The NCCA (collegiate) National Championships were awarded to Lawrence Kansas for three years. It's an impressive accomplishment because the organizers thought big, for Lawrence very big, did their homework and got the best local people to get it done. The KU Cycling Club got KLM Marketing from Kansas City to be the professional organizers. Former KU Athletics director, Bob Frederick, lent his name and got many of his sports management students to volunteer. Plus the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Lawrence Sports Corporation now have the vision and staff to encourage major sporting events. Closing off Downtown Lawrence just never was allowed in the past.
The photo is from the men's division 1 criterium.
Tomorrow we take them to the Kansas hills.
I volunteered to help with the setup this morning (3 am!) setting up barricades - in the rain. Lawrence had about 3" last night.
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