University of Oklahoma Athletics

Sooners Announce 2008 XC Schedule

Sooners Announce 2008 XC Schedule

August 05, 2008 | Cross Country

Aug. 5, 2008

NORMAN, Okla.--University of Oklahoma Cross Country head coach Martin Smith and Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and Athletic Director Joe Castiglione announced Tuesday the schedule for the upcoming 2008 season which includes three in-state competitions.

The Sooners open the season August 30 at the Golden Hurricane Invitational in Tulsa. On Sept. 20, the team will travel to Joplin, Mo., to compete in the Missouri Southern Stampede.

Oklahoma will then make the short drive to their second in-state competition on Oct. 4 at the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla. On Oct. 18, OU will participate in its final regular-season competition, the Arkansas Chile Pepper Invitational, in Fayetteville, Ark.

OU opens up the post-season with the Big 12 Championship, set for Nov. 1 in Ames, Iowa. The team will return again to Stillwater for the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship scheduled for Nov. 15. The NCAA Championships are set for Nov. 24 in Terre Haute, Ind.

2008 Cross Country Schedule 

Both teams will look to improve on their conference finish as the women finished sixth and the men ninth at the 2007 Big 12 Cross Country Championship.

The Sooners will also look to build on their 2007 NCAA Regional posting, last year the men finished fifth while the women finished ninth.

Friday, October 28
Friday, October 28
Monday, November 30
Monday, March 23