North American 5K Championships

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The North American 5K Championships, also known as the North American 5 km Team Challenge,[1] was an annual road running competition over 5 kilometres between three North American countries: Canada, Mexico and the United States.

The event was created in 2002 and held as part of the races each October in Chula Vista, California. It would be the permanent host of the competition, until the final edition in 2005. The competition had three elements: a men's 5K run, a women's 5K run, and a team competition. The team scores were decided by combining the finishing places of the top two men and top two women for each nation. The lowest overall score was the team winner. A total of three athletes could be entered per nation in each race.[2][3][4]

All three participating nations won a team title over the competition's four-edition history, with Mexico winning the first, the United States the second, and Canada the final two titles. Mexico was the most successful in the men's race, having three wins, and Alejandro Suárez was the most successful male athlete with his back-to-back wins in 2003 and 2004. Canada was the most successful in the women's race, courtesy of Émilie Mondor's three straight wins from 2003 to 2005 and a runner-up place in 2002. The United States failed to win an individual title, despite being the host nation.[2] Mondor set the women's championship record of 15:16 minutes in 2004 (also a Canadian national record),[5] while Mexico's David Galván inaugural winning time of 13:47 minutes was never bettered.[2]

Editions[]

Edition Year Host city Host country Date No. of athletes
1st 2002 Chula Vista, California United States 27 October[6] 18
2nd 2003 Chula Vista, California United States 26 October[7] 18
3rd 2004 Chula Vista, California United States 24 October[8] 18
4th 2005 Chula Vista, California United States 23 October[9] 17[nb]
  • nb American Lauren Fleshman was entered in the women's race, but was a non-starter.[10]

Medallists[]

Men's individual[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2002  David Galván (MEX) 13:47 CR  Bolota Asmerom (USA) 13:54  Kevin Sullivan (CAN) 14:00
2003  Alejandro Suárez (MEX) 14:01  Pablo Olmedo (MEX) 14:03   (USA) 14:05
2004  Alejandro Suárez (MEX) 13:56   (MEX) 13:59  Reid Coolsaet (CAN) 14:03
2005   (CAN) 13:58  Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) 14:08  Reid Coolsaet (CAN) 14:10

Women's individual[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2002  Dulce María Rodríguez (MEX) 15:30  Émilie Mondor (CAN) 15:32  Adriana Fernández (MEX) 15:36
2003  Émilie Mondor (CAN) 15:23  Elva Dryer (USA) 15:43  Sylvia Mosqueda (USA) 15:54
2004  Émilie Mondor (CAN) 15:16 CR  Malindi Elmore (CAN) 16:00   (USA) 16:03
2005  Émilie Mondor (CAN) 15:37  Amy Yoder Begley (USA) 16:04   (CAN) 16:07

Team[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2002[11]  Mexico
David Galván

Dulce María Rodríguez
Adriana Fernández		 10  United States
Bolota Asmerom

Sylvia Mosqueda
Libbie Hickman		 16  Canada
Kevin Sullivan

Émilie Mondor
 21
2003[12]  United States

Pete Julian
Elva Dryer
Sylvia Mosqueda		 13  Canada

Joël Bourgeois
Émilie Mondor
Leah Pells		 15  Mexico
Alejandro Suárez
Pablo Olmedo

 17
2004[5]  Canada
Reid Coolsaet

Émilie Mondor
Malindi Elmore		 12  Mexico
Alejandro Suárez


 16  United States
Jonathon Riley


 19
2005[10]  Canada

Reid Coolsaet
Émilie Mondor
 8  United States
Pete Julian

Amy Yoder Begley
 16  Mexico
Juan Luis Barrios
Teodoro Vega

 20

References[]

  1. ^ 2005 North American 5 km Team Challenge. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  2. ^ a b c North American 5 Kilometres Challenge. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  3. ^ Selection Procedures. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  4. ^ Canadians will North American 5K Team Championship[sic]. ESPN (2005-10-23). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  5. ^ a b 2004 North American 5K Team Championship Results. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  6. ^ 2002 North American 5 km Team Championships. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  7. ^ 2003 North American 5 km Team Championships. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  8. ^ 2004 North American 5 km Team Championships. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  9. ^ 2005 North American 5 km Team Championships. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  10. ^ a b 2005 North American 5 km Team Challenge Results. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  11. ^ 2002 North American 5 km Team Championships Results. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  12. ^ 2003 North American 5K Team Championships Results. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
Individual medalists
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