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PREDICTIONS: 2023 Louisville XC Classic (Gold race)

  • Grace McLaughlin
  • Sep 29, 2023
  • 2 min read

Updated: Sep 30, 2023


Predictions by Grace McLaughlin, formats and editing via Garrett Zatlin

The "Live in Lou" XC Classic, also called the Louisville XC Classic, doesn't get as much attention as the Joe Piane Invitational does. It does, however, host a handful of the top D2 teams around the country as well as a handful of quietly competitive D1 teams from around the NCAA -- and that will be no different in 2023.


Below, TSR's Grace McLaughlin gave her picks for the always-entertaining "Gold" race set to go down on Saturday morning in Kentucky.

NOTE: The list of entered athletes in this field did not fully reflect the entries that were initially published by this meet.

Men's Predictions (Gold race)

Teams

  1. Adams State Grizzlies

  2. Grand Valley State Lakers

  3. Miami (OH) RedHawks

  4. Lee (TN) Flames

  5. Purdue Boilermakers


Individuals

  1. Awet Beraki (Adams State)

  2. Jan Lukas Becker (Mississippi College)

  3. Yonas Haile (Adams State)

  4. Elias Bergman (Grand Valley State)

  5. Dayton Brown (Adams State)

  6. Baidy Ba (Kent State)

  7. Micah Gilpatric (Charleston Southern)

  8. William Amponsah (West Texas (A&M)

  9. Nathan Walker (Purdue)

  10. Connor Riss (North Central (IL))

  11. Matthew Fowler (Lee (Tenn.))

  12. Nixon Korir (Azusa Pacific)

  13. Mikah Paiz (Adams State)

  14. Ian Kibiwot (Louisville)

  15. Riley Burns (Azusa Pacific)

  16. Elijah De La Cerda (Adams State)

  17. Mhalicki Bronson (Miami (OH))

  18. Noah Mcintyre (Illinois-Springfield)

  19. Aaron Himes (Lee (TN))

  20. Aziz Mohamed (West Texas (A&M)


Women's Predictions (Gold race)

Teams

  1. Adams State Grizzlies

  2. Grand Valley State Lakers

  3. UC-Colorado Springs Mountain Lions

  4. Butler Bulldogs

  5. Louisville Cardinals


Individuals

  1. Stephanie Cotter (Adams State)

  2. Brianna Robles (Adams State)

  3. Regina Mpigachai (Northern Colorado)

  4. Natalie Graber (Grand Valley State)

  5. Elenora Curtabbi (West Texas A&M)

  6. Ava O’Connor (Adams State)

  7. Emily Schoellkopf (Adams State)

  8. Ava Nuttall (Miami (OH))

  9. ​​Wiktoria Klebowska (Butler)

  10. Anna Fauske (UC-Colorado Springs)

  11. Kate Hedlund (UC-Colorado Springs)

  12. Abby Olsen (Butler)

  13. Payne Turney (Purdue)

  14. Riley Penn (Louisville)

  15. Hannah Rhem (Cedarville)

  16. Reina Paredes (Adams State)

  17. Taryn Chapko (Grand Valley State)

  18. Tristan Spence (Adams State)

  19. Morgan Hykes (Adams State)

  20. Vienna Lahner (Adams State)

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