Shore AC Adult Cross Country Series 2026

Description

JOIN THE SHORE A.C. XC SERIES

10/5/24 Results , 10/12/24 Results , 10/19/24 Results , 10/26/24 Results , 11/5/24 Results

AWARDS Custom 2025 team trophy to the top men's, women's and overall teams. Random raffle prizes each week.

Special award to the overall male and female winner as well as to the male and female winner of each 10-year age group.

Every Saturday morning at 9:00 AM rain or shine, we will offer a 5K XC race! Team, age group and individual scoring, series prizes and more! All ages (16+) and abilities are welcome! Join a team, create a team, or run as an individual through the trails of Monmouth County’s most beautiful and challenging parks.

We encourage running clubs, businesses, groups, friends, and family members, ​to create a team and join us. You only need 3 female and/or 3 male members per race to score! Awards will be presented after the last race of the series.

Online registration for the Series or each week is strongly encouraged.

DATES & LOCATIONS

For 6 weeks, Shore A.C. hosts a 5K cross country race at a different county park. Course maps will be available shortly.

Oct. 3 - Week 1 - Big Brook Park Oct. 10 - Week 2 - Wolf Hill Recreation Area Oct. 17 - Week 3 - Holmdel Park Oct. 24 - Week 4 - Tatum Park Oct. 31 - Week 5 - Huber Woods Park Nov. 7 - Week 6 - Thompson Park *Awards on the last day

REGISTRATION & FEES

New this year, pre-registration is required. All registration will go through RunSignUp. Limited race day registration MAY be available if space is available. $50 for the series or $10 per race

RULES & AWARDS

Winning female and male team awards

Team scoring based on best 4 weeks. Each team needs 3 male and 3 female finishers to score as a team. Traditional XC scoring with one point deducted for 1st male and female master in 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s age group. For e xample, if a team goes top 3 in the male and female they would have a score per gender of 6 and a combined team score of 12. If they have the top 40 year old male and top 60 year old female their score would be reduced by two to 10. Individual displacement will occur for team scoring. ​ Individual age group custom awards will be presented on the final day to the 1st male and female in open, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's categories based on each person's best 4 finishes.

Results: please allow 24-48 hours to be published.

Thank you to Kyle Mueller for turning our old-fashioned finish line system into very official results!

NEW THIS YEAR : We recently became aware of some unique age graded performance information from your race that you will be able to access if you are 35 years or older . Check it out at yourtimeplus.com !