Southern Tier Cross Country Series (ALL RACES)

🏃‍♂️ Race Overview

Ever dream of reliving the cross country glory days or wished you had the chance to experience it? Now’s your moment to shine! The Southern Tier Cross Country Series is your ticket to fun, camaraderie, and the thrill of racing in the Greater Binghamton, NY area. Round up your squad of 5 to 20, sign up, and dive headfirst into a world of team scoring, dirt, and pure adrenaline! You don’t have to be the fastest—just ready to have a blast!

🎉 Event Details

Presented by Confluence Running Events, the Southern Tier Cross Country Series brings the spirit of cross country running to the community like never before. This is your chance to compete, connect, and create unforgettable memories, no matter your age. Don’t miss out on the pulse-pounding excitement of real cross country racing!

🏅 Awards and Recognition

• Not a speed demon? No worries! We reward both elite finishers and those who simply love being part of the action. Every team member—whether you’re fast or steady—earns points, making sure everyone gets in on the fun!
• The Joe Reynolds Positive Vibes Award: We lost our friend and long time STXC runner, Joe Reynolds in 2021. Joe brought a lot to each cross country race, season after season, and we can’t let his impact on all of us go unrecognized. Each week, a headband will be awarded to a participant who has positively impacted and put out good vibes to the race as a whole.
• The Cindy Bilsky Loyalty and Faithfulness Award: TBA. Cindy Bilsky was a beloved regular, not just at our cross country series, but in our running community for the past decade. Tragically Cindy was lost to us in 2024. Details of the award will be announced soon.

🎽 Your Registration Includes

• Every race in the series
• Post-race refreshments including coffee, bagels, water, and more
• The chance to win pie (duh)
• Exclusive shirt
• A race bib that you use again and again through the entire series
• Exclusive team-based running fun to keep you going into the fall!

📅 Race Dates

2025 Race Dates Are Still To Be Determined. (All races have a 9:00 am start time) - we will post them as we get them!

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🌳 What is Cross Country?

Cross Country, or "XC" as lots of people like to call it, is a dynamic and challenging sport that combines endurance running with the natural terrain of the great outdoors. Unlike track or road running, cross country races take place on varied landscapes, including grass, dirt trails, mud, hills, and sometimes even through wooded areas on single track trail. Our courses are usually between 3 and 4 miles long.

📊 Scoring in Cross Country

For an answer to this, we’re going to refer you to this website which gives you an easy to understand description of typical scoring: https://shscrosscountry.com/cross-country-101-how-a-meet-is-scored/

That's not the whole story for us, however! We split the points out for a men's and women's division as well as a mixed division. We have other awards (like pie), but our team scoring is based on typical cross country scoring.