Only one sport throws the polls away and lets the athletes decide who the real national champions are. This year, as always, those champions will be crowned on December 5th at the 6th annual Nike Cross Nationals. Eight regional championships—including one near you—qualify both teams and individuals into one race for all the marbles over the whoop-dee-doos and hay bales at Portland Meadows.

CHAMPIONSHIP DATE AND LOCATION
December 5th, 2009
Portland Meadows, Portland OR

REGIONAL DATES AND LOCATIONS
Northwest Regional: November 14th, Eagle Island State Park, Boise, ID
Heartland Regional: November 14th, Yankton Trails Park, Sioux Falls, SD
Midwest Regional: November 15th, Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, Terre Haute IN
Southwest Regional: November 21st, Kiwanis Park, Tempe AZ
South Regional: November 21st, Bear Branch Park, The Woodlands tX
Southeast Regional – November 28th, Wakemed Soccer Park, Cary NC
Northeast/NY Regional*: November 28th, Bowdoin Park, Wappingers Falls NY
*Note: These are two separate regions, but are held on the same day at the same location.

For more information check out the Nike Cross Nationals site.