ST. LOUIS – More than 3,600 student-athletes will converge on September 14, 2013 at the Forest Park Cross Country Festival presented by SSM Physical Therapy – one of the largest and premier cross country meets in the nation. The annual event, in its eighth year, is hosted by Big River Running Company and St. Louis University High School and features 13 races throughout the day. The event takes place in Forest Park, one of the largest urban parks in the United States. Forest Park Cross Country Festival participants will run on the same course that the athletes competed on during the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Cross Country Championships.