The St. James Winter Classic is a race created by the St. James School of Basking Ridge XC Team to promote post XC season running among child and adult athletes in the greater Northern and Central New Jersey area. 100% of the proceeds from the event go to the St. James School to help defray the costs of tuition and make Catholic School education more accessible to more children.
The St. James XC program is one of the premiere programs in grade school cross-country in the state of New Jersey. We promote safe and healthy outdoor activity that help children become better athletes and better people. The Winter Classic was created in 2020 because so many athletes had a limited opportunity to access indoor sports during the pandemic. When XC ended, there was no place for many athletes to turn for winter sports and so the SJS XC Community created a 5K club for its athletes and parents who wanted to participate. We soon realized that our 5K options were limited and so we decided to create an event that would give runners the opportunity to compete in a friendly way and help to build our running community.
