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1990
The inaugural Mayor’s Cup Cross Country Race
held at Boston’s Franklin Park attracted
only nine runners, but the late-October race was
destined to provide a mid-season, competitive
racing opportunity for clubs (both adult and youth).
Michael Baugh, of HFC running club (Hurtin’
For Certain), was the first male across the finish
line, while Michelle DiMuro, of the Reebok Racing
Team, was first among women. The event was founded
to showcase the newly-created cross country course,
starting and finishing on The Playstead. Boston
Parks and Recreation, a driving force in the two
years leading up to the US National Cross Country
Championship at Franklin Park in November 1991
and the IAAF World Cross Country Championships
in March 1992, became regarded as a proponent
for cross country when the City department sought
to rejuvenate the sport at one of America’s
classic parks.
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