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West Seattle Rust Buster

Come knock off the rust and celebrate a return to racing with our season opening, short distance, cross-country races on Sunday, October 4th at Lincoln Park in West Seattle.

Races are intentionally scheduled as shorter than USATF race distances to get the season started.

$10 entry fee per participant

10:00 Course Walk Through

10:30 6 and under G/B (800 meters)
10:50 7-8 Girls (1 mile)
11:10 7-8 Boys (1 mile)
11:30 9-10 Girls (1 mile)
11:50 9-10 Boys (1 mile)
12:10 11-12 Girls (1 mile)
12:30 11-12 Boys (1 mile)

12:50 13-14 and 15-18 Girls (3K)
1:20 13-14 and 15-18 Boys (3K)
1:50 Parent/Coach race & Open Adult (1 mile)

 

*Your age group is your age as of 12/31/2025,

not your day of race age.

AWARDS

Award will be available for pickup 45 minutes after the start of each race.


Individual: Awards for 1st- 8th place overall in each age group plus ALL 6U age group runners.

Team: Awards for members of 1st place team in each age group (7 years old and older). A scoring team consists of 5- 8 athletes. Standard displacement scoring. Higher-placing #5 runner breaks ties. Max 8 awards per age group team. 

 

Our Partners Make a Difference

We are so grateful for the support of our 2026 Rust Buster sponsors. Stronger Together!

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Registration Form

Registration via Athletic.net
No day of race registration

 

Course maps

800m course:

https://www.strava.com/routes/19200982

1 mile course:

https://www.strava.com/routes/19201194

3000m course:

https://www.strava.com/routes/19201023

Results

View 2019 Race Results

View 2021 Race Results

View 2022 Race Results

View 2023 Race Results

View 2024 Race Results

View 2025 Race Results

Course Records

     OVERALL GIRLS MILE - 

          Savannah Brondstetter 5:33.1 (2025)

     OVERALL BOYS MILE - 

          Gus Kemper 5:29.4 (2023)

     OVERALL OPEN MILE - 

          Ben Brown 5:02.3 (2025)

     OVERALL GIRLS 3K - 

          Elin Beeler 11:08.7 (2024)

     OVERALL BOYS 3K - 

          Gus Kemper 10:06.8 (2025)

LINK TO ALL RECORDS - FILTER BY AGE AND COMPETITION GENDER - HERE

SERVICE AREA

West Seattle

Seattle, Washington

CONTACT

USATF Club #36-0314

AAU Club #W3YA67

USATriathlon Club #4329

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WSRR is a program of the Youth Endurance Sports Alliance

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