Returners: Quantity vs Quality & Lineup Structures The first set of criteria that we look at when making of runners, then the departures of top names shouldn't be quite as devastating as it would be in the first In many instances, freshmen don't play major roles for their new collegiate teams during their very first Other first-year talents may be ahead of schedule fitness-wise and be implemented into their team's lineup Perfectly projecting the impact that former high school stars will have in their first season in the

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to our preseason NAIA individual cross country rankings! won't be quite as in-depth as you would see for our D1, D2 or D3 lists, we still wanted to put together preseason NOTE: TSR has done extensive research, checked for updated rosters, counted seasons on TFRRS and even Johnson’s 13th placement at last year’s cross country national meet so impressive is that it was her first The Evergreen State junior was super consistent throughout last fall and even thrived during her first

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to our preseason NAIA individual cross country rankings! won't be quite as in-depth as you would see for our D1, D2 or D3 lists, we still wanted to put together preseason NOTE: TSR has done extensive research, checked for updated rosters, counted seasons on TFRRS and even Mary (KS) The senior harrier has finished 120th, 63rd and 25th at the NAIA XC Championships in the first low-stick for a nationally competitive D1 Portland team a few years ago, making him a strong choice for our TSR

In fact, in his first race of the season, it appeared that he’d struggle to be a top-five runner for #25 preseason ranking. 24. As we pondered on Smith’s preseason ranking, we had to ask the same questions that we’ve been asking He feels belonging to his TSR #23 preseason ranking. In his first Division One national meet, he notched a massive 22nd place result.

emerging as a reliable low-stick throughout his debut NCAA cross country season and thriving in his first Such a strong result was hardly a guarantee for Kiprob, who won his first three races of the season but Yes, the 2023 NCAA XC Championships is probably the meet that we weigh most heavily in our preseason However, that effort was Legendre's only true concerning result during his first year in the NCAA before 17th-place finish at the 2022 NCAA XC Championships and now makes us think he has an outside shot at his first

The newest Virginia ace secured a huge 39th place All-American finish to her first collegiate season past spring, running a massive 9:42 steeplechase PR to place 8th at the national meet, earning her first As such, we at The Stride Report felt that it was only necessarily to reward her with a preseason ranking Pellicoro will surely be hungry for another first-team All-American finish on the grass after falling Truthfully, those were the major factors holding her back from being a top-30 name this preseason.

Murphy's first true test of last fall came at the Virginia Invitational. Yego was brilliant last fall, especially in his first true test of the year at Pre-Nationals. As such, we'll place him at TSR #7 in these preseason rankings before we move him any further. 6. He first race was flat-out dominant. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why Graham Blanks is our TSR #1 runner in our NCAA D1 Preseason XC

And it was at that meet where we were first introduced to Elise Stearns. Senior, Georgetown Going into last fall, we placed Chloe Scrimgeour in the "Just Missed" section of our preseason Through her first two years in the NCAA, she has shown up and produced outstanding performances. Her first true challenge wouldn't come until the BIG 12 XC Championships. However, their first true challenge wouldn't come until the SEC XC Championships.