Lickety Split wrote:
Top 5*
# 1 Colorado (A)
# 2 Stanford
# 3 Washington
# 4 Colorado State (A)
#5 NC State
NOTE: BYU isn't counted given this crazy 2-year mission rule where you end up having 26 year-old Seniors. The NCAA's equivalent of WCAP
Congrats to Coach Wetmore for both Men and Women's Championships!
I further announce "Lickety's All-Americans" as reflected below. Props to those who don't train at altitude (A), didn't go on a Mission, & were individual (IND) versus team performers. 35% of the "Real Americans" that attended a college at altitude made "Lickety's All-American" Team .... a data point for future HS athletes & current programs that "Location Matters!" By that I mean, teams at elevation have a better opportunity focusing on middle/long-distance runners & perhaps add a few field eventers like decathlon to compete better in Cross-Country-Indoor-Outdoor hat-trick. I "buckled" by including BYU athletes in this mix ... huge advantage w/age & altitude: their top 5 made "Lickety's All-American" Team.
(1) Grant Fisher .... Stanford
(2) Isai Rodriguez ... OK State
(3) Aaron Templeton ... Furman (IND)
(4) Tyler Day ... NAU (A)
(5) Joe Klecker ... Colorado (A)
(6) John Dressel ... Colorado (A)
(7) Connor Mantz ... BYU (A)/Mission
(8) Ryan Forsyth ... Colorado (A)
(9) Alex Ostberg ... Stanford
(10) Peter Seufer ... Va Tech (IND)
(11) Tanner Anderson ...Washington
(12) Paul Roberts ... Wyoming (A)
(13) Rory Linkletter ... BYU (A)/Mission
(14) Luis Grijalva ... NAU (A)
(15) Connor McMillan ... BYU (A)/Mission
(16) Logan Orndof ... Portland
(17) Ashenafi Hatte ... OK State
(18) Addison Dehaven ... Boise State (A)*
(19) Peter Lomong ... NAU (A)
(20) Alek Parsons ... Stanford
(21) Brad Demarest ... Virginia (IND)
(22) Danny Kilrea ... Notre Dame (IND)
(23) Clayson Shumway ... BYU (A)/Mission
(24) John Aho ... Michigan
(25) Waleed Suliman ... Ole Miss
(26) Thibebu Procter ... Washington
(27) Nick Hauger … Portland
(28) Carson Hume …. Colorado State (A)
(29) Eduardo Herrera … Colorado (A)
(30) Riley Campbell … Boise State (A)*
(31) Andrew Jordan … Iowa State
(32) Kieran Tuntivate … Harvard (IND)
(33) Kyle Mau …. Indiana
(34) Jacob Hesslington … BYU (A)/Mission
(35) Aidan Reed …. Southern Utah (A)
(36) Kyle Mattes … Illinois State (IND)
(37) NICK WAREHAM … Georgetown
(38) Ian Shanklin … NC State
(39) Olin Hacker … Wisconsin
(40) Fred Huxman … Washington
* NOTE: Assumed Boise State athletes had the opportunity for significant altitude training.