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BIG 12 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006
BY ERIN WILEY
Directions to this weekend's championship course
Rim Rock Farm will play host to the Big 12 Championship cross country meet Friday morning.
The women's 6k race will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the men's 8k race at 11. The event is free.
Rim Rock is located north of Lawrence and can be difficult to find. Here are directions to the course.
Head north on Massachusetts Street past Abe & Jake's Landing and across the Kaw River bridge. This road, which becomes north 2nd St. and then north 3rd St., will lead straight out of Lawrence. Follow it out of town.
» Continue north on Kansas Highway 24-59
》 East 1400 Road becomes 1045
Turn right on East 1400 Road
Turn left on 13th
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Turn right on Republic Road
Republic Road turns into Republic Street
Turn right on Burnett Lane
Source: Kansas Athletics Department
Cross country championship held at Kansas for first time
Kansas will act as host for the Big 12 Championship cross country meet for the first time in Big 12 history.
Rim Rock Farm is the home course for the men's and women's team. It is a well-known course throughout the nation.
"We believe Rim Rock Farm is the premier cross country site in the nation," Athletics Director Lew Perkins said in a press release. "We're looking forward to showing it off to the rest of the conference. The experience will be a highlight of these student-athlete's careers."
The course has a lot of history to it. Here are some interesting facts about the course and the Big 12 Cross Country meet.
Rim Rock
Kansas hosted the 1998 NCAA Division I and Division II National Championships meet at Rim Rock.
Kansas hosted the Big Eight Cross Country Championships in 1983, 1991 and 1995.
Rim Rock is the home to the Kansas State High School Cross Country meet for larger classifications each fall.
>> Rim Rock has been the home course for the Jayhawks since 1974.
The property that the course is on used to be owned by former Kansas head cross country coach Bob Timmons. Timmons donated it to the University of Kansas last spring.
Famous landmarks on the course include two covered bridges, a cemetery and silhouettes of past runners.
Big 12 Championships meet
Colorado has dominated the meet since the Big 12's conception. The men have won all 10 races, and the women have won nine of 10.
Benson Chesang is the two-time defending champion in the 8K.
Both the top men's and women's teams will automatically receive a bid to the NCAA Championship race in Terre Haute, Ind.
The top 15 finishers in each race will be named All-Conference.
Sources: Big12sports.com, Kansas Athletics
Department