Sept. 29, 2011
Cross Country Contact: Ryan Sheets (rmsheets@indiana.edu)
Video preview w/Helene DeLone and Ben Hubers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QykjswBZF2o&feature=player_embedded
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Hoosiers Head to Oklahoma State for Cowboy Jamboree
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Cross Country teams will travel to Stillwater, Okla., to participate in the Cowboy Jamboree hosted by Oklahoma State University. The event is one of the largest non-championship cross country meets in the country and has been held at OSU since 1934, making it the oldest cross country race in America.
The menÂ’s race will be an 8K while the women will run a 6K on Saturday. Events begin with the womenÂ’s JUCO/College race at 8 a.m. CT followed by the menÂ’s JUCO/College race at 8:35 a.m. CT. The University womenÂ’s race will get started at 9:15 a.m. CT with the University menÂ’s race at 9:45 a.m. CT.
Some of the best programms in the country will be in Stillwater on Saturday competing, including the host menÂ’s team. Oklahoma State is the reigning back-to-back NCAA menÂ’s cross country champions and are currently ranked No. 1 in the country. As many as 6,000 runners will embark on the OSU cross country course this weekend.
IUXC Men Earn Highest Ranking in School History
The USTFCCCA unveiled its weekly NCAA Cross Country Coaches Poll on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The Indiana menÂ’s team found itself in a position it had never been in before. With the No. 6 ranking in the country, it marks the highest ever spot for a Indiana cross country team to be ranked in school history.
The menÂ’s team is coming off a 2010 campaign where it finished seventh at the NCAA Championships, the best finish for Hoosiers in 33 years, and each runner that participated at last yearÂ’s NCAAs are on the 2011 cross country roster.
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Ryan Sheets
Assistant Director of Media Relations
Contact for WomenÂ’s Basketball, WomenÂ’s Tennis and Cross Country
Indiana University Athletics
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