China Grove 5K Main Street Challenge
About this race
RACE DAY AGENDA Friday, May 8th 2026
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8:00 AM - 7:55 PM - Race day registration and packet pickup at China Grove Town Hall (inside) (333 N Main Street)
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7:15 PM - Tot Trot Start
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7:30 PM - Kids Fun Run Start
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8:00 PM - 5K Street Challenge Start
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9:00 PM - Awards Ceremony in Hanna Park (180 N Main St)
AWARDS & RACE DIVISIONS FOR 5K
- Top 3 Overall Male & Female **
- Top 1st & 2nd Overall Male & Female Masters **
- Top 1st & 2nd Overall Male & Female Grand Masters **
- Top 3 Male/Female in each of the following age group divisions: 11 & under, 12-15, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 & over.
**Overall winners not eligible for age group awards.
Packet Pick Up
Monday, May 4th: 12:00 PM (noon) - 5:30 PM
Tuesday, May 5th - Thursday, May 7th: 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday, May 8th: 8:00 AM - Start of race
All packet pick ups will take place inside China Grove Town Hall (333 N Main Street China Grove, NC 28023)
Pick your distance
Running
5K Challenge
Fun Run (1/2 Mile)
12 and Under
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in China Grove, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:23 AM and sets at 8:14 PM local time (EDT) in China Grove on May 8, 2026 — 13h 51m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — China Grove 5K Main Street Challenge
5K Challenge · 321 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
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| 1 | MATTHEW MARTIN | 14:58 | 4:49 /mi |
| 2 | ANTHONY KUCHERA | 16:07 | 5:11 /mi |
| 3 | LIAM CREWS | 16:33 | 5:20 /mi |
| 4 | BRYAN SMITH | 17:35 | 5:40 /mi |
| 5 | SHANE CUTHBERTSON | 17:35 | 5:40 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near China Grove
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
China Grove Rotary Fall Crawl 5K Run/Walk & Half-Mile Fun Run
Butterball 5K
5K Run / Walk for Clean Water
Rowan Rotary Spooky Sprint 5K Run/Walk
🏃 Plan Your Next Race in China Grove
Find upcoming events by distance:
- China Grove 5K Races 2 races
- China Grove Running Calendar 2026 3 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, 3 China Grove events
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