2026 USATF Region 2 Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships

Date & Time

November 22, 2026
11/22 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
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Location & Venue

Bassett Park 359 Klein Rd Wiliamsville , NY 14221 Open in Google Maps

Registration

Deadline: November 18 at 9:00 PM ET

HOW TO QUALIFY

Athletes must qualify for this event at their Association Championships:

Mid Atlantic
New Jersey
Niagara
Three Rivers

AGE DIVISIONS / EVENT SCHEDULE

Divisions	Distance	Time
Packet Pickup - 11:30 AM Course Walk - 12:30 PM
8 & under (born 2018+)	2 km	1:00 PM then rolling schedule with races starting approx. every 30 minutes
9-10 (born 2016-2017)	3 km
11-12 (born 2014-2015)	3 km
13-14 (born 2012-2013)	4 km
15-16 (born 2010–2011) 17-18 (born 2008-2009)	5 km

COURSE MAPS

2 km 3 km 4 km 5 km

QUALIFYING FOR NATIONALS

The 2026 USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships will take place on December 12 in Lafayette, LA. The top 30 individuals in each age division and top five scoring teams at the Region 2 Championships will qualify for the national championships.
Notes:

Individuals finishing in the top 30 places who are also members of qualifying teams are not displaced. Therefore, additional individual finishers beyond 30th place may not advance as a result of individuals ahead of them also qualifying as members of a team.
A team may advance if it has five or more individuals placing in the top 30 at the Regional Championships.
No team finishing beyond fifth place may advance solely because one or more of the first five qualifying teams chooses not to advance.

CONTACT

Annie Draves, Niagara Youth Chair - email