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2004 USA Cross Country Championships
World Cross Country Team Trials
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History:
The 2004 national championships will be the 106th edition of the men�s event
and the 38th race for the women. The men�s race dates back to 1890, when the
first championship took place under the guidance of the Amateur Athletic Union
(USATF replaced the AAU as America�s track and field governing body in 1979).
No events took place in 1893-96, 1899-1900 and 1904. The USA Championships
were not conducted in 1998 due to the change from hosting the event in early
December to conducting the event in February, beginning in 1999. The first
women�s championship took place in 1964. The men�s and women�s Championships
were held together for the first time in 1979.
Past champions of the men�s event include all-time greats including seven-time
champ Don Lash (1934-�40), four-time winner and 1972 Olympic marathon gold
medalist Frank Shorter (1970-�73), three-time New York Marathon winner Alberto
Salazar, eight-time U.S. cross country champ Pat Porter (1982-�89), two-time
Olympian Bob Kennedy and 1996 Olympic Marathon Trials winner Bob Kempainen.
At the 2000 Championships in Greensboro, N.C., Adam Goucher became the first
and only man in history to win both the long and short course races at the
same Championships. The 4K competitions for Elite Open men and women were added
in 1998.
The women�s competition has also seen many great champions including five-time
winner Doris Brown-Heritage (1966, 1968-71), two-time champ Francie Larrieu
Smith (1972-�73), nine-time champion Lynn Jennings (1985, 1987-�93, 1996)
two-time short course champ Amy Rudolph (1998-�99) and four-time defending 8K
champion Deena Drossin. Drossin also won the short course race in 2000, making
her the only woman ever to win both titles in the same year.
Past Results:
2003 Results - Houston, TX
2002 Results - Vancouver, WA
2001 Results - Vancouver, WA
2000 Results - Greensboro, SC
1999 Results - Tacoma, WA
1998 Results
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Details are subject to change and are subject to the
final
approval of the Local Organizing Committee & USATF.
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