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in Uncategorized by coach mike on 30 Sep 2010

2010 Gibson Family Cross Country Invitational
Hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, DePauw University and the
Terre Haute Convention & Visitors Bureau

Date Saturday, October 9th

Site LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
Terre Haute, IN

Competition
One division for men / One division for women

Race Schedule
10:30 am (ET) Coaches Packets available at Green Barn
12:00 pm (ET) Women’s 6,000 meters race
12:45 pm (ET) Men’s 8,000 meters race
1:30 pm (ET) Awards Presentation @ course amphitheatre

Entries Please enter your athletes at www.directathletics.com by noon (Eastern Time) on Thursday, October 7th.

Entry Fee $100 per gender. Cash or make checks payable to Rose-Hulman.
Receipts will be available in your packet.

Awards T-shirts to top 25 individuals & team championship plaques. All awards are compliments of the Terre Haute Convention & Visitors Bureau and Director Dave Patterson.

Admission to the Course All spectators will be charged a gate admission of
$5 per person. All proceeds benefit the LaVern Gibson Course. Pets
are prohibited inside the facility.

Shower Facilities
Shower facilities will be available on the RHIT campus. Directions will be provided in your meet packet.

Course Maps & Directions to the Course

http://web.indstate.edu/athletic/cross/xccourse.html

Contact Information: Co-meet Directors
Larry Cole Kori Stoffregen
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. DePauw University
cole@rose-hulman.edu KSTOFFREGEN@depauw.edu
812/877-8509 765/658-4945

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 30 Sep 2010

The wind of change is blowing through this continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 30 Sep 2010

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1.

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
“Forward, the Light Brigade!
“Charge for the guns!” he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

2.

“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismay’d?
Not tho’ the soldier knew
Someone had blunder’d:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

3.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

4.

Flash’d all their sabres bare,
Flash’d as they turn’d in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder’d:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro’ the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel’d from the sabre stroke
Shatter’d and sunder’d.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

5.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro’ the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

6.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 28 Sep 2010

Nice job to all-you did a great job-I’m very proud of you. The ladies handled the shuttle area and the men marshaled the course better than John Wayne could of ever even dreamed of!

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 27 Sep 2010

Best time ever, a time school record for the 8K. Jordan Jones, 27.20. Thought we raced well, we were missing Nix, I held him out because of a slight ankle sprain. Neff and Goff ran well but got gap out. Still showing good improvement for freshman. Voss had another good race, so thinks are shaping up. Thought the ladies looked better as a group, Chelsea ran her best race of the year, so far. We need to get our times into the 22 and then the 21. We are hosting a grade school meet on Tuesday at the campus. Should be fun, but probably won’t be!

in Uncategorized by coach mike on 23 Sep 2010

http://siusalukis.collegesports.com/sports/c-xc/directions.html2006 Saluki Invitational
Directions to the Southern Illinois University Cross Country Course

The SIU Cross Country course is located next to Abe Martin baseball field on the Southern Illinois University campus.

Coming from the East (coming from I-57 or Marion, IL): Take IL-13 West into Carbondale. Turn left onto IL Route 51/University Avenue. University Ave. turns into Illinois Ave; continue South on 51/Illinois Ave. past McAndrew Stadium (Football/Track stadium). Turn right on Saluki Drive (at the large Southern Illinois University marquee sign). The parking lot on your left allows access to the cross country course.

Coming from the West (Route 127 or Murphysboro, IL): Take IL-13 East into Carbondale. Turn right onto IL Route 51/University Avenue. University Ave. turns into Illinois Ave; continue South on 51/Illinois Ave. past McAndrew Stadium (Football/Track stadium). Turn right on Saluki Drive (at the large Southern Illinois University marquee sign). The parking lot on your left allows access to the cross country course.

*For more details see map of campus.

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