# 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on March 28, 2010. Reports of the event were given in the Herald and for the IAAF.
Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published.

## Race results
### Junior women's race (5.833 km)
#### Individual

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Mercy Cherono | Kenya | 18:47 |
| | Purity Cherotich Rionoripo | Kenya | 18:54 |
| | Esther Chemtai | Kenya | 18:55 |
| 4 | Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon | Kenya | 19:02 |
| 5 | Genet Yalew | Ethiopia | 19:03 |
| 6 | Emebet Anteneh | Ethiopia | 19:06 |
| 7 | Nelly Chebet Ngeiywo | Kenya | 19:06 |
| 8 | Afera Godfay | Ethiopia | 19:07 |
| 9 | Alice Aprot Nawowuna | Kenya | 19:14 |
| 10 | Tejitu Daba | Bahrain | 19:14 |
| 11 | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 19:21 |
| 12 | Merima Mohammed | Ethiopia | 19:26 |
| 13 | Waganesh Mekasha | Ethiopia | 19:34 |
| 14 | Annet Negesa | Uganda | 19:44 |
| 15 | Rebecca Cheptegei | Uganda | 19:48 |
| 16 | Gulshat Fazlitdinova | Russia | 19:51 |
| 17 | Genzeb Shumi | Bahrain | 20:08 |
| 18 | Emily Sisson | United States | 20:08 |
| 19 | Nanaka Izawa | Japan | 20:17 |
| 20 | Kate Avery | United Kingdom | 20:17 |
| 21 | Federica Bevilacqua | Italy | 20:21 |
| 22 | Yuka Ando | Japan | 20:22 |
| 23 | Emelia Gorecka | United Kingdom | 20:25 |
| 24 | Minori Suzuki | Japan | 20:26 |
| 25 | Viola Chemos | Uganda | 20:28 |
| 26 | Idah Phorisa | Botswana | 20:31 |
| 27 | Linet Chebet | Uganda | 20:32 |
| 28 | Nicki Maria McFadzien | New Zealand | 20:34 |
| 29 | Shelby Greany | United States | 20:35 |
| 30 | Annabel Gummow | United Kingdom | 20:37 |
| 31 | Danielle Trevis | New Zealand | 20:40 |
| 32 | Hannah Walker | United Kingdom | 20:41 |
| 33 | Akane Sueyoshi | Japan | 20:53 |
| 34 | Chelsea Graham | Canada | 20:54 |
| 35 | Juliet Bottorff | United States | 21:00 |
| 36 | Beth Potter | United Kingdom | 21:04 |
| 37 | Mercy Chelangat | Uganda | 21:05 |
| 38 | Hadda Souadia | Algeria | 21:07 |
| 39 | Letitia Saayman | South Africa | 21:09 |
| 40 | Caroline Pfister | Canada | 21:11 |
| 41 | Emily Jones | United States | 21:12 |
| 42 | Narjes Issaoui | Tunisia | 21:14 |
| 43 | Karla Diaz | Mexico | 21:18 |
| 44 | Nawal Yahi | Algeria | 21:20 |
| 45 | Sophia Ziemian | United States | 21:21 |
| 46 | Nabila Madoui | Algeria | 21:24 |
| 47 | Chihiro Tanabe | Japan | 21:25 |
| 48 | Paula Kopciewska | Poland | 21:27 |
| 49 | Aleksandra Gierat | Poland | 21:27 |
| 50 | Demi Wood | Australia | 21:29 |
| 51 | Laura Tremblay | United States | 21:31 |
| 52 | Thato Makhafola | South Africa | 21:36 |
| 53 | Ciara Kary | Canada | 21:36 |
| 54 | Safa Jammeli | Tunisia | 21:41 |
| 55 | Olivia Burne | New Zealand | 21:41 |
| 56 | Sarah Inglis | United Kingdom | 21:42 |
| 57 | Eliona Delgado | Peru | 21:44 |
| 58 | Juan-Marie Cooper | South Africa | 21:45 |
| 59 | Estefanía Tobal | Spain | 21:48 |
| 60 | Dina Alexandrova | Russia | 21:48 |
| 61 | Makampong Masaile | Lesotho | 21:48 |
| 62 | Monika Suchar | Poland | 21:49 |
| 63 | Hanna Kalodzich | Belarus | 21:50 |
| 64 | Ashleigh Schnettler | South Africa | 21:50 |
| 65 | Viktoria Ivanova | Russia | 21:50 |
| 66 | Evdokia Bukina | Russia | 21:51 |
| 67 | Anna Ceoloni | Italy | 21:56 |
| 68 | Ana Gutiérrez | Spain | 21:58 |
| 69 | Nabila Sifi | Algeria | 21:59 |
| 70 | Imane Almani | Algeria | 22:00 |
| 71 | Anna Sysoeva | Russia | 22:02 |
| 72 | Léa Plumecocq | France | 22:06 |
| 73 | Grace Thek | Australia | 22:06 |
| 74 | María José Pérez | Spain | 22:07 |
| 75 | Madeleine Davidson | Canada | 22:07 |
| 76 | Izabela Dziedziech | Poland | 22:09 |
| 77 | Cécile Chevillard | France | 22:09 |
| 78 | Marwa Nasri | Tunisia | 22:15 |
| 79 | Tania Carretero | Spain | 22:16 |
| 80 | Lena Placzek | Poland | 22:26 |
| 81 | Sylvia Kedireng Tshetlanyana | South Africa | 22:26 |
| 82 | Estelle Mathias | France | 22:29 |
| 83 | Karley Rempel | Canada | 22:34 |
| 84 | Veronika Mikhaylova | Russia | 22:34 |
| 85 | Paulina Furmanska | Poland | 22:37 |
| 86 | Darya Dedochenko | Kazakhstan | 22:46 |
| 87 | Marjorie Hamelin | France | 22:48 |
| 88 | Hanen Aloui | Tunisia | 22:53 |
| 89 | Samantha Walkow | Canada | 23:01 |
| 90 | Ala'ziad Khalifah | Jordan | 23:20 |
| 91 | Debora Santos | Portugal | 23:29 |
| 92 | Kawthar Hdidi | Tunisia | 23:33 |
| 93 | Amina Derouich | Tunisia | 24:17 |
| — | Yuki Hidaka | Japan | DNF |
| — | Naïma Bakaddour | Algeria | DNF |

#### Teams

| Rank | Team | Points |
| | Kenya Mercy Cherono1 Purity Cherotich Rionoripo2 Esther Chemtai3 Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon4 (Nelly Chebet Ngeiywo)(7) (Alice Aprot Nawowuna)(9) | 10 |
| | Ethiopia Genet Yalew5 Emebet Anteneh6 Afera Godfay8 Genzebe Dibaba11 (Merima Mohammed)(12) (Waganesh Mekasha)(13) | 30 |
| | Uganda Annet Negesa14 Rebecca Cheptegei15 Viola Chemos25 Linet Chebet27 (Mercy Chelangat)(37) | 81 |
| 4 | Japan Nanaka Izawa19 Yuka Ando22 Minori Suzuki24 Akane Sueyoshi33 (Chihiro Tanabe)(47) (Yuki Hidaka)(DNF) | 98 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Kate Avery20 Emelia Gorecka23 Annabel Gummow30 Hannah Walker32 (Beth Potter)(36) (Sarah Inglis)(56) | 105 |
| 6 | United States Emily Sisson18 Shelby Greany29 Juliet Bottorff35 Emily Jones41 (Sophia Ziemian)(45) (Laura Tremblay)(51) | 123 |
| 7 | Algeria Hadda Souadia38 Nawal Yahi44 Nabila Madoui46 Nabila Sifi69 (Imane Almani)(70) (Naïma Bakaddour)(DNF) | 197 |
| 8 | Canada Chelsea Graham34 Caroline Pfister40 Ciara Kary53 Madeleine Davidson75 (Karley Rempel)(83) (Samantha Walkow)(89) | 202 |
| 9 | Russia Gulshat Fazlitdinova16 Dina Alexandrova60 Viktoria Ivanova65 Evdokia Bukina66 (Anna Sysoeva)(71) (Veronika Mikhaylova)(84) | 207 |
| 10 | South Africa Letitia Saayman39 Thato Makhafola52 Juan-Marie Cooper58 Ashleigh Schnettler64 (Sylvia Kedireng Tshetlanyana)(81) | 213 |
| 11 | Poland Paula Kopciewska48 Aleksandra Gierat49 Monika Suchar62 Izabela Dziedziech76 (Lena Placzek)(80) (Paulina Furmanska)(85) | 235 |
| 12 | Tunisia Narjes Issaoui42 Safa Jammeli54 Marwa Nasri78 Hanen Aloui88 (Kawthar Hdidi)(92) (Amina Derouich)(93) | 262 |
| 13 | Spain Estefanía Tobal59 Ana Gutiérrez68 María José Pérez74 Tania Carretero79 | 280 |
| 14 | France Léa Plumecocq72 Cécile Chevillard77 Estelle Mathias82 Marjorie Hamelin87 | 318 |
* Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 95 athletes from 26 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.
* Algeria (6)
* Australia (2)
* Bahrain (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Botswana (1)
* Canada (6)
* Ethiopia (6)
* France (4)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (6)
* Jordan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (6)
* Lesotho (1)
* Mexico (1)
* New Zealand (3)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (6)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (6)
* South Africa (5)
* Spain (4)
* Tunisia (6)
* Uganda (5)
* United Kingdom (6)
* United States (6)