Make your gift today to help Men’s & Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field during the 2025 Barefoot Athletics Challenge!
Babson XCTF friends, families, fans, and of course our alumni; thank you for visiting our fundraising page for this year’s Barefoot Athletics Challenge. Our goal is simple: Beat our best. We strive to provide our athletes with a top-notch student-athlete experience and position them to compete at the highest level. Fundraising is a pivotal part of this.
Help us #setthestandard and continue to achieve our goals.
Best,
Coach Russ and Coach Brent
Your gift will be invested into the following programmatic needs:
- Travel expenses for elite track & field competitions and last chance opportunities ($5,000+)
- Spring Break trip ($750/athlete)
- Part-time Assistant Coaches salaries ($25,000)
- Looking to bring on a High Jump coach in 2025/2026 to coach our national caliber women’s high jumper(s).
- Funds to expand our indoor track & field schedule and provide additional athletes with the opportunity to compete
- In-season travel and meets
- Meals (i.e. Linden Sandwiches), Snacks, Gatorades, etc. ($350-$500/ competition)
- Hotels
- Equipment
- New Set of Hurdles ($352/hurdle)
- New throwing equipment
- 60m Men’s Javelin for our national caliber javelin throwers ($750)
- Additional Hammers for our national caliber hammer thrower ($500)
- Training facility rentals
- Funds to develop our women’s program into a regionally competitive threat
- We are bringing in an elite women’s recruit class for next year – we need your help to capitalize on this opportunity to move us up the ranks.
You can help us win prize money in this year's Barefoot Challenge!
Beat Our Best Challenge: Each team will be battling to surpass their best results from prior years. The top spots on the leader board will belong to those with the largest percentage increase. With cash prizes totaling $12,000 (for our 12th year of course!), help make sure your team is a finalist.
1st Place - $6,000
2nd Place - $4,000
3rd Place - $2,000
Encourage your teammates to donate and follow the leaderboard on the main page for Beat Our Best Challenge standings!
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