13. NACAC Mountain Running Championships 2016 in Mexico
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The 13th annual NACAC Mountain Running Championships will be held in Tepatitlá,n, Jalisco, Mexico on Sunday, July 10. ,
Edited by Nancy Hobbs (WMRA Treasurer) ,
Athletes from Canada and the USA will begin to arrive at the international airport in Guadalajara on Friday, July 8, for the 74 kilometer drive to the race venue. ,
" Both individual and team competition are staged, with nations competing head-to-head with one another. ,The opening ceremony will be held for the event on Saturday evening with the competition getting underway at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. ,
The start line is at an elevation of 2,031 meters and the course descends to a high point of 2,542 meters at the finish line some 9.15 kilometers away on this mostly uphill course. ,
This is the fifth time Mexico has hosted the event having previously staged the championships in 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2014. ,
Canada hosted the championships in 2007, 2010, 2012, and 2015, while the U.S. hosted every other year.
Teams are comprised of up to four men and four women with the top three finishers scoring for their respective country.
Although the event is open to 31 NACAC member nations USA, Mexico, and Canada have traditionally been the only countries fielding competitors. ,
And, as in the past, teams from Mexico, Canada, and the United States are expected to compete this weekend.
WMRA will attend to the event with Nancy Hobbs (WMRA Treasurer).
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