This Season, Mornington LAC is joining with Seaford and Frankston to run a combined Cross Country season for our members. The Season launch will be held on Saturday 2 May at 9:00am at Frankston LAC. Please arrive 20 mins early to register for the event.

The Cross Country Season Program is published on our Website (https://www.morningtonlittleaths.org/season-program)and TeamApp as well. Course Locations and further information will be provided once the program is finalised.

For existing members who are registered in the current 2025-26 season there is no additional cost to participate in Cross Country and you are automatically registered for the Cross Country season. For new members, there is a registration fee of $70 per athlete which covers the membership fee for Little Athletics Victoria plus a small margin for Mornington LAC. We also offer a Free 2-week (event) Trial for new members who want to try Cross Country before committing to the season. Further details are available at the Little Athletics Victoria website.(https://lavic.com.au/membership/)

For brand new members - please visit the Little Athletics Victoria (https://lavic.com.au/membership/new-member/)website to register for Cross Country Membership - please choose Mornington as the home centre for your membership. If you want to do a trial - please register via the Little Aths Victoria Trial member portal - Trial Athlete Offer - Little Athletics Victoria(https://lavic.com.au/membership/new-member/trial-athlete-offer/)

We encourage everyone to arrive 15-20 mins prior to the start time of 9:00am to complete event registration and warm-up. Most athletes will complete the cross country course in under 20 minutes.

The required distance to complete is based on the athlete's age group as follows: • U6 - 500 m • U7 - U8 - 1000m • U9 - U10 - 1500m • U11 - U12 - 2000m • U13 - U14 - 3000m • U15 - U17 - 4000m

Yes - all Mornington athletes will be required to wear their Mornington uniforms and membership bibs to all XC events. Please retain your Membership bib with barcode from the Summer season.

There are 14 events scheduled in the Season Program for Cross Country 2026 which includes Regional and State Events hosted by LAVIC. The first event will be held on Sat 2nd May and the final event is held on Sat 8th Aug. There will be no scheduled events during the Winter School holidays or during King's Birthday holiday week-end.

Since we are participating with other Centres including Seaford and Frankston - each centre will host 3 events during the season. The proposed locations for Cross Country are as follows: 1. Frankston LAC - Ballam Park Frankston 2. Seaford LAC - Seaford North Primary School 3. Mornington LAC - Mount Martha Regional Park. LAVIC Hosted Events will be hosted in different locations and should be available on the LAVIC Website.(https://lavic.com.au/competition/cross-country/)

Yes - we are planning to host Cross Country (Distance) Training with Coach Hennie. Our first cross country training will be held at Civic Reserve Athletics track starting on 22 April at 5pm. Training will be held every fortnight during the season and is free for MLAC members.