.S. Team qualifying criteria are listed below. The United States 24-Hour National Team will compete in the 2025 International Association… Read more »

2024 International U18 Mountain Running Cup – Team USA Selection

In 2024, the 17th edition of the World Mountain Running Association’s (WMRA) International U18 Mountain Running Cup will be held in Montaña Palentina, Spain, June 21-22. This invitation-only event provides a unique opportunity for youth mountain runners from around the world to test themselves against the world’s best. Much more rugged than the typical U.S…. Read more »

Grayson Murphy and Joseph Gray earn USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championship Titles

Grayson Murphy and Joseph Gray earn USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championship Titles Team USA – Vertical Mountain – is finalized for Austria At today’s — Saturday, April 29 — USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championships, Grayson Murphy and Joseph Gray earned titles for their respective wins in the USATF Championships division. The Sunapee Scramble hosted the… Read more »

Drew Holmen and Erin Clark win Lake Sonoma 50 Titles

It was perfect weather for the 281 runners who toed the line at the 14th edition of the Lake Sonoma 50 miler in Healdsburg, California today, Saturday, April 8. Temperatures were in the 40s under overcast skies at the 6:30 am start, a welcome respite from the rain-soaked day runners in the inaugural Trail Sisters… Read more »

FOURmidable 50K: The First Team USA Selection Race of 2023

Cardiac, K2, Knickerbocker, and Overlook – four formidable hills that provided inspiration for the naming of the FOURmidable 50K trail race, held annually since 2012 in Auburn, CA. It is not that these hills have eyes (a reference to the masterpiece horror film), but these hills do have names that may spook a trail runner… Read more »

2023 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships – U.S. Team Selection

Approved by the USATF MUT Executive Committee on November 22, 2022. Updated April 9, 2023. U.S. Team Selection for the 2023 World Mountain & Trail Running Championships – Innsbruck, Austria The second World Mountain & Trail Running Championships (WMTRC) is scheduled for June 6-10, 2023 in Innsbruck-Stubai, Austria. This biennial event is organized by the… Read more »