2023 Cardiff Cross Challenge

2023 Cardiff Cross Challenge
Dates	11 November 2023
Llandaff Fields, where the event was held
Level	2023–24 World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold
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The 2023 Cardiff Cross Challenge was the 26th edition of the international cross country running competition held in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom on 11 November 2023. It was the third leg of the 2023–24 World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold, the highest-level global series of cross country competitions.

Recap

Keneth Kiprop of Uganda and Megan Keith won the two races.^[1][2][3]

Results

In combination with two other eligible cross country races, points from the 2023 Cardiff Cross Challenge could be used to qualify for the 10,000 metres track race at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The top eight athletes ordered by total score (summed from their top three cross country performances) were granted automatic qualification, respecting the maximum three athletes per country.^[4]

Men's 9.6km Cross Country Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Keneth Kiprop 18  Uganda 28:32 1240 Vincent Mutai 27  Kenya 28:35 1220 Abel Bekele 17  Ethiopia 29:06 1200 4 Zakariya Mahamed 22  Great Britain 29:19 1180 5 Egide Ntakarutimana 26  Burundi 29:28 1160 6 Yves Nimubona 25  Rwanda 29:30 1145 7 George Wheeler 25  Great Britain 29:31 1130 8 Charles Wheeler 25  Great Britain 29:31 1120 9 Angus McMillan 23  Great Britain 29:38 1110 10 Scott Stirling 29  Great Britain 29:41 1100 11 Matthew Stonier 22  Great Britain 29:52 1090 12 Vincent Kibet Keter 21  Kenya 29:52 1080 13 Mohammadreza Abootorabi 34  Sweden 29:52 1070 14 Yohanes Asmare 17  Ethiopia 29:54 1060 15 Joel Ibler Lillesø [de; es] 19  Denmark 30:02 1055 16 Marc Scott 29  Great Britain 30:09 1050 17 Richard Slade  Great Britain 30:11 1045 18 Jack Millar 27  Great Britain 30:14 1040 19 Dylan Evans 30  Australia 30:15 1035 20 Phil Norman 34  Great Britain 30:18 1030 21 Samuel Charlton 22  Great Britain 30:28 1025 22 Kurt Taylor 28–29  Great Britain 30:34 1020 23 Thomas Crockett  Great Britain 30:40 1015 24 Jonatan Venema 21  Netherlands 30:44 1010 25 Dewi Griffiths [cy] 32  Great Britain 30:50 1005 26 Joe Morrow 24–25  Great Britain 30:51 1000 27 Flynn Jennings  Great Britain 30:54 995 28 Milan Campion  Great Britain 30:56 990 29 Dominic Coy  Great Britain 31:09 985 30 Sam Tyas  Great Britain 31:13 980 31 Naphtali Moulton  United States 31:13 975 32 James Heneghan 24  Great Britain 31:21 970 33 Alex Miell-Ingram 19  Great Britain 31:29 965 34 Felix McGrath 28–29  Great Britain 31:41 960 35 John Millar 25  Great Britain 31:42 955 36 Lewis Hannigan 20  Great Britain 31:42 950 37 Alan Corlett 32  Great Britain 31:49 945 38 Samuel Goodchild  Great Britain 31:53 940 39 Joseph Niven 21–22  Great Britain 32:05 935 40 Robbie Gibson  Great Britain 32:12 930 41 Tim Harrison 23–24  Great Britain 32:14 927 42 Adam Bull  Great Britain 32:16 924 43 Simon Bossi 31–32  France 32:19 921 44 Hugo Hewitt 21–22  Great Britain 32:21 918 45 Jack Eykelbosch  Great Britain 32:36 915 46 Alex Stewart  Great Britain 32:47 912 47 Joe Gentry  Great Britain 32:58 909 48 Steven Denby 21–22  Great Britain 33:45 906 49 Luke Burgess  Great Britain 33:46 903 50 Spencer Smith  Great Britain 33:49 900 51 Janoš Vranek  Great Britain 33:51 898 52 Luke Hamley  Great Britain 33:53 896 53 Devin Coombes  Great Britain 34:28 894 54 Alex Hamblin  Great Britain 34:35 892 55 Mark Ryan  Great Britain 34:43 890 56 Ben Miles  Great Britain 34:57 888 57 Edward Davies  Great Britain 35:01 886 58 David Song  Great Britain 35:06 884 59 Harry Dyall 21–22  Great Britain 35:12 882 60 Harry Chappell  Great Britain 35:14 880 61 Callum Choules  Great Britain 35:18 879 62 Sam Crowther 24–25  Great Britain 35:34 878 63 Shaun Mochan  Ireland 35:35 877 64 Daryl John  Great Britain 35:40 876 65 Ben Hawkins 27  Great Britain 36:49 875 66 Phil Morris  Great Britain 37:52 874 67 Felix Wright  Great Britain 38:05 873 68 John Fitzpatrick  Great Britain 38:45 872 69 Andrew Harling  Great Britain 38:50 871 70 William Nicolle  Great Britain 41:05 870 71 Mark Fowles  Great Britain 41:14 869 72 Jonathan James  Great Britain 42:24 868 73 Ross Hosking  Great Britain 42:39 887 74 Arwel Roberts  Great Britain 42:49 866 75 Nick Pepin  Great Britain 42:53 865 76 Graham Vyner  Great Britain 43:19 864 77 Conor Lee  Great Britain 44:23 863 78 Philip Roberts  Great Britain 44:24 862 79 Jonathan Jarvis  Great Britain 44:53 861 80 Huw Davies  Great Britain 45:48 860 81 Nicholas Collins  Great Britain 46:10 82 Ian Derrick  Great Britain 46:25 83 Raymond Davies  Great Britain 49:22 84 Simon Kinsey  Great Britain 1:07:40

Women's 6.4km Cross Country Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Megan Keith 21  Great Britain 20:35 1240 Likina Amebaw 25  Ethiopia 20:52 1220 Asmarech Anley 17–18  Ethiopia 20:59 1200 4 Meseret Yeshaneh [es] 18  Ethiopia 21:02 1180 5 Jessica Warner-Judd 28  Great Britain 21:29 1160 6 Izzy Fry 23  Great Britain 21:37 1145 7 Sofia Thøgersen 18  Denmark 21:38 1130 8 Jessica Gibbon 27  Great Britain 21:42 1120 9 Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth 25  Hungary 21:52 1110 10 Alexandra Millard 21  Great Britain 21:56 1100 11 Niamh Bridson-Hubbard 25  Great Britain 21:59 1090 12 Francine Niyomukunzi 24  Burundi 22:03 1080 13 Ellie Wallace 24  Great Britain 22:06 1070 14 Niamh Brown 24  Great Britain 22:07 1060 15 Jennifer Nesbitt 28  Great Britain 22:09 1055 16 Olivia Mason 22  Great Britain 22:26 1050 17 Mary Mulhare [de] 30  Ireland 22:36 1045 18 Alice Goodall 22  Great Britain 22:38 1040 19 Sophie Tarver 25  Great Britain 22:41 1035 20 Tia Wilson 21  Great Britain 22:42 1030 21 Julie Emmerson 26–27  Great Britain 22:54 1025 22 Cari Hughes 24  Great Britain 22:56 1020 23 India Pentland 21  Great Britain 22:57 1015 24 Stephanie Twell 34  Great Britain 23:15 1010 25 Almi Nerurkar 22  Great Britain 23:22 1005 26 Dominique Corradi 22  Great Britain 23:34 1000 27 Emily Carroll  Great Britain 23:37 995 28 Kate Maltby 38  Great Britain 23:38 990 29 Daisy Davies  Great Britain 23:49 985 30 Katie Hughes 24  Great Britain 23:50 980 31 Phoebe Law [d] 26  Great Britain 24:05 975 32 Bethany Donnelly 25  Great Britain 24:19 970 33 Martha Owen  Great Britain 24:19 965 34 Lauren Cooper 29  Great Britain 24:24 960 35 Alice Murray-Gourlay 30–31  Great Britain 24:26 955 36 Inca Padfield 20–21  Great Britain 24:34 950 37 Kirstie Booth  Great Britain 24:39 945 38 Katrina Entwistle  Great Britain 24:40 940 39 Jodie Judd 25  Great Britain 24:44 935 40 Kate Roberts 35  Great Britain 24:51 930 41 Donna Morris  Great Britain 25:14 927 42 Lauren Nichols 23  Great Britain 25:34 924 43 Bethany Wallis  Great Britain 25:38 921 44 Georgia Palmer  Great Britain 25:43 918 45 Ffion Higginson 21  Great Britain 25:47 915 46 Emma Powell  Great Britain 25:47 912 47 Ewelina Ciesielska  Great Britain 25:48 909 48 Alex Cawthra  Great Britain 25:55 906 49 Sophie Peach  Great Britain 26:26 903 50 Laurie Marlow 29  Great Britain 26:30 900 51 Molly Canham 22  Great Britain 26:36 898 52 India Ibbotson  Great Britain 26:45 896 53 Bronwen Stratton-Thomas  Great Britain 26:50 894 54 Sabina Russell  Great Britain 27:16 892 55 Georgia Higham  Great Britain 27:23 890 56 Laura Wright  Great Britain 27:39 888 57 Rosie Tinbergen  Great Britain 27:45 886 58 Julie Chamberlain  Great Britain 28:25 884 59 Charlotte Brown  Great Britain 28:44 882 60 Naomi Sutton  Great Britain 28:57 880 61 Samantha Healy  Great Britain 28:58 879 62 Catrin Davies  Great Britain 29:28 878 63 Rebecca Downie  Great Britain 29:44 877 64 Olivia Hookings  Great Britain 31:32 876 65 Renske Bouwens  Great Britain 31:40 875 66 Julia Szajdzicka  Great Britain 35:57 874 67 Mary Granville  Great Britain 45:28 873

References

1. "MEGAN KEITH SEALS BIG WIN AT CARDIFF CROSS CHALLENGE". British Athletics. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
2. "Keith and Kiprop claim Cardiff Cross Challenge crowns | REPORTS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
3. Admin, Runnerstribe (2023-11-13). "Cardiff Cross Challenge Unveils Stellar Performances in World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold Event". Runner's Tribe. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
4. Gault, Jonathan. "World Athletics Made a Big Change to World/Olympic 10,000m Qualifying and No One Is Talking About It". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 2024-02-28.

Results

• "2023 Cardiff Cross Challenge | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-02-28.

See also

• 2023–24 World Athletics Cross Country Tour