Stanford adds a graduate student to womens xc and track and field

Roberts also got 18th in the NCAA D1 championships race in 2018.

Stanford will crush the competition this year.

Her 5k track times were faster in 2019 than they were this year.

Will she be able to finish in 2020 NCAA XC champs close to where she finished in 2018, or higher?

Distancefan wrote:

Stanford got a nice new unexpected recruit- an graduate student from Northwestern- Aubrey Roberts. She is a 15:30 range runner. She will fit nicely with what is already there and the few freshman that are incoming. I would say that she just helped their team tremendously at the chance for a NCAA championship in XC. Top five will be: Dohohew, Lawson, Archer, Dudek , and Roberts. The last two spots will be filled by two of this group: Oaks, Hemech, Starcher, or Story. Pretty strong team. I think they can compete with NC State, depending on who is redshirted.

This is actually a pretty huge addition to their team. Stanford already had good depth, with a lot of runners capable of finishing All American or close, and their top end with Donaghu and Lawson was solid, but if they can get Roberts back to her 2018-2019 form or better they will have 3 runners fully capable of finishing in the top 10 (and I really think Donaghu and Lawson will be title contenders next year).

Stanford is talented but if NC State loses it will be the biggest coaching failure in NCAA XC history.

fact checker 642572498 wrote:

Stanford is talented but if NC State loses it will be the biggest coaching failure in NCAA XC history.

I don't know, Stanford's 2 returners are very good, and with Dudek and this transferee (if she is as good as she was in 2018) their top 4 could be as good as NC State's top 4. Both teams could have 4 in the top 20, maybe top 15. But the 5th runner will be the key.

fact checker 642572498 wrote:

Stanford is talented but if NC State loses it will be the biggest coaching failure in NCAA XC history.

This is a ridiculous statement!!!!!! Yes NC State has an awesome recruiting class, but they are freshmen! Stanford is the favorite to win without this transfer. They have most of their team coming back and they placed in front of NC State. I’m a huge NC State fan, but reality and logic says they are not the favorite to win with a bunch of Freshmen. The only way NC State is a disappointment is if they don’t win a national title in the next four years, not if they fall short with 6 incoming freshmen that may be redshirted except for maybe 2 or three of them. The only coaching failure would be putting that kind of pressure on a freshmen class their first season. The smart coaching thing to do is be patient this season since they are returning their whole team from last year except for one, and realize that bringing this group together slowly could produce multiple titles the next 4-5 years. NC State can win this year, but Stanford is the team to beat and more experienced. But I’m pulling and cheering for the Wolfpack!!!! Go pack!!!!

Did Stanford get a new coach? If not, they won't win.

Another reason to not count out Stanford to win is that it is looking to have many seniors next year, so this will give them more motivation. NC State will be much younger.

They have Hannah Steelman coming in, too - 23rd at NCAAs last year. Starliper and Tuohy would have been top 10 at NCAA's last year. Tuohy, for example, ran 20:11 in her first ever 6k last year at Club Nationals. She was smiling and waving at people during the race. It's not a blazing fast time, but the conditions were horrendous, just like at NCAAs. 20:11 would have tied her for 4th place at NCAAs. I honestly think Starliper is going to be better than Tuohy long term.

fact checker 642572498 wrote:

They have Hannah Steelman coming in, too - 23rd at NCAAs last year. Starliper and Tuohy would have been top 10 at NCAA's last year. Tuohy, for example, ran 20:11 in her first ever 6k last year at Club Nationals. She was smiling and waving at people during the race. It's not a blazing fast time, but the conditions were horrendous, just like at NCAAs. 20:11 would have tied her for 4th place at NCAAs. I honestly think Starliper is going to be better than Tuohy long term.

yes they do. But Stanford's top 2 are every bit as good as Starliper and Tuohy (sub 9 for 3000) and maybe better. Dudek may be right there too (last year was certainly right with Starliper). Hard to say either team is a clear cut favorite right now until we see some race results in the Fall.

Stanford looks unbeatable to me. I think it was even until now but I am counting on a 10th place finish from Roberts.

Tuohy starliper Camille and Steelman could go top 15. Three returners are 440 milers and Walters could be top 30 35. That's if things go well for NC State

I put better odds on Roberts finishing 10th than freshmen finishing top 15. Tuohy didn't look as good during track. I could see her being in the 6-7 spot which means she may even redshirt.

dr Know wrote:

I put better odds on Roberts finishing 10th than freshmen finishing top 15. Tuohy didn't look as good during track. I could see her being in the 6-7 spot which means she may even redshirt.

Do not agree. She looked ready to run 4:36 on DMR at NBNI to me.

lol people think there's gonna be ncaa xc this year

dr Know wrote:

I put better odds on Roberts finishing 10th than freshmen finishing top 15. Tuohy didn't look as good during track. I could see her being in the 6-7 spot which means she may even redshirt.

Tuohy has already run in many big meets so inexperience won't be an issue. Roberts is also coming off of a sub-par indoor season. Tuohy is significantly faster than her in the mile and 3k.

NCAA already announced things will go off as planned.

https://www.thestridereport.com/post/announced-ncaa-says-fall-championships-remain-unchanged

ricki R. wrote:

Did Stanford get a new coach? If not, they won't win.

Stanford did get a new coach, his name is JJ.