YES! NEXT YEAR! as in who will win NCAA cross in 2012, and we are talking about MALES. My vote is for Texas.... yes texas. They have been getting better every year, and lutz is on fire. I am sure they will get another stud recruit, maybe multiple.
TEXAS win 2012 NCAAs... who's your pick?
I think oregon will win... there recruiting class was dirty this year and they will all be seasoned. Lukas could be top 3 and then the rest are sooo good. I see a W.
I like Oregon too, don't see texas winning. Some one too look at too is Stanford, the Rosas are studs, seem like they are taking time to adjust but after a year,they could both be in the top 20, maybe better
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katy perry
Oregon 2012-2014
Wisconsin will lose Krause and Collins, but the others are still there and the likes of Shields, Brice, Brill, and the new guys will be stepping up by then. Plus, if they win it this year, I would not be surprised if another runner in the situation Collins was in (and Ford back a half-dozen years before) look at Wisconsin and see about filling one of those top 5 places. If they do, Wisconsin will be tough to beat.
I am not sure why people do not give Byrne his due. He has consistently done well developing and polishing his runners. But for the unfortunate miscalculation by Krause (he was still pushing up the order at 8000 and 9000m, probably because he knew they needed every point to challenge OSU given how well OSU's #5 guy was doing, only to overdo it and explode some time during the last 800 meters) Wisconsin would have been second, much closer to a great race by OSU.
Remember, Wisconsin is competing with a track and field/XC team where the scholarships are split with top SP/Deca/Mid-distance guys, whereas OSU and some other schools (Portland) does not compete across the full range in track and puts almost all of their marbles into XC. The same compromise holds for Indiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and even Oregon.
And Wisconsin is there EVERY year (been in the top 5 all except for one 7th since 1995 and only lower than 15th once (19th) in 30 years).