FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (February 28, 2020) – Northern Arizona freshman distance runner
Corey Gorgas will compete as part of Team USA at the 2020 Pan Am Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Victoria, Canada.
Gorgas will run in the U20 men's 8K race at 11:45 a.m. MST at the Bear Mountain Resort just outside of Victoria.
Gorgas raced his way on to the six-runner U20 Team USATF by winning the junior men's title at the USATF Cross Country Championships last month in San Diego, Calif. Gorgas dominated the U20 field, finishing the Junior Men's 8K Championship with a time of 25:44.8, more than 30 seconds faster than the next closest finisher.
The NAU true freshman will be joined by Daniel Beam (Western New Mexico), Evan Bishop, Lucas Chung (St. Mary's College), Alex Comerford (Syracuse) and Jacob Harris (Toledo) on the U20 team.
The United States will be one of 14 countries in attendance along with Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
Gorgas, who redshirted his first cross country season, took ninth at the 2018 Foot Locker Nationals as a senior at Saugatuck High School in Michigan.
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