Isaac Wood is going into his first season as a graduate assistant for Florida State women's team and spent the last three years at BYU as Ed Eyestone's team manager/assistant. His blog, The Wood Report, can be found here. Also, feel free to follow him on Twitter.
In the midst of failed drug tests, A standards met, or not met, and the hustle and bustle of the Diamond League and European track circuit for the pros, there are thousands of NCAA Cross Country runners putting in mile after mile in preparation for the upcoming season. In order to clear my mind from all of the cheating pros, I felt inspired to want to get a better grip on the season ahead of us. So, I was off researching and studying for the 2013 Cross Country season. I then spent the next 16 hours studying and putting together this post. It took some serious time, but I feel confident in how I have determined the teams that I feel will be going to XC Nats and the individuals that I feel will go without their team. Basically, what you have before you is a Wood Report simulation of the 2013 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships complete with the 31 teams that I feel, right now, would qualify out of their region for the championships.
After I post the simulation of the 2013 NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships (yes I'm doing the women's side this year) I will be individually previewing the top 31 teams in the country. Every day will feature a new team starting from 31 down to the number one team in the country on both the Men's and Women's side.
| Place | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | Lawi Lalang | Arizona | -- |
| 2 | Kennedy Kithuka | Texas Tech | -- |
| 3 | Anthony Rotich | UTEP | -- |
| 4 | Paul Chelimo | UNC-Greensboro | -- |
| 5 | Eric Jenkins | Northeastern | -- |
| 6 | Tom Farrell | OK State | 1 |
| 7 | Kemoy Campbell | Arkansas | 2 |
| 8 | Shadrack Kipchirchir | OK State | 3 |
| 9 | Stanley Kebenei | Arkansas | 4 |
| 10 | Chris O'Hare | Tulsa | 5 |
| 11 | Craig Lutz | Texas | 6 |
| 12 | Luke Caldwell | New Mexico | 7 |
| 13 | Andrew Colley | N.C. State | 8 |
| 14 | Peter Okwera | Tennessee | -- |
| 15 | Futsum Zienasellassie | N. Arizona | 9 |
| 16 | Parker Stinson | Oregon | 10 |
| 17 | Andrew Springer | Georgetown | 11 |
| 18 | Scott Fauble | Portland | 12 |
| 19 | Jake Hurysz | Colorado | 13 |
| 20 | Ross Millington | New Mexico | 14 |
| 21 | Ryan Dohner | Texas | 15 |
| 22 | Brian Shrader | N. Arizona | 16 |
| 23 | Tylor Thatcher | BYU | 17 |
| 24 | Paul Katam | UNC-Greensboro | -- |
| 25 | Wade Meddles | E. Kentucky | 18 |
| 26 | Jakub Zivec | Florida State | 19 |
| 27 | Lane Werley | UCLA | 20 |
| 28 | Joseph Manilafasha | OK State | 21 |
| 29 | Ed Cheserek | Oregon | 22 |
| 30 | Soufiane Bouchikhi | E. Kentucky | 23 |
| 31 | Chris Bendtsen | Princeton | 24 |
| 32 | Matt Gillespie | Iona | 25 |
| 33 | Pierce Murphy | Colorado | 26 |
| 34 | Erik Olson | Stanford | 27 |
| 35 | Solomon Haile | Arkansas | 28 |
| 36 | Kirubel Erassa | OK State | 29 |
| 37 | Blake Theroux | Colorado | 30 |
| 38 | Martin Hehir | Syracuse | 31 |
| 39 | Nate Jewkes | Southern Utah | -- |
| 40 | Mohamed Hrezi | Iowa State | 32 |
| 41 | Martin Grady | Notre Dame | 33 |
| 42 | Shane Moskowitz | OK State | 34 |
| 43 | Ben Saarel | Colorado | 35 |
| 44 | William Kincaid | Portland | 36 |
| 45 | Alejandro Arroyo Yamin | Princeton | 37 |
| 46 | Matt Johnsen | Lamar | -- |
| 47 | Connor Winter | Colorado | 38 |
| 48 | Matt McElroy | N. Arizona | 39 |
| 49 | Kyle King | Virginia | 40 |
| 50 | Jannis Topfer | Illinois | -- |
| 51 | Shane Quinn | Providence | -- |
| 52 | Jake Sienko | Columbia | 41 |
| 53 | Tyler Udland | Princeton | 42 |
| 54 | Jeramy Elkaim | Oregon | 43 |
| 55 | Drew Jordan | Wash. State | -- |
| 56 | Leoule Degfae | VA Tech | 44 |
| 57 | Ammar Moussa | Colorado | 45 |
| 58 | Thomas Awad | Penn | -- |
| 59 | David Perry | Portland | 46 |
| 60 | Nathan Weitz | N. Arizona | 47 |
| 61 | Dustin Fay | UCLA | 48 |
| 62 | Ezekiel Kissorio | Texas Tech | -- |
| 63 | Joe Whelan | Syracuse | 49 |
| 64 | Andrew Berberick | Stanford | 50 |
| 65 | Zak Seddon | Florida State | 51 |
| 66 | John Simons | Minnesota | -- |
| 67 | Ryan Poland | Oklahoma | -- |
| 68 | Bernie Montoya | Arizona State | -- |
| 69 | Jacob Thomson | N.C. State | 52 |
| 70 | Thomas Gruenewald | BYU | 53 |
| 71 | Max Straneva | Syracuse | 54 |
| 72 | Caleb Rhynard | Mich. State | 55 |
| 73 | Jason Witt | BYU | 56 |
| 74 | Daniel Clorley | Iona | 57 |
| 75 | Jake Leingang | Oregon | 58 |
For full predictions all the way to 242, click here!
