Beat the Heat Carterville XC
About this race
CARTERVILLE
Beat the Heat Meet
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Location: Carterville High School
1415 W. Grand Avenue
Carterville, IL 62918
Race Time: 9:00am Girls - Unlimited
9:45am Boys - Unlimited
GENERAL INFORMATION
Awards: The top 20 runners in the girls and boys races will each receive t-shirts.
Plaque to Boys and Girls Race Champion
Coaches Meeting: 8:15am (near finish line)
Course: The course is 3 miles of grass and a few spots of asphalt and gravel.
Pick your distance
Running
Varsity Boys
Varsity Girls
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Carterville, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:24 AM and sets at 7:30 PM local time (CDT) in Carterville on August 29, 2026 — 13h 06m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Beat the Heat Carterville XC
105 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Varsity Boys
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex DeRuntz | 16:14 | 5:25 /mi |
| 2 | Robby Ross | 16:36 | 5:32 /mi |
| 3 | Briggs Miller | 17:03 | 5:41 /mi |
| 4 | Ethan Swartz | 17:20 | 5:47 /mi |
| 5 | Nick Wilhelm | 17:27 | 5:49 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near Carterville
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
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Gavin's Hallows' Eve 5K
Art and Kevin Reveal Memorial Turkey Run
Operation Jake
🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Carterville
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Carterville 5K Races 5 races
- Carterville Running Calendar 2026 5 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 7 Carterville events
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