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| Address | 599 South Tabortown Street Terre Haute, Indiana United States |
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| Acreage | 250 |
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| Indiana State Sycamores Rose–Hulman Fightin' Engineers | |
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TheLaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, inTerre Haute, Indiana was dedicated October 17, 1997. This course has the distinction of being one of the few purpose-builtcross-country courses in the world.[1] The facility is part of 240 acres (0.97 km2) that comprise theWabash Valley Family Sports Center just east of theTerre Haute International Airport. The course itself is built on a reclaimedcoal 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 Gibson Course for its home meets.
In the short history of the course, it has hosted multiple championship meets. The Gibson Course hosted theNCAADivision I Great Lakes Regional in 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2003, andDivision III Regional in 2009 and 2012. The most prominent meet it has hosted has been theMen's andWomen's NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (2002, 2004-2011, 2013-2014, 2016, 2019). It has additionally hosted theMen's andWomen'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 forIndiana, as well as theNike Cross Nationals (NXN) Midwest Regional Meet in 2009. It has also hosted numerous invitational and conference championship meets on multiple levels since it opened. From the Middle School level to the College level, Lavern Gibson is a huge symbol of Cross Country in the MidWest.
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| Women's 6k | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech | 19:28.1 | 2008NCAA Championship | 11/25/2008 |
| Women's 6k (old course) | Joanna Nilsson | Northern Arizona | 19:33.9 | 2005NCAA Championship | 11/21/2005 |
| Men's 8k | Sam Chelanga | Liberty | 22:51.3 | 2008Brooks Pre-Nationals White Race | 10/18/2008 |
| Men's 10k | Sam Chelanga | Liberty | 28:41.2 | 2009NCAA Championship | 11/23/2009 |
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| Girls 5k | Zofia Dudek | Pioneer High School (MI) | 16:49.3 | 2019Nike XC Nationals Midwest Regional | 11/16/2019 |
| Girls 4k (old course) | Alexandra Banfich | Culver Girls Academy (IN) | 14:05.1 | 2005Indiana HS State Championship | 10/29/2005 |
| Boys 5k | Hunter Jones | Benzie Central High School (Benzonia, MI) | 14:21.8 | 2022Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regionals | 11/13/2022 |
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