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KU runner All-America for 2nd straight year

Posted Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007

For the second time in his career, Colby Wissel is an All-American. The Kansas University senior placed 39th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Monday. His time of 30:36 was the second-fastest 10K of his career. Read more.

KU’s Wissel to compete at NCAAs

Posted Monday, Nov. 19, 2007

Kansas University senior Colby Wissel will compete at the NCAA cross country championships today in Terre Haute, Ind. Read more.

Wissel takes 5th at Big 12

Posted Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007

Defending champion Colby Wissel placed fifth at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships on Friday at Rawls Golf Course. Wissel, who was 13th at the mile mark and third after three miles, was timed in 24:51 in the 8,000-meter race. Read more.

KU CC runners lauded

Posted Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007

Twelve Kansas University cross country runners have been named Academic All-Big 12. Read more.

Keegan: Wissel underdog as always

Posted Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007

Cross country markets itself as a team sport, but the only way for a spectator to make it interesting is to view it as an individual competition. Read more.

KU men’s CC 13th at Griak Invitational

Posted Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007

Kansas University’s men’s cross country team placed 13th of 23 teams Saturday at the Roy Griak Invitational at the Les Bolstad Golf Course. The Jayhawk women placed 16th out of 26 teams. Read more.

KU men’s cross country receives votes in poll

Posted Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007

After a two week layoff, the Kansas University men’s cross country team is receiving votes in this week's U.S. Track & Field Coaches Association Poll. Read more.

Big 12 honors Wissel

Posted Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007

Kansas University’s Colby Wissel was named the men’s Big 12 cross country runner of the week Tuesday. Wissel, a senior from Elm Creek, Neb., won the Kansas-Kansas State dual in a 5K time of 15:07.6. He also won the award a year ago. Read more.

KU splits Sunflower Showdown with K-State

Posted Friday, Sept. 7, 2007

Behind senior Colby Wissel's second straight first place finish to open the season, the Kansas University men's cross country team took out Kansas State 39-21 Friday at a duel between the two schools in Lawrence Friday. The KU women lost 35-22. Read more.

6Sports video: Wissel, KU dominate home meet

Posted Monday, Sept. 3, 2007

This past weekend for Colby Wissel and the men's cross country team was just another day at the office. The Jayhawk senior continued his reign on Rim Rock by finishing first for the second time in three years knowing it would be his last in the Crimson and Blue. Read more.

6Sports video: KU XC dominates home invite

Posted Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007

It was back to business as usual this weekend for Colby Wissel and the KU mens and womens cross country teams. For the third consecutive year, bot teams swept the competition at the Bob Timmons Invitational. Read more.

KU dominates Timmons race

Posted Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007

Rim Rock Farm is a special place for Kansas University cross country runner Colby Wissel. Saturday, the senior conquered the course — and the competition — one last time in winning the Bob Timmons Invitational. Prior to this weekend, the last time Wissel had raced Rim Rock was the 2006 Big 12 Conference cross country championship. He won that race, too. Read more.

A dogged champion

Posted Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007

A sound argument easily could be made Colby Wissel, peering over his shoulder seven times during the stretch run, authored the single most exciting moment of any Kansas University athlete during the 2006-07 school year when he kicked his way to the Big 12 men’s cross country title on a cold, damp morning at Rim Rock Farm last fall. Read more.

6Sports video: KU XC ready for new season

Posted Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007

The Kansas Cross Country team opens at home on September 1. For the men, Rim Rock Farm holds good memories. For the women, not so much.
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All-Americans return

Posted Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007

When Kansas University senior runners Paul Hefferon and Colby Wissel show up at cross country meets this fall, they’ll have every right to feel like rock stars. Well, as much of a rock star as a distance runner can feel like. Read more.

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