2022 USATF Cross Country Championships presented by Toyota

Mission Bay Park

San Diego, CA
 
The 2022 USATF Cross Country Championships will be contested on January 8, 2022 at Mission Bay Park in San Diego, CA. This course was also used for the 2008, 2011, and 2020 USATF Cross Country Championships. The championships consist of six separate races: Masters Women 6 km, Masters Men 8 km, U20 (Junior) Women 6 km, U20 (Junior) Men 8 km, Open Women 10 km, and Open Men 10 km as well as a 4 km Community Run, open to all ages. More than $18,000 in prize money will be awarded to winning athletes of the USATF Championships.
 
For questions, please contact CrossCountry@usatf.org.

Resources

• Course Map
• COVID-19 Testing Options
• Live Results
• Masters Status of Entries
• Open/U20 Status of Entries
• Registration and Eligibility Requirements
• Technical Instructions

Registration Fees

The 2022 Membership year begins on November 1, 2021. Renew your membership here on or after that date to register for this event. 

On-time registration for this event is $45.00 and is open until Monday, 1/3/2022 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Sign up by this date to avoid late fees during late registration. Late registration is $70.00 and will be open until Wednesday, 1/5/2022 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

COVID-19 Protocols for the 2022 USATF Cross Country Championships

Due to new data on vaccine effectiveness with Delta and Omicron variants, for USATF sanctioned events that take place on or after January 7, 2022, being fully vaccinated no longer exempts select participants from the requirement to produce a negative COVID-19 test. Participants must wear masks at all times except when warming up, competing, eating, or drinking. Social distancing must be observed.
 
All athlete participants and medical providers must produce a negative COVID-19 test that meets one of the two options below:

• Negative COVID-19 nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), performed within 3 calendar days of the event. 
  • The NAAT can be an at-home test if the test is FDA authorized and must include a digital or printed results form linked to the test (i.e., cannot be a picture of a test strip or reader). 
  • Note that NAATs can use many different methods to detect the virus, with the most common being RT-PCR and LAMP. A listing of NAAT types from the CDC can be found here.
• Negative COVID-19 antigen test, performed within 3 calendar days of the event.
  • Antigen tests will only be accepted if the county of the event has a state government reported COVID-19 all-test positivity rate 7 days prior to the event of less than 5%. If this criterion is not met, Option #1 must be used.

• It has been at least 14 days since the positive COVID-19 test
• It has been at least 24 hours with no fever without the use of fever reducing medicine
• Other symptoms of COVID-19 are resolved (except for loss of taste or smell, which may take longer to resolve)

Note that COVID-19 antibody testing is NOT currently accepted to meet the negative COVID-19 test criterion.
 
These protocols are subject to change. Last updated 12/23/2021.

Schedule of Events

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2022

PACKET PICK-UP

A negative COVID-19 test will be required to pick up your bib. If testing on-site, test results will be texted overnight, and bibs will be available for pick up on Saturday morning starting at 7:30 a.m.

TECHNICAL MEETING

SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2022

PACKET PICK-UP

RACE SCHEDULE (All times local)

Course Description/Maps

The course is located in Mission Bay Park at the very south end of East Mission Bay Drive, adjacent to the San Diego Mission Bay Resort. This is known as the “Tecolote Shores” section of the park. If you are driving, the course can be reached by taking Interstate 5, exit at Sea World Drive and go west, turn right on East Mission Bay Drive, and drive approximately 1/3 mile to park.

The races will be run over a spectator-friendly, European-style 2,000-meter grass loop running along East Mission Bay Park. The terrain during the first 1,000 meters of the loop is primarily flat and very fast. During the second 1,000 meters of the loop the course includes a series of five small hills. The average width of the course is 10 meters and there are a few sections where the course briefly narrows to about 5 meters in width. This course was also used for the 2008, 2011, and 2020 USATF Cross Country Championships.

PARKING INFORMATION

On-site parking at the Mission Bay Course will be limited to meet officials, VIP, media, and medical personnel. Only vehicles with displayed parking passes will be allowed into the parking facility.

Free spectator and athlete parking is available at the northeast corner of East Mission Bay Drive & Sea World Drive. There is also parking along East Mission Bay Drive. Anyone parking along East Mission Bay Dr. should back into the parking spots so they are not ticketed.

AWARDS & PRIZE MONEY

AWARD CEREMONIES — ON-SITE

Award ceremonies will be held on the Mission Bay Park awards stage. Awards will begin after the mandatory protest period ends for each race.

OPEN DIVISION

• USATF Championship Medals will be awarded to the top 10 individual finishers in each Open Championship race. Team awards will be given to the declared members of the first-, second-, and third-place men's and women's team in each Open Championship race. The individual awards ceremony will take place immediately following the conclusion of each race.

• USATF Running Circuit: Points will be awarded to the top ten finishers in each of the Open Championships as the USATF Cross Country Championships will serve as the first stop on the 2022 USATF Running Circuit.

• Collegiate athletes with eligibility remaining as well as all high school students are ineligible to receive prize money, in which case prize money will revert to the next highest finisher.

JUNIOR DIVISION

USATF Championship medals will be awarded to the top 10 men's and women's individual finishers in each Junior Championship race. Team awards will be given to the declared members of the first-, second-, and third-place men's and women's team in each Junior Championship race.

MASTERS DIVISION

USATF Individual Championship Medals will be awarded to the top 3 men's and women's individual finishers in all 5-year age divisions from 40-44 to the age group of the oldest finisher. USATF Championship Patches will be awarded to the winners of each 5-year age division. 

USATF Team Championship Medals will be awarded to the declared members of the top 3 men's and women's teams in the following age divisions: 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, and 80+.

PRIZE MONEY

Open Prize Money

Masters Prize Money

Hotel and Travel

Room blocks for the Championships have been secured at 3 hotels near the course. Details are below, but they are all high-quality hotels even though their pricing varies considerably.
 
One, the Mission Bay Resort (formerly the Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa), is directly adjacent to the course and will be the site of Packet Pick-up and the USATF National Team Sign-up. The other two, the Hyatt Mission Bay and Days Inn by Wyndham, are just 3.4 and 4.2 miles away from the course, respectively. All three hotels will honor their room rates for three days before and after the dates of the room block (Thursday-Saturday) if you want to extend your visit before or after the race.

San Diego Mission Bay Resort

1775 E. Mission Bay Dr., San Diego, CA 92109
619-276-4010 / 877-313-6645
 
The San Diego Mission Bay Resort (which changed its name from the Hilton in 2020) is immediately adjacent to the course, and both the Packet Pick-up and the U.S. National Team Sign-Up will be held in the Hotel. Standard rooms are $199.00 plus tax per night for a single, double, triple, or quad. On-site parking is complimentary.

Reservations can be made online here or by calling, in which case the Event Code is: USATF122. The housing block and pricing will be held until December 16, 2021, at which time the block and the event rate will be released and rooms will be available on a space-available basis only. 

Facilities: Pool, gym, internet (complimentary), business center, restaurants, and bar.

Hyatt Regency Mission Bay

1441 Quivera Rd., San Diego, CA 92109
619-224-1234 / 888-591-1234
 
The Hyatt is 3.4 miles away from the course. Rooms are $179 plus tax per night for a single or double. Additional adults (18 & over) up to a maximum of 4 total people in a room are $20 per person per night. Parking is available for the discounted rate of $25 per night. Each guest receives a complimentary breakfast each day. Each room will receive 2 free bottles of water per day.
 
Reservations can be made online here, as well as by calling, in which case the Event Code is: G-USAT. The housing block and pricing will be held until December 23, 2021, at which time the block will be released and rooms will be available on a space-available basis only.

Facilities: Pools, hot tub, gym, internet (complimentary) business center, restaurants, and bar.

Days Inn by Wyndham

543 Hotel Circle South, San Diego, CA 92108 
619-220-5102 / 800-345-9995
 
The Days Inn by Wyndham is 4.2 miles away from the course. Rooms are $89 plus tax per night for a single, double, triple or quad. Parking is complimentary. Each room receives complimentary bottled water and 2 free Grab & Go breakfasts each day. Additional Grab & Go and all sit-down breakfasts are discounted. Reservations can be made online here, as well as by calling, in which case identify yourself as being a part of the USATF Cross Country Championships. The housing block and pricing will be held until December 23, 2021, at which time the block will be released and rooms will be available on a space-available basis only.

Facilities: Pool, gym, internet (complimentary) business center, restaurant, and bar.

Nearest Airport

San Diego International Airport is just a 10 minute drive to all three Event Hotels.

Community 4 km Run

Information for the Community 4 km race can be found here.