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 »
Posts Categorized: Team USA Selection
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 U.S. National 100 km Team: Qualification Standards and Current List of Qualifiers
After the 2022 event in Germany, the next 100K World Championship will be held on December 7, 2024, in Bengaluru, India. U.S. Team qualifying criteria are listed below. The biennial 100 Kilometer World Championship race is the one international venue at which USA Track & Field (USATF) has fielded an ultra-distance team for over two… 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 Challenge Stellina International Meeting of Nations – US Team Selection
The 35th edition of Challenge Stellina, a 14.3K uphill race with 1500 meters of climb, will take place Sunday, August 25, 2024, in Susa, Italy. For 2024, the race will host for the third consecutive year, an international competition for athletics federations from countries that fought on the side of the allies in World War… 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 »
USATF Team Roster for 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships
A stellar group of 42 American athletes have been named to the 2023 USATF Mountain and Trail Running Teams scheduled to compete in the 2nd World Mountain and Trail Running Championships June 7-10 in Stubai – Innsbruck, Austria. A handful of athletes – 5 in total – will compete in two events at the World… Read more »
Brittany Charboneau and Garrett Corcoran Victorious at USATF Marathon Trail Running Championships
At today’s – Saturday, May 6 – USATF Marathon Trail Running Championships hosted by Breakneck Point in Beacon, NY, Brittany Charboneau, 34, Denver, CO, and Garrett Corcoran, 27, Salt Lake City, UT, battled a stellar field to win top honors in the race. Not only did the pair win championship titles, they earned spots on… Read more »
Grayson Murphy and Dan Curts earn USATF Mountain Running Championship Titles
Grayson Murphy and Dan Curts earn USATF Mountain Running Championship Titles. Team USA – Mountain Up/Down Classic – eight athletes earn automatic spots for Worlds in Austria. It was a back-to-back weekend of racing at Mt. Sunapee with USATF Championship titles at stake along with spots on the USATF Mountain Running Teams – Vertical and… 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 »
Beast Coast Trail Running at Breakneck Point – USATF Marathon Trail Running Championships
Photos provided by Ian Golden, Breakneck Point Marathons. The Breakneck Point Marathons, will be held on the rugged singletrack trails overlooking the Hudson Valley in Beacon, NY, on May 6, 2023, and will offer the final Team USA selection spots for the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships. The Breakneck Point Marathons consist of… Read more »
U.S. Long Trail Team Announced For World Mountain & Trail Running Championship in Austria
Twelve of our nation’s top off-road runners have been named to the 2023 USATF Long Trail Running Team and are scheduled to compete at the 2nd World Mountain & Trail Running Championships June 9 in Innsbruck, Austria. Hailing from seven U.S. states, these talented athletes will travel to Austria with six USA Track & Field… 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 »
2023 NACAC Mountain & Trail Running Championships – U.S. Team Selection
The 17th annual NACAC Mountain Running Championships will become the first ever NACAC Mountain & Trail Running Championships to be held on Saturday, September 16, 2023, hosted by Prairie Sky Running Company at the Beaver Flat 50K in Saskatchewan, Canada. For 2023, the events are organized under the auspices of Athletics Canada. The classic mountain… Read more »
2023 Challenge Stellina International Meeting of Nations – U.S. Team Selection
The 34th edition of Challenge Stellina, a 14.3K uphill race with 1500 meters of climb, will take place Sunday, August 27, 2023, in Susa, Italy. For 2023, the race will host for the second consecutive year, an international competition for athletics federations from countries that fought on the side of the allies in World War… 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 »
U.S. Team Selection Opportunities at the Lake Sonoma 50 Mile
TLDR: What to remember in threes. Team U.S.A Red. White. Blue How To Qualify Top three M/W Lake Sonoma 50 4.8.2023 Dreams Come True! Now in its sixteenth year, the Lake Sonoma 50 Mile, which will be held in the rolling hills surrounding Northern California wine country on April 8, 2023, will serve as a… 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 »