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Wood Report: NCAA Cross Country Championship Men’s Individual Projections & All-Americans

By Debajo Dos

November 16, 2017

The 2017 NCAA Cross Country Championships are here. It’s been a long time coming. I can think back upon opening Excel in the summer to start up on crunching the numbers for this but it’s finally real. In the very first rankings, I left out BYU because I didn’t want to show any bias and didn’t want it to have an impact on the team seeing the numbers but word gets around and the team showed how good it was so it would be silly not to include them. For those curious on the method to the madness, here is the introductory post on how I’ve devised my rankings and ratings from back in September. We’ll see how right and how wrong I am on Saturday. Regardless of my personal results, we are in for a thrilling race and one of the best in years on both the individual and team levels.

You’ll hear from me again after the NCAA cross country championships when we wrap up all the action but if this is one of the last things that you read from me, thank you for following along all season. You can reach me at @Wood_Report on Twitter. If you’re in Louisville, say what’s up. I’ll be the tall guy in BYU apparel.

Here are the official Wood Report pre-NCAA National Championship Individual Rankings:

Place First Last School
253 Clay Austell Alabama
252 Andrew Bull Alabama
251 Jacob Shewbert Navy
250 Michael Karls Navy
249 James Brinyark Alabama
248 Jake Finney Washington State
247 Daniel Sims Michigan State
246 Keenan Rebera Michigan
245 Paul Ryan Washington State
244 Kenneth Hagen Virginia
243 Nate Oesterstock Southern Utah
242 Ehab El-Sandali Iona
241 Garrett Bull Alabama
240 Matthew Novak Virginia
239 Wolfgang Beck Princeton
238 Josh Hanna Navy
237 Michael Vennard Boise State
236 Darren Harman Utah State
235 Justin Janke Washington State
234 Gabriel Collison Navy
233 Joe Riordan Michigan State
232 Riley Campbell Boise State
231 Sam Clausnitzer Iowa State
230 John Nownes Iowa State
229 Ari Klau Virginia
228 Carson Hume Colorado State
227 Matthew Watkins Washington State
226 Brody Smith Utah State
225 Geoffry Cheruiyot Middle Tennessee State
224 Nathan Thomas Air Force
223 Adam Hendrickson Utah State
222 Nathan Wadhwani Washington State
221 Jackson Marshall UCLA
220 George Espino Southern Utah
219 Trevor Gilley Ole Miss
218 Jesse Hersha Michigan State
217 Billy Bund Michigan
216 Jack O’Leary Iona
215 Trent Brendel California- West
214 Garek Bielaczyk Texas
213 Eric Kroon Texas
212 J.D. Thorne Utah State
211 Viraj Deokar Princeton
210 Myles Smith UCLA
209 Jon Bishop Texas A&M -South Central
208 Robert Stone Princeton
207 Brandon Harvey Ole Miss
206 Ben Barrett North Carolina State
205 Patrick Reilly Lehigh- Mid-Atlantic
204 Kyle Levermore Arkansas
203 Noah Riley Air Force
202 Amos Cheruiyot Middle Tennessee State
201 Alex Corbett Virginia
200 Colin Burke UCLA

Below you can find who I project will finish from 199th to 100th place at the 2017 NCAA Cross Country National Championship. Questions? Criticisms? Direct them my way at @Wood_Report

199 Milo Greder Iowa State
198 Christian Farris Texas A&M -South Central
197 Henry Pearce Tulsa -Midwest
196 Jacob Pickle Texas
195 Aidan Reed Southern Utah
194 Patrick Sheehan North Carolina State
193 Chandler Austin Boise State
192 Michael Hall Florida State- South
191 Tibebu Proctor Washington
190 Jack Joyce Virginia Tech
189 Chase Weaverling Virginia
188 George Gleason UCLA
187 Iliass Aouani Syracuse
186 Ben Hill Michigan
185 Ryan Adams Furman
184 Wayde Hall Colorado State
183 Reilly Friedman Colorado
182 Addison DeHaven Boise State
181 Andrew Ronoh Arkansas
180 Patrick Sullivan Air Force
179 Philip Hall North Carolina State
178 Tyson Lambert Utah Valley- Mountain
177 Vincent Ciattei Virginia Tech
176 Luke Beattie Utah State
175 Bryce Miller UMKC-Midwest
174 Diego Zarate Virginia Tech
173 Joe Bistritz North Carolina State
172 Kevin Murray Navy
171 Brayden Law Michigan State
170 Stanley Langat Iowa State
169 Andrew Tario Iona
168 Matthew Fayers Oklahoma State
167 John Valeri Army
166 Chandler Teigen Washington State
165 Johnathan Stevens Washington
164 Neil Gourley Virginia Tech
163 Ryan Manahan Ole Miss
162 Cory Donley Navy
161 John Aho Michigan
160 Kyle Mattes Illinois State- Midwest
159 Trent Powell Colorado State
158 Ahmed Muhumed Boise State
157 Matt Young Arkansas
156 Patrick Joseph Virginia Tech
155 Jake Hoffert Bradley- Midwest
154 John Rice Texas
153 Gannon Willcutts Princeton
152 Noah Gade Oklahoma State
151 Mason Coppi Furman
150 Eric Hamer Colorado State
149 Ethan Gonzales Colorado
148 Jimmy Shipley Air Force
147 James Withers Utah State
146 Adam Peterman Colorado
145 Edwin Kurgat UT-Martin- South
144 Christian Liddell Oklahoma State
143 Hlynur Andresson Eastern Michigan- Great Lakes
142 Jake Brophy Navy
141 Max Benoit Michigan State
140 Taylor FloydMews Bradley- Midwest
139 Daniel De La Torre UCLA
138 Andrew Marston Villanova- Mid-Atlantic
137 Andy Snyder Washington
136 Tai Dinger Stanford
135 Reuben Kiprono Portland
134 Austin Tamagno Oregon
133 Elijah Moskowitz North Carolina State
132 Sampson Laari Middle Tennessee State
131 Casey Comber Villanova- Mid-Atlantic
130 Noah Kauppila Princeton
129 Waleed Suliman Ole Miss
128 Tim McGowan Penn State- Mid-Atlantic
127 Swarnjit Boyal Cal Poly- West
126 Aubrey Myjer North Carolina State
125 Alek Parsons Stanford
124 Arsen’e Guillorel Samford -South
123 Dominic Hockenbury Syracuse
122 Reed Brown Oregon
121 Cory Glines Northern Arizona
120 Ian Shanklin North Carolina State
119 Tanner Hinkle Furman
118 Yusuke Uchikoshi Boise State
117 Talon Hull Washington
116 Travis Neuman Oregon
115 Paul Hogan Umass-Lowell- Northeast
114 Parker Scott Ole Miss
113 Ryan Smeeton Oklahoma State
112 Troy Reeder Furman
111 Kramer Morton BYU
110 Jacob Bilvado Air Force
109 Dominic DeLuca Cornell- Northeast
108 Blake Haney Oregon
107 Thomas Madden UC-Davis- West
106 Sam Worley Texas
105 Matthew Wright Southern Utah
104 Garrett O’Toole Princeton
103 Andrew Gardner Washington
102 Logan Orndorf Portland
101 Joe Dragon Syracuse
100 Connor Mora Michigan

Below you can find who I project will finish from 99th to 50th place at the 2017 NCAA Cross Country National Championship. Questions? Criticisms? Direct them my way at @Wood_Report

99 Liam Dee Iona
98 Garrett Corcoran California- West
97 Miler Haller Boise State
96 Andrew Johnston Air Force
95 Colin Abert Penn State- Mid-Atlantic
94 Peter Lomong Northern Arizona
93 Chartt Miller Iona
92 Noah Schutte Portland
91 Nahom Solomon Georgia Tech- South
90 Lachlan Cook Virginia
89 Steven Fahy Stanford
88 Derek Gutierrez Ole Miss
87 Kasey Knevelbaard Southern Utah
86 Alex Rogers Texas
85 Thomas Pollard Iowa State
84 Gilbert Kirui Iona
83 Connor O’Neill Texas
82 Josh Kerr New Mexico- Mountain
81 Caleb Webb Portland
80 Frank Lara Furman
79 Mahmoud Moussa Washington
78 Blair Hurlock Stanford
77 Conor Lundy Princeton
76 Jonathan Harper BYU
75 Aaron Baumgarten Michigan
74 Johannes Motschmann Iona
73 Luis Martinez Oklahoma State
72 Philo Germano Syracuse
71 Sam Prakel Oregon
70 Garrett Reynolds UCLA
69 Cameron Griffith Arkansas
68 Ben Veatch Indiana- Great Lakes
67 Cooper Teare Oregon
66 Joe Hardy Wisconsin- Great Lakes
65 Eduardo Herrera Colorado
64 Mickey Davey Air Force
63 Brent Demarest Virginia
62 Sam Wharton Stanford
61 Josh Collins Southern Utah
60 Nick Hauger Portland
59 Morgan Beadlescomb Michigan State
58 Dan Curts Iowa State
57 Cole Rockhold Colorado State
56 Ryan Forsyth Colorado
55 Josh Brickell Furman
54 Mike Tate Southern Utah
53 Ben Flanagan Michigan
52 Paul Luevano Boston U. -Northeast
51 Zach Perrin Colorado
50 Tanner Anderson Oregon
49 Aaron Templeton Furman
48 Emmanuel Rotich Tulane-South Central
47 Jeff Thies Portland
46 Sylvester Barus Oklahoma State
45 Clark Ruiz Michigan State
44 Andrew Jordan Iowa State
43 Grant Fischer Colorado State
42 Luis Grijalva Northern Arizona
41 Daniel Jaskowak Virginia Tech

Below you can find who I project will finish from 40th to 1st place at the 2017 NCAA Cross Country National Championship. Questions? Criticisms? Direct them my way at @Wood_Report

THE CITIUS MAG & WOOD REPORT ALL-AMERICANS

40 Alex Ostberg Stanford
39 Austen Dalquist Arkansas
38 Danny Carney BYU
37 Colby Gilbert Washington
36 Kigen Chemadi Middle Tennessee State
35 Nadeel Wildschutt Coastal Carolina- Southeast
34 Geordie Beamish Northern Arizona
33 Aidan Tooker Syracuse
32 Michael Williams Washington State
31 Peter Seufer Virginia Tech
30 Clayton Young BYU
29 Oliver Hoare Wisconsin- Great Lakes
28 Jonathan Green Georgetown- Mid-Atlantic
27 Alex George Arkansas
26 Brian Barraza Houston- South Central
25 Azaria Kirwa Liberty- Southeast
24 Robert Brandt UCLA
23 Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse Portland
22 Sean Tobin Ole Miss
21 Andy Trouard Northern Arizona
20 Jonathan Davis Illinois-Midwest
19 Jerrell Mock Colorado State
18 Colin Bennie Syracuse
17 Casey Clinger BYU
16 Hassan Abdi Oklahoma State
15 Dillon Maggard Utah State
14 Lawrence Kipkoech Campbell- Southeast
13 Connor McMillan BYU
12 Alfred Chelanga Alabama
11 Jack Bruce Arkansas
10 Amon Kemboi Campbell- Southeast
9 Joe Klecker Colorado
8 Matthew Baxter Northern Arizona
7 Tyler Day Northern Arizona
6 Vincent Kiprop Alabama
5 Jacob Choge Middle Tennessee State
4 Gilbert Kigen Alabama
3 Rory Linkletter BYU
2 Grant Fisher Stanford
1 Justyn Knight Syracuse