November 21, 2019
Isaac Wood is the CITIUS MAG cross country contributor and longtime author of The Wood Report (our NCAA cross country projections). He joins the podcast to preview the 2019 NCAA Cross Country National Championships.
Isaac has been producing a very strategic and statistical algorithm to predicting where everyone will finish in the race and who will win. He shares insight into who he predicts will win the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships, which will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Indiana.
For those curious on the method to his madness, here is the introductory post on how he has devised my rankings and ratings. We’ll see how right and how wrong he is on Saturday. Regardless of his personal results, we are in for a thrilling race and one of the best in years on both the individual and team levels.
Keep in mind that Isaac’s projections and All-American picks do not include BYU in its scoring because he is the Cougars’ director of operations and does not want to share where he has his athletes. He explains his reasoning behind his picks on the show.
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WOMEN’S ALL-AMERICAN PICKS
1. Weini Kelati, New Mexico
2. Alicia Monson, Wisconsin
3. Taylor Werner, Arkansas
4. Fiona O’Keefe, Stanford
5. Elly Henes, NC State
6. Katie Izzo, Arkansas
7. Ednah Kurgat, New Mexico
8. Ella Donaghu, Stanford
9. Melany Smart, Washington
10. Katie Rainsberger, Washington
11. Anna Rohrer, Notre Dame
12. Annie Fuller, Michigan State
13. Jessica Lawson, Stanford
14. Carina Viljoen, Arkansas
15. Ericka VanderLende, Michigan
16. Amy Davis, Wisconsin
17. Devin Clark, Arkansas
18. Hannah Steelman, Wofford
19. Joyce Kimeli, Auburn
20. Callie Logue, Iowa State
21. Sara Freix, Virginia Tech
22. Sage Hurta, Colorado
23. Winny Koskei, Wichita State
24.Gabrielle Jennings, Furman
25. Kelsey Chmiel, North Carolina State
26. Savannah Carnahan, Furman
27. Lauren Gregory, Arkansas
28. Bailey Hertenstein, Indiana
29. Aoibhe Richardson, San Francisco
30. Tabor Scholl, Colorado
31. Shona McCulloch, Washington
32. Poppy Tank, Utah
33. Abby Nichols, Ohio State
34. Taylor Somers, Oklahoma State
35. Susan Ejore, Oregon
36. Jessica Pascoe, Florida
37. Paige Hostad, North Carolina
38. Adva Cohen, New Mexico
39. Molly Born, Oklahoma State
40. Camila Noe, Montana State
WOMEN’S PROJECTED TEAM SCORE
|
Team |
Points |
|
|
1 |
Arkansas |
74 |
|
2 |
Stanford |
117 |
|
3 |
Washington |
138 |
|
4 |
New Mexico |
235 |
|
5 |
Michigan State |
258 |
|
6 |
North Carolina St. |
258 |
|
7 |
Colorado |
277 |
|
8 |
Wisconsin |
295 |
|
9 |
Florida State |
306 |
|
10 |
Furman |
322 |
|
11 |
Michigan |
340 |
|
12 |
Oregon |
366 |
|
13 |
Boise State |
394 |
|
14 |
Utah |
410 |
|
15 |
Air Force |
433 |
|
16 |
Notre Dame |
454 |
|
17 |
Illinois |
462 |
|
18 |
Penn State |
486 |
|
19 |
Ohio State |
533 |
|
20 |
Northern Arizona |
554 |
|
21 |
Texas |
564 |
|
22 |
Tulsa |
579 |
|
23 |
Columbia |
629 |
|
24 |
Minnesota |
631 |
|
25 |
Boston College |
643 |
|
26 |
Indiana |
655 |
|
27 |
Ole Miss |
660 |
|
28 |
Villanova |
692 |
|
29 |
Harvard |
707 |
|
30 |
Cornell |
810 |
MEN’S ALL-AMERICAN PICKS
1. Edwin Kurgat, Iowa State
2. Gilbert Kigen, Alabama
3. Joe Klecker, Colorado
4. Athanas Kioko, Campbell
5. Oliver Hoare, Wisconsin
6. Amon Kemboi, Campbell
7. Luis Grijalva, NAU
8. Vincent Kiprop, Alabama
9. Alex Ostberg, Stanford
10. Thomas Ratcliffe, Stanford
11. Peter Seufer, Virginia Tech
12. Andrew Jordan, Washington
13. John Dressel, Colorado
14. Cooper Teare, Oregon
15. Abdihamid Nur, NAU
16. Geordie Beamish, NAU
17. Ben Veatch, Indiana
18. Morgan Beadlescomb, Michigan State
19. Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse, Portland
20. Patrick Dever, Tulsa
21. George Kusche, Nebraska
22. Kyle Mau, Indiana
23. Kashon Harrison, Colorado
24. Ehab El-Sandali, Iona
25. James Mwaura, Gonzaga
26. Kigen Chemadi, Mid. Tenn. State
27. Ian Shanklin, NC State
28. Brodey Hasty, NAU
29. Evert Silva, Portland
30. Alek Parsons, Stanford
31. Jaret Carpenter, Purdue
32. Jacob Choge, Mid. Tenn. State
33. Drew Bosley, NAU
34. Peter Lynch, Tulsa
35. Johnjack Millar, Iona
36. Yared Nuguse, Notre Dame
37. Nadeel Wildschutt, Coastal Carolina
38. Euan Makepeace, Butler
39. Ezekiel Kibichii, Eastern Kentucky
40. Alec Basten, Minnesota
MEN’S PROJECTED TEAM SCORES
|
Team |
Points |
|
|
1 |
Northern Arizona |
92 |
|
2 |
Colorado |
142 |
|
3 |
Portland |
188 |
|
4 |
Stanford |
188 |
|
5 |
Tulsa |
196 |
|
6 |
Iowa State |
275 |
|
7 |
Iona |
289 |
|
8 |
Oregon |
323 |
|
9 |
Ole Miss |
348 |
|
10 |
Washington |
359 |
|
11 |
Notre Dame |
386 |
|
12 |
Wisconsin |
413 |
|
13 |
Mid. Tenn. State |
426 |
|
14 |
Indiana |
430 |
|
15 |
Purdue |
435 |
|
16 |
Alabama |
471 |
|
17 |
Boise State |
479 |
|
18 |
Harvard |
506 |
|
19 |
Michigan |
517 |
|
20 |
Villanova |
537 |
|
21 |
Virginia |
548 |
|
22 |
Virginia Tech |
555 |
|
23 |
Texas |
580 |
|
24 |
Syracuse |
587 |
|
25 |
Utah State |
614 |
|
26 |
Arkansas |
665 |
|
27 |
Georgetown |
668 |
|
28 |
Furman |
686 |
|
29 |
Florida State |
696 |
|
30 |
North Carolina St. |
697 |
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