Cross Country kicks off this weekend

Published Thu 02 Jun 2022

Leading into the Australian Cross Country Championships in August, Athletics SA's Cross Country running events kick off this Saturday morning at Victoria Park.

As an added boost to South Australian runners the 2022 Australian Cross Country Championships will be held in Adelaide on August 27 - the first of several upcoming National events to be hosted in SA, including the 2022 Australian All Schools Championships this December.

Athletics SA's Cross Country leg of the Winter Season commences with the Cross Country Relays on Saturday, June 4, from 9:30am.

Clubs Members and Recreational Runners (General Public) have the chance to submit teams to compete in either a 3X3km or 3X6km Relay around the Victoria Park Cross Country course.

Contact your Club or click here to register your team

Registrations are due tonight.

The first of the individual Cross Country races is scheduled for Saturday, June 18 at the Flinders Athletic Club in Bedford Park (Flinders University Campus), from 8:45am.

This will be the fourth round of the 2022 Athletics SA Winter Season, and runners have the chance to compete across a 2km (U14-U16) or 4km (U18+) distance.

Athletics SA's third Cross Country event will take place at Bonython Park on Saturday, July 16 (9am), and with the State Cross Country Championships just two weeks later the distance begins to lengthen out for the U20 (6km), O35/50 (6km) and Open Age (8km) Groups.

The U14, U16 and U18 Age Groups continue with the 2km and 4km distances respectively.

The State Cross Country Championships will be held at Victoria Park once again in 2022, on Saturday, July 30 (1pm).

State Titles are up for grabs in the U14 (3km), U16 (4km), U18 (6km Men, 4km Women), U20 (8km Men, 6km Women), Open (10km), Over 35/50 (8km) and Para (3km).

These distances remain consistent with the Australian Cross Country Championships, which will be held on August 27 as the Athletics Australia and School Sport Championships.

The National competition will also include U12 Age Groups.

Max Stevens and Claire Hodgart will be looking to retain the Open State Cross Country Titles.

Other upcoming Athletics SA competitions include the Women's Run in the Park Series, the Ekiden Relays on August 13 and the Fitzy's 5 Fun Run/State 5km Road Championships on September 4.

The Winter Season kicked off in May with the Road Distance Relays and the State 10km Road Championships.