2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships Live Thread!

Let’s gooooo! What a day, both these races are going to be sick.

I think the course and the early pace are going to blow a lot of folks up. Could be a pack of 10 hammering together at the front.

Continuous updates please!

Any youtube vloggers live streaming the action? Is that even legal?

Might be a better perspective than the guys sitting in the booth. Especially during the pregame.

Update: they are NOT checking tickets when you get off the bus. Just get on the bus!

who will not get out fast enough and get trapped back when the course narrows at ~500 m?

Should be a fun one. Tuohy vs Valby II (and for likely the last time in the NCAA) and Ok State vs NAU II for the men.

It's not too late to enter our free prediction contest.

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2023 NCAA XC Prediction Contest

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2023 NCAA cross prediction contest.

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I've tabulated the early votes in the prediction contest and it's interesting. In the prediction contest voting the fans are choosing Valby over Tuohy 50.4% to 47.9% as shown here:

Women's Individual Picked To Win%
Parker Valby 50.4 %
Katelyn Tuohy 47.9 %
Doris Lemngole 0.8 %
Maia Ramsden 0.3 %
Chloe Scrimgeour 0.2 %
Kaylee Mitchell 0.2 %
Elise Stearns 0.2 %
Others 0 %

But there was a separate poll in our individual preview article. And that poll has way more votes. There Tuohy leads Valby.

Tuohy 49.17%
Valby 46.51%
Other 4.32%

So the way I see it is, the more casual fan edges towards Tuohy. The super dedicated - those that take the time to enter their top 10 picks in the prediction contest - lean towards Valby.

Women's Individual Poll
1. Parker Valby (302) - Florida 5640
2. Katelyn Tuohy (287) - NC State 5609
3. Doris Lemngole (5) - Alabama 2786
4. Elise Stearns (1) - NAU 2706
5. Maia Ramsden (2) - Harvard 2112
6. Hilda Olemomoi - Alabama 1821
7. Olivia Markezich - Notre Dame 1583
8. Gracelyn Larkin - Northern Arizona 1297
9. Taylor Roe - Oklahoma State 1238
10. Kaylee Mitchell (1) - Oregon State 1232
11. Billah Jepkirui - Oklahoma State 1122
12. Kelsey Chmiel - NC State 892
13. Amina Maatoug - Duke 495
14. Sydney Thorvaldson - Arkansas 413
15. Annika Reiss - NAU 411
16. Addie Engel - Ohio State 362
17. Amy Bunnage - Stanford 317
18. Amaris Tyynismaa - NC State 269
19. Sadie Sigfstead - Villanova 264
20. Chloe Scrimgeour (1) - Georgetown 241

LetsRun.com Women's Team Results
1. Northern Arizona (503) 6089
2. NC State (108) 5363
3. BYU (7) 4436
4. Oklahoma State (2) 3519
5. Florida (3) 2663
6. Stanford (2) 2543
7. Notre Dame 1992
8. Georgetown (1) 1770
9. Arkansas (4) 1043
10. Oregon (1) 905
11. Alabama (3) 878
12. Colorado (1) 658
13. Washington 594
14. Tennessee 426
15. Virginia 308
16. Wisconsin 225
17. Furman 195
18. Michigan State 159
19. Harvard 146
20. Syracuse 126

Men's Team Results
1. Northern Arizona (412) 6258
2. Oklahoma State (230) 5884
3. BYU (2) 4460
4. Wisconsin (1) 3408
5. North Carolina 2873
6. Stanford (3) 2642
7. Arkansas (3) 1996
8. Texas 1763
9. Butler 830
10. Syracuse 705
11. New Mexico 632
12. Harvard 613
13. Colorado (1) 411
14. Tennessee 321
15. Princeton 308
16. Villanova 267
17. Notre Dame 249
18. Iowa State 205
19. Iona 200
20. Virginia 193

Men's Individuals Picked To Win %
Graham Blanks 24.1 %
Ky Robinson 23 %
Habtom Samuel 21.3 %
Nico Young 17.7 %
Denis Kipngetich 5.8 %
Drew Bosley 2.6 %
Bob Liking 1.6 %
Victor Kiprop 1.4 %
Hillary Cheruiyot 0.6 %
Parker Wolfe 0.5 %
Others 1.4 %

Men's Individual Top 20
1. Nico Young (110) - Northern Arizona 4943
2. Graham Blanks (150) - Harvard 4598
3. Ky Robinson (143) - Stanford 4471
4. Habtom Samuel (133) - New Mexico 3898
5. Drew Bosley (16) - Northern Arizona 2912
6. Denis Kipngetich (36) - Oklahoma State 2761
7. Bob Liking (10) - Wisconsin 1403
8. Parker Wolfe (3) - North Carolina 1358
9. Brian Musau - Oklahoma State 1304
10. Alex Maier (2) - Oklahoma State 1079
11. Patrick Kiprop (2) - Arkansas 779
12. Hillary Cheruiyot (4) - Alabama 571
13. Victor Kiprop (9) - Alabama 525
14. Fouad Messaoudi (1) - Oklahoma State 513
15. Cole Sprout (1) - Stanford 300
16. Jackson Sharp - Wisconsin 299
17. Liam Murphy - Villanova 261
18. Lukas Kiprop - New Mexico 187
19. Aaron Las Heras - Northern Arizona 154
20. Evans Kiplagat (1) - New Mexico 150

Oh cool, can’t wait to stand in line at the port-a- potty

wejo created one already

Pee in the woods

I’ve been edging for 6 hours in anticipation of VALBYMANIA!

if your TV provider won't let you watch the paid ESPN streams the spanish version appear to be free to watch, at least for me

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En Español-NCAA Cross Country Championship (11/18/23) - Live Stream - Watch ESPN

Watch the En Español-NCAA Cross Country Championship live from ESPN3 on Watch ESPN. Live stream on Saturday, November 18, 2023.

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if your TV provider won't let you watch the paid ESPN streams the spanish version appear to be free to watch, at least for me

espn.com

En Español-NCAA Cross Country Championship (11/18/23) - Live Stream - Watch ESPN

Watch the En Español-NCAA Cross Country Championship live from ESPN3 on Watch ESPN. Live stream on Saturday, November 18, 2023.

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I'm with you. I don't think Val y or Tuohy win but I don't care one bit a out running as a spectator sport, just as a participant, so 8 don't know anyone else even running. I still hope someone else wins because it would be hilarious.

Well you’re never going to climate because Tuohy is gonna stomp her and her big feet

9:45am...still no broadcast on ESPNU?

Its on ESPN+

I’m watching on ESPNU