Cross country team set to finish regular season
Nov 8, 2013 1:08 amThe regular season for the IU cross country team will come to a close after today’s meet at the IU Championships Cross Country Course.
The regular season for the IU cross country team will come to a close after today’s meet at the IU Championships Cross Country Course.
This is Helmer’s first time winning the award for cross country in his seven years coaching cross country at IU.
The men’s cross-country team won its first Big Ten Championship in 33 years this weekend in Lafayette, Ind.
The No. 24 ranked men’s cross country team will travel with the No. 21 women’s cross country team Sunday to West Lafayette to race in the Big Ten Championships.
Junior Kelsey Duerksen has landed her second Big Ten Athlete of the Week award this season. Tuesday’s National Coaches Poll has ranked Indiana’s women’s team at No. 21. They have not been nationally ranked since 2010.
Helmer said the majority of the freshmen who join IU’s men’s and women’s cross country teams are redshirted their first year, which allows him to help them adjust to collegiate cross country.
The Hoosiers’ cross country team competed in two races on Saturday. The women placed 12th as a team overall in the Adidas Invitational, and the men finished in 17th place.
The IU cross country team will have its hands full this weekend competing in two separate races. Part of the team will travel to Terre Haute to compete in Pre-Nationals at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Senior cross country runner Samantha Ginther and junior cross country runner JR Ricker were both named Big Ten Cross Country Athletes of the Week by the Big Ten Conference Tuesday afternoon
The No. 15 ranked men’s cross country team finished first overall in the college gold race. Five Indiana runners placed in top 30 for the men.
IU Coach Ron Helmer will travel with the men’s and women’s cross country teams to compete in the Lehigh Paul Short Run at 10 a.m. Saturday in Bethlehem, Pa.
This week’s Big Ten Runner of the Week was awarded to junior Kelsey Duerksen of the Hoosiers’ cross country team.
IU senior Samantha Ginther has returned to the IU women’s cross country team as an active runner after sitting out last year because of injuries.
The IU men’s and women’s cross country teams each finished in first place at the Indiana Intercollegiate meet in Bloomington on Friday.
Junior Kelsey Duerksen of the IU cross country team started her 2013 season with a victory Saturday at the Indiana Open in the women’s 5-kilometer race.
The IU men’s and women’s cross country teams will kick off their seasons with the Indiana Open at 9:20 a.m. Saturday at the IU Championship Cross Country Course.
IU senior Zach Mayhew was named an All-American after his performance in the 2012 NCAA Championship meet on Nov. 17 in Louisville, Ky. Mayhew finished 13th individually and crossed the line with a time of 29:32 during the 10K course.
The IU men’s cross country team and sophomore women’s runner Kelsey Duerksen will compete in the NCAA Championship meet Nov. 17. The meet will be in Louisville, Ky., at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park and conclude the 2012 cross country season.
The IU men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the Great Lakes Regional this weekend in Madison, Wisc. The men’s team finished third and qualified for an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship meet next weekend.
The IU men’s and women’s cross country teams look to qualify for nationals this Friday in Madison, Wis., in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. Teams from Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio will compete in the men’s 10K race and the women’s 6K.