The Great Cow Run

The Great Cow Run
August 30, 2025 at John Glenn High School

The Great Cow Run & the Higashi Roman Memorial Run

The course remains the same for 2025

The Open Race is available for both in-person and virtual sign ups!

Great Cow Run Album (2024)

Great Cow Run Team Sign Up (2025)

VIRTUAL OPTION INFORMATION BELOW
Scroll down for registration information!
Race day registration for open is available!

VIRTUAL COW RUN COURSE MAP (Original Course - Knabe)

Live Results

Results (COMING SOON)

Race Schedule (UPDATED HEAT SCHEDULE 2025)

* Schedule is now updated!

The Great Cow Run 2011 from Jason Watanabe on Vimeo.

Directions to the Starting Area from Cerritos High School

SPONSORS

Be the first for 2022

The Great Cow Run began in 2006 as the Cerritos Cross Country Invitational. Due to construction at Cerritos Regional Park, the invitational did not race its second annual invitational until 2008. With a new course and a beautifully redesigned park, the Great Cow Run is hosted on beautiful course that runs across a flat grass and cement course that is viewer friendly. In addition, the invitational has grown in order to incorporate the theme of the cow (due to the history of Cerritos formerly known as Dairy Valley), as the lead bikers and runners dress in cow suits and the opportunity for photo ops with these cows is presented throughout the day. In 2011, the Chik-fil-a cow also paid a visit to the course to help promote for their Cerritos store located at the beautifully redesigned Los Cerritos Center. The meet provides a balance of quality team and aims at awarding as many individuals as possible! Join us for our 17th annual invitational on September 2, 2023, which we hope will be as great as an invitational as we've ever hosted.
In addition, the high school invitational is preceded by the Higashi Roman Memorial Run which is dedicated to a Cerritos High School students and a an alumni who were tragically killed in car accidents in 2007 - Darren Higashi and Regina Nicole Roman. The invitational serves as an open race that individuals of all ages and abilities levels can participate to help support our program and to continue the memory of these two fine individuals. Each school who registers receives a free meet entry (no shirt included) [e-mail entries to [email protected]].

Great Cow Run Links

Team Registration Link

Payment/Meet Info

Registration Information Packet

Team Meet Packet

Final Team Packet Info

Register Athletes

Athletic.net Registration

Please note that we are charged for every registration. Please be sure to remove any athlete you know will not be participating.

School Participation Waiver

CIF Contract

Please email contract to [email protected]

Required Team Waiver

Please do not mail/email participation waiver. Please bring this complete form to registration on race day!

Directions

John Glenn High School
13520 Shoemaker Avenue
Norwalk, CA 90703

School Checklist 2025

[CIF
Participating Schools

Large School [1975+]
Bell Gardens
Burroughs (Burbank) [CIF]
Crescenta Vallley [CIF]
Culver City [CIF]
Downey [CIF]
Eleanor Roosevelt [CIF]
Glendora [CIF]
Katella [CIF]
Kennedy [CIF]
Los Alamitos
Norwalk [CIF]
Palisades Charter
Paramount [CIF]
Peninsula [CIF]
Warren

Small School [Under 1975]
Aquinas [CIF]
Bellflower [CIF]
Bishop Montgomery
Cerritos [CIF]
Charter Oak [CIF]
Fullerton [CIF]
Holy Innocence
John Glenn [CIF]
Mayfair [PD]
Norte Vista [CIF]
North Torrance [CIF]
Pacifica
Sacred Heart
Santa Fe [CIF][PD]
South Hills
St. Paul
Torrance [CIF]
Tustin
West Torrance [CIF]
Whitney

() - No Athletes Registered

Schools listed above have either completed the anticipated numbers, registered on Athletic.net (with athletes) or submitted their CIF contract. Those teams who did the initial sign up will be added once you complete one of the two or register on Athletic.net. Please note that you will be billed according to the number of athletes you register on Athletic.net so please be sure to delete athletes if not attending or those who are not attending!

(CIF) = CIF Contract Submitted/Received
If you have not submitted it, please submit to:
[email protected]

[] Notes team that did not complete the initial sign up form! Please complete to receive updates! Scroll up for form under "Team Registration Link."

DO NOT SEND THE
"REQUIRED TEAM WAIVER" TO THE EMAIL ABOVE ADDRESS! PLEASE HAND CARRY IT TO THE MEET. The email above is only for the CIF Contract. You must email that in advance to the Glenn HS AD!