Background info: Men's race at Penn State is 5.2 miles, women's is still 6k. From what I have heard Penn State is a hillier course than Wisco (if this is not true then please correct me).
Men's side:
Penn State top 20:
Place/Name/3m time?/ finish time/ pace/ team
1 Mj Erb, Sr 14:45 24:49 4:46 Mississippi
2 Hassan Abdi, Jr 14:45 24:53 4:47 Oklahoma State
3 Joshua Thompson, Sr 14:45 25:01 4:48 Oklahoma State
4 Robert Domanic, Sr 25:03 4:49 Mississippi
5 Wes Gallagher, Sr 14:45 25:03 4:49 Mississippi
6 Brent Demarest, So 14:45 25:07 4:50 Virginia
7 Lachlan Cook, Fr 14:46 25:10 4:50 Virginia
8 Timothy McGowan, Jr 14:46 25:11 4:51 Penn State
9 Zach Herriott, Sr 14:46 25:12 4:51 Virginia
10 Sean Tobin, Jr 14:45 25:13 4:51 Mississippi
11 Luis Martinez, Jr 14:57 25:15 4:51 Oklahoma State
12 Colin Abert, So 14:51 25:15 4:51 Penn State
13 Andrew Marston, Fr 14:47 25:16 4:51 Villanova
14 Anthoney Armstrong, Jr 14:56 25:18 4:52 Oklahoma State
15 Chase Weaverling, Jr 14:47 25:18 4:52 Virginia
16 Rico Galassi, Jr 14:48 25:21 4:52 Duquesne
17 Sylvester Barus, Jr 14:45 25:26 4:53 Oklahoma State
18 Tom Nobles, So 14:45 25:27 4:54 Charlotte
19 Robert Uhr, Jr 14:44 25:30 4:54 Texas
20 Andrew Gaiser, Jr 14:47 25:30 4:54 Virginia Tech
Avg pace: 4:50.8 for 5.2 miles.. This means the top 20 people were all going 24:05.6 pace for 8k, while running a extra on a supposedly harder course. Top 3 all went at 23:51.6 pace or faster. 5 underclassmen in top 20 (a lot of potential).
Wisco top 20:
Place/ name/ year/ school/ 4k split/ finish time
1 Justyn Knight JR Syracuse 12:16 23:53.1 4:49
2 Futsum Zienasellassie SR Northern Arizona 12:16 23:55.1 4:49
3 Morgan McDonald JR Wisconsin 12:16 23:55.4 4:49
4 Grant Fisher SO Stanford 12:17 23:55.5 4:49
5 George Parsons SR North Carolina St. 12:18 23:56.5 4:49
6 Sean McGorty SR Stanford 12:16 23:58.9 4:50
7 Kieran Clements SR Iona 12:16 24:01.3 4:50
8 Matthew Baxter JR Northern Arizona 12:17 24:02.5 4:51
9 Nicolas Montanez SR BYU 12:18 24:02.8 4:51
10 Ferdinand Edman SR UCLA 12:17 24:03.3 4:51
11 Luke Traynor SR Tulsa 12:16 24:04.6 4:51
12 Gilbert Kirui JR Iona 12:16 24:05.7 4:51
13 Scott Carpenter SR Georgetown 12:17 24:07.0 4:52
14 Colin Bennie JR Syracuse 12:18 24:09.9 4:52
15 Michael Williams JR Washington St. 12:16 24:11.4 4:52
16 Harry Mulenga SR Florida State 12:16 24:13.0 4:53
17 Tyler Day SO Northern Arizona 12:17 24:15.7 4:53
18 Jonathan Harper JR BYU 12:22 24:18.5 4:54
19 Conor Lundy FR Princeton 12:19 24:18.8 4:54
20 Cory Glines JR Northern Arizona 12:17 24:19.5 4:54
Average pace: 4:51.2 for 8k, only top 12 hit 24:05 pace. Only 3 underclassmen in top 20.
5th man on winning team at Penn State (Oklahoma st) was 4:53 pace, 5th on NAU was 4:54.9 pace....