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World Class Athlete Airman helps Air Force team sweep men’s 2025 Armed Forces Cross Country Championship
Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel Michalski wins the men’s division of the 2025 Armed Forces Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship at Windcrest Golf Club in Windcrest, Texas, on Jan. 25, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)
Jan. 31, 2025 - Staying in a pack until the last mile, the Air Force elite athletes swept the podium and the team win in the men’s 10K division during the 2025 Armed Forces Cross Country Championship at the Windcrest Golf Club here Jan. 25.  
World Class Athlete Soldier dominates women’s cross-country championship
Army Sgt. Colett Rampf-Cribbs races to first place in the women’s divsion of the 2025 Armed Forces Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship at Windcrest Golf Club in Windcrest, Texas, on Jan. 25, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)
Jan. 31, 2025 - In perfect 45-degree overcast weather, 23 elite female runners from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard took to the starting line of the 8K Windcrest Golf Club course for the Armed Forces Championship Jan. 25. 
Air Force sweeps Men’s 2025 Armed Forces Cross Country, Navy Women take team win
Army Sgt. Colett Rampf-Cribbs passes Navy Ensign Elizabeth Sullivan during the 2025 Armed Forces Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship at Windcrest Golf Club in Windcrest, Texas, on Jan. 25, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)
Jan. 25, 2025 - In perfect 45-degree overcast weather, Air Force elite athletes swept the podium and the team win in the men’s division during the 2025 Armed Forces Cross Country Championship at the Windcrest Golf Club here today.  
Teams prepare for 2025 Armed Forces Cross Country Championship
Runners practice for the 2025 Armed Forces Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship at Windcrest Golf Club in Windcrest, Texas, on Jan. 24, 2025. The championship is scheduled for Jan. 25. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)
Jan. 24, 2025 - Athletes from the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard arrive in San Antonio, Texas as the Navy hosts the 2025 Armed Forces Cross Country Championship at the Windcrest Golf Club in Windcrest, Texas, Jan. 25.
Army wins men’s cross country championship, Marine marathoner takes gold for women
Army Cpl. Anthony Rotich salutes just before crossing the finish line to win the Armed Forces Cross Country Championship, run in conjunction with the USA Track and Field senior men 10K race at Mission Bay Park, San Diego, Calif., Jan. 18, 2020. Rotich took gold for both with a time of 30:36.
Jan. 23, 2020 - SAN DIEGO – Army men swept gold though bronze in both the Armed Forces Cross Country Championship and USA Track and Field men’s 10K race, run concurrently Jan. 18 at Mission Bay Park.
Army athlete throwing javelin toward Tokyo Olympics
U.S. Army Spc. Avione Allgood throws the javelin for 4th place in the CISM Military World Games track and field competition Oct. 25, 2019. She threw 52.68 meters, missing bronze by 5 centimeters.
Oct. 25, 2019 - Spc. Avione Allgood missed a medal by centimeters in China at the Military World Games and ended up finishing in fourth place Oct. 25.
Military World Games opens with dazzling spectacle
The U.S. Armed Forces Sports team marches during opening ceremonies for the 2019 CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, China Oct. 18, 2019. Teams from more than 100 countries will compete in dozens of sporting events through Oct. 28. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)
Oct. 18, 2019 - U.S. service members watched colorful pageantry Friday evening during the opening ceremony for the 7th CISM Military World Games.
Qualifying Standards for CISM Military World Games
Sgt. Elizabeth Wasil carries the U.S. flag into the opening ceremony of the CISM World Games in Mungyeong, South Korea, Oct. 2, 2015. About 165 athletes and coaches follow behind her.
April 26, 2019 - The application period continues for the upcoming Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) Military World Games hosted in Wuhan, China from October 18-28, 2019.
Staff Sgt. Nunn overcomes flu to become three-time Olympian
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program race walker Staff Sgt. John Nunn receives an American flag from his daughter, Ella, after winning the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the 50-kilometer race walk on Sunday, Feb. 21, in Santee, Calif. Nunn, 38, won the event with a personal-best time of 4 hours, 3 minutes, 21 seconds on the 31-mile course to earn his third Olympic berth.
Feb. 25, 2016 - SANTEE, California (Feb. 22, 2016) -- Staff Sgt. John Nunn overcame the flu to win the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the 50-kilometer Race Walk to earn his third Olympic berth with a personal-best time of 4 hours, 3 minutes and 21 seconds on Feb. 21.
USA wins first three para golds at CISM World Games
U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Browns shakes hands with Korean Track and Field Association Vice President Hwang Gu Hoon after receiving the gold medal for the 100-meter para dash at the CISM World Games in Mungyeong, South Korea, Oct. 5, 2015. Brown finished in 12.5 seconds and to his left is silver medalist Anandan Gunasekaren of India who finished in 12.55.
Oct. 9, 2015 - MUNGYEONG, South Korea - U.S. service members earned the first three gold medals presented for para-athletics at the Military World Games.
173rd Airborne Brigade sends two paratroopers to World Military Games
Cadet, now 1st Lt., Kyler Martin runs the 60-meter hurdles during an Army-Navy meet at the U.S Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 2013.
Sept. 10, 2015 - VICENZA, Italy — Two 173rd Airborne Brigade paratroopers have been selected to represent the U.S. military at the International Military Sports Council (CISM) World Military Games, to be held in Mungyeong, Korea, October 2015.
U.S. athletes shine at CISM World Para-Track & Field Championships
Marine Cpl Ivan Sears prepares for the 100m Wheelchair race of the 2013 CISM Open Integrated/Para Track and Field Championship in Warendorf, Germany 9-16 September. Sears captured four golds overall in the 100m, 200m, 1500m, and seated shotput.
Sept. 30, 2013 - WARENDORF, Germany (Sept. 26, 2013) – Five U.S. military athletes, including three from the Army World Class Athlete Program, combined to win 10 gold and two silver medals Sept. 14-15 at the Conseil International du Sport Militaire’s 2013 World Para-Track and Field Championships.
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