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2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships

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Organisers
  
NACAC

Date
  
February 19

Nations participating
  
19

Edition
  
7th

Location
  
Queen's Park Savannah

2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships

Host city
  
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

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.

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. The course for the championships followed a 2-kilometer grassy loop and was relatively flat throughout. 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.

Medallists

Complete results were published.

Medal table (unofficial)

  • Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.
  • Participation

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

    References

    2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships Wikipedia