Uploaded by British Pathé on YouTube, the above video shows some mesmerizing footage of a cross country race at Van Cortlandt Park in New York back in 1927. Pretty cool stuff!
The title "Cross Country Running in New York, Old English sport is the latest craze with athletic young America."
Here are the New Jersey boys and girls 4,000 meter rankings at the course in 2016.
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