Mokoka won a race over a trio of Kenyans who finished between 2:09:02 and 2:09:21 behind him. Namibia’s Helalia Johannes won the women's race in 2:29:28.

The Nike Pegasus 35 is on sale for the first time ever.

Can UNM three-peat? Or will Oregon who lost their coach and their #1 and #2 from last year get the job done? We know one thing - one of these foreign dominated teams will win it all.

With two 5th-year seniors and two 7th-year seniors that have all gone sub-13:40, last year's runner-up BYU is very good, but NAU with three back from last year's top 8 has a chance to be historically good.

Led by Allie Ostrander, Boise State could have its first podium finish in 2018 - and the podium is where we nearly always expect to see the Colorado women.

After four straight podium finishes and with three of the top 10 returners, Stanford is loaded for 2018 but the problem is BYU and NAU are even better. Can Portland finish on the podium for the 3rd time in 5 years?

NC State and Stanford, two of the six teams in the nation that have been top 10 each of the last 3 years, both make our pre-season top 10 this year.

If they only scored 4, Alabama might be our favorite to win NCAAs. Can Martin Smith coach a 5th different program to a top 5 showing at NCAA XC?

What a weekend on the roads.

Our top 3 have connections to Cam Levins, Obea Moore, Meb and LRC coaching guru John Kellogg.

Big 10 rivals Wisconsin and Michigan are both in our pre-season top 10.

Not too long ago a team with an NCAA track champ, a 13:15 guy, three sub 29:20 guys and a 13:59 guys would be locks for the podium. That's this year's Wisconsin team but the NCAA is stacked with talent.

We tracked down "Drinks Guy" aka Claus-Henning Schulke, a 52-year-old amateur triathlete from Berlin. He told us about what it was like to be a small part of Kipchoge's historic race and why he was so excited after those drink stops.

Chris Fox may have left Syracuse but new head man Brien Bell thinks the Orange are "sneaky good" and we have to agree.

We start our top 10 countdown with Arkansas and Villanova, both of whom failed to make the top 10 last year. In fact, Nova hasn't been top 10 in six years.

Linden beat out Kellyn Taylor (72:07) while Parker Stinson (63:01) and Cam Levins (63:10) were 2-3 behind Kitata. *Discuss