The com­pet­i­tive dis­tance run­ning cal­en­dar for T&T’s 2026 ath­let­ics sea­son will of­fi­cial­ly be­gin with the Na­tion­al Cross Coun­try Cham­pi­onships 2025, an­nounced by the Na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion of Ath­let­ics Ad­min­is­tra­tions of T&T (NAAATT) in a re­lease yes­ter­day.

​The pre­mier cross-coun­try event is sched­uled for Sat­ur­day (De­cem­ber 13) at the tra­di­tion­al venue, the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah in Port-of-Spain.

​The cham­pi­onships serve as a cru­cial ear­ly-sea­son test, at­tract­ing a wide field of ath­letes from ju­nior to mas­ters cat­e­gories ea­ger to es­tab­lish ear­ly dom­i­nance. Over the years, the event has fea­tured the coun­try’s elite en­durance ath­letes, in­clud­ing re­cent stand­outs like Nicholas Ro­many, Ta­fari Wal­dron, and Saman­tha Shuk­la, show­cas­ing the depth of dis­tance tal­ent in T&T.

​A strong turnout is an­tic­i­pat­ed as clubs and un­at­tached ath­letes pre­pare to brave the chal­leng­ing Sa­van­nah course.

NAAATT, in the re­lease, in­vit­ed ath­letes, clubs, fam­i­lies, and sup­port­ers to take part and help cel­e­brate the con­tin­ued de­vel­op­ment of dis­tance run­ning in T&T.

The day’s events are stag­gered to ac­com­mo­date var­i­ous age groups and dis­tances, start­ing at 2 pm.

​Sched­ule of Events

Reg­is­tra­tion De­tails:

Opens: 12 noon on race day

Clos­es: 30 min­utes be­fore each event on race day

Fees:

$50 – Un­der-11/ U-15

$60 – All oth­er age groups

Event Sched­ule

U-11 Male & Fe­male (2K), 2 pm

U-15 Male & Fe­male (2K), 2 pm

U-17 Male & Fe­male (4K), 2.30 pm

U-20 Male & Fe­male (4K), 3 pm

Mas­ters 40+ Male & Fe­male (6K), 3.30 pm

Mas­ters 60+ Male & Fe­male (6K), 3.30 pm

Women (6K), 3.30 pm

Men (8K), 4 pm