Weini Kelati Frezghi and Parker Wolfe were convincing winners of the senior titles at the US Cross Country Championships in Portland on Saturday (6) as the host nation selected its team for the upcoming World Athletics Cross Country Championships Tallahassee 26.
The first six athletes to finish in both the men’s and women’s 10km races at Glendoveer Golf Course booked their spot on the US team for the global event on 10 January 2026.
It was a race of redemption for both of the winners. When Kelati Frezghi last competed in a trial to make a national team, she placed fourth in both the 5000m and 10,000m at this year’s US Championships, narrowly missing out on making the team for the World Championships in Tokyo. Wolfe, meanwhile, placed third in the 5000m at last year’s US Olympic Trials, but was a few seconds shy of the qualifying mark and so was unable to earn his place on the team.
