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2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 78th NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 36th NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the national champions of men's and women's NCAA Division I collegiate cross country running. They were hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana on November 19, 2016. Four different championships will be contested: men's and women's individual and team championships. Women's title *Distance: 6,000 meters *(DC) = Defending champions Women's Team Result (Top 10) Women's Individual Result (Top 10) Men's title *Distance: 10,000 meters *(DC) = Defending champions Men's Team Result (Top 10) Men's Individual Result (Top 10) See also * NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship * NCAA Women's Division II Cross Country Championship * NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship * NCAA Women's Division III Cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. Located along the Wabash River, Terre Haute is one of the largest cities in the Wabash Valley and is known as the Queen City of the Wabash. The city is home to multiple higher-education institutions, including Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. History Terre Haute's name is derived from the French phrase ''terre haute'' (pronounced in French), meaning "highland". It was named by French-Canadian explorers and fur trappers to the area in the early 18th century to describe the unique location above the Wabash River (see French colonization of the Americas). At the time, the area was claimed by the French and British and these highlands were consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan State Spartans Women's Cross Country
Michigan State Spartans have for over a century fielded cross country running teams representing Michigan State University. Men's teams Cross Country, first run as an intramural competition in 1907 and as an intercollegiate competition in 1910, has historically been Michigan State's most successful men's sport; especially during a four-decade period spanning roughly 1930-1970 during which the Spartans won eight NCAA championships and numerous IC4A and Big Ten titles. Having outgrown the MIAA, then Michigan Agricultural College initially ran cross country as an independent. Between WWI and WWII, Michigan State College competed in the Central Collegiate Conference, winning titles in 1926-1929, 1932, 1933, and 1935. Michigan State also experienced success in the IC4A, at New York's Van Cortlandt Park, winning 15 team titles (1933–1937, 1949, 1953, 1956–1960, 1962, 1963, and 1968). Since entering the Big Ten in 1950, Michigan State has won 14 men's team titles (1951–1953, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenna Peloquin
Brenna may refer to: People * Brenna Hassett, American British bioarchaeologist * Brenna O'Brien (born 1991), Canadian actress * Brenna Sakas (born 1984), American beauty queen * Giuseppe Brenna (1898–1980), Italian cyclist * Troy Brenna (born 1970), American actor * Vincenzo Brenna (1747–1820), Italian architect and painter * Wilhelm Brenna (born 1979), Norwegian ski jumper Places Germany * ''Brenna'', a fortress of the Slavic Stodoranie tribe at Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg Italy * Brenna, Lombardy, a ''comune'' in the Province of Como * Brenna, Tuscany, a village in the ''comune'' of Sovicille in the Province of Siena Norway * Brenna, Finnmark, a village in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county Poland * Brenna, Poland, a village in Cieszyn County, Silesia * Gmina Brenna Gmina Brenna is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Its seat is the villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Jayhawks
The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as simply KU or Kansas, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference. KU athletic teams have won twelve NCAA Division I championships: four in men's basketball, one in men's cross country, three in men's indoor track and field, three in men's outdoor track and field, and one in women's outdoor track and field. Mascot Origins of "Jayhawk" The name "Jayhawk" comes from the Kansas Jayhawker militias during the Bleeding Kansas era of the American Civil War. The origin of the term likely goes back as far as the Revolutionary War, when it was reportedly used to describe a group associated with American Founding Father and patriot John Jay, who served in the American Revolution as well as the 1st Chief Justice of the United States as a member of the right wing Federalist Party. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Lokedi
Sharon Lokedi (born March 10, 1994) is a Kenyan middle and long-distance runner. She won the 10,000 meters at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Lokedi has been a 10-time All-American & 12-time Big 12 champion, as of March 2019.Sharon Lokedi '''', 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018. In 2022, on her debut, she won the New York City Marathon. Lokedi was recruited to the |
Katie Rainsberger
Katherine (Katie) Rainsberger (born August 18, 1998) is an American long distance runner from Colorado. Her mother is former distance star Lisa Larsen (Weidenbach) Rainsberger. She was also a swimmer who qualified for the Olympic team trials in 1980, though the U.S. boycotted the games. Lisa was a top-ranked long distance runner during most of the 1980s. She won the Boston Marathon in 1985, the last American woman to do so until Desiree Linden's win in 2018. Katie's father, Ellis, played football at Kansas State University. Lisa switched to the triathlon not long before Katie was born.Like Mother, Like Daughter '''', Marc Bloom, January 6, 2013. Ear ...
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish participate in 23 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I intercollegiate sports and in the NCAA's Division I in all sports, with many teams competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Notre Dame is one of only 16 universities in the United States that play Division I FBS football and Division I men's ice hockey. The school colors are gold and blue and the mascot is the Leprechaun. It was founded on November 23, 1887, with football in Notre Dame, Indiana. History of the Fighting Irish Moniker The exact origin of the moniker "Fighting Irish" is unknown and has been the subject of debates and research. It is first attested as early as 1909, and subsequently became more popular in the 1910s, until it became the official nickname in 1927. The athletes and teams at Notre Dame were known by many different unofficial names throughout the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Rohrer
Anna Rohrer (born February 24, 1997) is an American long-distance runner and former student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame. She won four high school national championships and was named the Foot Locker female cross country athlete of the year in 2015. High school Rohrer attended Mishawaka High School, in Mishawaka, Indiana, where she was a star track and cross country athlete. Rohrer won the 2012 5,000 m Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, in a time of 17:25 and the 2014 event in 17:13. Rohrer received her 2014–15 Cross Country Gatorade Player of the Year awards from the University of Notre Dame alumnus and USA Track & Field national champion, Molly Huddle. Rohrer won the 2014 NBNO 5000 title in a time of 16:10 at New Balance Outdoor Nationals. Rohrer also won her fourth national title at the 2014 New Balance Indoor Nationals, setting an indoor record of 16:10.79 in the girls 5,000 meter race. Rohrer ran 17:08.8 to win the 2014 IHSAA State Cross Country Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan Wolverines
The Michigan Wolverines comprise 29 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except women's water polo, which competes in the NCAA inter-divisional Collegiate Water Polo Association. Team colors are maize and blue, though these are different shades of "maize" and "blue" from those used by the university at large. The winged helmet is a recognized icon of Michigan Athletics. In 11 of the previous 20 years (as of the end of 2018–19), Michigan has finished in the top five of the NACDA Directors' Cup, a list compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics that charts institutions' overall success in college sports. Just as impressive, UM has finished in the top ten of the Directors' Cup standings in twenty of the award's twenty-six seasons (through 2019); good for 5th best nationally. Sports sponsored The University of Michigan Athletic Department spons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Finn
Erin Finn (born November 19, 1994, in West Bloomfield, Michigan) is a female Long-distance running, long-distance runner from the United States. She competed in the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race placing 34th in 20:03. Prep Erin Finn won 2011 and 2012 Michigan High School Athletic Association division 1 state Cross country running, Cross country titles for West Bloomfield High School. Finn finished second at 2011 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. Finn finished seventh at 2010 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. Finn is a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year awards, Gatorade cross country runner of the year in Michigan. Erin held the List of United States high school national records in track and field, national high school record in the 5000 meters run indoors, running 16:19.69 to win the National Scholastic Indoor Championships, New Balance Indoor nationals in Fort Washington Avenue Armory, New York's Fort Washington Avenue Armory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Tigers
The Missouri Tigers intercollegiate athletics programs represent the University of Missouri, located in Columbia. The name comes from a band of armed Union Home Guards called the Fighting Tigers of Columbia who, in 1864, protected Columbia from Confederate guerrillas during the American Civil War. The University of Missouri (often referred to as Mizzou or MU) is the flagship institution of the University of Missouri System. Mizzou is a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and is the only NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision program in Missouri. Its wrestling program, the only wrestling program sponsored by an SEC member school, competes as an affiliate member of the Big 12 Conference. Prior to joining the SEC in 2012, Missouri was a charter member of the Big 12 Conference, which was created with the merger of the former Big Eight Conference and four schools from the former Southwest Conference (one of these schools, Texas A&M, joined the SEC with Missouri in 2012), and whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karissa Schweizer
Karissa Schweizer (born May 4, 1996) is an American middle- and long-distance runner, Olympian and World Record holder in the women's 4x1500 meters relay. She competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 5000 meters and 10,000 meters events finishing 11th and 12th, respectively. In 2020, she set the indoor 3000 meters American Record with a time of 8:25.70. Representing the University of Missouri, she won the 2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships and holds five other NCAA individual championship titles including being the two-time NCAA Champion in the 5000 meters event. She is the American collegiate record-holder for the indoor 3000 meters run with a time of 8:41.60. She closed out her collegiate career as the most decorated female athlete in University of Missouri history. Early career Schweizer grew up in Urbandale, Iowa and attended Dowling Catholic High School. She is the daughter of Mike and Kathy (Petricka) Schweizer, both of whom had successful collegiate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
