2025 Colorado Springs XC Open
Friday, October 10th
Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs- 6,109 feet above sea level
SCHEDULE OF RACES - Athletes need to report to the starting line five minutes before their race for instructions.
7:30 AM Packet pick-up
9:00 AM - Men's 8k
9:45 AM - Women's 6k
ENTRIES
*This is a non-scored open meet (not high school age or under). There are no awards.
*All entries are due by Monday, Oct. 6th by 9:00 PM.
*Entries will be accepted on: Direct Athletics (https://www.directathletics.com/), under Colorado Springs XC Open.
*The cost for each full team is $250 (men and women are separate teams). If a team has less than 5 runners then it will be $20 per runner. We will accept cash or a check made out to UCCS Athletics / Cross Country. Individual entries will be $20. Entry fees MUST be paid prior to competing. Teams and individuals will not be allowed to compete without paying first.
*Alumni / UCCS college students can enter and compete for free. Individual entry fees will be $20.
RESULTS
*All results will be posted as soon as possible following the meet. You can also check gomountainlions.com as well as TFRRS for all results.
PARKING AND RESTROOMS
The course is located in the north section of Monument Valley Park on the east side of I-25. You take the Uintah exit and go East on Uintah for two blocks until you reach Cascade (a stop light) and you turn left (North). You proceed up Cascade a few blocks until you reach Fontanero and go left (West). There will be a gravel parking lot at the end of Fontanero and you can park there as well as along the streets in the neighborhood. The start and finish areas are only about 50 feet from Culebra street. We will have a section of Culebra street reserved for team parking.
Additional portable restrooms will be set up on the north side of the brick restrooms and team camps can be set up anywhere not on the course itself.
THE COURSE
Course records:
Women's 5k - 17:09 - Anna Fauske, UCCS, 2024
Women's 6k - 21:08 - Hannah Hartwell, Fort Lewis, 2024
Men's 8k - 23:56.5 - Afewerki Zeru, UCCS, 2022
The course is mainly a 2.000m lower loop and a 2,000m upper loop starting and ending in the grass, but the rest of the course is crushed gravel / packed dirt.
Trainers will be on site for medical aid if needed.
5k Course: 3k upper loop, 2k lower loop.
https://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=948258
6k Course: 2k lower loop, 2k upper loop, 2k lower loop.
Same as the first 6k of the 8k course except it finishes in the grass west of the trail.
8k Course: 2k lower loop, 2k upper loop, 2k lower loop, 2k upper loop.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7630109
10k Course: 2k lower loop, 2k upper loop, 2k lower loop, 2k upper loop, 2k lower loop.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7630110
