2006 NAIA Champs Location

Come on K_LIN! YOu know that is my hometown, I need the support.lol Well, i know what you mean, i don't blame you all for not wanting it in Fresno. It would be cool for me to have all my family watch me though, some have never got to see me race.

im with you on the support issue man, all my family would be there too.

but is it worth it? :)

hey how about nationals in VA. I mean VI should host the national meet. wouldnt that be great.

Does VI even have a track. I went to a meet that was supposed to be hosted by VI, but it was at Kings College.

Azusa has a great site. They should host it

Oh Canada

Hey, why not hold them in Windsor. They just got a brand new stadium with a mondo track for hosting Junior Pan Ams. The track is great and right beside the indoor track which is also Mondo making for an excellent warm up area. For the marathon they could run it on the detroit marathon course which crosses both the bridge and through the tunnel.

Probably not a likely site for next year but definately a possiblity for a couple years down the road.

Just my two cents.

Move NAIA Cross Nationals every year to a unique location that offers a different venue to race and experience every year. This type of rotating venue allows student-athletes, coaches, and family’s different experiences in different locations around North America. Wisconsin, Kansas, Iowa, California, Virginia, Kentucky, British Columbia, Etc. This type of rotating venue would not allow anyone to complain about routine courses or these courses playing into any one teams favor based on climate, region, course conditions, etc. With cross country the course will always favor teams that train in that region to some degree, but this rotating venue would allow for temporary region bias instead of regions hosting National meets year in and year out with no change. This type of venue could also apply to Indoor & Outdoor Track Championships. I think it would be harder to do indoors, but it could still be done. I got to compete in Abbottsford, BC, Olathe, Kansas, and Louisville, KY for my NAIA Outdoor Track Championships. I personally enjoyed moving sites for the most part and thought that I gained allot from the exposure to different regions and track sites. Yes, I enjoyed some allot more than others, but I thought it was great that running could take me to different places that I might not get to see in any other capacity. I agree with a previous poster that Cross Nationals should have hills, as well as snow, wind, sleet, mud, water holes, missing shoes, pushing, shoving, elbows, etc. However, some schools don't see cross-country in that dimension. Some schools race year round on golf courses, some schools on rolling grass fields, some schools on beaches and fast flat orange groves, some schools on muddy back roads, etc. What I am trying to say is that cross country is different for everyone based on their region, coach, program, level of training and competing, and many other factors...So why should nationals be any different. National meets should try to equally accommodate every program as much as possible. I think by offering a rotating venue it would accomplish that task as fairly and appropriately as possible. I think it would be great, and allot of work for a dedicated committee.

Again, just my two cents.

buddy this sounds fun for you but have NCAA done this. I dont think so. So do that much work and move all around the country. there should be a rule that coarse should not move from one place to another before 4 or 5 years. that would make little more sense. It really wont matter to me where the Nats. are held as long as they dont change from there before at least 4 years.

NAIA promotes participation, so they are very loose with their eligibility requirements. I think it is not fair to have a true freshman running the marathon at 18 against some dude that is 29 or 30 years old.

I ran four years in NCAA; I still want to compete. Does this mean that the NAIA would take me? :)

Fresno is great to have NAIA Track Championships especially during the month of May. The weather is excellent and location is surrounded by great attractions. Sierra National Park, Yosemite National park, 2 hrs from the pacific ocean for day trips. There are great restaurants and metro Fresno allows for easy access Championship venue and area attractions.

Looks like we have our answer, NAIA championships will be held at Fresno Pacific for the next two years. http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/story/10966415p-11732013c.html

NAIArunner wrote:

Looks like we have our answer, NAIA championships will be held at Fresno Pacific for the next two years.

http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/story/10966415p-11732013c.html

how sad. i am glad i am out of NAIA! competed for 4 years.

by 2010, NAIA will no longer exist. you heard it here first.

aeoijaoefi wrote:

Does VI even have a track. I went to a meet that was supposed to be hosted by VI, but it was at Kings College.

uhhh, no you didnt because we dont have a track at King College (and its not Kings dumb ass)

Im a runner at Fresno Pacific and where very happy to host the national meet. I know for sure FPU is right now working hard towards improving its facilities. Fresno Pacific is building a very nice Track/soccer staduim. Trust me you guys will not be dissapionated.People here are very excited in having many talents around the nation come to Fresno to compete. So, im just saying to first give us a chance to prove that we are capable and more of hosting a national meet. Good luck to all in this up coming year in cross country and track.