National Runner of the Week Chandler Gibbens received Big 12 Runner of the Week honors, the Big 12 Conference announced Tuesday afternoon, after winning the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational.
Senior Chandler Gibbens was announced as the Division I National Athlete of the Week by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Monday afternoon.
The Kansas cross country team competed in two meets today, highlighted by Chandler Gibbens' first-place finish at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational.
Headlined by two different meets, the Kansas cross country team is ready to race on Friday, Sept. 29. A team of men will travel to Notre Dame for the Joe Piane Notre Innovational while the rest of the team will head east to Columbia for the Gans Creek Classic, hosted by Missouri.
Kansas totaled 11 personal records en route to a first-place team finish on the menβs side and a fourth-place team finish on the womenβs side in the red division at the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday.
The Kansas menβs and womenβs cross country teams are slated to compete at the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska this Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Mahoney Park Golf Course.Β
Six Jayhawk personal-records and a podium sweep on the menβs side secured a first-place finish for the men and second-place finish for the women on Saturday morning at Rim Rock Farm.
The Kansas menβs and womenβs cross country teams are set to compete in its season opening meet on Saturday morning, the Bob Timmons Classic at Rim Rock Farm.
Head Coach Stanley Redwine announced the 2023 cross country schedule today, July 17, which includes one home event and six other events in five states.