The two components of this scoring group that may hurt the Lakers are freshman standout Koby Fraaza and They have proven time and time again that this group of women is the best in the NCAA. Natalie Graber, Klaudia O’Malley, Lauren Kiley, Abby VanderKooi and Taryn Chapko -- that's not an easy group Jose: I gotta say, the Grizzlies may be vulnerable this Friday, mostly because postseason competition right track this weekend, Brianna Robles and Precious Robinson need to step up as leaders for this group

What will training with an elite middle distance program do for her next year? What program wouldn't want to have him? in the steeplechase since 2014 and Nibbelink doesn't really have much cross country history which is what

Below, we assembled a Group Chat article that is one of the longer previews that we've had in a while What about fast from the gun? transfers Camryn Menninger and Esther Seeland, effectively gives the Cavaliers a dependable scoring group conference isn’t the strongest it's ever been on the men’s or women’s side this year, but that kind of postseason The winner will most likely come from that group of five.

Brown and the fantastic scoring support offered by Riley Mayer, Shaelyn Hostager and Ellie Meyer, this group They also don’t have a big gap between their scoring group. What has to happen for Kassie Parker (TSR #1) to be upset on Saturday? Chris Allen were able to displace UW-La Crosse’s backend runners, propelling them to a team victory in what However, Pick is proving himself to be a postseason warrior for the second season in a row, propelling

What is your tweet-length review of the men’s and women’s races at the D3 NCAA XC Championships? What was more surprising? Seeing the Johns Hopkins women win the national title? What percent chance would you have given the MIT men to win the national title going into Saturday? cross country seasons, so it was shocking to see Sam Acquaviva in particular gunning it from the front group However, in a certain group chat article, I was very high on one team that had the ability to out-perform

Garrett: I guess it depends on what you thought about Illinois-Springfield to begin with. State, Colorado Mines and UC-Colorado Springs, there was a spot that we identified with each of those groups Adams State has consistently boasted an incredibly talented group of women with their low-sticks almost What is one women's team that finished outside of the top-10 that you believe had a great race? Garrett: What about Helen Baybrook?

In other words, they just need a really solid start that extends their postseason success from last year It’s no secret that Markezich and Denner have traditionally peaked in the postseason — they were 74th If even one more legitimate scorer emerges from this group (in addition to Fetherstonhaugh), then that Don’t expect a top-five finish per se, but I’d imagine the expectations for a group that finished 29th However, he’s traditionally peaked in the postseason, finishing a modest 25th in this race last year.

What was the most predictable distance race from the regional meets? Why? Whose postseason peak makes them more dangerous: Katy-Ann McDonald or Aurora Rynda? Whose postseason peak makes them more dangerous: James West or Jack Salisbury? I think it depends on what you value more. who I didn’t expect to qualify for the national meet, but when you look at her recent momentum and postseason

They both executed exactly what they needed to do. Kevin: One. What shocked me is the dominant manner in which she won. Also, this plays into the great debate of what do we value more? She came in ranked 7th, but when the field started to break up, she wasn’t afraid to go with the top group What are your thoughts on so many All-American steeplechase women being so young?

I can’t imagine what the probability of that is. She did what she has done all season long and went out hard. Don’t get me wrong, this team showed plenty of talent this fall and seemed to be a top-25 group in the What a race by the young Cavaliers! Workman (65th) all ran exceptionally well with a minuscule eight-second time-spread separating that group