Hello, I coach for a small college and wanted to find some very well run and fine tune college meets to take the team too.
Not just Rinky dink meets where the colleges are just wanting to collect 200 dollars and they go through motions of a xc meet.
Top Competition isn't a must, but races where the runners will enjoy the meet.
I know Chile Pepper for Arkansas is a great run, as is the Missouri Southern Stampede.
What other meets have a great atmosphere like that?
The Wisconsin Adidas Invite is very good. You likely won't get in though.
The citadel invitational in Charleston, SC. It's at the beach. Take your team there to have fun after the race.
Any solid college xc meets in Kansas?
Louisville Classic
I was also going to mention the Greater Louisville Classic. It is at Tom Sawyer Park, site of the 2015 NCAA D1 Championship and many other national, regional, and conference championships.
Well-managed, solid course, and depth of performance from D1, D2, D3, and NAIA teams.
Fort Hays meet is pretty good meet. Went last year for the first time and was astonished how fast everyone ran
SouthernRunner wrote:
Fort Hays meet is pretty good meet. Went last year for the first time and was astonished how fast everyone ran
FHSU is a fun meet. Mostly NJCAA, NAIA and NCAA b squads from some pretty good programs. I think the course is short. I went to Hayes and to Chili Pepper last year, most ran 40 to 60 seconds faster at Hayes.
Changed the date this year, earlier in the season relative to last year.
For early season I recommend JK Gold in Wichita. Only drawback is lack of university squads outside KState and WSU. But for small school its a good opener. Men run 6k, women run 4 or 5, I can't remember.
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