Professional Cross Country is coming to Austin
The FitnessBank Cross Champs will host many of the best runners in the world on December 1st in Austin, Texas. The Cross Champs are just one part of a huge week of running in Austin’s annual Running Event trade show. “This is such an amazing chance to showcase the sport to a captive audience of brands and retailers. It’s a great celebration of running all around and what better way to end the year than with a battle between teams?” – Sound Running
“Team cross country allows these professionals the rare opportunity to run as a team. Our sport needs to give fans the ability to follow teams, build allegiances and hopefully cross champs will be that culminating moment each year” – Kevin Hanson (Coach of the Hansons-Brooks ODP)
Races will take place at St. Stephens High School with a 1 mile loop around the athletic campus featuring mostly grass and a few obstacles. The course is very spectator friendly with the ability to view the entire course from the start / finish area.
| Teams Competing | |||
| HOKA NAZ Elite | Flagstaff, AZ | Brooks Beasts Track Club | Seattle, WA |
| McKirdy Trained | Flagstaff, AZ | U.S. Army | Ft. Carson, CO |
| Puma Elite | Raleigh, NC | Railroad Athletics | Austin, TX |
| Altra Roots Running | Boulder, CO | Taylor Made Elite | Provo, UT |
| Tinman Elite | Boulder, CO | Bowerman Track Club | Portland, OR |
| On Athletics Club | Boulder, CO | Hansons-Brooks ODP | Rochester, MI |
| Empire Elite Track Club | New York City, NY | ||
| Notable Athletes | |||
| Pat Tiernan | Puma Elite | Fiona O’Keefe | Puma Elite |
| Ollie Hoare | On Athletics Club | Joe Klecker | On Athletics Club |
| Alicia Monson | On Athletics Club | Natosha Rogers | Hansons-Brooks ODP |
| Josh Kerr | Brooks Beasts Track Club | Emily Infeld | Nike |
| Allie Buchalski | Brooks Beasts Track Club | Wesley Kiptoo | HOKA NAZ Elite |
| Morgan McDonald | On Athletics Club | Courtney Wayment | Taylor Made Elite/On Running |
Details:
Website/Full Entries: Cross Champs
Watch: LIVE on RunnerSpace
Start Time: December 1st – 4:30 PM CT
Where: St. Stephens School – 6500 St. Stephen’s Dr, Austin, TX
Team Prize Purse: 1st – $3000, 2nd – $2000, 3rd – $1000
Individual Prize Purse: 1st – $2500, 2nd – $1500, 3rd – $1000, 4th – $750, 5th – $500, 6th – $250
Press inquires to [email protected]
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