About the SCPS Santa Chase
The course runs on campus trails, with natural terrain underfoot that makes for a genuinely different feel from a road race. The trails are rooted and uneven in places, so you are watching your footing rather than your watch. There is a costume contest, and enough people show up dressed for the holiday that the start area has a real carnival energy to it.
Packet pickup is the evening before at the Eckburg Building, which sits just inside the main campus entrance off Chatham Parkway. On race morning, face painting and food vendors are set up for families, so there is plenty going on before and after you run.
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SCPS Santa Chase 2025 Results
Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, with a competitive front end and a big recreational middle.
5K Results · 2025
127finishers
17:22winner
32:39median
1:00:19cutoff
Top 3: Kelvin Banks Jr. (17:22) · Rusty Higgason (18:41) · Heath Patterson (18:46)
1 Miles Results · 2025
60finishers
7:19winner
12:45median
42:34cutoff
Top 3: J. Brown (7:19) · Minjae Kim (7:22) · N. Frizzell (7:37)
The SCPS Santa Chase has been held every year since at least 2017. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Oct 25, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
3.1 Miles12/12/2026 09:30$35
1 Mile12/12/2026 09:30$35
0.25 Miles12/12/2026 09:00$20
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