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LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course

Golf course in Terre Haute, Indiana

Summary

Golf course in Terre Haute, Indiana

FieldValue
nameLaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
address599 South Tabortown Street
cityTerre Haute, Indiana
countryUnited States
coordinates
elevation
opened
tenantsIndiana State Sycamores
website

Rose–Hulman Fightin' Engineers The LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course is a cross country course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The course is one of the few purpose-built cross country courses in the world. The facility is part of 250 acre that comprise the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center just east of the Terre Haute International Airport. The course is built on a reclaimed coal mine and consists of an external loop of 3 km and four internal loops that allow for circuits of varying lengths. Indiana State University's cross country team uses the course for its home meets.

History

The course was dedicated on October 17, 1997. In its short history, it has hosted multiple championship meets. The course has hosted the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Regional in 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2003, and Division III Regional in 2009 and 2012. The most prominent meet it has hosted has been the Men's and Women's NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (2002, 2004-2011, 2013-2014, 2016, 2019). It has additionally hosted the Men's and Women's NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships in 2012 and 2024. In 2004 it also became the host site of the state high school championship meet for Indiana, as well as the Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) Midwest Regional Meet in 2009. It has also hosted numerous other invitational and conference championship meets since it opened.

Course records

RaceRunnerSchoolTimeRaceDateCollegiate Course RecordsHigh School Course Records
Women's 6kSally KipyegoTexas Tech19:28.12008 NCAA Championship11/25/2008
Women's 6k (old course)Joanna NilssonNorthern Arizona19:33.92005 NCAA Championship11/21/2005
Men's 8kSam ChelangaLiberty22:51.32008 Brooks Pre-Nationals White Race10/18/2008
Men's 10kSam ChelangaLiberty28:41.22009 NCAA Championship11/23/2009
Girls 5kZofia DudekPioneer High School (MI)16:49.32019 Nike XC Nationals Midwest Regional11/16/2019
Girls 4k (old course)Alexandra BanfichCulver Girls Academy (IN)14:05.12005 Indiana HS State Championship10/29/2005
Boys 5kHunter JonesBenzie Central High School (Benzonia, MI)14:21.82022 Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regionals11/13/2022

References

References

  1. "LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course". laverngibson.com.
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