In this day and age of not having to wait for the Sunday paper to see cross country results, people expect instantaneous information. Anything less is so prehistoric that you might as well send a fax or just deliver it via dinosaur.

The results from Wisconsin last year had a bit of a snafu. I think they had to use some finish line footage to figure out everyone’s final places.

The first thing we remember about last year’s race was that Arizona’s Elizabeth Apgar wasn’t included in the original results. We waited all day and eventually, Apgar was reinstated. The Arizona women finished third with 242 points, which was just ahead of Washington (252), Cornell (264), and an Emily Sisson-less Providence (265).

This year, all four of those teams are back, but things aren’t quite the same. There’ll still be a Pac-12 battle between Arizona and Washington, but Providence surely won’t be the last of the group. Cornell gets bumped out of the top four, but the question is by which team?

Just like in our predictions for the men’s race, we’ll breakdown the women’s field by giving you our top four “podium” teams, one dark horse, and then some info about every other ranked teams.

#1 Providence Friars

There’s not a lot to dislike about Providence. They’re lead by the best trio in the NCAA in Sisson, Laura Nagel, and Sarah Collins. What makes matters worse (for everyone else, that is) is that Sisson is finally healthy, Nagel has been progressing well, and Collins is “probably in better shape than she was this time last year.” They also have an “instant impact” freshman in Catarina Rocha.

Again, it's hard to find something to dislike. There is one glaring problem that may turn into a bigger issue this weekend: the lack of a fifth finisher.

At the Battle of Beantown, it was up to senior Erin Murphy to close the door for the Friars. She certainly has the talent to be the team’s anchor as she dropped her 5k PR from 17:04.39 to 16:32.06 last spring, but the gap between her and the team’s fourth may be even wider at a deeper race. Her 37th place finish in Boston may cause worry for the Friar's team score on Saturday.

However, if they can close, Providence should come away the victors.

1     16:51.0     EMILY SISSON           Providence    161.0     Battle in Beantown
2     16:58.0     LAURA NAGEL            Providence    158.7     Battle in Beantown
4     17:07.0     SARAH COLLINS          Providence    155.7     Battle in Beantown
7     17:28.0     CATARINA ROCHA         Providence    148.7     Battle in Beantown
37    18:09.0     ERIN MURPHY            Providence    135.0     Battle in Beantown
67    18:40.0     BRYANNA ALLISON        Providence    124.7     Battle in Beantown
75    18:51.0     MOLLY KEATING          Providence    121.0     Battle in Beantown
79    18:54.0     LAUREN MULLINS         Providence    120.0     Battle in Beantown
89    19:07.0     KATHLEEN POWELL        Providence    115.7     Battle in Beantown
100   19:19.0     JACKIE MCCARTHY        Providence    111.7     Battle in Beantown
123   19:50.0     ELIZABETH DEVIVO       Providence    101.3     Battle in Beantown
126   19:51.0     KATELYN SISCHO         Providence    101.0     Battle in Beantown
143   21:09.0     MOLLY MCCANN           Providence    75.0      Battle in Beantown

#4 Washington Huskies

Right before we hit submit, we had a change of heart and moved Washington in front of Arizona. You’re supposed to go with your gut with these types of decisions, but we already have one foot on the UDub bandwagon.

Though putting four in the top ten at Bill Dellinger is impressive, it’s not their last performance that sold us. We think that they have the full-team-package, which is an uncommon commodity for teams at the top. While they don’t necessarily have the low-stick like Arizona’s Elvin Kibet, Washington makes it up with a a solid 1-2 in Amy Eloise-Neale and a healthy Katie Flood. Behind them is another strong frosh in Katie Knight, Maddie Meyers, and Eleanor Fulton.

Last year, Washington's top finisher placed just inside the top 30. Still, they just lost to Arizona by ten points and they had Kibet finish third overall. It’s hard to tell where Flood - who was Washington’s top finisher last year - and Eloise-Neale will place in Madison, WI, but expect their spread to be quite low.

Note: Historically, we don't like to put a lot of stock in freshmen. This year is a totally different story.

3    16:48    Amy-Eloise Neale         WASHINGTON   153.3   Bill Dellinger
5    16:54    Katie Flood              WASHINGTON   151.3   Bill Dellinger
9    17:06    Katie Knight             WASHINGTON   147.3   Bill Dellinger
10   17:06    Maddie Meyers            WASHINGTON   147.3   Bill Dellinger
13   17:18    Eleanor Fulton           WASHINGTON   143.3   Bill Dellinger
25   17:40    Kaylee Flanagan          WASHINGTON   136.0   Bill Dellinger
34   17:55    Baylee Mires             WASHINGTON   131.0   Bill Dellinger
38   17:58    Erin Johnson             WASHINGTON   130.0   Bill Dellinger
52   18:18    Megan Morgan             WASHINGTON   123.3   Bill Dellinger

#3 Arizona Wildcats

With all of this talk about Washington, we don’t want to make it seem like the Wildcats won’t give them a challenge. Similar to Washington, Arizona placed four in the top ten at their big invitational (Roy Griak) a few weeks ago. Again, the depth of that race compared to what’s up next isn’t too comparable, but Arizona should at least place third again.

It’s another case of “the fifth finisher.” Maybe we should do some sort of profile on this sort of thing because it makes or breaks teams. Hanna Peterson has been solid for Arizona, but Washington should be able to squeeze in five before Arizona's fifth to make up for the lack of a frontrunner.

2     20:48.50    Elvin Kibet            Arizona      155.4     Roy Griak
5     20:58.70    Nicci Corbin           Arizona      152.0     Roy Griak
6     21:01.05    Kayla Beattie          Arizona      151.2     Roy Griak
8     21:05.95    Maria Larsson          Arizona      149.6     Roy Griak
27    21:38.80    Hanna   Peterson       Arizona      138.6     Roy Griak
35    21:51.40    Stephanie  Bulder      Arizona      134.4     Roy Griak
42    21:57.50    Erin    Menefee        Arizona      132.4     Roy Griak
46    22:01.75    Molly   Callahan       Arizona      131.0     Roy Griak
98    22:31.75    Clea Formaz            Arizona      121.0     Roy Griak
155   23:05.30    Katie   Penney         Arizona      109.8     Roy Griak
207   23:35.10    Payton  Schutte        Arizona      99.8      Roy Griak

#7 New Mexico Lobos

The Lobos are the reigning Stachie at Nashies champions and currently hold the title for the “surprise of the season.” At Notre Dame, they challenged Florida State (who won with 77 points) and finished second with 82 points.


We'll just leave this here because it's arguably the best video on the website.

Harvard transfer Sammy Silva has been incredible for New Mexico so far this season and even the New Mexico Athletic Department agrees. Silva lead the way for the Lobos at Notre Dame, finishing third overall and a few seconds behind an always dangerous Colleen Quigley. Then they have six, maybe seven girls that can fill those last four scoring spots, which will be important at a race like Wisconsin.

3    17:04.0  SAMANTHA SILVA           NEW MEXICO     152.3   Notre Dame
10   17:18.7  CHARLOTTE ARTER          NEW MEXICO     147.4   Notre Dame
11   17:19.3  CALLI THACKERY           NEW MEXICO     147.2   Notre Dame
24   17:37.8  HELEENE TAMBET           NEW MEXICO     141.1   Notre Dame
34   17:47.6  NICOLE ROBERTS           NEW MEXICO     137.8   Notre Dame
35   17:47.9  TAMARA ARMOUSH           NEW MEXICO     137.7   Notre Dame
94   18:24.3  KIRSTEN FOLLETT          NEW MEXICO     125.6   Notre Dame
127  18:45.1  AMBER ZIMMERMAN          NEW MEXICO     118.6   Notre Dame
157  19:03.7  ALICE WRIGHT             NEW MEXICO     112.4   Notre Dame

The Dark Horse(s) - San Francisco, but wait, there’s more!

It wasn’t easy to pick one team to carefully watch. Apologies to Arkansas, who we originally selected to fit this category. The Razorbacks put eight in the top ten at Chile Peppers, so we’re very interested to see what’ll happen when they actually go up against some competition. We also leaned towards selecting the Michigan State women, who were a surprise at Roy Griak, finishing second behind Arizona with 72 points.

The team that may have the biggest upside may be San Francisco. Right behind MSU in the National Coaches’ Poll, the Dons ran very well at Notre Dame and finished 16 points behind New Mexico. Lead by a solid duo of Bridget Dahlberg and Eva Krchova, San Francisco posted a cool 34-second spread in South Bend.

7    17:14.3  BRIDGET DAHLBERG         SAN FRANCISCO        148.9   Notre Dame
8    17:16.0  EVA KRCHOVA              SAN FRANCISCO        148.3   Notre Dame
13   17:27.0  KATE JAMBORETZ           SAN FRANCISCO        144.7   Notre Dame
32   17:45.6  ELENA BURKARD            SAN FRANCISCO        138.5   Notre Dame
36   17:48.1  MAOR TIYOURI             SAN FRANCISCO        137.6   Notre Dame
39   17:49.7  SOPHIE CURL              SAN FRANCISCO        137.1   Notre Dame
64   17:58    Kailey Ulland            SAN FRANCISCO        122.7   Sacramento
125  18:44.0  LILY ENGLEBREKT          SAN FRANCISCO        119.0   Notre Dame
134  18:49.0  DARYL PHIL               SAN FRANCISCO        117.3   Notre Dame
87   18:23    Ashley Moffett           SAN FRANCISCO        114.3   Sacramento
108  18:50    Lauren Wilch             SAN FRANCISCO        105.3   Sacramento
116  18:54    Elizabeth Schultz        SAN FRANCISCO        104.0   Sacramento
119  18:59    Sophia Volk              SAN FRANCISCO        102.3   Sacramento

They also have about six girls who could make up their top five, but I really enjoy odd couple characteristics of their fifth and sixth women. Maor Tiyouri, who finished fifth for the Dons at the ND Invite, is a 5’0” 10k specialist. Their next finisher, who was just a second behind Tiyouri, was Sophie Curl - a 5’8” miler. These are important things.

Also, they cracked the top ten in the National Coaches' Poll for the firsy time in program history. That has to count for something.

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The other twelve ranked teams (place at last meet, time, and FloRating) 

#8 Arkansas
16       1    16:55.8  Grace Heymsfield         Arkansas             150.7   Chile Pepper
26       2    17:00.8  Dominique Scott          Arkansas             149.1   Chile Pepper
42       3    17:10.3  Shannon Klenke           Arkansas             145.9   Chile Pepper
47       4    17:13.0  Stephanie Brown          Arkansas             145.0   Chile Pepper
54       6    17:15.7  Sandie Raines            Arkansas             144.1   Chile Pepper
79       7    17:25.7  Diane Robison            Arkansas             140.8   Chile Pepper
89       8    17:28.3  Paige Johnston           Arkansas             139.9   Chile Pepper
102      10   17:32.8  Jessica Kamilos          Arkansas             138.4   Chile Pepper
189       14  17:51.6  Regan Ward               Arkansas             132.1   Chile Pepper
445      25   18:28.3  Keri Wood                Arkansas             119.9   Chile Pepper
584      33   18:47.6  Samantha Mohler          Arkansas             113.5   Chile Pepper

#9 Michigan State
23    9             21:07.00    Rachele Schulist       Michigan State        149.2     Roy Griak
34    12            21:14.10    Leah O'Connor          Michigan State        146.8     Roy Griak
43    13            21:18.30    Katie Landwehr         Michigan State        145.4     Roy Griak
48    18            21:20.80    Shelby Jackson         Michigan State        144.6     Roy Griak
51    20            21:22.50    Lindsay Clark          Michigan State        144.0     Roy Griak
121   36            21:53.05    Megan   Rodgers        Michigan State        133.9     Roy Griak
144   44            21:59.10    Alexis  Wiersma        Michigan State        131.8     Roy Griak
168   54            22:05.20    Alexa   Rumsey         Michigan State        129.8     Roy Griak
203   66            22:15.80    Melanie Brender        Michigan State        126.3     Roy Griak
237   80            22:24.10    Angela  Swain          Michigan State        123.5     Roy Griak

#13 Dartmouth
1        1    19:44    Abbey D'Agostino         Dartmouth College    164.7   Paul Short
37       9    20:38    Dana Giordano            Dartmouth College    146.7   Paul Short
94       22   21:01    Sarah Delozier           Dartmouth College    139.0   Paul Short
175      43   21:19    Alison Lanois            Dartmouth College    133.0   Paul Short
220      50   21:26    Hannah Rowe              Dartmouth College    130.7   Paul Short
231      53   21:27    Sarah Bennett            Dartmouth College    130.3   Paul Short
385      97   21:49    Bridget End              Dartmouth College    123.0   Paul Short
677      199  22:32    Arianna Vailas           Dartmouth College    108.7   Paul Short
715      211  22:37    Helen Schlachtenhaufen   Dartmouth College    107.0   Paul Short
825      247  22:57    Erin McConnell           Dartmouth College    100.3   Paul Short

#15 Cornell
17       5    20:26    Rachel Sorna             Cornell University   150.7   Paul Short
67       16   20:51    Emily Shearer            Cornell University   142.3   Paul Short
114      29   21:05    Elizabeth Simpson        Cornell University   137.7   Paul Short
254      62   21:30    Bori Tozser              Cornell University   129.3   Paul Short
275      70   21:34    Taylor Spillane          Cornell University   128.0   Paul Short
320      83   21:40    Marianne Collard         Cornell University   126.0   Paul Short
339      88   21:42    Kristen Niedrach         Cornell University   125.3   Paul Short
367      94   21:47    Claire DeVoe             Cornell University   123.7   Paul Short
508      137  22:08    Corey Dowe               Cornell University   116.7   Paul Short
619      172  22:23    Devin McMahon            Cornell University   111.7   Paul Short

#17 Duke
2        1    16:43.8  JULIET BOTTORFF          DUKE                 159.1   Notre Dame
80       25   17:39.7  ANIMA BANKS              DUKE                 140.4   Notre Dame
182      59   18:03.5  JULIANNA MILLER          DUKE                 132.5   Notre Dame
427      116  18:38.8  ASHLEY BERRY             DUKE                 120.7   Notre Dame
446      119  18:41.7  SOPHIA ZIEMIAN           DUKE                 119.8   Notre Dame
491      133  18:48.8  HALEY MEIER              DUKE                 117.4   Notre Dame
535      141  18:55.1  ABBY FARLEY              DUKE                 115.3   Notre Dame
598      153  19:02.3  MADISON GRANGER          DUKE                 112.9   Notre Dame
666      166  19:13.9  ALLISON STURGES          DUKE                 109.0   Notre Dame

#22 Minnesota
30    11            21:10.60    Laura Docherty         Minnesota             148.0     Roy Griak
45    15            21:20.30    Katie Moraczewski      Minnesota             144.8     Roy Griak
59    23            21:28.80    Maggie Bollig          Minnesota             141.9     Roy Griak
65    24            21:32.20    Molly   Kayfes         Minnesota             140.8     Roy Griak
101   31            21:45.50    Rachel  Drake          Minnesota             136.4     Roy Griak
110   34            21:49.20    Liz     Berkholtz      Minnesota             135.1     Roy Griak
130   40            21:55.70    Kelli   Budd           Minnesota             133.0     Roy Griak
157   49            22:02.45    Becca Dyson            Minnesota             130.7     Roy Griak
160   51            22:02.75    Kaila   Urick          Minnesota             130.6     Roy Griak
215   71            22:17.60    Kait    Mincke         Minnesota             125.7     Roy Griak

#24 Boston College
5     3             17:00.0     LIV WESTPHAL           Boston College        158.0     Battle in Beantown
39    16            17:35.0     MADELEINE DAVIDSON     Boston College        146.3     Battle in Beantown
73    24            17:54.0     MORGAN MUELLER         Boston College        140.0     Battle in Beantown
81    27            17:58.0     BRITTANY WINSLOW       Boston College        138.7     Battle in Beantown
129   42            18:15.0     CATHERINE MALOY        Boston College        133.0     Battle in Beantown
162   50            18:23.0     ALANNA PORETTA         Boston College        130.3     Battle in Beantown
172   54            18:26.0     ELIZABETH PREDMORE     Boston College        129.3     Battle in Beantown
174   56            18:26.0     AMANDA RICKERT         Boston College        129.3     Battle in Beantown
185   60            18:30.0     DANIELLE WINSLOW       Boston College        128.0     Battle in Beantown
353   90            19:08.0     ELIZABETH O'BRIEN      Boston College        115.3     Battle in Beantown
354   91            19:08.0     DANNA LEVIN            Boston College        115.3     Battle in Beantown
370   96            19:11.0     MARGARET MULLINS       Boston College        114.3     Battle in Beantown
401   99            19:19.0     MEGAN RITCHIE          Boston College        111.7     Battle in Beantown
431   107           19:26.0     MEAGAN ROECKER         Boston College        109.3     Battle in Beantown
471   116           19:34.0     CLAIRE SMITH           Boston College        106.7     Battle in Beantown

#25 Vanderbilt
44    14            21:19.00    Liz Anderson           Vanderbilt            145.2     Roy Griak
108   33            21:47.00    Rebecca Chandler       Vanderbilt            135.9     Roy Griak
125   38            21:54.05    Lily    Williams       Vanderbilt            133.5     Roy Griak
182   58            22:09.85    Claire  Benjamin       Vanderbilt            128.3     Roy Griak
188   59            22:11.25    Carmen  Carlos         Vanderbilt            127.8     Roy Griak
233   78            22:23.20    Vanessa Valentine      Vanderbilt            123.8     Roy Griak
252   87            22:27.15    Grace   Orders         Vanderbilt            122.5     Roy Griak
337   122           22:44.70    Hannah  Jumper         Vanderbilt            116.6     Roy Griak
379   135           22:54.90    Sara    Barron         Vanderbilt            113.2     Roy Griak
642   241           24:06.35    Courtney Kriegshauser  Vanderbilt            89.4      Roy Griak

#26 BYU
53       15   17:28.5  NATALIE SHIELDS          BYU                  144.2   Notre Dame
96       31   17:44.6  NICOLE NIELSEN           BYU                  138.8   Notre Dame
117      37   17:48.6  ANDREA HARRISON          BYU                  137.5   Notre Dame
133      43   17:52.8  SARAH YINGLING           BYU                  136.1   Notre Dame
193      61   18:05.6  MAKENNA SMITH            BYU                  131.8   Notre Dame
215      65   18:08.3  RACHEL STEWART           BYU                  130.9   Notre Dame
305      83   18:21.2  LINDSEY NIELSON          BYU                  126.6   Notre Dame
361      99   18:29.0  MAREN FASSMANN           BYU                  124.0   Notre Dame
399      110  18:34.3  JENNICA REDD             BYU                  122.2   Notre Dame

#28 Iowa State
12    3             20:50.00    Crystal Nelson         Iowa State            154.9     Roy Griak
47    17            21:20.70    Perez Rotich           Iowa State            144.6     Roy Griak
55    21            21:25.50    Bethanie Brown         Iowa State            143.0     Roy Griak
91    28            21:42.45    Katy Moen              Iowa State            137.4     Roy Griak
166   53            22:04.45    Ejiro   Okoro          Iowa State            130.1     Roy Griak
198   63            22:13.65    Maggie  Gannon         Iowa State            127.0     Roy Griak
231   76            22:22.45    Andrea  Toppin         Iowa State            124.1     Roy Griak
249   86            22:26.70    Bethany Olson          Iowa State            122.6     Roy Griak
328   118           22:43.50    Anna    Buenneke       Iowa State            117.0     Roy Griak
437   160           23:07.35    Sydney  Lesko          Iowa State            109.1     Roy Griak
439   162           23:07.50    Taylor  McDowell       Iowa State            109.0     Roy Griak

#29 Texas

#30 Notre Dame
32       9    17:18.3  KELLY CURRAN             NOTRE DAME           147.6   Notre Dame
56       16   17:29.5  ALEXA ARAGON             NOTRE DAME           143.8   Notre Dame
146      47   17:56.0  EMILY FRYDRYCH           NOTRE DAME           135.0   Notre Dame
161      54   17:59.4  GABBY GONZALES           NOTRE DAME           133.9   Notre Dame
298      79   18:20.2  SYDNI MEUNIER            NOTRE DAME           126.9   Notre Dame
447      120  18:41.8  GABRIELLE THIVIERGE      NOTRE DAME           119.7   Notre Dame
600      154  19:02.9  DANIELLE ARAGON          NOTRE DAME           112.7   Notre Dame
742      176  19:26.8  MCKINZIE SCHULZ          NOTRE DAME           104.7   Notre Dame