Runner and Event information!

We’re excited to offer fast races for all in a festive atmosphere. ‍ ‍

• All ages are welcome to run. You will be asked for a “seed time” use any recent time or you can estimate your current ability.

• We will thoughtfully arrange the heats based on entry times, with the fastest runners in our Select heats.

• Open races will be men and women combined, and select races will have women's races first, followed by men's.

• The facility will open at an hour and a half before the first event

• The CU DeFour Athletic Center will be open as well

• Restroom and locker rooms are located inside the DeFour center and there will be port-a-johns near the track

• Food and drink will be available for purchase‍ ‍

HEATS/SECTIONS

• Preliminary heats will be released on the Friday before the meet, but may be updated the day-of the meet due to scratches and late entries

• The open 5k will have 1 section; you must be able to run 30:00 or faster

• The open 10k will have 1 section; you must be able to run 60:00 or faster

CHECK-IN PROCEDURE

• Please check-in as soon as you get to the meet and pick up your bib number & hip number. If you do not check in, you will be scratched.

• 15-minutes prior to your race return to the check-in area to get your starting assignment. Secure your hip number with safety pins. Be RACE READY at this point.

• After your final check-in, you will head as a group to the track for your race. As soon as one race finishes, the next one begins.

BAG DROP AREA

• We will have an official bag drop area at our check-in tent. There will be a tear-off tag on your bib number that you loop or pin on your bag

OPEN RACES

• Our open races are for all ages

• You’re guaranteed a fast, flat course with no 90 or 180-degree turns! Whether you’ve never run a track race before or you’ve run a hundred, you are welcome here.

• Heats will run from slowest to fastest, with men and women combined.

• Currently here is where our open heats stand:

  • Open 5k: 18:30 - 27:00 (one section)

  • Open 10k: 39:00 - 60:00 (one section)

YOUTH MILE

• Open to any child 13 & Under who can maintain a 15:00 mile or faster.

• We’ll run one section and combine boys & girls

SELECT RACES:

We are building up our fields for the select races! This is where we currently stand on Thursday morning 3/26 - this may change!

• Mixed Select 5000 (men and women combined): 16:00 - 18:00

• Men’s Select 5000: 14:30 - 16:00

• Mixed Select 10000 (men and women combined): 32:55 - 38:45

• Men’s Select 10000: 29:00 - 32:45

PACERS:

We will have pacers in every race (except the youth mile) - that will run at least half the distance of the race. Target times subject to change!!

10k: 29:00 (men's select), 34:00 (mixed select), 37:00 (mixed select), 38:00 (open), 42:00 (open), 44:00 (open), 50:00 (open), 60:00 (open)

5k: 15:00 (men's select), 16:15 (mixed select), 17:00 (mixed select), 18:00 (open), 19:00 (open), 21:00 (open), 22:00 (open), 23:00 (open), 25:00 (open)

AWARDS

• We will have prize money for the 10k: $300 - 150 - 50

• Winners of each section get the coveted yellow apple! Who’s walking away with an apple this year?

DIRECTIONS / PARKING:

• 4400 John McCormack Rd NE, Washington, DC 20011 - the outdoor track and field complex is behind the DeFour Center. Enter “Catholic University DeFour Center” into your GPS

• Parking is available adjacent to the track - via the DeFour center and Hawaii Ave. Parking is free at the DeFour center and there will be signs leading you to the track

• Check out driving directions to ocampus

• The nearest airports to campus are Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Washington Reagan Airport (DCA). Shuttles are available through private companies, as are cabs.

• The track is accessible via metro with .7mi walk: Take a red line train (direction of Glenmont) to the Brookland-CUA station.