– NAU head coach Michael Smith talking about going up against BYU for the first time this season at last week’s Mountain Regional.
Breaking:NCAA Start Times Move To 9 AM And 10 AM ET Due To Weather Concerns Start off your Saturday morning by listening to our pre-NCAA podcast starting an hour before the action @ 8:00 ET.
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LRC Final Notes From The Course:BYU Says “It’s Time to Win This Flippin’ Thing,” Grant Fisher Downplays The Fisher-Knight Hype & 3 More Takeaways From The Pre-Race Press Conference Plus NAU went and played laser tag the day before Pre-Nats.
LRC Editorial What About The Fans? The NCAA Needs To Treat Non-Revenue sports Equally When It Comes To Pay-Per-View Streaming The NCAA shouldn’t be fine with parents potentially getting charged $30 per month for the rest of their lives to watch their son or daughter compete in the national championships. Volleyball, field hockey and water polo parents and fans don’t have to pay anything, so why do cross-country parents and fans?
LRC Fans Have Spoken Justyn Knight Is The Heavy Favorite Over Grant Fisher At NCAA XC; Ednah Kurgat Over Schweizer The early tabulations are in from the prediction contest. Who does the LRC nation think is going to win it all?
Men’s Individual Preview:LRC Can Grant Fisher End The American Drought Or Will Justyn Knight Finally Get His NCAA Title? It’s been nearly a decade since an American man has won an NCAA XC crown and Grant Fisher has a great shot but we think the winner will be another Canadian-born runner. Discuss: Who wins it? a) Justyn Knight b) Grant Fisher c) Other
Women’s Individual Preview: LRC Can The Undefeated Ednah Kurgat Or Elle Purrier Stop Reigning Champ Karissa Schweizer? It should be a great one in Kentucky.
Discussion: Ednah Kurgat will win the women’s XC championship by over 30 seconds…
LRC$200,017 LetsRun.com Running Warehouse NCAA D1 Cross-Country Prediction Contest Give us your NCAA top ten men and women and you could win $200,017.
LRCA Female PhD Student & Fairly New Runner Is Your Champ: Meet The Winners Of The Running Warehouse NYC Marathon Prediction ContestSee who the kings and queens of LetsRun.com are.
LRC Georgetown Stays Home, Utah State Makes History And 6 Other Observations From The 2017 NCAA Regional Action And how about Al Cantello of Navy? In his 50th year as coach, he’s gotten the Midshipmen going to NCAAs for the 2nd straight year.
LRC Final Men’s Qualifiers For 2017 NCAA Cross-Country Championships The official NCAA list is out. It’s the same as we projected.
LRC Final Women’s Qualifiers For 2017 NCAA Cross-Country Championships The #30 and #31 teams ended up being different as Indiana got in at #30 and Eastern Michigan at #31 instead of Missouri and Virginia Tech.
NCAA announces 2017 Division III Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships qualifiers
Message Board Talk
LRC BYU Men (By Slimmest Of Margins) And Colorado Women Are Your New NCAA #1s In LetsRun.com Cross-Country Fan Polls The LRC faithful have spoken and we’ve got their votes.
Disturbing College News
LRCMeb Memories: A Generation of Greatness: Our Favorite Moments From The Amazing Career Of Meb Keflezighi Between our race previews and our on-site coverage of Shalane Flanagan‘s shocking victory in NYC, we never found the time to give Keflezighi a fitting sendoff. Here, we take a moment to share our favorite memories of one of the greatest distance runners in American history.
Discuss: Remembering Meb: What was your favorite moment his career?
Women’s Team Preview:LRCOregon Tries To Repeat, Colorado Seeks Redemption & New Mexico Is Loaded Again5 teams think they legitimately can win the NCAA title on Saturday. Who has the edge? Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, San Fran or Stanford?
Men’s Team Preview:LRCClash Of The Titans: No. 1 NAU & No. 2 BYU Square Off In Classic Battle In Louisville For The 2017 NCAA XC Title On paper, the battle for the men’s 2017 NCAA Cross-Country team title looks like it could be epic. We break it down for you.
Saturday:Camille Herron DESTROYS 100mi Women’s World Record By Running 12:42 (Old Record 13:45) That’s 7:37.6 per mile pace.
Last Week: Sandra Villines Smashes US Transcon Record The soon-to-be grandmother ran across the country in 54 days; the previous record was 69 days. The men’s record is 42 days.
*MB: Sandra Vi going for record across America
Pole Vault Star Armand Duplantis Signs With LSU Mondo’s father Greg Duplantis, mother Helena, and brother Antoine all went to LSU.
Stadium In Kenya May Be Renamed After The Late Sammy Wanjiru Officials hope that renaming the stadium will attract sponsors who will help renovate the aging facility.
LRC Q&A: Catching Up With Former Northern Arizona Coach Eric Heins One Year After He Stepped Away From The Sport A year ago, Eric Heins was on top of the world – well, at the least the collegiate cross-country world. One year later, Heins is out of the sport entirely. We see how things are going.
LRC This Is Not Your Older Brother’s BYU Team – The Cougars Are Ready For Their NCAA Moment An in-depth look at the incredible BYU squad which scored just 17 points against Oregon and Stanford this year.
LRC Hours After His Baby Son’s Death, Former Long Jump Star Marquise Goodwin Gets Emotional After Scoring TD Goodwin’s son died after a premature birth and Goodwin saluted him after scoring on an 83-yard TD less than 12 hours later.
LRC The Big Debate: Olympic Hero Or Zero: Gwen Jorgensen Moves To The Marathon, How Will She Do? The LRC team, including a triathlete, debate Gwen’s move to the marathon. We all agree it’s cool she’s taking on this challenge.
LRCNot Done Yet: Mary Cain Has Been Injured In 2017, Planning On Racing Again in 2018 Cain hasn’t raced or been heard from in almost exactly one year, but LRC has learned she’s planning on racing in 2018. The question now becomes, “How good will she be when she returns?” *Discuss
WTW Flanagan’s Close In NY Was Historically Fast, Jenny Simpson’s Roommate Gets 5th In NY And More What a week. In our weekly recap, we take one last week at the 2017 NYC Marathon and also have an update on new American citizen Sally Kipyego.
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