{"id":17720,"date":"2026-03-16T13:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=17720"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:47:19","slug":"cross-country-2026-season-starting-2-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=17720","title":{"rendered":"Cross Country 2026 &#8211; Season Starting 2 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cross-Country-2026.png?resize=640%2C537&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17721\" style=\"width:517px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cross-Country-2026.png?w=940 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cross-Country-2026.png?resize=300%2C251 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cross-Country-2026.png?resize=100%2C84 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cross-Country-2026.png?resize=200%2C168 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u2744\ufe0f <strong>Knox Little Athletics: 2026 Cross Country Season <\/strong>\u2744\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With our summer track and field season coming to an exciting close \u2014 with the <strong>Knox Championship Day<\/strong> on <strong>21st March<\/strong> \u2014 it\u2019s almost time to swap spikes for trail shoes as we gear up for <strong>Cross Country 2026<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cross-country season kicks off on <strong>Saturday, 2nd May 2026<\/strong> at <strong>Knox Athletics Track<\/strong>, and again this year we\u2019re offering a variety of fantastic venues, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jells Park<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Norton Park<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tirhatun Park<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Knox Athletics Track<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, we\u2019re thrilled to include a <strong>Winter Track Classic<\/strong> as part of this year\u2019s program \u2014 combining the best of track and cross country!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get ready for muddy trails, fresh air, and plenty of PB opportunities \u2014 it\u2019s going to be an incredible season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Dates:<\/strong><br>2 May 2026 &#8211; Round 1 &#8211; Knox Park<br>18 July 2026 &#8211; Region Carnival (Venue to be confirmed by EMR)<br>8 August &#8211; Knox Championship Day<br>15 August 2026 &#8211; State Cross Country Carnival (Venue to be confirmed by LAVic)<br>22 August 2026 &#8211; Cross Country Presentation Night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 Cross Country Season: Registration &amp; Calendar Update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2026 Cross Country Calendar is nearly finalised. The centre will publish full details on venues, dates, and events as we get closer to the start of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 Already registered for summer track and field?<br>You\u2019re all set! Your registration automatically covers the winter cross country season \u2014 no extra payment is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcdd New Athletes Registering for cross country only:<br>The registration portal will open in April, closer to the season start. Fees for cross country-only registration have not yet been finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned! Keep an eye on our website and social media channels for updates as they are posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u2744\ufe0f Knox Little Athletics: 2026 Cross Country Season \u2744\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f With our summer track and field season coming to an exciting close \u2014 with the Knox Championship Day on 21st March \u2014 it\u2019s almost time to swap spikes for trail shoes &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=17720\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":1925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/News.jpg?fit=400%2C300","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3RmIv-4BO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17720"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17733,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17720\/revisions\/17733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}