I usually start and maintain one thread each season to report on and discuss all regular season results and other news about one of CU's most storied sports programs, the men's and women's cross country teams. As usual, this thread will be used for the regular season only, and then, gods willing, I'll create separate threads for the Pac 12 and NCAA Championships. (Pac 12's are scheduled for Friday, October 29th.)
Figured I'd start this thread now, as yesterday the team released its schedule for the coming season. Note that cross country and track and field are the sports that, at least based on my experience, are most likely to have adjustments to their schedules even after the season begins. In this case (as makes sense with the pandemic still with us), the schedule looks a little light right now, so I'd think it's possible a race or two MAY (???) be added late (if of course the pandemic situation allows it).
Best wishes to the men's and women's teams!
It's only one month until the scheduled season opener (in Laramie)!
Note - One great thing I'm seeing in the schedule is that regionals are again scheduled. I hope this means that XC is going to go back to using its points (KOLAS) system to determine which teams have earned their NCAA Championship berths. (Last season, the teams had to be selected via a selection committee's judgement for the 1st time due to Covid-19.)
Schedule release article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/8/2/2021-colorado-cross-country-schedule-announced.aspx
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BOULDER — The 2021 Colorado cross country season will start on September 3, with the Buffaloes heading to the Wyoming Invitational in Cheyenne, Wyo.
CU will then travel to another pair of meets, the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla., on September 18, and the NCAA Pre-National Invitational on October 15 in Tallahassee, Fla., before the postseason.
The Pac-12 Cross Country Championships will be on October 29 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and for the fifth consecutive year, it will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network. More details about the races will be released at a later date.
The Buffaloes have two weeks off before returning to the state of Utah for the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, November 12 in Provo, Utah. BYU will host the meet at East Bay Golf Course. The top two teams in each race will automatically advance to the NCAA Championship, November 20 in Tallahassee, Fla., as Florida State will host the meet for the first time.
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Schedule page - https://cubuffs.com/sports/cross-country/schedule
Figured I'd start this thread now, as yesterday the team released its schedule for the coming season. Note that cross country and track and field are the sports that, at least based on my experience, are most likely to have adjustments to their schedules even after the season begins. In this case (as makes sense with the pandemic still with us), the schedule looks a little light right now, so I'd think it's possible a race or two MAY (???) be added late (if of course the pandemic situation allows it).
Best wishes to the men's and women's teams!
It's only one month until the scheduled season opener (in Laramie)!
Note - One great thing I'm seeing in the schedule is that regionals are again scheduled. I hope this means that XC is going to go back to using its points (KOLAS) system to determine which teams have earned their NCAA Championship berths. (Last season, the teams had to be selected via a selection committee's judgement for the 1st time due to Covid-19.)
Schedule release article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2021/8/2/2021-colorado-cross-country-schedule-announced.aspx
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BOULDER — The 2021 Colorado cross country season will start on September 3, with the Buffaloes heading to the Wyoming Invitational in Cheyenne, Wyo.
CU will then travel to another pair of meets, the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla., on September 18, and the NCAA Pre-National Invitational on October 15 in Tallahassee, Fla., before the postseason.
The Pac-12 Cross Country Championships will be on October 29 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and for the fifth consecutive year, it will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network. More details about the races will be released at a later date.
The Buffaloes have two weeks off before returning to the state of Utah for the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, November 12 in Provo, Utah. BYU will host the meet at East Bay Golf Course. The top two teams in each race will automatically advance to the NCAA Championship, November 20 in Tallahassee, Fla., as Florida State will host the meet for the first time.
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Schedule page - https://cubuffs.com/sports/cross-country/schedule