# 2023 Cardiff Cross Challenge

The 2023 Cardiff Cross Challenge was the 26th edition of the international cross country running competition held in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom on 11 November 2023. It was the third leg of the 2023–24 World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold, the highest-level global series of cross country competitions.

## Recap

Keneth Kiprop of Uganda and Megan Keith won the two races.

## Results

In combination with two other eligible cross country races, points from the 2023 Cardiff Cross Challenge could be used to qualify for the 10,000 metres track race at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The top eight athletes ordered by total score (summed from their top three cross country performances) were granted automatic qualification, respecting the maximum three athletes per country.
Men's 9.6km Cross Country :
| Place | Athlete | Age | Country | Time | Points |
| | Keneth Kiprop | 18 | Uganda | 28:32 | 1240 |
| | Vincent Mutai | 27 | Kenya | 28:35 | 1220 |
| | Abel Bekele | 17 | Ethiopia | 29:06 | 1200 |
| 4 | Zakariya Mahamed | 22 | Great Britain | 29:19 | 1180 |
| 5 | Egide Ntakarutimana | 26 | Burundi | 29:28 | 1160 |
| 6 | Yves Nimubona | 25 | Rwanda | 29:30 | 1145 |
| 7 | George Wheeler | 25 | Great Britain | 29:31 | 1130 |
| 8 | Charles Wheeler | 25 | Great Britain | 29:31 | 1120 |
| 9 | Angus McMillan | 23 | Great Britain | 29:38 | 1110 |
| 10 | Scott Stirling | 29 | Great Britain | 29:41 | 1100 |
| 11 | Matthew Stonier | 22 | Great Britain | 29:52 | 1090 |
| 12 | Vincent Kibet Keter | 21 | Kenya | 29:52 | 1080 |
| 13 | Mohammadreza Abootorabi | 34 | Sweden | 29:52 | 1070 |
| 14 | Yohanes Asmare | 17 | Ethiopia | 29:54 | 1060 |
| 15 | Joel Ibler Lillesø [de; es] | 19 | Denmark | 30:02 | 1055 |
| 16 | Marc Scott | 29 | Great Britain | 30:09 | 1050 |
| 17 | Richard Slade | | Great Britain | 30:11 | 1045 |
| 18 | Jack Millar | 27 | Great Britain | 30:14 | 1040 |
| 19 | Dylan Evans | 30 | Australia | 30:15 | 1035 |
| 20 | Phil Norman | 34 | Great Britain | 30:18 | 1030 |
| 21 | Samuel Charlton | 22 | Great Britain | 30:28 | 1025 |
| 22 | Kurt Taylor | 28–29 | Great Britain | 30:34 | 1020 |
| 23 | Thomas Crockett | | Great Britain | 30:40 | 1015 |
| 24 | Jonatan Venema | 21 | Netherlands | 30:44 | 1010 |
| 25 | Dewi Griffiths [cy] | 32 | Great Britain | 30:50 | 1005 |
| 26 | Joe Morrow | 24–25 | Great Britain | 30:51 | 1000 |
| 27 | Flynn Jennings | | Great Britain | 30:54 | 995 |
| 28 | Milan Campion | | Great Britain | 30:56 | 990 |
| 29 | Dominic Coy | | Great Britain | 31:09 | 985 |
| 30 | Sam Tyas | | Great Britain | 31:13 | 980 |
| 31 | Naphtali Moulton | | United States | 31:13 | 975 |
| 32 | James Heneghan | 24 | Great Britain | 31:21 | 970 |
| 33 | Alex Miell-Ingram | 19 | Great Britain | 31:29 | 965 |
| 34 | Felix McGrath | 28–29 | Great Britain | 31:41 | 960 |
| 35 | John Millar | 25 | Great Britain | 31:42 | 955 |
| 36 | Lewis Hannigan | 20 | Great Britain | 31:42 | 950 |
| 37 | Alan Corlett | 32 | Great Britain | 31:49 | 945 |
| 38 | Samuel Goodchild | | Great Britain | 31:53 | 940 |
| 39 | Joseph Niven | 21–22 | Great Britain | 32:05 | 935 |
| 40 | Robbie Gibson | | Great Britain | 32:12 | 930 |
| 41 | Tim Harrison | 23–24 | Great Britain | 32:14 | 927 |
| 42 | Adam Bull | | Great Britain | 32:16 | 924 |
| 43 | Simon Bossi | 31–32 | France | 32:19 | 921 |
| 44 | Hugo Hewitt | 21–22 | Great Britain | 32:21 | 918 |
| 45 | Jack Eykelbosch | | Great Britain | 32:36 | 915 |
| 46 | Alex Stewart | | Great Britain | 32:47 | 912 |
| 47 | Joe Gentry | | Great Britain | 32:58 | 909 |
| 48 | Steven Denby | 21–22 | Great Britain | 33:45 | 906 |
| 49 | Luke Burgess | | Great Britain | 33:46 | 903 |
| 50 | Spencer Smith | | Great Britain | 33:49 | 900 |
| 51 | Janoš Vranek | | Great Britain | 33:51 | 898 |
| 52 | Luke Hamley | | Great Britain | 33:53 | 896 |
| 53 | Devin Coombes | | Great Britain | 34:28 | 894 |
| 54 | Alex Hamblin | | Great Britain | 34:35 | 892 |
| 55 | Mark Ryan | | Great Britain | 34:43 | 890 |
| 56 | Ben Miles | | Great Britain | 34:57 | 888 |
| 57 | Edward Davies | | Great Britain | 35:01 | 886 |
| 58 | David Song | | Great Britain | 35:06 | 884 |
| 59 | Harry Dyall | 21–22 | Great Britain | 35:12 | 882 |
| 60 | Harry Chappell | | Great Britain | 35:14 | 880 |
| 61 | Callum Choules | | Great Britain | 35:18 | 879 |
| 62 | Sam Crowther | 24–25 | Great Britain | 35:34 | 878 |
| 63 | Shaun Mochan | | Ireland | 35:35 | 877 |
| 64 | Daryl John | | Great Britain | 35:40 | 876 |
| 65 | Ben Hawkins | 27 | Great Britain | 36:49 | 875 |
| 66 | Phil Morris | | Great Britain | 37:52 | 874 |
| 67 | Felix Wright | | Great Britain | 38:05 | 873 |
| 68 | John Fitzpatrick | | Great Britain | 38:45 | 872 |
| 69 | Andrew Harling | | Great Britain | 38:50 | 871 |
| 70 | William Nicolle | | Great Britain | 41:05 | 870 |
| 71 | Mark Fowles | | Great Britain | 41:14 | 869 |
| 72 | Jonathan James | | Great Britain | 42:24 | 868 |
| 73 | Ross Hosking | | Great Britain | 42:39 | 887 |
| 74 | Arwel Roberts | | Great Britain | 42:49 | 866 |
| 75 | Nick Pepin | | Great Britain | 42:53 | 865 |
| 76 | Graham Vyner | | Great Britain | 43:19 | 864 |
| 77 | Conor Lee | | Great Britain | 44:23 | 863 |
| 78 | Philip Roberts | | Great Britain | 44:24 | 862 |
| 79 | Jonathan Jarvis | | Great Britain | 44:53 | 861 |
| 80 | Huw Davies | | Great Britain | 45:48 | 860 |
| 81 | Nicholas Collins | | Great Britain | 46:10 | |
| 82 | Ian Derrick | | Great Britain | 46:25 | |
| 83 | Raymond Davies | | Great Britain | 49:22 | |
| 84 | Simon Kinsey | | Great Britain | 1:07:40 | |
Women's 6.4km Cross Country :
| Place | Athlete | Age | Country | Time | Points |
| | Megan Keith | 21 | Great Britain | 20:35 | 1240 |
| | Likina Amebaw | 25 | Ethiopia | 20:52 | 1220 |
| | Asmarech Anley | 17–18 | Ethiopia | 20:59 | 1200 |
| 4 | Meseret Yeshaneh | 18 | Ethiopia | 21:02 | 1180 |
| 5 | Jessica Warner-Judd | 28 | Great Britain | 21:29 | 1160 |
| 6 | Izzy Fry | 23 | Great Britain | 21:37 | 1145 |
| 7 | Sofia Thøgersen | 18 | Denmark | 21:38 | 1130 |
| 8 | Jessica Gibbon | 27 | Great Britain | 21:42 | 1120 |
| 9 | Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth | 25 | Hungary | 21:52 | 1110 |
| 10 | Alexandra Millard | 21 | Great Britain | 21:56 | 1100 |
| 11 | Niamh Bridson-Hubbard | 25 | Great Britain | 21:59 | 1090 |
| 12 | Francine Niyomukunzi | 24 | Burundi | 22:03 | 1080 |
| 13 | Ellie Wallace | 24 | Great Britain | 22:06 | 1070 |
| 14 | Niamh Brown | 24 | Great Britain | 22:07 | 1060 |
| 15 | Jennifer Nesbitt | 28 | Great Britain | 22:09 | 1055 |
| 16 | Olivia Mason | 22 | Great Britain | 22:26 | 1050 |
| 17 | Mary Mulhare [de] | 30 | Ireland | 22:36 | 1045 |
| 18 | Alice Goodall | 22 | Great Britain | 22:38 | 1040 |
| 19 | Sophie Tarver | 25 | Great Britain | 22:41 | 1035 |
| 20 | Tia Wilson | 21 | Great Britain | 22:42 | 1030 |
| 21 | Julie Emmerson | 26–27 | Great Britain | 22:54 | 1025 |
| 22 | Cari Hughes | 24 | Great Britain | 22:56 | 1020 |
| 23 | India Pentland | 21 | Great Britain | 22:57 | 1015 |
| 24 | Stephanie Twell | 34 | Great Britain | 23:15 | 1010 |
| 25 | Almi Nerurkar | 22 | Great Britain | 23:22 | 1005 |
| 26 | Dominique Corradi | 22 | Great Britain | 23:34 | 1000 |
| 27 | Emily Carroll | | Great Britain | 23:37 | 995 |
| 28 | Kate Maltby | 38 | Great Britain | 23:38 | 990 |
| 29 | Daisy Davies | | Great Britain | 23:49 | 985 |
| 30 | Katie Hughes | 24 | Great Britain | 23:50 | 980 |
| 31 | Phoebe Law [d] | 26 | Great Britain | 24:05 | 975 |
| 32 | Bethany Donnelly | 25 | Great Britain | 24:19 | 970 |
| 33 | Martha Owen | | Great Britain | 24:19 | 965 |
| 34 | Lauren Cooper | 29 | Great Britain | 24:24 | 960 |
| 35 | Alice Murray-Gourlay | 30–31 | Great Britain | 24:26 | 955 |
| 36 | Inca Padfield | 20–21 | Great Britain | 24:34 | 950 |
| 37 | Kirstie Booth | | Great Britain | 24:39 | 945 |
| 38 | Katrina Entwistle | | Great Britain | 24:40 | 940 |
| 39 | Jodie Judd | 25 | Great Britain | 24:44 | 935 |
| 40 | Kate Roberts | 35 | Great Britain | 24:51 | 930 |
| 41 | Donna Morris | | Great Britain | 25:14 | 927 |
| 42 | Lauren Nichols | 23 | Great Britain | 25:34 | 924 |
| 43 | Bethany Wallis | | Great Britain | 25:38 | 921 |
| 44 | Georgia Palmer | | Great Britain | 25:43 | 918 |
| 45 | Ffion Higginson | 21 | Great Britain | 25:47 | 915 |
| 46 | Emma Powell | | Great Britain | 25:47 | 912 |
| 47 | Ewelina Ciesielska | | Great Britain | 25:48 | 909 |
| 48 | Alex Cawthra | | Great Britain | 25:55 | 906 |
| 49 | Sophie Peach | | Great Britain | 26:26 | 903 |
| 50 | Laurie Marlow | 29 | Great Britain | 26:30 | 900 |
| 51 | Molly Canham | 22 | Great Britain | 26:36 | 898 |
| 52 | India Ibbotson | | Great Britain | 26:45 | 896 |
| 53 | Bronwen Stratton-Thomas | | Great Britain | 26:50 | 894 |
| 54 | Sabina Russell | | Great Britain | 27:16 | 892 |
| 55 | Georgia Higham | | Great Britain | 27:23 | 890 |
| 56 | Laura Wright | | Great Britain | 27:39 | 888 |
| 57 | Rosie Tinbergen | | Great Britain | 27:45 | 886 |
| 58 | Julie Chamberlain | | Great Britain | 28:25 | 884 |
| 59 | Charlotte Brown | | Great Britain | 28:44 | 882 |
| 60 | Naomi Sutton | | Great Britain | 28:57 | 880 |
| 61 | Samantha Healy | | Great Britain | 28:58 | 879 |
| 62 | Catrin Davies | | Great Britain | 29:28 | 878 |
| 63 | Rebecca Downie | | Great Britain | 29:44 | 877 |
| 64 | Olivia Hookings | | Great Britain | 31:32 | 876 |
| 65 | Renske Bouwens | | Great Britain | 31:40 | 875 |
| 66 | Julia Szajdzicka | | Great Britain | 35:57 | 874 |
| 67 | Mary Granville | | Great Britain | 45:28 | 873 |