Sunday, November 16, 2025 | Oak Ridge Park
136 Oak Ridge Park Road | Clark, NJ 07066
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS - will be posted here on Friday, Nov 15
The Last Chance XC Championships is the perfect opportunity to PR on the fastest 5k course in New Jersey: Oak Ridge Park. With a double-loop, pancake flat course, cheering crowds, loud music, oversized medals, personalized bibs, and free action pictures, runners will have no choice but to PR.
There will be three team champions crowned: boys (3/team), girls (3/team), and co-ed (4/team: 2 boys, 2 girls). Times, not places, will determine team results, Schools that enter more than three runners will be assigned teams based on finish times (top 3 = A Team, Next 3 = B Team, etc).
Since November 16 is the last day of the NJSIAA cross country season, this is a sanctioned high school event by the NFHS. No clubs or unattached runners are allowed in the high school 5k races.
Meet Schedule
10:00am - Open/Club 5k & New Jersey 8k XC Championships (men & women)
11:15am - 400m Dash
11:20am - HS Girls 5k (NJSIAA/NFHS Sanctioned)
11:50pm - HS Boys 5k (NJSIAA/NFHS Sanctioned)
12:15pm - Youth 3k (Grades 3-8)
Three HS Team Champions
Boys
Girls
Co-Ed
Awards
Medals to top 30 in each race 5k race
Awards to three team champions: Boys, Girls, Coed
Trophies to top 3 B/G
Entry Information
$20 Runner
$50 Boys, Girls, or Coed HS Team
$250 Unlimited/gender
$500 Unlimited/both genders
Entries are due Tuesday, November 11th at 11:59pm through either Milesplit or RunSignUp. After entry is complete, either bring payment to meet or send to:
Garden State Track Club
2290 Amwell Road
Somerset, NJ 08873
Please email Chuck at chuck@gardenstatetc.org with any questions.
Nov 15, 2026
Distance — 8K
Type — Running
10:00
$20.00
Nov 15, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
10:00
$20.00
Nov 15, 2026
Distance — 0.4K
Type — Running
11:15
$20.00
Nov 15, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
11:20
$20.00
Nov 15, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
11:30
$50.00
Nov 15, 2026
Distance — 3K
Type — Running
12:15
$15.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for November in Clark.
Learn more about the host city, Clark.
Clark is a city in Union County, New Jersey. It is a suburban town of around 16,000 (2019) that is 13 miles from Newark.
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Official finishing times from previous editions of Last Chance XC Championships.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Fred Grote | — | |
| 🥈 | Dominic Palermo | — | |
| 🥉 | William Van Blunk | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Rathbun | — | |
| 5 | Johnny Sokoll | — | |
| 6 | Patrick Kurtz | — | |
| 7 | Galo Vasquez | — | |
| 8 | Chayan Ory Hurley | — | |
| 9 | Jason Mercado | — | |
| 10 | Adam Abushanab | — | |
| 11 | Nicholaus Micheal | — | |
| 12 | Max Dell-Thibodeau | — | |
| 13 | Johan Bertotty | — | |
| 14 | Steven Ventura | — | |
| 15 | Jonathan Abel | — | |
| 16 | Sebastian Ruiz | — | |
| 17 | Younes Abada | — | |
| 18 | Ethan Kalajian | — | |
| 19 | Jacob Newman | — | |
| 20 | Rick Lee | — | |
| 21 | Chuck Shields | — | |
| 22 | TERENCE fOX | — | |
| 23 | Nirav Shah | — | |
| 24 | Brendan Heaney | — | |
| 25 | Helibert Hernandez | — |
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