History

2022

The footprint of the 17th edition of the Forest Park Cross County Festival remained the same as 2021, so returning runners had some familiarity with the course. Although the forecast…
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2021

The 16th edition of the Forest Park Cross Country Festival changed locations within the park utilizing Langenberg, Cricket and Lindell Fields on the northern side of Forest Park. The new…
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2020

With the COVID-19 pandemic emerging in the US in March of 2020 and the cancelation of spring high school sports, uncertainty existed around the fall cross country season. By September,…
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2019

The 14th edition of the Forest Park Cross Country Festival was dry and warm. With competitive fields excited about the recently released news of new district assignments, runners were ready…
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2018

The 13th annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival landed during a week of big news with LouFest cancelling at the last minute (giving FPXC more parking!) and Tropical Storm Gordon…
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2017

The sun shone brightly on the 12th annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival. A beautiful blue sky graced Aviation Fields as 4,255 athletes from 265 teams in 7 states took…
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2016

To say the 11th running of the Forest Park Cross Country Festival was a bit on the muddy side would be an understatement. Several days of rain prior to the…
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2015

The Forest Park Cross Country Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary with a big move! FPXC made its new home on Aviation Fields in Forest Park in 2015. In addition to…
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2014

The ninth edition of the Forest Park Cross Country Festival welcomed Saucony as the meet’s new presenting sponsor and saw more of the same in terms of amazing performances. The…
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2013

The eighth annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival presented by SSM Physical Therapy was one for the ages. Four Footlocker finalists graced the hallowed grounds of Forest Park looking to…
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2012

The seventh annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival was stacked. Perfect weather and course conditions combined with the deepest fields in the history of the event produced 20 of the…
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2011

The sixth annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival was FAST. Unseasonably cool and overcast conditions combined with the deepest fields in the history of the event to produce 25 of…
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2010

The fifth edition of the Forest Park Cross Country Festival was a muddy one. A week of heavy rains soaked the course and record numbers of athletes promptly tore it…
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2009

The fourth annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival was one for the ages. For the first time the meet became a two-day event with a course jog Friday afternoon featuring…
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2008

The third edition of the Forest Park Cross Country Festival was presented by National City and word had obviously spread about the event with many more out-of-town teams traveling to…
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2007

The second annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival nearly doubled in size with more than 2,000 athletes competing over the course of ten races. The story on this day was…
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2006

The inaugural Forest Park Cross Country Festival saw more than 1,100 athletes compete on the fast, spectator-friendly course at Central Fields in beautiful Forest Park. The story of the day…
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