Rocky MF Hansen (Wake) - 6th (27th in dyestat rankings last fall)
Lex Young (Stanford) - 86th (10th in dyestat last fall)
Hunter Jones (Wake) - 133rd (9th)
Tyrone Gorze (Washington) - 138th (4th)
Nathan Lopez (Michigan) - 144th (79th)
Sam Burgess (Harvard) - 196th (24th)
missing anyone interesting?
The women
Outside of Rocky, the other kids are used to dominated in their state and find it difficult against higher level competition.
AKA freshmen.
Devan Kipyego 30th in B race.
The last great true American freshman (or the greatest true American freshman?) . . .
Bob Kennedy in 1988?
Birhanu Harriman 152nd, 24:42
Georgetown
Who you missed wrote:
The women
Yup.
Off the top of my head, Leah Stephens for NC State stepped up BIG time.
Who you missed wrote:
The women
Here are the true frosh americans in the top 100.
Leah Stephens - NC State - 14th (16th dyestat rankings, 7th Champs xc)
Annastasia Peters - Utah - 23rd (31st dyestat, Idaho state champ)
Karrie Baloga- Colorado - 39th (2nd dyetast, Champs xc champ)
Grace Schager - Notre Dame 56th (10th dyestat, 5th NXN)
Harley Kletz - Lipscomb - 79th (unranked dyestat, 19th Running lane, 4:52 16/10:19 for 32)
Gretchen Farley - Notre Dame - 100th (45th dyestat, 19th champs xc)
Someone will have to help me out with any big names that bombed and weren't in the top 100.
.the.zone. wrote:
AKA freshmen.
Not in athletics standings.
Peter Gibbons wrote:
The last great true American freshman (or the greatest true American freshman?) . . .
Bob Kennedy in 1988?
Goucher 2nd, Ritz 4th, Luke Puskedra 5th, Chris Derrick 7th, Nico Young was 4th in the watered down March 2021 race
Probably forgetting people - feel like there's a top-10 American true freshman every few years on average
Here is what I see for men.
6. Rocky Hansen- Wake
86. Lex Young- Stanford
133. Hunter Jones- Wake
138. Tyrone Gorze- Washington
144. Nathan Lopez- Michigan
152. Birhanu Harriman- Georgetown
195. Sam Burgess- Harvard
197. Charlie Ortmans- Harvard
The CO freshman designated the next great American runner by letsrun.
rojo wrote:
Here are the true frosh americans in the top 100.
Leah Stephens - NC State - 14th (16th dyestat rankings, 7th Champs xc)
Annastasia Peters - Utah - 23rd (31st dyestat, Idaho state champ)
Karrie Baloga- Colorado - 39th (2nd dyetast, Champs xc champ)
Grace Schager - Notre Dame 56th (10th dyestat, 5th NXN)
Harley Kletz - Lipscomb - 79th (unranked dyestat, 19th Running lane, 4:52 16/10:19 for 32)
Gretchen Farley - Notre Dame - 100th (45th dyestat, 19th champs xc)Someone will have to help me out with any big names that bombed and weren't in the top 100.
Same at Pre-Nats in top 60
Paityn Noe - Arkansas - 3rd (7th dyestat, 3rd Champs, 10th NXN)
Jillian Candelino - Tennessee - 18th (96th dyestat, FL 2A champ)
Brooke Wilson - Wake Forest - 20th (4th dyestat, 2nd NXN)
Katie Clute - Oregon - 38th - (59th dyestat, 22nd Champs)
Jessie Secor - Tennessee - 43rd - (93rd dyestat, 73rd NXN, 3rd NXR SE)
Gillian Bushee - Virginia - 55th - (67th dyestat, 24th Champs)
ed.gee wrote:
The CO freshman designated the next great American runner by letsrun.
Ben Saarel?
Out of curiosity, is he part Kenyan? Kipyego definitely sounds like it
Out of curiosity, is he part Kenyan? Kipyego definitely sounds like it
wondering- wrote:
Out of curiosity, is he part Kenyan? Kipyego definitely sounds like it
He is half Kenyan, half white I believe