{
  "id": 17864367,
  "title": "CIAC State Open cross country championship meets moved to Thursday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/ciac-state-open-cross-country-championship-meets-moved-to-thursday",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T22:09:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ciac-state-open-cross-country-220946197.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The CIAC State Open cross country championships will be held on Thursday instead of Friday due to unfavorable weather conditions, according to the CIAC, which announced the decision on social media on Monday afternoon. The race will start at 10 a.m. for the boys, followed by the girls at 10:45 a.m., with the boys awards ceremony at 11:30 a.m. and the girls ceremony at 11:45 a.m. This is not the first time weather has impacted the State Open. Last year, the meet was postponed from Friday to Monday due to rain, and in 2024, it was moved to the morning of Halloween due to warm temperatures. In 2023, an unseasonably warm day on October 28 forced the Class LL races to the following Tuesday, causing the State Open to be held the following Monday. The 2018 postseason also saw both the class and Open meets moved one day due to weather concerns. In 2011, the infamous October snowstorm forced the cancellation of three class races and the relocation of the entire event to Hammonasset State Park in Madison, with up to two feet of heavy, wet snow falling during the event. The five meets were run on November 8, with times from both the class meets and the Open combined to determine the final results.",
  "summary": "The CIAC State Open cross country championship meet was moved due to potential bad weather Friday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}