Team Registration Invoice in PDF Format 
SCHEDULE:
8:00 a.m. – Community Fun Run (5,000m)
8:45 a.m. – High School Varsity Boys (5,000m)
9:15 a.m. – High School Varsity Girls (5,000m)
9:45 a.m. – Collegiate Men’s Open (8,000m)
10:15 a.m. – Collegiate Women’s Open (5,000m)
10:45 a.m. – High School Junior Varsity Boys (5,000m)
11:15 a.m. – High School Junior Varsity Girls (5,000m)
11:45 a.m. – High School C Team Boys and Girls
12:45 p.m. – Awards Ceremony
TEAM REGISTRATION
Entry Fees:
$10 for Community Fun Run
$60 per high school team ($120 for combined girls and boys programs)
$100 per collegiate team ($200 for combined men’s and women’s programs)
No cost for unattached collegiate runners
Email all rosters/entries to jimkaiser@mindspring.com. All high school entries must include grade level as well (9th, 10th, 11th, etc.). Click here for additional information.
DIRECTIONS:
(the golf course is located near the corner of Yale Blvd. and Tucker Rd. on the UNM North Campus)
(from I-25 north) Take Lomas exit and head east, towards the mountains, on Lomas Blvd. Turn left on Yale Blvd. and continue north before turning right on Tucker Rd. The golf course clubhouse and parking lot will be on the left.
(from I-25 south) Take Lomas exit and turn left, heading east on Lomas Blvd. Turn left on Yale Blvd. and continue north before turning right on Tucker Rd. The golf course clubhouse and parking lot will be on the left.
(from I-40) Exit I-25 south then take Lomas exit and head east, towards the mountains, on Lomas Blvd. Turn left on Yale Blvd. and continue north before turning right on Tucker Rd. The golf course clubhouse and parking lot will be on the left.
LOBO INVITATIONAL HISTORY
The 2008 season marks the ninth running of the UNM Lobo Invitational. After a six-year absence, former head coach Matt Henry brought NCAA cross country competition back to Albuquerque with the 2000 Lobo Invitational. In 2002, the meet was expanded to include six high school races and in 2004, a 5K community fun run was added to open the day.
Each year, thousands of distance running fans have flocked to UNM’s North Campus to watch the competition on one of the most spectator-friendly cross country courses in the nation.
Six different teams have won the men’s title, including the host Lobos in 2002 and `04. The UTEP men have won the past two meets, including a meet record score of 19 points last fall. Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott is the only UNM runner to win the individual race (’04), while Air Force’s Ben Payne (’01, ’02) and UTEP’s Stephen Samoei (’06, ’07) are the only two time men’s winners. Payne’s time of 24:01 in `02 is the North Course record.
The women’s race has seen seven different team champions with Air Force taking back-to-back titles in 2001 and `02, and New Mexico winning for the first time last year. UNM and Western State College (’01) share the meet record with a score of 21 points. New Mexico has had two individual winners in Sarah Gonzales (2001) and Jacquelyne Gallegos (2005). Gallegos set the 6,000m course record with her time of 21:37 in 2005. Unattached runner Ava Hutchison became the first to win the 5,000m women’s race last year. Women had run a 6K from 2000-06.
LOBO INVITATIONAL PAST RESULTS
MEN
YEAR TEAM WINNER INDIVIDUAL WINNER
2000 Western State (22 pts.) Brandon Leslie, Adams State (24:34)
2001* Air Force (26 pts.) Ben Payne, Air Force (24:20)
2002 New Mexico (21 pts.) Ben Payne, Air Force (24:01)
2003 Colorado State (35 pts.) Will Banks, Western State (24:45)
2004 New Mexico (35 pts.) Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott, UNM (24:44)
2005 Adams State (44 pts.) Patrick Mutai, UTEP (24:28)
2006 UTEP (29 pts.) Stephen Samoei, UTEP (24:47)
2007 UTEP (19 pts.) Stephen Samoei, UTEP (24:19)
WOMENYEAR TEAM WINNER INDIVIDUAL WINNER
2000 Western State (21 pts.) Jennifer Michel, unattached (21:38)
2001 Air Force (30 pts.) Sarah Gonzales, UNM (22:25)
2002 Air Force (39 pts.) Rachel Cuellar, NMSU (22:04)
2003 Colorado State (36 pts.) Adriana Pirtea, UTEP (22:10)
2004 Texas Tech (26 pts.) Irene Kimaiyo, Texas Tech (22:01)
2005 Adams State (30 pts.) Jacquelyne Gallegos, UNM (21:37)
2006 Texas A&M (35 pts.) Merideth Snow, Texas A&M (22:00)
2007 New Mexico (21 pts.) Ava Hutchinson, unattached (18:13*)
2001 meet was held at the Paradise Hills Golf Course in West Albuquerque.
* 5,000m race