NACAC Cross Country Championships
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The NACAC Cross Country Championships is an annual regional cross country running competition for athletes representing member nations of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC).[1] The event was inaugurated in 2005 and was held in Florida, United States until 2009. The following two editions were held in Trinidad and Tobago.[2]
| Sport | Cross country running |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Continent | North America, Central America and the Caribbean (NACAC) |
The event comprises four separate races: an 8 km senior men's race, a 6 km senior women's race, a 6 km junior men's race and finally a 4 km junior women's race.[3]
Between 1983-2003, the event was preceded by the Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships organized by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC).
The 2020 edition was held in conjunction with the 2020 Pan American Cross Country Cup.[4] The 2021 edition was postponed to 10 December 2022 in Honduras, but was not ultimately held.[5][6][7] As of 2024[update], the meeting has not been held since 2019 and is not scheduled in the NACAC 2024-2026 calendar.[8]
Editions
†: The number of athletes and number of nations are according to unofficial counts within complete results lists. The higher numbers that were published[9][10] could also comprise coaches and/or officials.
Champions
| Year | Men's senior race | Women's senior race | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Team | Individual | Team | |
| 2005 |  Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) |
 United States (USA) |
Sabrina Monro (USA) |
United States (USA) |
| 2006 | Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) |
Mexico (MEX) |
 Megan Metcalfe (CAN) |
United States (USA) |
| 2007 | Fasil Bizuneh (USA) |
United States (USA) |
Malindi Elmore (CAN) |
Canada (CAN) |
| 2008 | Thomas Morgan (USA) |
United States (USA) |
Carmen Douma-Hussar (CAN) |
Canada (CAN) |
| 2009 | Stephen Pifer (USA) |
United States (USA) |
Clara Grandt (USA) |
United States (USA) |
| 2010 | Max King (USA) |
United States (USA) |
Delilah DiCrescenzo (USA) |
United States (USA) |
| 2011 | Robert Cheseret (USA) |
United States (USA) |
Kate Harrison (CAN) |
United States (USA) |
| 2012 | Cameron Levins (CAN) |
United States (USA) |
Liz Costello (USA) |
United States (USA) |
| 2013 | Craig Forys (USA) |
United States (USA) |
Natasha Fraser (CAN) |
Canada (CAN) |
| 2014 | Joseph Gray (USA) |
United States (USA) |
Kellyn Johnson (USA) |
United States (USA) |
| 2015 | Maksim Korolev (USA) |
United States (USA) |
 Gladys Tejeda (PER) |
United States (USA) |
| 2016 | Donald Cowart (USA) |
United States (USA) |
Allison Grace Morgan (USA) |
United States (USA) |
| 2017 | Abbabiya Simbassa (USA) |
United States (USA) |
Sasha Gollish (CAN) |
Canada (CAN) |
| 2018 | Joseph Gray (USA) |
United States (USA) |
 Carmen Toaquiza (ECU) |
Peru (PER) |