The Brian, Charlotte, Jersey, Beau Gorby Family Championship Cross Country Course officially opened Friday at the MetroParks Farm in Canfield. The course meets NCAA specifications with a two-mile course and 1k, 2k, and 3k loops to facilitate middle school, high school, and collegiate events.
It features a 38-team starting grid, ten-meter course width, with permanent start and finish mile/km markers, plus directional signs. There are multiple accessible spectator viewing areas at the Brian, Charlotte, Jersey, Beau Gorby Family Championship Cross Country Course. The course was a capital improvement project funded entirely through the Mill Creek MetroParks general fund, with private funding provided through the Gorby family.
Find the course at 7574 Columbiana-Canfield Road in Canfield.
To rent the new facility, apply on the Mill Creek MetroParks website.
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Mill Creek MetroParks opened its family championship cross-country course at the MetroParks Farm in Canfield.
A ribbon cutting was held Friday morning to celebrate.
The course meets NCAA specifications with a 38-team starting line. The course will be used for high school meets. too.
It’s a permanent cross-country course and will be available for runners to enjoy.
“When it’s not being used for those specific races, it will be open to the public, so it’s another several miles worth of maintained trails that the public at large can use,” said Justin Rogers, of the MetroParks.
The first college meet at the course will be on September 21.
It will host over 30 high school teams on September 28.
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The next Regular Meeting of the Board of Park Commissioners, of Mill Creek MetroParks is scheduled for Monday, September 9, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., in the Education Building – McMahon Hall, at the MetroParks Farm, on Rt. 46, in Canfield. The agenda will be available on the website after 2:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.
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Mill Creek MetroParks unveils NCAA cross country course at Canfield MetroParks Farm
/in Media Coverage/by Mill Creek MetroParks StaffThe Brian, Charlotte, Jersey, Beau Gorby Family Championship Cross Country Course officially opened Friday at the MetroParks Farm in Canfield. The course meets NCAA specifications with a two-mile course and 1k, 2k, and 3k loops to facilitate middle school, high school, and collegiate events.
It features a 38-team starting grid, ten-meter course width, with permanent start and finish mile/km markers, plus directional signs. There are multiple accessible spectator viewing areas at the Brian, Charlotte, Jersey, Beau Gorby Family Championship Cross Country Course. The course was a capital improvement project funded entirely through the Mill Creek MetroParks general fund, with private funding provided through the Gorby family.
Find the course at 7574 Columbiana-Canfield Road in Canfield.
To rent the new facility, apply on the Mill Creek MetroParks website.
Read the original article at Mahoning Matters.
Mill Creek MetroParks adds new cross-country course
/in Media Coverage/by Mill Creek MetroParks StaffMill Creek MetroParks opened its family championship cross-country course at the MetroParks Farm in Canfield.
A ribbon cutting was held Friday morning to celebrate.
The course meets NCAA specifications with a 38-team starting line. The course will be used for high school meets. too.
It’s a permanent cross-country course and will be available for runners to enjoy.
“When it’s not being used for those specific races, it will be open to the public, so it’s another several miles worth of maintained trails that the public at large can use,” said Justin Rogers, of the MetroParks.
The first college meet at the course will be on September 21.
It will host over 30 high school teams on September 28.
Read the original article at WKBN.
Notice of September Board Meeting
/in Press Releases/by Mill Creek MetroParks StaffThe next Regular Meeting of the Board of Park Commissioners, of Mill Creek MetroParks is scheduled for Monday, September 9, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., in the Education Building – McMahon Hall, at the MetroParks Farm, on Rt. 46, in Canfield. The agenda will be available on the website after 2:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.