Published on October 7, 2009 |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cross Country contact – Kyle Johnson (krj@indiana.edu) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana men’s cross country team hadn’t received a single vote in the first two weeks of the USTFCCCA coaches poll, but that all changed when the Hoosiers defeated two ranked teams at the Paul Short Run on Oct. 2. The Hoosiers…

Published on October 6, 2009 |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana cross country program has competed in three meets this season and at each meet at least one Hoosier has turned in a performance worthy of Big Ten Runner of the Week honors. This week, two Hoosiers did just that. The conference has honored redshirt freshman Andy Bayer…

Published on October 6, 2009 |

The Kansas cross country team continues to build upon improvements from last season, bringing in top finishes in Saturday’s Oklhoma Cowboy Jamboree meet. The women’s team snagged a second-place finish and the men placed sixth. Both teams placed higher than last year. Senior Lauren Bonds placed second in a race of 201 women. Junior Amanda…

Published on October 6, 2009 |

Dan Kremske always had a dream of playing Division I football. But by the end of his senior season at Woodstock High School in the far northwest suburb of Chicago, the 6-foot, 170-pound wide receiver had no Division I offers on the table and was only hearing from Division III coaches. “I had played football…

Published on October 4, 2009 |

STILLWATER, Okla. — The No. 5-ranked Northern Arizona Lumberjacks claimed the individual winner in Jordan Chipangama and the team title at the 73rd Cowboy Jamboree on Saturday at the OSU cross country course. Oklahoma State, which competed without its top-two athletes German Fernandez and Ryan Vail, turned in two top-four performances with senior John Kosgei’s…

Published on October 3, 2009 |

CENTREVILLE, Va. – Virginia’s men’s and women’s cross country teams followed up season opening victories two weeks ago by sweeping the George Mason Invitational Saturday morning. The 14th-ranked men’s team outdistanced Columbia, 21-34, for first, while the women’s race played out in dramatic fashion, but the 19th-ranked Cavaliers held on for the one-point victory over…

Published on October 3, 2009 |

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Purdue women’s cross country team made a serious statement on Saturday, topping an impressive field to win the eighth-annual Greater Louisville Classic, hosted by the University of Louisville at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer Park. The Boilermaker women totaled just 88 team points in victory, while the Purdue men finished 10th overall with…

Published on October 2, 2009 |

ESU Report Emporia State had both an individual champion and a team champion at the 2009 ESU/Planet Sub Cross Country Invitational on Friday at Jones Park. Katie Mona won the women’s individual race while Adam McGovern and Skyler Delmott finished third and fourth overall to lead the Hornet men to the team championship. With winds…

Published on October 2, 2009 |

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Washington’s top-ranked women’s cross country team continued to steamroll, and was the 22nd-ranked men made a major statement of their own, as both Husky teams claimed the titles today at the Notre Dame Invitational. The Husky women went one through four, led by sophomore Kendra Schaaf, who won her second race…

Published on October 1, 2009 |

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame has announced the complete list of entrants, including 17 ranked teams, for the 54th running of the Notre Dame Invitational cross country meet to be held Friday afternoon at the nine-hole Notre Dame Golf Course. The meet will kick off with the Gold Division women’s and…

Published on October 1, 2009 |

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s and women’s cross country teams are set for their toughest test of the season this Saturday, heading to Louisville, Ky., for the Greater Louisville Classic. Both the women’s 5K race and men’s 8K race will feature some of the top teams in the country and give the Boilermakers…