level of overwhelming firepower that they had last fall while making one more run at a national title against In a smaller meet like the Purple Valley Invite, that pack might not have been as potent against a similarly-talented At the Louisville XC Classic, against 41 other Division Three teams, a handful of which were nationally Once again, at the Connecticut College Invitational, the Engineers toed the line for a team battle against He ran a 14:42 personal best for 5000 meters in December of last year, but didn't race again until a

Even so, Lynchburg still held their own against a glut of Division One squads with Frank Csorba and Chasen our last update, Williams competed in the Western New England Invitational and took a comfortable win against While in Illinois, the biggest bright spot for this team, relative to expectations, was once again Shane Eagles (0 / 4) The Eagles had a fairly uneventful weekend, winning the Drews/Neubauer Invitational against

that Charlotte and Georgetown shared this fall and then see who has the highest winning percentage against Providence loses a head-to-head tie-breaker against Duke since the Blue Devils beat the Friars at Nuttycombe When the results were tallied, the Lancers held a clear edge, holding a rough 72% win rate against those In the above section, Michigan State lost the head-to-head tie-breaker against Washington who beat them When comparing common opponents, you'll find that Lipscomb has a perfect 100% win rate against that group

The Lakers then toed the line against fiercer competition at the Louisville Classic. That steady backend allowed the Lakers to place 3rd in our team standings against some solid Division Grand Valley State headed south yet again and next competed at the Bradley Pink Classic. Similar to the Louisville Classic, they held their own against Division One programs and finished 4th The Lakers will test their fitness against Division One programs at the Louisville Classic again this

(TSR #6) will all be pitted against each other. They’ll face off against a recently removed Amherst team who is now in our “Just Missed” section. On the women's side, I am curious to watch Mary Kate McGranahan match up against Morgan Lee for the first On the men's side, it will be interesting to see if Wartburg can potentially pull off an upset against On the flip side, Bates had a tougher challenge at the NESCAC XC Championships, facing off against Amherst

misconduct and potential doping from a lawsuit filed by two former Huntington University distance runners against

. * * * The Williams women started a busy 2022 fall campaign against mid-major Division One competition And despite the talent in the field, the Ephs fared pretty well against their academically inclined northeast , that was exactly what happened at their home meet, the Purple Valley XC Classic, as the Ephs once again After again defeating the Mammoths and the Engineers at the Mideast Regional XC Championships, the Ephs Williams should be stable throughout the regular season and quite likely won’t have the same issues against

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Colorado Christian Cougars (+1 / 8) We finally got to see the Colorado Christian men race against some To be clear, this is what we should have seen from this team against the competition that they faced It appears that the Vikings are a fully healthy team, but we just have not seen them against anybody Outside of some strong west coast teams, we don’t have a solid gauge on how this team looks against some Chico State will be nationally competitive, but until we see some results against some stronger competition

out of the first meet, the entire Sagehen crew made their debut at the UCR Cross Country Invitational against Widlansky and Lucas Florsheim packed a solid 1-2 punch for the Sagehens, placing 8th and 9th, respectively, against Widlansky had himself a day in 2nd place, giving his team an elite scoring presence yet again. The only that question remained was, how would they perform against all of Division Three at the cross Read that last sentence again.