Cross Country Team Challenge

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

Running IS a team sport and the Brian Diemer Family of Races Cross Country Team Challenge allows you and four of your friends to experience it all together. This event resembles a high school-style cross country meet, using standard scoring and a 5K course. This is a team event, with 5 to 7 people per team. If you don't have a team or enough people to make an entire team, let us know and we will help you put a team together.

• Location: Richmond Park, Grand Rapids, MI
• Course: 5K with mowed grass, packed dirt, and gravel
• Community Run: Featuring a FREE 1 Mile Run for youth & adults
• Course Preview: View the 2024 course overview at this link

📝 How to Register

We tried to make it easy for you to register and start your team (if you have one). The first person on your team to register can create the team. From there, that person can share the team name and a link for others to join. We also activated the features that allow you to change your team name and the type of team you have (female, male, coed). We are also happy to help with all of this.

• Team Size: 5 to 7 individuals, with only the top 5 places counting towards your score.
• Coed Requirement: At least one member of the opposite gender required.
• Chip-Timed Event: The 5K portion will be chip-timed.
• Youth Pricing: $10 entry for anyone under 20, email lmcubridgerun@gmail.com for a discount code for high school teams.

🏆 Awards

Gazelle Sports has generously signed on board as an Awards Sponsor this year. They have helped us since the first year.

• Overall Awards: $20 to Gazelle Sports for top male and female and masters categories.
• Middle of the Pack Award: $20 to Gazelle Sports for the middle finisher.
• Team Awards: $15 to Gazelle Sports for all members of the overall male, female, coed, and masters teams.
• Most Spirited Team: $15 to Gazelle Sports for the team voted by race day volunteers.

The FUN Run Mile participants are not eligible for awards. The FUN Run Mile is also not timed.

📅 Race Day Timeline

• 5pm: Bib pickup
• 6:00pm: Community Fun Run Mile
• 6:25pm: XC teams report to the starting line
• 6:30pm: XC race starts
• 7:30pm: Awards ceremony

We look forward to seeing you on race day! For more information, visit here.