Currently only about 33 women and 61 men entered. We better get a few more high-quality females entered or we are going to be crushed on our home soil. Right now, the top entries are:
Parker Valby Gracie Morris Olivia Markezich Dani Jones Emma Grace Hurley Allie Buchalski Choe Scrimgeour Zariel Macchia (I assume she will be ineligible for U20 so will run Senior) Margot Appleton
Six for the Senior team and two for the Mixed Relay so one of these will be left home.
We are missing SO many ... Andrews, Kelati, Schweizer, St. Pierre, Houlihan, Mackay, Morgan, Roe, Hertenstein, Halladay-Lowry, Donaghu, Venters, Rodenfels, Cranny, Jennings, Mitchell, Wayment, etc.
There are still 18 more days to register so hopefully a few of these sign up. Roe was supposed to be on the start line for the 5K in conjunction with the NYC Marathon but did not run so who knows what's up. Rodenfels just beat St. Pierre, Kelati, and Valby in a 5K so she is definitely in shape.
Some you listed are off their PEDs for the year like Cranny, Andrews, Schweizer. You won't be seeing them competing in an event they will be getting killed in
I think I saw a clip of Andrews running on the grass with Olivia.
Can Wiley run cross country?
I think Wiley just won a 5K road race in Indiana recently and will be running the Turkey Trot that she does every year. I'm sure she has no interest in XC this fall and is looking ahead to USATF Indoors. World Indoors is the only track team to make in 2026 so a lot of people will focus on it. Maybe that is why so few top runners have signed up for the XC meet.
She is eligible to run the USATF U20 Championships, just not make the world team.
Are you positive on that? I don’t think they are letting people who are 19 right now race it because it is a qualifying meet for worlds even if you have no plans to qualify. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Yes, it's actually the 2026 USATF xc race being held in 2025, so it's not clear.
Are you positive on that? I don’t think they are letting people who are 19 right now race it because it is a qualifying meet for worlds even if you have no plans to qualify. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Yes, it's actually the 2026 USATF xc race being held in 2025, so it's not clear.
The 2025 USATF was already conducted.
Not clear? It's actually very clear. The USATF rules specifically state that you can't run in the Dec 6, 2025 USATF U20 race if you aren't eligible to run in the Jan 10, 2026 World Championships U20 race.
So the person in question, Zariel Macchia, can't run in the USATF U20 race on Dec 6, 2025.
Not clear? It's actually very clear. The USATF rules specifically state that you can't run in the Dec 6, 2025 USATF U20 race if you aren't eligible to run in the Jan 10, 2026 World Championships U20 race.
So the person in question, Zariel Macchia, can't run in the USATF U20 race on Dec 6, 2025.
Yes, it's actually the 2026 USATF xc race being held in 2025, so it's not clear.
The 2025 USATF was already conducted.
Not clear? It's actually very clear. The USATF rules specifically state that you can't run in the Dec 6, 2025 USATF U20 race if you aren't eligible to run in the Jan 10, 2026 World Championships U20 race.
So the person in question, Zariel Macchia, can't run in the USATF U20 race on Dec 6, 2025.
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