Her skillset should pave the way for success no matter if the race is tactical or fast from the gun. Lindsey Butler, the 2022 indoor national champion in this event, returns to her primary discipline in what The Houston Christian ace has been quietly excellent this spring, but the women who she will face later Bell has made a ton of progress this spring and may have some untapped upside, although it's unclear what Taylor James (Stanford) Two Stanford freshmen headline the second heat of the women’s 800 meters, but what

The depth of this field, however, may be the best that she has ever faced. 10. The Longhorn veteran will have the home track advantage, but it's hard to know what we should expect After comfortably winning the East Regional Championships in a not-too-fast/not-too-slow time of 33:13 Hilda Olemomoi (Alabama) If she does what she has done all season long, latching onto Crimson Tide teammate But what we do know is that when she's at her absolute best, the Wolfpack standout can be an outside

But with a blistering fast 16:36 (5k) PR and a massively valuable year of experience under her belt, We'll admit, what you see with Ross is what you get. And when you tack on a blistering fast half-mile PR of 2:08, this Calvin ace looks like one of the more However, what truly places Tucker at TSR #4 to start this season is that, for the most part, she has It's hard to say, especially with a very fast mile PR of 4:52 headlining her resume.

Unfortunately, that’s merely a “what if” situation and we can only analyze what’s in front of us. finished less than a second apart from each other at the NCAA XC Championships, so it’s fitting that we group But what we saw from this Cougar redshirt rookie at the national meet is what truly validated his overall later followed that up with an impressive 8th place finish at the Lehigh Paul Short Run from the “Gold” section He then rattled off wins at the Go Fast River Run meet, the G-MAC XC Championships and then the Midwest

This was the deepest field, in a sense, that Cherubet has faced so far this season as she had only raced In fact, in that race, she nearly upset Kelsey Chmiel, barely missing her at the line! That, of course, is what makes her recent breakout so incredible. Her 6th place finish was about what we expected from her. place finish at Joe Piane is nothing to shy away from (she was ill for that race), but Olemomoi will face

And once there, they reminded everyone in Division Two what they were fully capable of doing when their With those three veterans, you knew what you were getting every time they toed the line. And even for a team as talented and as deep as Colorado Mines, suggesting that this group will be the national meet team, although we don't think that his 82nd place finish from that race is indicative of what The Orediggers may have landed what may be the single-best American distance recruit in Division Two,

Fast forward to 2018, and Notre Dame had won the ACC XC Championships, earned a top-two automatic national

Of course, after seeing what he could do in a tactical race at the indoor national meet, it would be Colin Sahlman (Northern Arizona) Lumberjack rookie Colin Sahlman was a phenom in high school and he is fast-gaining With a monster 800 meter PR of 1:46.99 and a sneaky-fast 5000 meter PR of 13:42, the 1500 meters is the always been a top talent, but his monster 3:37 (1500) PR at the Wake Forest Invitational truly validated what The Spartan veteran knows exactly what it takes to make an NCAA final, and he is certainly going to have

Admittedly, Owens hasn't faced the best competition this spring, but that could also suggest that she She may be a wild card in terms of what we’ll see from her at the national meet, but when she’s firing That's what we call "efficiency". Will that freshness pay as she faces a handful of women who have already contested multiple 10k races

best of 29:56, but for an event that heavily favors veterans, Berhe deserves plenty of respect for what Even so, her ability to run fast and then translate that talent to the national stage is never guaranteed She would end up having a tough day at the NCAA Championships, but accomplishing what she did was no In fact, they had Ella Baran, Alex Ross, Lina Spjut and Sara Stephenson in the 5k. This guy is a very versatile talent who will be scary to face over the next couple of years.