Please bring Passports to Team Processing!* The 2024 USATF Cross Country Championships scheduled for January 20, 2024 will serve as the selection event for U20 and Open athletes for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships. All athletes are required to complete Team Processing in order to be eligible for selection to the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country national team. Athletes who fail to complete Team Processing during the timeframe listed below will forfeit their rank for selection to the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships national team. The 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships will take place scheduled for March 30, 2024 in Belgrade, Serbia. Selection procedures are available here. Athletes should bring the following to Team Processing:
*Athletes must have a current passport good for at least six (6) months after the return date from the National Team event (valid through September 30, 2024).
Team Processing will take place from 1:30pm – 7:00pm on January 20, 2024. Athletes will be directed to the Team Processing area located right off the competition course at the Pole Green Park community center.
Athletes MUST bring passports to Team Processing USATF National Office is primarily responsible for athlete travel for the World Cross Country Championships team. Athletes will not travel as a Team to the World Cross Country Championships. USATF will book the athlete's ticket and will pay for a roundtrip ticket from the athlete's home city to Belgrade, Serbia and back to the athlete's home city. As travel to Belgrade must be booked through USATF, no reimbursements for travel booked independently will be issued.