How To Watch: 2025 SPAR European XC Championships

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Written by Aimee Mackenzie, edits & additional commentary via Garrett Zatlin

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The 31st rendition of the European XC Championships in Lagoa, Portugal will feature many current international collegiate stars, and numerous collegiate alum.

Here's how to keep updated on the upcoming grass championship...

How To Watch

The event will be live broadcast starting at 9:00am Western European Time or 4:00am Eastern Standard Time on European Athletics's website. This broadcast is free to view, but you must register an account with European Athletics to view it.

There are also 15 different country-specific broadcasts with the details on this coverage located here. The entry lists and results for this championship can be found on the Lagoa 2025 website.

Race Schedules

The European XC Championship races begin on Sunday, December 14th with the competition beginning at the following times listed in local time and EST.

• Women's U20 4.29k -- 9:30am WET / 4:30am EST

• Men's U20 4.29k -- 10:00am WET / 5:00am EST

• Women's U23 5.79k -- 10:26am WET / 5:26am EST

• Men's U23 5.79k -- 11:00am WET / 6:00am EST

• Mixed Relay (4x1500 meters) -- 11:30am WET / 6:30am EST

• Senior Women's 7.29k -- 12:00pm WET / 7:00am EST

• Senior Men's 7.29k -- 12:41pm WET / 7:41am EST

Who is Competing?

Here are all of the current collegiate athletes set to compete in the U20 and U23 European XC Championships this weekend...

Women's U20 European XC Championships:

• Olivia Alessandrini (Louisville) - Italy

• Carolina Correia (SMU) - Portugal

• Anna Gardiner (Providence) -  Ireland

• Ines Herault (Indiana) - Spain

• Emily Junginger (Utah) - Germany

• Eliza Nicholson (Louisville) - Great Britain

• Anastasia Nilsson (Georgia) - Sweden

• Austra Ošina (Drake) - Lativa

Women's U23 European XC Championships:

• Karolina Bliujūte (CBU) - Lithuania

• Julia David-Smith (Washington) - France

• Alise Petrova (Florida Gulf Coast) - Latvia

• Ava O’Connor (Adams State) - Ireland

• Anika Thompson (Oregon) - Ireland

• Eleonora Višnevskytė (CBU) - Lithuania

• Jasmine Wood (New Mexico) - Great Britain (Reserve)

Men's Under 20 European XC Championships:

• Cormac Dixon (Providence) - Ireland

• Cillian Gleeson (Wisconsin) - Ireland (Reserve)

• Noah Harris (Tennessee) - Ireland

• Kristers Kudlis (Georgia) - Latvia

• Paul-Mathieu Lannuzel (Illinois) - France

Men's Under 23 European XC Championships:

• William Aitken (Georgia) - Great Britain (Reserve)

• Gustav Bendsen (Louisville) - Denmark

• Alexander Bozhilov (UT-Dallas) - Bulgaria

• Dean Casey (Colorado) - Ireland (Reserve)

• Aurélien Radja (Wake Forest) - France