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Course Info:

The Voice of America Park will be host to the 2007 Club Cross Country Championships. The course preview will be on December 7th, from 12:00pm-5:00pm.

A course map is available below.
A parking map for the event is available here.

Voice of America Park
8070 Tylersville Road
West Chester, Ohio 45069 

The park is a 330 acre park just outside of Cincinnati in West Chester, OH. In recent years the park has hosted NCAA Division III regional and national championships, as well as numerous local high school and collegiate meets. In order to meet USATF guidelines, the course design will be different than other meets held at the park in the past.

Course description: 

Voice of America Park will serve as the host venue for the 2007 USATF Club XC Championships.  The VOA course consists of two loops for the women’s 6k and three loops for the men’s 10k.  Predominantly flat, the course crosses a narrow roadway twice on each loop.  There is a slight hill on the far eastern corner of the park that runners will ascend for the first time as they near the mile and a half mark.  The finish line is also situated atop a slight rise in the field.   

The terrain of VOA Park, while flat, is not that of a manicured golf course.  VOA Park consists of rolled prairie trails and open sports fields, and the course traverses both trail and field alike.  After the runners leave their starting boxes, they will run a long northern loop of the course, bringing them back south to pass the mile marker near the starting area.  From there, runners will head east, cresting the slight hill that leads to the southeastern corner of the park.  A long straightaway along the southern edge of the park brings runners to a curve through a small woods and to the two mile marker.  Be on the lookout for hay bales along this stretch of the course.  Curving back to the north, runners then pass the starting line to repeat the loop before making their final run into the finish.  For the finish, runners will ascend a slight hill to a finish line located in the south central portion of the course, immediately to the south of the starting line. 

The terrain is entirely grass and relatively flat. Minor obstacles such as hay bales will be present in the open races. In the event of an unusual amount of rain, it will be extremely muddy. December in Ohio means the temperature will be in the 60's one day, and 15 the next. Pack accordingly.

Here are a couple photos from our archives from previous races on the course:

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Course Maps - Click on a photo to enlarge:

Men's Course
Women's Course:


 

 

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