By Clay Shaw Photography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell
1.20.2024 Mechanicsville, VA, 2024 USATF National Cross Country Championships—Carrie Dimoff of the Bowerman Track Club won by 31 seconds, with a 21:16 over the 6 kilometer course at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Virginia.
Dimoff represented the USA at the 2019 World Athletics World Championships Marathon in Doha, Qatar. It was so hot, the organizers changed the marathon start time to midnight. Dimoff placed twelfth. No such problem on this weekend, as temperatures stayed under freezing for the entire day, and the wind gusts made it seem colder at times.
Renee Metivier of Portland and Team Red Lizard was second in 21:47. Renee represented the USA in five World Cross Country events. April Lund of Bismarck, ND, the 2023 USATF XC Champion, was third in 21:57. Coming back from injury, Lund was pleased to make the podium and continue recovery and training for the 2024 Boston Marathon. Chelsea Lenge Warren of Team Red Lizard was fourth in 21:59. Kasie Enman of Vermont and the Green Mountain Athletic Club was fifth in 22:06.
Age group winners outside of the top fifteen overall were: Amy Gannon of Greater Philadelphia in 25:05 in 16th place and first 50-54. Mary Cass of Liberty AC in 25:38 was 19th and first 60-64. Melissa Chiti of Pursuit of Excellence in 27:04 was 28th and first 55-59. Nora Cary of Shore AC was 30th in 27:07 and first 65-69. Atlanta Track Club runners Cynthia Lucking won the 70-74 and Andrea McCarter the 75-79.
22:06 Kasie Enman, 44, Green Mountain Athletic Club
22:30 Mindy Mammen, 40, Virginia
23:02 Julia Siegel Breton, 40, Virginia
23:21 Kristen Shaw, 40, Team Red Lizard
23:21 Ashley Palmer-Thomasey, 40, Virginia
23:29 Jacqueline Cooke, 45, Impala Racing Team
23:48 Jodi Smith, 45, Iowa
23:50 Whitney Heavner, 40 Pacers Running/GRC
24:29 Euleen Josiah-Turner, 49, T.H.E. Track Team
24:41 Emily Ward, 41, Virginia
24:58 Caroline Sanders, 42, Virginia
USATF National Cross Country Championships podium masters women. April Lund third, Carrie Dimoff 1st, and Renee Metivier 2nd.
Carrie Dimoff wins the 2024 USATF National Cross Country Masters Women Race 6K in 21:16.
Carrie Dimoff of Portland, OR – the Masters Women 6K winner at USATF XC Championships. Carrie ran the World Athletics World Championships Marathon in Doha, Qatar in 2019.
Renee Metivier of Portland finishes second in 21:47 in the USATF XC Championships Masters Women 6K. Metivier represented the USA on five different USA World XC teams.
Carrie Dimoff #576 of Bowerman TC, April Lund #597 of Bismarck, ND, and Renee Metivier #628 of Team Red Lizard based in Portland, OR share the lead early in the Masters Women 6K.
Carrie Dimoff #576 and Renee Metivier #628 both of Portland, OR break away from April Lund, the 2023 champion.
April Lund of Bismarck, ND holds third place in front of Chelsea Lenge Warren #630, Mindy Mammen, and Kasie Enman.
Kasie Enman of Huntington, VT and Green Mountain Athletic Association was fifth in 22:06. In 2011 Enman was the first USA woman to win the World Mountain Running Championships.
Julia Siegel Breton of Richmond, VA placed seventh in 23:02. She also had lots of enthusiastic fans on the course.
Kristin Shaw #629 of Team Red Lizard finished eighth in 23:21. Ashley Palmer-Thomasey of Virginia was ninth in 23:21.
Jacqueline Cook of Burlingame, CA and the Impala Racing Team was tenth in 23:29.
Euleen Josiah-Tanner of Atlanta, GA and T.H.E. Track Team was 13th in 24:29.
Sarah Rusk of the Wilmington, DE Pike Creek Valley Racing Team placed 17th in 25:16.
Samantha Forde of the San Francisco-based Impala Racing Team races with Amy Gannon of the Greater Philadelphia Track Club. Both women placed in the top twenty in the USATF XC Championships Masters 6K.
Abby Dean #591 of Greater Philadelphia TC leads a large group of orange-clad Colonial Road Runners early in the Masters Women 6K.
Theresa Gagliardi #588 of Greater Philadelphia TC runs with Michelle Bruch #633 of Virginia in the Masters Women 6K.
Laura DeLea of Shore AC finishes one spot ahead of Shore AC teammate Nora Cary who topped the 65-69 age group in 27:07.
Lorraine Jasper of the Greater Philadelphia Track Club finished second in the 60-64 group in 27:29.
Brenda Barrera of Williamsburg, VA competes in the USATF XC Championships Masters 6K. Brenda was editor of both Chicago Athlete and Washington Running Report, and we did lots of photography for those publications.
Laura DeLea #616 of Sparta, NJ starts with Shore AC teammates Nora Cary #622 who rocked the 65-69 victory and Alysia Puma #617. The Masters Women 6K started the competitive racing. The temps for all races were below freezing with wind.
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