USATF San Diego-Imperial Association hosted the USA Cross Country Championships for Seniors (open), Juniors (under 20), and Masters (40+) at Mission Bay Park on January 18. 2020. The top men and women in the Senior and Junior Championships qualified to represent the U.S. in the 2020 Pan American Cross Country Cup in Victoria, BC, Canada, on February 29, 2020. The races were run over a spectator-friendly, European-style 2,000-meter grass loop running along East Mission Bay Park, just south of the San Diego Mission Bay Resort. The terrain of the first 1,000 meters of the loop is primarily flat and fast; however the second 1,000 meters includes a series of five small hills. Schedule
8:45am - Community 4 km
9:30am - Masters Women 6 km
10:30am - Masters Men 8 km
11:30pm - Junior Women 6 km
12:15pm - Junior Men 8 km
1:00pm - Senior Women 10 km
1:50pm - Senior Men 10 km
The SD-I Association hosted the USA XC Championships in 1971, 2008, and 2011, and the city annually hosts the Foot Locker Cross Country Championship in Balboa Park each December.