VERSUS TO TELEVISE NCAA DIVISION I CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS LIVE

October 27, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS – The 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships will be broadcast live on VERSUS, marking the third consecutive year the championships will be seen on live television, and the first with VERSUS. A live web stream of the championships will also be available on NCAA.com.

The championships will be held at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center and hosted by Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind., on Monday, Nov. 23. The men’s race will start at approximately noon Eastern, with the women’s race to follow. The 2009 championships will be hosted by Indiana State University for the sixth-straight year.

“We are pleased that the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships will be broadcast live for the third consecutive year,” said Greg Shaheen, NCAA senior vice president for basketball and business strategies. “Through coordinated efforts with our network partner CBS, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions and VERSUS, we are excited that these two premiere NCAA fall championships will be televised in high definition. VERSUS brings great exposure and distribution to this event as it marks the first live NCAA championship that will air on the network.”

“The entire cross community has enjoyed watching the event live on television and the internet, and everyone will be pleased they have the ability to do that again this year on VERSUS,” said David Beauchem, chair of the Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship Committee and head cross country and women’s track and field coach at Bradley University. “It is important that we continue to obtain the best exposure for the sport of cross country.”

VERSUS is a nationally renowned sports network that is distributed to over 75 million U.S. households.

The University of Oregon is the two-time defending men’s team champion, while the University of Washington will defend its title on the women’s side.

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#17	Littlenukebo October 29 at 9:29am channel 765 Cox HD! Stanford-Ok. St.! reply
#16	Bongturk October 28 at 9:16pm lets hope they have some people who know how to film the whole race and not just the leader like they did last year. jenny b will be miles ahead and all by herself. i don't want to watch her run a time trial(as good as she is). hopefully they will show enough of the pack so we can get a sense of the team race too. reply
#15	Anonymous Coward October 28 at 9:06pm Hey Big Deal... I bet you are one of those socially imperfect people who can't make it to a national championship huh? DOUBLE WHAMMMMY! Sorry you seem to be taking it so bitterly. There's always next year. reply
#14	Rstoliker October 28 at 7:22pm can't wait reply
#13	Go_CU October 28 at 5:57pm Even us 40-somethings who were never all that good, love running and follow the sport will be tuned in. Should be some great races. reply
#12	Did You Say That? October 28 at 3:26pm Big Deal said: “its cross country...on tv...that means hundreds of distance nerds who are not good enough to run at Nationals will have yet one more thing that will take them away from social interaction. Perfect.” Are you kidding? Do you think the only people who watch distance running on TV are the one's who don't qualify for nationals? What about high schoolers who look up to the guys running at nationals? What about relatives of athletes running who can't attend the meet? Maybe it's not a big deal to you but to others it is. If you don't like distance running "nerds" why are you even on this site taking the time to hate on distance runners? reply
#11	Flotrack Announcers October 28 at 11:51am What will make it great though is if Ryan or one of the guys will do the commentation. That can make or break the interest of fans. Flotrack does a great job of keeping me interested in runners from schools that I have no clue about and I start to get excited about them. They have the knowledge and the spirit! reply
#10	What? October 27 at 9:44pm haha really dude? reply
#9	Nate Houle October 27 at 7:43pm Big Deal said: “its cross country...on tv...that means hundreds of distance nerds who are not good enough to run at Nationals will have yet one more thing that will take them away from social interaction. Perfect.” Oh, you're right, good call. (turns to the Versus guys) Cancel the meet, some kid on the internet said it's a bad idea. I'm sorry, Mr. "Big Deal," we were unaware to the fact that NCAA sports don't, and by all means should not, include fans that are not participating in the event. We'll be sure to omit the seating and standing room along the course as well to prevent the "distance nerds" from gathering. -NCAA, Versus and Indiana State University reply
#8	No Cable October 27 at 7:13pm Hopefully someone can get the feed through to justin.tv reply
#7	Big Deal October 27 at 1:09pm its cross country...on tv...that means hundreds of distance nerds who are not good enough to run at Nationals will have yet one more thing that will take them away from social interaction. Perfect. reply
#6	Anon October 27 at 12:45pm woooooo! reply
#5	NOOO October 27 at 12:33pm sucks ... vervus not on DirecTV reply
#4	John Little October 27 at 11:57am Fab! Let's support Versus and its advertisers for this decision! reply
#3	Mike Higgins October 27 at 11:38am SWEET!~ reply
#2	3 Cheers! October 27 at 11:28am yes!!! reply
#1	Cara Hawkins October 27 at 11:20am About time! I have always thought that VERSUS should take up the running sports to go along with cycling reply