USTFCCCA News & Notes
Nuttycombe and Pre-Nats Awaits!
Are you ready for the biggest weekend of the NCAA DI Cross Country regular season?
That’s a trick question, because we know you are. At least you better be. (You can probably tell that we are since we’re posting about this on Monday, a full four days until the first race.)
From The InfoZone: Meets & Results
Mid-October means it’s time for the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin, and the Pre-National Invitational in Columbia, Missouri.
Do you want to know who will be competing at each meet? We got you covered.
It’s About To Get Nutty(combe) |
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| Ranked teams competing at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational | ||
| Men’s Teams | Women’s Teams | |
| No. 1 Iowa State | No. 2 NC State | |
| No. 3 New Mexico | No. 5 New Mexico | |
| No. 5 Colorado | No. 6 Northern Arizona | |
| No. 6 BYU | No. 7 Notre Dame | |
| No. 7 Wisconsin | No. 9 West Virginia | |
| No. 9 Notre Dame | No. 10 Colorado | |
| No. 11 Syracuse | No. 11 Stanford | |
| No. 12 Butler | No. 14 Penn State | |
| No. 13 Northern Arizona | No. 14 Utah | |
| No. 15 California Baptist | No. 16 Iowa State | |
| No. 16 Michigan State | No. 18 Washington | |
| No. 17 Tulane | No. 18 Northwestern | |
| No. 18 Stanford | No. 20 Gonzaga | |
| No. 21 Washington State | No. 22 Georgetown | |
| No. 24 Georgetown | No. 24 Michigan State | |
| No. 26 Eastern Kentucky | No. 25 Tulane | |
| No. 27 Tulsa | No. 27 Washington State | |
| No. 28 Harvard | No. 28 Providence | |
| No. 29 Wisconsin | ||
Show Me (State) Something |
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| Ranked teams competing at the Pre-National Invitational | ||
| Men’s Teams | Women’s Teams | |
| No. 2 Oklahoma State | No. 1 BYU | |
| No. 19 Missouri | No. 3 Florida | |
| No. 22 Arkansas | No. 8 Oklahoma State | |
| No. 24 Ole Miss | No. 19 Villanova | |
| No. 30 Loyola-Chicago | No. 21 Missouri | |
| No. 23 Boston College | ||
| No. 27 Washington State | ||
| No. 30 Tennessee | ||
How can you not be romantic about cross country after looking at those charts?
Eighteen ranked men’s teams and nineteen ranked women’s teams will take on the Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Verona, Wisconsin. Six top-ten squads from the most recent Men’s National Coaches’ Poll and six top-ten teams from the most recent Women’s National Coaches’ Poll will toe the start line in the Badger State. Expand that and you’re looking at ten of the top-15 teams on the men’s side and nine on the women’s.
While only one top-ten team will be in the men’s race at the Pre-National Invitational, fans will be treated to a barnburner between top-ranked BYU and No. 3 Florida in the women’s race. The Gators return to the site of their emphatic victory earlier this season at the Gans Creek Classic. The Cougars made quick work of the competition at the Cowboy Jamboree without a few of their top runners, but will debut prized recruit Jane Hedengren this weekend.