Who Do LetsRun Readers Think Is Going to Win the 2022 NCAA XC Championships?
By LetsRun.com
November 18, 2022
Updated: 4:30 am 11/19
We’re less than 24 hours out from the 2022 NCAA Cross Country Championships, and you, the LetsRun.com readers, are having your say about who you think is going to win in Stillwater on Saturday thanks to the $20,022 Coros Prediction Contest (get your picks in here).
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The women’s individual race has been framed as a toss-up between NC State’s Katelyn Tuohy and Florida’s Parker Valby, but LetsRun readers have a clear preference as Tuohy drew 62.5% of the votes to 30.5% for Valby (no one else got more than 2%). On the men’s side, Northern Arizona’s Nico Young got 43.2% of the vote, more than double the next-closest athlete (Stanford’s Charles Hicks, 19.2%).
In the team battle, the Stanford men and NC State women are commanding favorites according to LRC readers. Stanford garnered 484 first-place votes compared to 185 for NAU and 62 for BYU. In the women’s voting, NC State got a whopping 612 first-place votes with New Mexico well back in second (76 first-place votes).
Full results of our pre-NCAA polls below. Voting for your top 10 is still open until race time here.
LetsRun.com Men’s Super Poll Results
| LetsRun.com Men’s Super Poll Results | ||
| 1. | Stanford (535) | 8018 |
| 2. | Northern Arizona (209) | 7426 |
| 3. | BYU (71) | 6617 |
| 4. | Oklahoma State (33) | 5954 |
| 5. | Wisconsin (2) | 3251 |
| 6. | Tulsa (1) | 3183 |
| 7. | Colorado (1) | 2759 |
| 8. | Air Force (1) | 2387 |
| 9. | Notre Dame (1) | 1167 |
| 10. | Wake Forest | 933 |
| 11. | Tennessee | 792 |
| 12. | Syracuse (1) | 638 |
| 13. | Alabama (2) | 565 |
| 14. | North Carolina (1) | 563 |
| 15. | Villanova (1) | 452 |
| 16. | Oregon (2) | 424 |
| 17. | Arkansas | 410 |
| 18. | Harvard | 276 |
| 19. | Virginia | 250 |
| 20. | Washington | 216 |
Others receiving votes: 21. NC State 197 22. Ole Miss 177 23. Michigan 173 24. Gonzaga 161 25. Montana State 114 26. Princeton 103 27. Colorado State 95 28. Georgetown 84 29. Texas 78 30. Butler 64 31. Utah State 48
Individuals
Below you will see who is being picked to win. Deeper men’s picks at bottom of page.
| LetsRun.com Men’s NCAA Picks | |
| Nico Young SO-2 | 42.8 % |
| Charles Hicks SO-2 | 19.6 % |
| Alex Maier JR-3 | 12.5 % |
| Ky Robinson SO-2 | 6.7 % |
| Victor Kiprop SO-2 | 6.6 % |
| Isai Rodriguez SR-4 | 3.2 % |
| Dylan Jacobs SR-4 | 1.9 % |
| Casey Clinger JR-3 | 1.5 % |
| Cole Sprout SO-2 | 0.7 % |
| Patrick Kiprop SO-2 | 0.6 % |
| Others | 4 % |
LetsRun.com Women’s Super Poll Results
| LetsRun.com Women’s Super Poll Results | ||
| 1. | NC State (680) | 7911 |
| 2. | New Mexico (89) | 6801 |
| 3. | Oklahoma State (29) | 5916 |
| 4. | Alabama (11) | 4555 |
| 5. | Notre Dame (2) | 3980 |
| 6. | Northern Arizona | 3454 |
| 7. | BYU (5) | 2816 |
| 8. | Colorado (1) | 2097 |
| 9. | Stanford | 1892 |
| 10. | Utah | 1618 |
| 11. | Oregon | 1081 |
| 12. | Arkansas (1) | 861 |
| 13. | North Carolina (26) | 672 |
| 14. | Georgetown | 483 |
| 15. | Florida State (1) | 344 |
| 16. | Michigan (1) | 264 |
| 17. | Wisconsin (1) | 249 |
| 18. | Colorado State | 195 |
| 19. | Michigan State | 191 |
| 20. | Washington | 178 |
Others receiving votes: 21. Providence 159 22. Ohio State 149 23. Virginia 127 24. Cal Baptist 125 25. Texas 90 26. Syracuse 90 27. West Virginia 87 28. Oregon State 80 29. Utah Valley 79 30. Northwestern 57 31. Toledo 39
Individuals
Below you will see who is being picked to win and then deeper rankings.
| LetsRun.com Women’s NCAA Picks | |
| Katelyn Tuohy SO-2 | 62.3 % |
| Parker Valby SO-2 | 30.5 % |
| Ceili McCabe JR-3 | 2.1 % |
| Mercy Chelangat SR-4 | 1.8 % |
| Taylor Roe JR-3 | 1.3 % |
| Kelsey Chmiel JR-3 | 0.4 % |
| Natalie Cook FR-1 | 0.4 % |
| Kaylee Mitchell JR-3 | 0.3 % |
| Maggie Donahue JR-3 | 0.1 % |
| Annika Reis JR-3 | 0.1 % |
| Others | 0.8 % |
| 1. | Katelyn Tuohy SO-2 (482) – NC State | 7218 |
| 2. | Parker Valby SO-2 (237) – Florida | 6564 |
| 3. | Mercy Chelangat SR-4 (14) – Alabama | 4678 |
| 4. | Kelsey Chmiel JR-3 (3) – NC State | 4044 |
| 5. | Ceili McCabe JR-3 (16) – West Virginia | 3972 |
| 6. | Taylor Roe JR-3 (10) – Oklahoma State | 3457 |
| 7. | Natalie Cook FR-1 (3) – Oklahoma State | 2386 |
| 8. | Everlyn Kemboi SR-4 (1) – Utah Valley | 1104 |
| 9. | Amaris Tyynismaa JR-3 – Alabama | 966 |
| 10. | Kaylee Mitchell JR-3 (2) – Oregon State | 671 |
| 11. | Isabel Van Camp JR-3 – Arkansas | 663 |
| 12. | Elise Stearns SO-2 – Northern Arizona | 651 |
| 13. | Olivia Markezich JR-3 – Notre Dame | 576 |
| 14. | Samantha Bush JR-3 – NC State | 564 |
| 15. | Hilda Olemomoi FR-1 – Alabama | 460 |
| 16. | Zofia Dudek SO-2 – Stanford | 330 |
| 17. | Aubrey Frentheway SR-4 – BYU | 318 |
| 18. | Other – | 308 |
| 19. | Maia Ramsden SO-2 – Harvard | 299 |
| 20. | Olivia Howell JR-3 – Illinois | 289 |
| Others receiving votes: 21. Gracelyn Larkin JR-3 (New Mexico) 261 22. Annika Reis JR-3 (Northern Arizona) 245 23. Amelia Mazza-Downie SO-2 (New Mexico) 223 24. Emily Venters SR-4 (Utah) 187 25. Maddy Denner JR-3 (Notre Dame) 170 26. Samree Dishon SO-2 (New Mexico) 141 27. Addie Engel SO-2 (Ohio State) 123 28. Maggie Donahue JR-3 (Georgetown) 111 29. Sydney Seymour SR-4 (NC State) 109 30. Flomena Asekol JR-3 (Alabama) 83 31. Lexy Halladay-Lowry JR-3 (BYU) 83 32. Laura Pellicoro SO-2 (Portland) 82 33. Kelsey Harrington SO-2 (North Carolina) 67 34. Annabel Stafford SO-2 (Colorado St.) 65 35. Bethany Graham SO-2 (Furman) 64 36. Katie Osika JR-3 (Michigan State) 62 37. Tori Herman SO-2 (Kentucky) 61 38. Amina Maatoug SO-2 (Duke) 61 39. Izzy Thornton-Bott JR-3 (Oregon) 56 40. Dana Feyen JR-3 (Iowa State) 51 41. Joy Chirchir SO-2 (Toledo) 51 42. Phoebe Anderson SO-2 (Columbia) 50 43. Elia Ton-That FR-1 (Columbia) 49 44. Grace Fetherstonhaugh JR-3 (Oregon State) 47 45. Abigail Loveys JR-3 (Princeton) 46 46. Emmy van den Berg SO-2 (Florida State) 46 47. Gracie Morris SO-2 (TCU) 37 48. Beth Ramos JR-3 (Texas) 36 49. Chloe Scrimgeour SO-2 (Georgetown) 34 50. Savannah Roark SO-2 (Syracuse) 31 51. Grace Jensen SR-4 (Georgetown) 29 52. Brianna Weidler SO-2 (UC Davis) 28 53. Mia Cochran FR-1 (Arkansas) 26 54. Siona Chisholm SO-2 (Notre Dame) 26 55. Irene Rono JR-3 (Abilene Christian) 25 56. Jane Buckley FR-1 (Providence) 24 57. Daniella Santos SO-2 (Ohio State) 24 58. Joy Gill FR-1 (Incarnate Word) 22 59. Yasna Petrova SO-2 (CBU) 19 60. Ruby Smee JR-3 (San Francisco) 17 61. Samantha Stieve JR-3 (Wisconsin) 16 62. Jaybe Shufelberger JR-3 (Arkansas State) 15 63. Sophie Daigle SR-4 (Louisiana) 12 64. Kenzie Doyle JR-3 (UMass Lowell) 12 65. Chloe Hershenow JR-3 (Tulsa) 12 66. Maeve Stiles FR-1 (Penn) 12 67. Madelynn Hill JR-3 (Iowa State) 11 68. Olivia Borowiak JR-3 (DePaul) 9 69. Rachel McCardell SR-4 (Northwestern) 8 70. Eleanor Mancini SR-4 (La Salle) 7 71. Elizabeth Mancini SR-4 (La Salle) 5 72. Kosana Weir SR-4 (Yale) 5 73. Liz Galarza SR-4 (Georgia Tech) 5 74. Victoria Patterson SO-2 (Columbia) 4 75. Lydia Miller SO-2 (Lipscomb) 20 | ||
| 1. | Nico Young SO-2 (346) – Northern Arizona | 7080 |
| 2. | Charles Hicks SO-2 (157) – Stanford | 5855 |
| 3. | Alex Maier JR-3 (101) – Oklahoma State | 4440 |
| 4. | Ky Robinson SO-2 (54) – Stanford | 4157 |
| 5. | Victor Kiprop SO-2 (53) – Alabama | 3328 |
| 6. | Casey Clinger JR-3 (12) – BYU | 2805 |
| 7. | Dylan Jacobs SR-4 (15) – Tennessee | 2399 |
| 8. | Isai Rodriguez SR-4 (26) – Oklahoma State | 2380 |
| 9. | Drew Bosley JR-3 (5) – Northern Arizona | 2197 |
| 10. | Cole Sprout SO-2 (6) – Stanford | 1721 |
| 11. | Brian Fay SR-4 (3) – Washington | 937 |
| 12. | Bob Liking SO-2 (3) – Wisconsin | 767 |
| 13. | Aaron Bienenfeld SR-4 (4) – Oregon | 758 |
| 14. | Patrick Kiprop SO-2 (5) – Arkansas | 701 |
| 15. | Parker Wolfe SO-2 (3) – North Carolina | 510 |
| 16. | Nickolas Scudder JR-3 (3) – Charlotte | 475 |
| 17. | Acer Iverson JR-3 (1) – Harvard | 338 |
| 18. | Duncan Hamilton SR-4 – Montana State | 301 |
| 19. | Barry Keane SR-4 – Butler | 278 |
| 20. | Brandon Garnica SR-4 – BYU | 214 |
| Others receiving votes: 21. Yaseen Abdalla SO-2 (Tennessee) 202 22. Graham Blanks SO-2 (Harvard) 201 23. Liam Murphy SO-2 (Villanova) 189 24. Other () 168 25. Carter Solomon SO-2 (Notre Dame) 166 26. Tom Brady SR-4 (Michigan) 166 27. Hillary Cheruiyot SO-2 (Alabama) 154 28. Victor Shitsama SO-2 (Oklahoma State) 115 29. Austin Vancil SR-4 (Colorado) 83 30. Parker Stokes SO-2 (Georgetown) 73 31. Michael Power SR-4 (Tulsa) 71 32. Devin Hart SO-2 (Stanford) 58 33. Anthony Camerieri SR-4 (Ole Miss) 55 34. Shay McEvoy SO-2 (Tulsa) 51 35. Wil Smith SO-2 (Gonzaga) 47 36. Evan Bishop SO-2 (Wisconsin) 47 37. Joey Nokes SO-2 (BYU) 47 38. Izaiah Steury FR-1 (Notre Dame) 46 39. Ian Shanklin SR-4 (NC State) 46 40. Dennis Kipngeno JR-3 (Texas A&M-CC) 41 41. Kirami Yego SO-2 (South Alabama) 38 42. Haftu Knight JR-3 (Texas) 38 43. Meika Beaudoin-Rousseau SR-4 (Stanford) 38 44. Isaac Akers SR-4 (Tulsa) 36 45. Antonio Lopez Segura SR-4 (Virginia Tech) 30 46. Yacine Guermali SR-4 (Gonzaga) 29 47. Baidy Ba SO-2 (Kent State) 28 48. Sean Laidlaw SR-4 (Georgetown) 28 49. Arjun Jha SR-4 (Michigan) 27 50. Patrick Anderson SO-2 (North Carolina) 25 51. Justin Wachtel FR-1 (Virginia) 25 52. Alexander Korczynski SR-4 (Northeastern) 23 53. Cormac Dalton SR-4 (Tulsa) 23 54. Dylan Schubert SO-2 (Furman) 23 55. Ryan Martins SR-4 (Loyola (Ill.)) 22 56. Isaac Alonzo SO-2 (Texas) 19 57. Matthew Richtman JR-3 (Montana State) 17 58. Perry Mackinnon SR-4 (Cornell) 17 59. Elias Schreml SO-2 (Arkansas) 16 60. Gable Sieperda SO-2 (Iowa State) 12 61. Jesse Hamlin SO-2 (Butler) 12 62. Tyler Berg SR-4 (Columbia) 12 63. Marcelo Rocha SR-4 (Providence) 11 64. Marco Langon FR-1 (Villanova) 10 65. George Wheeler SR-4 (Lamar) 10 66. Jonathan Chung SO-2 (Texas A&M) 10 67. Jacob McLeod SR-4 (Arkansas) 10 68. Ryan Kinnane SO-2 (Auburn) 10 69. Nathan Lawler JR-3 (Syracuse) 8 70. Connor Nisbet JR-3 (Princeton) 8 71. Fearghal Curtin SR-4 (Florida State) 6 72. Luke Tewalt SO-2 (Wake Forest) 4 73. Jack Miller JR-3 (Pittsburgh) 2 74. Ibrahim Kedir SR-4 (La Salle) 2 | ||