2026 NIAL CC Championships 2026

Dear Cross Country Coach,

The 2026 Northshore Independent Athletic League Cross Country

Championships will be on Thursday,

October 08, 2026(4^th-below) and Friday, October 09, 2026(MS & JH).This year's meet will once again be held at

St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Hammond.

Team awards for the top two teams in each division,

except the Pee Wee Division(NO Team awards ). The top (15) finishers in each

race will receive medals. All individual awards will be given out at the end of the finish chute.Athletes are allowed to run in more than one

race, as long as you move them up a division.No athlete is allowed to run in a lower division than his/her actual

grade!

All

of your entries must be done by Tuesday, October 06, 2026 at 9:00 am!

Thursday, October 08, 2026

4:45 pmTiny Tots Mile Race Girls

4:55 pmTiny Tots Mile Race Boys

5:05 pmSub-Elementary Girls Mile

Race

5:15 pmSub-Elementary Boys Mile Race

5:30 pmElementary Girls 1 Mile Race

5:50 pmElementary Boys 1 Mile Race

Friday, October 09, 2026

4:30 pmMiddle School Girls 1 Mile Race

4:45 pmMiddle School Boys 1 Mile Race

5:00 pmJunior High Girls 2 Mile Race

(8^th-below)

5:30 pmJunior High Boys 2 Mile Race (8^th-below)

No entry fee is required for this meet this is a NIAL Championship event!

All schools must have their 2026-27 NIAL League dues taken care of prior to

this event. There will be no exceptions to this league rule!

However, there will be a $5.00 per adult entering the campus. Please make

sure to inform your parents that this is a NIAL Championship event and not

harass the HS students in charge of collecting the gate as they assist with

parking our parents.

Please do not arrive on campus any earlier that 3:30 PM, they will be

having football practice and we do not want to interrupt their practice by

having all the parents and kids on their practice field!!!

Team boxes will be assigned for the Championships, each team will be

allowed to put two runners in the front of the box, the remainder of your

runners will be lined up behind your two front runners. This is a Championship

event and the larger teams tend to take over the starting line and this puts

them at an advantage, or we could just limit the teams to seven or eight

runners as all Championships do. We would appreciate your courtesy in this

matter!

IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT

We will be set-up in the front area at STA for this meet, we have been

asked by our administration that you please use the restrooms in the back only.

Please keep your Parents and Athletes out of the school, the school is off

limits when we have Cross Country meets. Also, we will not allow cars to park on the grass on Voss

Drive, this will be roped off, be prepared to park in the back and walk to the

starting line areas.

See you at the races,

Miguel A. Becerra

NIAL

985-320-4290