rickety cricket wrote:
Crazy to find myself rooting for Stanford - not exactly an underdog, historically speaking - but seems like their assemblage of talent makes them the best shot for a homegrown, no-transfer, under 23yo top 5 to podium. Not that there's anything wrong with int'l runners, older runners, grad transfers...just kinda nice to see an "organic" team with a puncher's chance in today's NCAA
Great stuff from Utah St and Wyoming, those are some real blue collar squads taking a few big-time scalps
UW at 24 is disappointing, but no Gorze or Green - hopefully they're good to go for the stretch run. Texas going from 7 @ nats last year to 27 yesterday is tough. A couple B1G teams looking surprisingly game: MSU, IU, Mich in what looked like a rebuilding year with Brady and Foster graduated. Gonna be a dogfight between those 3, UW, and Oregon for second behind Wisco
You do know that Stanford also has international runners on the roster right? In fact they ran James Dargon at Pre Nats. Dragon is a freshman from England. Women’s roster also has a couple of Aussie runners. Stanford historically and currently uses international runners.