2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships

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2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships
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Organisers NACAC
Edition7th
DateFebruary 19
Host city Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg
Venue Queen's Park Savannah
Events4
Distances8 km – Senior men
6 km – Junior men (U20)
6 km – Senior women
4 km – Junior women (U20)
Participation118 athletes from
19 nations

The 2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships was the seventh edition of the continental cross country running competition which took place on February 19 at Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. A total of 166 athletes took part in the event, hailing from a record high of 20 nations within the North America, Central America and Caribbean region. [1]

Contents

The competition featured four races: an 8 km senior men's race, a 6 km senior women's race, a 6 km junior (under-20s) men's race and a 4 km junior women's race. [2] The course for the championships followed a 2-kilometer grassy loop and was relatively flat throughout. [3] Kenyan-born runner Robert Cheseret won the senior men's gold for the United States and also led the Americans to the team title. Canadian Kathryn Harrison secured the senior women's title, but the United States took the overall senior women's gold medals. Ross Proudfoot led a Canadian sweep of the medals in the junior men's race, while American Chelsea Orr was the junior women's gold medalist. [1]

Medallists

Complete results were published. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Individual

EventGoldSilverBronze
Senior men's 8 kmFlag of the United States.svg  Robert Cheseret  (USA)23:43 minFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cameron Levins  (CAN)23:46 minFlag of the United States.svg  Colin Leak  (USA)23:51 min
Senior women's 6 kmFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kathryn Harrison  (CAN)20:19 minFlag of the United States.svg  Megan Duwell  (USA)20:22 minFlag of the United States.svg  Kim Conley  (USA)20:24 min
Junior men's 6 kmFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ross Proudfoot  (CAN)18:27 minFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Connor Darlington  (CAN)18:29 minFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Paul Janikowski  (CAN)18:29 min
Junior women's 4 kmFlag of the United States.svg  Chelsea Orr  (USA)13:54 minFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Fiona Benson  (CAN)14:00 minFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Maria Bernard  (CAN)14:02 min

Team

EventGoldSilverBronze
Senior men's 8 kmFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)15 ptsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)37 ptsFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TRI)86 pts
Senior women's 6 kmFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)14 ptsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)30 ptsFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TRI)68 pts
Junior men's 6 kmFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)12 ptsFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)37 ptsFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)56 pts
Junior women's 4 kmFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)15 ptsFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)30 ptsFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)61 pts

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Trinidad and Tobago)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 45211
2Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4329
3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 0022
Totals (3 entries)88622

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 121 athletes from 19 countries participated.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-02-20). USA and Canada trade honours at NACAC XC Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.
  2. Selection Procedures. USATF. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.
  3. Athlete Information. USATF. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.
  4. 2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships (PDF), Athletics Canada, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-16, retrieved January 15, 2014
  5. NACAC Cross Country Championships 2011 - QUEEN'S PARK SAVANNAH - PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD - 2/19/2011 - Results (PDF), NAAATT, February 21, 2011, retrieved January 15, 2014
  6. 2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships - Results, USA Track & Field , retrieved January 15, 2014
  7. 2011 Results - NACAC Cross Country Championships, runnerspace.com, February 23, 2011, retrieved January 15, 2014