Cross Country

"I have a pretty big engine. I used to run cross country."  -  Olympic 400 meter Gold Medalist Quincy Hall

PPYRC's goal every fall is to win every age division at the USATF New York Association Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships and qualify as many of our athletes as possible to the USATF National Junior Olympics Cross Country Championships - the pinnacle of distance running for youth athletes in the United States.  And we do - typically fifty or more of our athletes shine on the national stage every December. We also bring our entire PPYRC family to the AAU National Cross Country Championship.

Practice in the fall is in Prospect Park.  Our athletes - distance runners and sprinters, veterans and novices - build their fitness running the hills and trails of the park.