early NCAA D1 XC predictions

Wisconsin...Mick Byrne...American Recruits...National Championship....HUH? Something isn't making sense. Guess the guy wasn't just riding a wave of africans over in Iona.

Badgers will win it, get top 3 again at worst.

Oregon's team:

Acosta, A.J.

Centrowitz, Matthew

Klotz, Kenny

Mercado, Daniel

Mercado, Diego

Puskedra, Luke

Wheating, Andrew

not bad

wuts klotz been up to?

What has been up with the Okie Kips? Kosgei fell in a 5k, Chirchir did some steepling, but neither made much noise (especially for a 7th place finisher). If both return, the cowboys have to be favorites over a weaker-up-top duck squad.

Michigan with the big upset. The 2004 recruiting class finally gets their season to peak at nationals and wins in their final year.

7. Craig Forreys

10. Lex Williams

15. Sean Macnamara

17. Brandon Fellows

25. One of their new NZ recruits

wiseyes wrote:

Where are Nationals this year anyways? I wish they'd have them in Naperville, Illinois my hometown. GO Illini!

Back in Terre Haute for the 30th year in a row.

Fernandez is injured come NCAA time.

Chelenga Blows the field away

McNeil in second with a HUGE upset. College life at altitude finally pay off. Won't be an upset however because he will tear it apart.

Chris Derrick in 3rd

Bumbalough goes out in style with a top 5 edging Puskedra

happened to the Dettman twins?

I think that one of LetsRun's favorite badasses, SCOTT MaCpherson CAN, No doubt, crack the top 10.

Fernandez wins convincingly. Same basic strategy as last year, he closes on Chelanga and beats him handily over the final kilometer. Derrick catches the fading Chelanga in a late run.

Oklahoma State over Oregon for the team title by one point.

one thing to keep in mind is there's a good chance chelenga will have mcdougal to train with again, which could lead to a rupp-type year for sam

here's my preds

1.chelenga

2.mead(you heard it here first)

3.derrick

4.mcneill

5.Fernandez

6.luke p.

7.someone from iona

8.kosgei

9.the guy from georgetown

osu wins the team title, followed by stanford and nau - oregon 6th

No idea who is coming in but some thoughts based on people graduating/transferring/running well/bad at end of year:

1 Ok State

2 Oregon

3 Auburn

4 Stanford

5 Wisconsin

6 Northern Arizona

7 Georgetown

8 Portland

9 Colorado

10 Tulsa

11 William and Mary

12 Iona

13 Alabama

14 New Mexico

15 Washington

16 Providence

17 Virginia

18 Minnesota

19 Iowa State

20 Florida State

21 Brigham Young

22 CalPoly

23 Notre Dame

24 Butler

25 Arkansas

26 Ohio State

27 Louisville

28 NC State

29 Villanova

30 Penn State

31 Lamar/Texas

If virginia cannot get in the top 7 or 8 with everyone they have returning and coming in then they have problems.

Lamr/Texas??

Neither will make it out of the South Central.

iowa state doesnt really loose anyone

watch out for them

unless you count Kiel Uhl and Kevin Born, two of their top 5.

All the people picking Oklahoma State for the team title apparently have selective amnesia about last season, when almost everyone was picking them to win and they totally fell apart.

scrub44 wrote:

Lamr/Texas??

Neither will make it out of the South Central.

Then please tell us who will

The same team that got out last year you twat.