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LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, dubbed "Cross Country Town USA," is located in Terre Haute, Indiana, and is the home course of Indiana State University. [63] It has hosted the NCAA Division I Cross Country championships 12 times. [64] The course is notable because it was designed specifically for cross country races. [64]
The USA Cross Country Championships is the annual national championships for cross country running in the United States. The championships is generally held in mid-February and it serves as a way of designating the country's national champion, as well as acting as the selection race for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. [1]
Cross-country courses for eventing are held outdoors through fields and wooded areas. The terrain is unique for each course, which usually incorporates the course into the natural terrain of the area, and therefore events in certain parts of the world may be held on mostly flat land, while others are over very strenuous hills.
Balboa Park in San Diego has served as the most frequent venue for the national championships. The course is winded in a figure-8 fashion through the Morley Field portion of the nearly 5 km 2 (1.9 sq mi) park. There is no shortage of hills and mounds, which makes this course the definitive cross country course.
"The "grueling" course is noted for its hills, twists, turns and a steep ravine known as "The Dip", all making for what has been called "The Toughest Three Miles in Cross-Country" [2] The course starts in a 500-600meter slanted incline and continues for the duration of the race to drive runners through rolling hills and around 90 degree bends.