WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER16,2002
SPORTS
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Cross country tries national course
Invitational will give runners first look at challenging teams
The Kansas cross country team will compete Saturday at the NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational in Terre Haute, Ill.
The meet is hosted by Indiana State and will take place at the LaVern Gibson cross country course. This meet will give coaches and runners a look at the course of the 2002 NCAA National Championships.
"If we do well, it will give us a chance to go to nationals," junior
Abraham Kimeli said. "It's a chance for us to know where we stand compared to other teams."
If Kansas is able to beat quality teams, the Jayhawks could receive an at-large bid, taking the pressure off of qualifying at the Nov. 16 Midwest Regional in Normal, Ill.
As of yesterday, 91 men's teams and 97 women's teams have signed up to compete in the event. With so many competitors, the meet will be divided up into three races for the men and three races for the women. The NCAA Cross Country sub-committee will seed the runners and divide the programs evenly into the first two
races. Teams will only be allowed to enter seven runners in the seeded races. The third race will be an open race for all other runners. Kansas will take 12 men and 12 women to Terre Haute.
Seven Big 12 teams will run in Terre Haute this weekend. The women's team has beaten every Big 12 rival they have faced so far. The list includes Kansas State, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma State. The men finished behind Oklahoma State at last week's OSU Cowboy Jamboree, but beat Texas Tech. The men beat Kansas State on Sept. 14 at the Wildcats' home invitational. The men's 86 races will run at 12:10 p.m., 12:50 p.m.
UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY MEETS:
Oct. 19 - NCAA Pre-National
Invitational, Terre Haute, Ind
Nov. 2 - Big 12
Nov. 2 Big 12 Championships, Columbia Mo.
Nov. 16 - NCAA Midwest Regional, Normal, Ill.
Nov. 25 - NCAA
Championships, Terre Haute,
Ind.
and 2.05 p.m. and the women's gk races run at 11 a.m, 11:35 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m.
— Justin Schmidt
Sooners ready to play Cyclones on Saturday
The Associated Press
NORMAN, Okla. — The question comes up every year after Oklahoma plays Texas: Will the Sooners suffer a letdown after such an emotional game?
Coach Bob Stoops' answer has always been the same: no.
"I hear people talk about a Texas hangover. I kind of chuckle it," he said.
But under Stoops, Oklahoma has been unaffected by a post-Texas haze.
"We have played some of our
best football in our four years here — three years, anyway — after this game." Stoops said.
The Sooners have won three in a row against Texas.
"I mean this in a very polite way — this isn't the first time we've beat Texas, so there's nobody running up and down our halls or players in the locker room all silly and giddy about it." Stoops said.
Iowa State is off to its best start in 64 years and is ranked in the Associated Press top 10 for the first time in history.
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