Santa Cruz Track Club Cross Country Challenge
About this race
4.15 mile, 2-loop cross country race on the fire roads of the upper UC - Santa Cruz campus. This race is part of the Pacific Association-USATF cross country Grand Prix series. The race starts and finishes at the open meadow above the UCSC Firestation on Chinquapin Road. Registration opens at 8 AM alongside the fire road above the small parking lot above the Firestation. Womens race 9AM, Mens Masters 9:45AM, Mens Open 10:30AM Limited parking at the Crown College parking lot. Additional parking is at the East Remote Parking Lot on Hagar Drive. Allow extra time - parking is limited and the additional parking is close to one mile away from registration. Parking violations are strictly enforced!
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Santa Cruz Track Club Cross Country Challenge - 4.15 miles
Limited parking is at Crown College parking lot. Additional parking is available at the East Remote parking lot on Hagar Drive (just below the East Fieldhouse). This parking lot is just less than one mile from the race course. The walk to the race start is uphill so allow for ample time.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 10 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Santa Cruz, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:31 AM and sets at 7:49 PM local time (PDT) in Santa Cruz on August 23, 2026 — 13h 17m of daylight.
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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, 14 Santa Cruz events
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