Quick links before leaving for the NCAA cross country championships...

Here are some quick links before paulmerca.blogspot.com heads to Terre Haute, Indiana for Monday's NCAA Cross Country Championships:

The link to the University of Southern Indiana's home page for the NCAA Division II cross country championships, where Seattle Pacific's Jessica Pixler will try and defend her national title is here…

Seattle Pacific has a full women's team entered, and Western Washington has both their mens' and womens' teams entered.

We'll have a recap of the Division II championships late Saturday.

The home page of the Division I championships is here…

Nike's Border Clash cross country race featuring the top high schoolers from Washington and Oregon is Sunday at the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton. You can read about it here...

Some quick track & field news--Tyson Gay & Sanya Richards were selected by USA Track & Field as the Jesse Owens Award winners--you can read the USATF release here…

Gay and Richards are in Monte Carlo for Sunday's World Athletics Gala, where the 2009 World Athlete of the Year awards are being presented.

Here are links to the male and female finalists, and a quick rundown of their accomplishments.

We're going back to Indiana!