Cherokee Farms XC Invitation 2026

Knoxville Endurance presents the return of the  Cherokee Farms XC Invite at The University of Tennessee Research Park. This event will host Elementary, Middle, High School, and College athletes for a variety of races all sanctioned by the state of Tennessee and all surrounding counties and states. Proceeds will go towards supporting the University of Tennessee Running Club & Tennessee Endurance to support local running events, education and coaching for students.  Unattached athletes are not permitted to register for High School race, Saturday is for team and club attendance ONLY.  Incomplete teams may still sign up under their school name.

An open 2mile race will be available Saturday Morning for any adult or local runners, more info can be found HERE.

College Teams & unattached athletes Must register through Direct Athletics.

Teams may bring tents to set up near start-finish areas, no tents will be allowed to remain on site overnight.  

The tentative schedule below is a breakdown of the race schedule.  For Live Race Results please scan QR Code provided at event.  There will be separate QR codes for each day.

Friday Event Schedule:

Saturday Event Schedule:

Registration fees:

Elementary School: $10 per athlete or $50/ gender - $100 per school max (team of 20 runners Max)

Middle School: $15 per athlete or $65/ gender - $130 max per school (team of 20 Runners Max)

High School: $20 per athlete or $75/gender - $150 max per school (team of 20 Runners Max)

For teams paying via check, please enter your teams and choose to pay online or via check from your school, please make checks out to Tennessee Endurance.

For mailing checks:

TENNESSEE ENDURANCE

2629 BERRINGER STATION RD

KNOXVILLE TN 37932