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2022 Athletes of the Year Announced
Did you know?
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Since 2014 over 16,000 college students from across the U.S. have participated in Collegiate Running Association National Championships (as of 8/1/19).
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Since 2014 the Collegiate Running Association and our race partnerships have awarded over $120,000 in prize money and travel specifically to college students (as of 8/1/19).
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From 2014 through 2018 -->18 Collegiate Running Association members have qualified for 62 USATF National Teams.
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2019 marked the 6th consecutive year the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K has hosted the Collegiate 10K Road Race National Championships.
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2018 marked the 5th consecutive year the Collegiate Mountain Running National Championships were hosted concurrently with the USATF Championships.
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2014 Collegiate 10K Road Race National Champion (Paul Chelimo, UNC-Greensboro/Kenya) became a U.S. citizenship and won the Silver medal (2nd- 13:03.90) in the 5,000M in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and Bronze medal (3rd) in the 2017 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5,000M)
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After PR's of 9:53 (3KSC), 15:45 (5k), 32:37 (10k), 1:14:03 (1/2 marathon) and 2:35 (marathon) Addie Bracy (Univ. of Colorado Denver) transitioned from the track to include mountain and trail races. In 2018 she claimed the Collegiate Mountain Running Championship, a spot on the USMRT and is now one of the top mountain/trail runners in the World.
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2014 and 2015 Collegiate 10K Road Race National Champion (Kellyn Johnson Taylor, Coconino College) ran one of the fastest debut marathons in U.S. history (2:28:40) in 2015
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2015 Collegiate Running Association Male Athlete of the Year and 2015 Collegiate Trail Race National Champion, Joe Gray (Colorado Springs, CO /Colorado Bible College) won the 2016 World Mountain Running Championship and 2017 World Snowshoe Running Championship.
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In 2018 the Collegiate Running Association became the first hosted organization partner with AthleteBiz.
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In 2018 the Collegiate Running Association expanded our partnership with Sports Backers Kids Run RVA to promote physical activity to youth across the Richmond, VA area.