NCAA Conference XC Championships

You forgot the most important of them all - the NEC

SEC W--Are Lemngole/Tuwei as strong as Hartman/Napoleon? Can AL 3/4/5 show greater firepower?

SEC: Does Alabama win the SEC, particularly if FL’s 5th is a no-show?

Does Alabama reveal yet another formerly unheard of Kenyan runner that can make an immediate scoring impact, placing them in the conversation as a legitimate podium threat for Natty’s?

Interesting factoid, one of Alabama’s freshman this year ran the Crimson Classic faster than Doris Lemngole did her freshman year. (Lemngole went on to finish second at Natty’s that season.)

CCSU red shirting all Fr this year so they’re the dogs against Stonehill next week. Can they pull off the upset?

Oregon women will role to easy win. They already 5 deep and haven’t even featured Silan Ayyiliz or Mia Barnett in any race. Frias, thorsett, Barnett, Thompson, Ayyildiz make up 2-7. Aces up top with top national contender 1-5 area, 10-20 runner. They are loaded.

Forgot to put the date

All above-mentioned conference meets + Mountain West scheduled for Friday (10/31).

Many others split between Friday & Saturday.

ustfccca.org is the single comprehensive source for all US-based xc & t&f meet scheduling.

This week:

As mentioned above, fascinating ACC women's race on tap if Bunnage/Stanford races. Can she toe the line for the first time since NCAA Indoors and win outright vs Hartman & her NC State crew? Will Kennedy/Stanford close the gap on Hartman from Pre-Nats.

For ACC men, looks like the Rocky/WF vs The Nerd/UVA show.

Expecting low-19/22 winners on the flat, fast Tom Sawyer State Park course.

Over at B1Gs, if OR women races their two Tokyo WC runners and they perform decently, then there's your likely NCAA championship team. Sorry, BYU & NC State. Also, will NCAA pre-race co-favorite Cherotich/OR break 19 again and/or win by half a minute?

At MWC, let's see if Kosgei/NM makes her fall debut.

Same with Lemngole/AL at SECs.

Nonsense.

The only way Oregon wins Natty’s is if they are using drugs.

Stanford capable of putting together a strong top 5 if all goes well.

Bunnage, Kennedy, Stewart, Scatchard, Thomsen, Flynn.

Little depth so far after this though.

ACC may be a chance to see this squad.

Tough to get into top three in ACC.

Yep.

Since 10/team can race conference meets, could even see Juliette Whittaker fill out the lineup.

At last year's meet, Stanford tied with NC State for 2nd place behind ND but was awarded 2nd based upon the tie-breaker.

This year, should not be close. Even if Bunnage & Kennedy take 1-2 -- highly unlikely -- NC State still puts its top-5 ahead of Stanford's #3. Expecting ND for #2 team but well behind the Wolfpack.

At B1Gs, with Ayyildiz & Barnett in the lineup w/Cherotich, Cherubet, Frias, and Thompson, get out the brooms. This could be a sweep.

Shout out to the American true freshwomen racing at ACCs!!

Sadie Engelhardt (NC State)

Chloe Huyler (Notre Dame)

Hanne Thomsen (Stanford) & Maya de-Brouwer (Stanford)

Victoria Rodriguez (Wake Forest)

Libby Castelli (UNC), Katelyn Rupe (UNC), & Kinley Wolfe (UNC)

Victoria Garces (Duke)

Rylee Blade (Florida State) & Maggie Bartlow (Florida State)

Elizabeth Smith (Southern Methodist)

Lily Montilla (California)

Elena Barrall (Pittsburgh) & Camryn McGeehan (Pittsburgh)

Caitlin Thomas (GT), Maddie Jones (GT), & Sadie Honig (GT)

Lillian Deskins (Miami), Katie Hetzel (Miami), & Lucia Rodbro (Miami)