The following article contains results and a race recap from the 2024 USATF 50k Road National Championships held on March 10, 2024. Full race results can be found here. Featured photo by: Jordan/Greater Long Island Running Company. The day was all about the weather. All week, the Long Island area had been drenched with rain,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: USATF Championships
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 »
2024 USATF 100 Mile National Championships Set for February 16-17
On Friday, February 16, 49 runners will toe the line for the 2024 USATF 100 Mile National Championships at Cornerstone Park in Henderson, NV. The national championships will be part of the Jackpot Ultrarunning Festival, which will encompass most of the President’s Day weekend. The national championship will start at 8 AM Friday morning and continue… 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 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 »
Sarah Barber wins age-group gold at USATF Half Marathon Trail Championships
In the following article, trail runner Sarah Barber shares her experience at the 2023 USATF Half Marathon Trail Championships in Moab, Utah, on November 4. Barber finished 16th among the women winning her age group with a time of 2:01:19. I had a lot of reasons to want to go to Moab, Utah, on the… Read more »
Beaudoin-Rousseau and Kowalczyk crowned USATF Half Marathon Trail Champions in Moab
The sun was shining and temperatures were in the upper 40s on Saturday, November 4, for the ten o’clock race start at the Moab Half Marathon in Moab, Utah, host of the 13th USATF Half Marathon Trail Running Championships. It was a record-setting day for both Meikael Beaudoin-Rousseau and Bailey Kowalczyk who took the championship… 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 »
Heckscher State Park USATF 50K Road Championships Recap
Written with photos by USATF MUT Council vice-chair Meghan Canfield. Above: Male Champion Kallin Carolus Khan. Heckscher State Park in East Islip/Long Island, New York, was the sight for the 2023 Heckscher State Park USATF 50k Road Championships. This would be the 17th time that the Greater Long Island Running Club and race director Carl… Read more »
2023 USATF 100 Mile Road Championships Recap
Written by USATF MUT Council vice-chair Meghan Canfield. Photo: Men’s USATF 100 Mile Road Champion, Jonas Backstrom. Henderson, Nevada’s Cornerstone Park was the sight for the 2023 Jackpot USATF 100 Mile Road Championships. Under the new race ownership, Aravaipa, out of Phoenix, Arizona, the race began at 8:00 AM under clear, crisp conditions. The field… Read more »
Heckscher State Park USATF 50K Championship
Written by USATF MUT Council vice-chair Meghan Canfield. Greater Long Island Running Club (GLIRC) is hosting the Heckscher State Park USATF Road 50k Championship, in East Islip, on Long Island, New York. A 5-kilometer loop run 10 times will provide spectators and racers alike to see runners of all speeds multiple times without leaving their… Read more »
Jackpot Ultras & USATF Road 100 Mile Championship
Written by USATF MUT Council vice-chair Meghan Canfield. Jackpot Ultras are hosting the USATF Road 100 Mile Championship amid their weekend of races, in Henderson, Nevada, just outside of Las Vegas. A loop of just over 1 mile will provide spectators and racers alike to see some fabulous and inspiring performances and more race drama… Read more »
Rhodes and Whitfield Crowned USATF Trail Marathon Champions in Moab
The 2022 USATF Trail Marathon Championships were held November 5, in the desert canyons of Moab, UT at the Moab Trail Marathon. Both the men’s and women’s defending champions Adam Peterman and Allie McLaughlin were in Thailand winning World Championship gold medals thus were not on the startline. In addition to their individual world championship… Read more »
Heath & Dalton Win the 2022 USATF Half Marathon Trail Championships
Written by USATF Championship liaison Lin Gentling. Photos: Kelly Randolph. On a cool, overcast, and misting morning the 2022 trail half marathon national championships were held just outside of Cable, WI on the American Birkebeiner ski and mountain bike courses. The rain overnight had made for slick and greasy conditions, but that did not deter… Read more »
Birkie Trail Run to host USATF Half Marathon Trail Championships
The USATF Half Marathon Trail Running Championships will be held in Cable, WI, on Saturday, September 24, at the Birkie Trail Running Festival. Birkie also hosted this national championship in 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2021. This year’s course will start and finish at the American Birkebeiner Trailhead located on McNaught Road in Cable, WI. The… Read more »
Lauren Gregory and Joseph Gray Win Inaugural USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championship
Gregory wins her first National Championship; Gray wins his 21st National Championship Nestled in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, Loon Mountain’s base lodge bustled with activity in Sunday’s early morning hours as hundreds of runners gathered for the first-ever USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championships and selection race for two international events – Italy’s Challenge Stellina and… Read more »
Tabor Hemming’s Journey From Junior Standout to Mountain Running National Champion
Guest interview by U.S. Junior Mountain Running Team leader Paul Kirsch. Paul is also founder of the Loon Mountain Race and lives in Madison, New Hampshire. Above photo: Mike Scott. Tabor (Scholl) Hemming grew up running, as she describes in her bio at her website, “on dirt roads and cow trails.” In high school she… Read more »
USATF National Championship Returns to the Loon Mountain Race
Founded in 2006 as a qualifier for the U.S. Mountain Running Team, the Loon Mountain Race will once again play host to the top American uphill runners at the inaugural USATF Vertical Mountain Running Championships this Sunday, July 10, in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This new national championship format was created in response to the addition… Read more »