What percentage of cross country takes place on golf courses? I thought that was the norm. So, when I saw this post, I immediately thought, which schools have golf courses on campus or nearby.
But, obviously, XC be run in parks or any open land that is big enough for a course.
Iowa State's course is right next to some of the dorms.
113 wrote:
So they may have a dedicated cross-country courses "on campus," but it doesn't mean you can roll out of your dorm room bed and walk to the starting line.
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Some smaller schools have courses that combine on-campus athletic fields, trails, and adjacent natural lands to make a course that is literally "on campus." Check out St. Olaf and Carleton.
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Thanks everyone and please keep posting.
I should have used the term "dedicated" instead of or with "on campus". What I am looking for are school who support XC with a bit more commitment than most Athletic Departments commonly do.
Idaho State has a dedicated XC course!
UCSB. Pretty sure.
Quinnipiac had us going in between the dorms and around the welcome sign
Elon University
Notre Dame runs meets on the golf course on the west side of campus.
Colonial alum wrote:
BINGHAMTON!!!! Fear the pipeline bitches!!!
The rest of the course is fast, though! I ran the BURC open and PR'd in real firm conditions last year.
Princeton has one right next to campus
Link wrote:
Washington and Lee
Sewanee runs on the golf course, which is on campus.
idaho girl wrote:
Idaho State has a dedicated XC course!
And I helped build it!
Haverford College, Berea College, Eastern Kentucky Univ, and maybe amherst? I can remember where Amherst's is.
Cornell's is on the campus, I guess--it's (mostly) on the golf course, which I believe counts as part of CU's well-spread-out campus.
Dartmouth (on the golf course)
W&L has a great one. XC courses are supposed to make a man out of you and this one will put hair on the chest.
App State is pretty good too, though the race may go by some playing fields or something.
UVA is pretty good, but its on a farm, not owned by the campus.
W&M is interesting, if for nothing more than the venue. Its a couple miles away from campus on the grounds of a mental hospital.
Pomona-Pitzer has a home course right on the Pomona College campus in Claremont.
Middlebury College
Arkansas
Iowa State
Oklahoma State
U.of Florida Golf Course just down from the Law School.