Runners look to fill seniors’ shoes
After finishing seventh in the NCAA tournament last season, the IU men's cross country team is searching to fill the spots of five seniors lost after last year to graduation.
After finishing seventh in the NCAA tournament last season, the IU men's cross country team is searching to fill the spots of five seniors lost after last year to graduation.
Junior Samantha Ginther was selected as an individual qualifier for Monday’s national meet after finishing 14th in Saturday’s 6K NCAA Regional with a time of 20:58.3.
The men clinched their tournament berth during the weekend with an automatic qualification by finishing second in the 10K NCAA Great Lakes Regional with 70 points. The men finished 20 points behind Wisconsin.
Hoosier men and women’s cross country teams will look to qualify Saturday at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in Toledo, Ohio.
True freshman Brianna Johnson finished first among Hoosiers and third overall while redshirt freshman JR Ricker finished first in Friday’s Hoosier Invitational.
It may not have as much prominence as the Big Ten Championships or the NCAA Regional, but for runners like redshirt freshman JR Ricker, Friday’s race looms large.
In a race that saw four IU men receive All-Big Ten honors, the men totaled 60 points but were unable to stay with No. 2 Wisconsin.
After going with split squads in the Pre-Nationals and adidas Invitational, the cross country teams will be whole again when they chase a Big Ten crown Sunday at the Big Ten Championships in Champaign, Ill.
Both the men and women cross country teams competed in the adidas Invitational on Friday in Madison, Wis., The men finished fifth in their 8K race, while the women ran a 6K and came in 29th.
Both men’s and women’s cross country teams will compete in the adidas Invitational on Friday in Madison, Wis., and then again in the Pre-Nationals on Sunday in Terre Haute, Ind., the site of this year’s NCAA Championships.
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Indiana men’s and women’s cross country teams came up short in their bids for an upset, as each team placed second Saturday at the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla.
According to the latest coach’s poll, they are now No. 6 in the country , which marks their highest ranking in school history.
The importance of history is often overstated yet underappreciated. Unless you are affiliated with IU’s cross country program. It has been 20 years since its last Big Ten title and 69 years since its last national championship, but don’t let the large numbers fool you. IU’s cross country team is steeped in tradition, dating back to the early 20th century.
Sitting their top six runners, the men’s cross country team scored 40 points but fell five points short of Purdue’s 35 Friday afternoon. The women, on the other hand, ran away from the competition, scoring 19 to beat Butler by 44 points in the Indiana Intercollegiate in Bloomington.
IU Coach Rod Helmer’s team still won’t be completely at full strength, but the cross country team expects to pick it up a notch at Friday’s Indiana Intercollegiate.
The Hoosiers showed up at the Indiana Open ready to run, with a calm and controlled approach in preparation for bigger, more important races.
Yes, it’s on the schedule, but that doesn’t mean it actually matters. That is the stance IU Coach Ron Helmer is taking as his team prepares for Saturday’s Indiana Open in Bloomington.
IU will bookend its regular season with home meets, including the season-opening Indiana Open on Sept. 10 and the Indiana Intercollegiates on Sept. 16. The season ends in Bloomington as well with the Hoosier Invitational on Nov. 4.
The IU men's cross-country team finished seventh at the NCAA Championships on Monday. It was the team's highest finish since the 1977 team took fourth place.