"Keep your ears open for a big announcement in the coming days," Tallahassee Community College Athletic Director Rob Chaney told me.Less than a week later, the news broke. On 29 April 2020 the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) announced the venue of their Division I and II cross-country national championships for 2021 through 2023. The 2022 meet will be at Apalachee Regional Park Championship Cross-Country Course, east of Tallahassee, Florida. According to USTFCCA, competition is scheduled for Saturday morning, 12 November 2022.
The Tallahassee Community College Eagles have already hosted the NJCAA Region 8 Championship Meet at Apalachee Regional Park annually since 2016, the year that the Eagles started fielding a cross-country team. The course has a history of national championship events, starting with the USATF Master’s 5K Cross Country National Championship on 6 November 2016. Since then, ARPXC has seen the AAU National Championships on 3 December 2016, the USATF National Club Cross-Country Championships on 10 December 2016, the USATF Junior Olympic XC National Championship on 9 December 2017, the USATF National Cross-Country Championship on 3 February 2018, and the USATF National Cross-Country Championship on 3 February 2019. Further, Florida State University is scheduled to host the NCAA D1 Cross-Country National Championship on the Apalachee Regional Park course on 20 November 2021.
Division II is new in NJCAA cross country; competition in that category starts in 2020. Division II schools may offer limited athletic scholarships--tuition, books, fees, and no more than $250 in required course supplies. The 2021 Division I and Division II championship meet will be at Pole Green Park in Richmond, Virginia on 13 November 2021. Division I and Division II squads will contest the 2023 championships on the Tom Rutledge Cross-Country Course in Joplin, Missouri on 11 November 2023.
Links
- "Upcoming DI, DII cross country championships announced"
https://www.njcaa.org/sports/wxc/2019-20/releases/championship_host
- Find races at ARPXC and other cross-country venues in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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