Cross Country & Track and Field
Summer Cross Country
Looking to get your child active this summer? Want to get them ready for their school's Cross Country team in the fall? Peoria Sports is excited to announce the return of our highly successful Cross Country program. This 8 week league will have your child meet twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday evenings) for workouts supervised and led by Nathan Hohenstein, who ran Cross Country at Indiana University and is now the owner of Tortoise & Hare Sports, and volunteer coaches that provide one-on-one instruction for every particiant. Participants will take place in three meets throughout the season (dates to be determined)
| Season: |
Tuesday & Thursdays beginning May 28 |
| Registration Fee: |
$70 for Peoria Residents, $100 Non-Residents
**Save $20 by registering before Tuesday, April 30
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| Registration Deadline: |
Tuesday, May 7 2013 |
Volunteer Coaches are A Key to Our Program! For the Cross Country League, professional instruction will be provided
Please complete the Coach's Application below and submit it using the "Submit by Email" button at the top to start the process.
Coach's Application
Registration Options
- Register Online Using RecConnect.
- Call Customer Service staff at 623-773-7137 during business hours (Monday-Thursday,7am-6pm).

2013 Hershey Track & Field State Meet - All Results are in!
Thank you to all participants who qualified and came out for 2013 Hershey Track and Field State Meet at Raymond Kellis High School on Friday, May 17, 2013. It was huge success with over 600 participants that qualified for the state meet! This by far was the biggest state meet Arizona has had! So Thank you to all the parents, volunteers and staff that made this event successful.
All results are in! As a reminder all results will be posted in order of finish. Due to Hershey policies no times or distances will be posted online. If a parent wishes to get their child's time please email the following information: Participants Name, Birth Date/Group number, Gender and events you wish to get times/distance on to shane.hannah@peoriaaz.gov.
Running Event Results; Click Here>>>
Boys Standing Long Jump & Softball Field Events Results; Click Here>>>
Girls Standing Long Jump & Softball Field Events Results; Click Here>>>
** All top 8 finishers should have received ribbons at the event, if you did not receive your ribbon please email shane.hannah@peoriaaz.gov with participants name, event, age, placement and mailing address and we will get one out you. ***
Advancement to Nationals; Results will be submitted to the regional coordinator, and national qualifiers will be notified in late July. If your child qualifies, we will contact you as soon as we are notified. We will also post online the participants that do advance after they have been contacted. Thank you.
If you have any issues, questions or concerns please contact shane.hannah@peoriaaz.gov or call (623) 773-7137.
Tortoise & Hare Sports Kids' Run Series
Get your child’s love of running started early by participating in the Tortoise & Sports Kids’ Run Series. Part of the Peoria Runner's Series, the Kids' Run was created to give kids a positive and safe place to grow their love of running and to help motivate kids to be healthy and active. All kids ages 5-13 are welcome (ages 14 and older are welcome in all Peoria Runner's Series Events). All Kids Mile Series participants receive a race event t-shirt and medal. This season's Kids Mile events are:
Kids' Run Series Official Rules and Regulations