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It's one of the busiest weeks on the running calendar! The US Cross Country Championships are just days away in Portland, Oregon, the biggest professional cross country race on American soil in decades. Nine of the top 11 American men are entered. We break down who's running, who's skipping (and whether their excuses hold up), and make our picks. Plus: Jane Hedengren's BU 5K debut and NCAA record chase, Josh Hoey's 600m world record attempt, Quincy Wilson's over-the-top college announcement, Grand Slam Track on the verge of bankruptcy, and the controversial World Athletics Athlete of the Year picks that snubbed Beatrice Chebet.
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<a href="https://www.aletheia.run/start-my-free-trial" rel="nofollow">Aletheia Run</a>
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<a href="https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/12/usa-xc-entries-which-american-pros-are-and-arent-trying-out-for-world-xc-in-tallahassee/" rel="nofollow">US Cross Country Championships who is in &amp; out </a>
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 <a href="https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13915382" rel="nofollow">Thread</a>
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<a href="https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13914081&" rel="nofollow">Evan Jager exit interview discussion</a>
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<li><a href="https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13908463" rel="nofollow">Grand Slam Track financial news</a></li>
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Timestamps:
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00:00 
 <a href="https://www.aletheia.run/start-my-free-trial" rel="nofollow">Aletheia Run</a>
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1:16 Introductions, Patriots/Ravens talk, Thanksgiving stories
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05:24 Aletheia Run wearable
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08:18 US Cross Country Championships Preview: 
 <a href="https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/12/usa-xc-entries-which-american-pros-are-and-arent-trying-out-for-world-xc-in-tallahassee/" rel="nofollow">The field</a>
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10:46 Who is skipping US Cross? Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker, Dylan Jacobs
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19:37 Who is running? Graham Blanks, Nico Young, Cooper Teare
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25:47
 <a href="https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow">Supporters Club </a>
 & Evan Jager interview plug
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27:36 More US Cross entrants: Hacker, Kincaid, Bosley, etc.
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33:54 Looking back at the 2019 NCAA XC freshman class (Hocker)
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37:47 Wesley Kiptoo, Dan Michalski, Paul Chelimo
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40:58 Women's US Cross Preview
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41:32 Women skipping: Josette Andrews, Elise Cranny, Alicia Monson
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44:45 Morgan Beadlescomb, Bailey Hertenstein, Taylor Roe
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47:45 BU 5000m Preview: Jane Hedengren expectations
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51:48 Quincy Wilson picks Maryland
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58:02 Elise Cranny out
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1:00:51 Parker Valby, Katelyn Tuohy in
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1:02:35 Former NCAA champ Dani Jones makes a return
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1:06:03 Text message of the week: NCAAs & limits on foreigners?
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1:15:14    Grand Slam Track asks everyone to take 50% haircut
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1:20:20 Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) aned teenage development
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1:25:23 BU Season Opener & Josh Hoey's WR attempt
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1:27:27 CIM USA Marathon Champs Preview
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1:28:40 World Athletics Athlete of the Year Awards controversy - Sydney McLaughlin & Mondo Duplantis win, Melissa Jefferson Wooden and Beatrice Chebet snubbed.
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