North American 5K Championships

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 Arturo Barrios Invitational 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
1st2002Chula Vista, CaliforniaUnited States27 October[6]18
2nd2003Chula Vista, CaliforniaUnited States26 October[7]18
3rd2004Chula Vista, CaliforniaUnited States24 October[8]18
4th2005Chula Vista, CaliforniaUnited States23 October[9]17[nb]

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  Ahman Dirks (USA)14:05
2004  Alejandro Suárez (MEX)13:56  Rafael Sánchez (MEX)13:59  Reid Coolsaet (CAN)14:03
2005  Paul Morrison (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  Collette Liss (USA)16:03
2005  Émilie Mondor (CAN)15:37  Amy Yoder Begley (USA)16:04  Tara Quinn-Smith (CAN)16:07

Team
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2002[11]  Mexico
David Galván
Julio Valle
Dulce María Rodríguez
Adriana Fernández		10  United States
Bolota Asmerom
Clint Wells
Sylvia Mosqueda
Libbie Hickman		16  Canada
Kevin Sullivan
Jeremy Deere
Émilie Mondor
Lucy Smith		21
2003[12]  United States
Ahman Dirks
Pete Julian
Elva Dryer
Sylvia Mosqueda		13  Canada
Bruno Mazzotta
Joël Bourgeois
Émilie Mondor
Leah Pells		15  Mexico
Alejandro Suárez
Pablo Olmedo
Estela Chavez
Esly Quijano		17
2004[5]  Canada
Reid Coolsaet
Ryan McKenzie
Émilie Mondor
Malindi Elmore		12  Mexico
Alejandro Suárez
Rafael Sánchez
Angelica Sánchez
Elisa Cuellar		16  United States
Jonathon Riley
Chad Johnson
Collette Liss
Amy Mortimer		19
2005[10]  Canada
Paul Morrison
Reid Coolsaet
Émilie Mondor
Tara Quinn Smith		8  United States
Pete Julian
Ian Connor
Amy Yoder Begley
Amy Mortimer		16  Mexico
Juan Luis Barrios
Teodoro Vega
America Mateos
Gisel Bautista		20
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References
  1. 2005 North American 5 km Team Challenge. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  2. 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. 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. 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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