Saucony Flo50's top ranked teams around the country opened up their cross country seasons in standard fashion with controlled tempo runs and non-varsity athlete squads.

Chris Miltenberg, head coach of the No. 1-ranked men's team, Stanford, described the mindset of these early races best to GoStanford.com: "NCAA rules dictate that we have a meet within 21 days after the start of practice, our first meet really falls out of that, so basically we have to make sure we run this meet today to facilitate being able to train for the next month.

"The idea was just to run a very controlled tempo run together, never let it get to a place where it gets anaerobic and chasing guys down. It was a great sign of where they're at where they can run 25 minutes for an 8K and basically have a conversation the whole way. That's what we want to see: staying under control, so we can get recovered and really get to work the next few weeks."

Many of the top 10 teams did just that.

Results courtesy of TFRRS.

#1 STANFORD MEN

Sean McGorty and Grant Fisher didn't run, but we did get to see Alex Ostberg and Will Lauer debut for the Cardinal.

Pl	Athlete	Team	Time
01	Brendel, Trent	California	24:21.1
02	Brandt, Robert	California	24:22.2
03	Short, Alex	San Francisco	24:25.4
04	Branagh, Ben	San Jose St.	24:40.5
05	Lawson, John	California	24:42.6
06	Leach, Matt	Strava	24:45.8
07	Kwan, Nathan	UC Davis XC & Track Club	24:52.7
08	Zeiss, Paul	California	24:53.6
09	Tu, Cameron	California	24:54.4
10	Pina, Jose	San Jose St.	24:58.4
11	Correa, Steve	California	24:58.5
12	Gonzalez, Josue	San Jose St.	24:59.0
13	Okada, Takeshi	California	25:01.0
14	Alcock, Ben	San Francisco	25:02.1
15	Aziz, Mohamed	San Francisco	25:02.1
16	Shepherd, Edward	San Francisco	25:03.0
17	Driscoll, Ryan	San Francisco	25:03.6
18	Arias-Sheridan , Gabe	St. Mary's (Cal.)	25:05.9
19	Leach, Max	California	25:08.0
20	Thorson, Josh	Academy of Art	25:10.5
21	Fahy, Steven	Stanford	25:12.7
22	Hurlock, Blair	Stanford	25:12.7
23	Lauer, Will	Stanford	25:12.8
24	Ostberg, Alex	Stanford	25:12.8
25	Wharton, Sam	Stanford	25:13.0
26	Sweatt, Garrett	Stanford	25:13.1
27	Keelan, Jack	Stanford	25:13.2
28	Burkhardt, Andrew	Unattached	25:19.0
29	McLain, Caleb	San Francisco	25:22.7
30	McDermott, Noah	St. Mary's (Cal.)	25:23.6

#1 COLORADO WOMEN

The Buffaloes' top seven all ran within two seconds of each other.

Pl	Athlete	Team	Time
01	Gillespie Carina	AIR FORCE	17:33
02	Sage Hurta	UNATTACHED	17:35
03	Carrie Verdon	COLORADO	17:36
04	Kaitlyn Benner	UNATTACHED	17:36
05	Erin Clark	UNATTACHED	17:36
06	Dani Jones	UNATTACHED	17:36
07	MacKenzie Caldwell	COLORADO	17:36
08	Makena Morley	UNATTACHED	17:37
09	Janelle Lincks	COLORADO ST.	17:44
10	Georgia Porter	WESTERN STATE	17:46

#2 SYRACUSE MEN

Coach Fox rested his projected top five. Top incoming freshman Aidan Tooker ran unattached with the lead pack.

Pl	Athlete	Team	Time
01	Molino, Griff	Syracuse	20:08.8
02	Hockenbry, Dominic	Unattached	20:09.1
03	Dragon, Joe	Unattached	20:09.3
04	Tooker, Aidan	Unattached	20:09.6
05	Wilson, Shawn	Syracuse	20:09.8
06	Ryan, Nick	Syracuse	20:19.3
07	Hornberger, TJ	Syracuse	20:20.6
08	Smith, Simon	Syracuse	20:26.9
09	Ranke, Tyler	Albany	20:32.8
10	Udvadia, Ryan	Albany	20:38.8

#2 PROVIDENCE WOMEN

Sarah Collins beat her teammates by 10 seconds.

Pl	Athlete	Team	Time
01	Collins, Sarah	Providence	17:21.9
02	Paladino, Millie	Providence	17:31.5
03	Wheeler, Abbey	Providence	17:31.9
04	Lembo, Katie	Providence	17:33.0
05	Barry, Mackenzie	Providence	17:59.3
06	Jeter, Hannah	Holy Cross	18:19.3
07	Hollowood, Keelin	Providence	18:22.9
08	Kimball, Hannah	New Hampshire	18:26.8
09	Champagne, Margaret	New Hampshire	18:32.1
10	Sullivan, Anne	Holy Cross	18:35.5
11	Carr, Caroline	Holy Cross	18:43.3
12	Gilmore, Riley	New Hampshire	18:44.7
13	Giese, Alexandria	New Hampshire	18:50.0
14	DeCicco, Alex	Providence	18:51.3
15	Sowinski, Rachel	Holy Cross	18:54.6
16	Menghini, Melissa	New Hampshire	18:54.9
17	Quinn, Aisling	Providence	19:02.1
18	Kruse, Cassandra	New Hampshire	19:07.5
19	Kelly, Isobel	New Hampshire	19:10.1
20	Symanski, Amanda	New Hampshire	19:11.1

#3 OREGON MEN

Did not compete.

#3 N.C. STATE WOMEN

Did not compete.

#4 ARKANSAS MEN

Arkansas' varsity squad did not compete.

#4 MICHIGAN WOMEN

Erin Finn dropped her teammates by almost a minute.

Pl	Athlete	Team	Time
01	Finn, Erin	Unattached	16:44.6
02	Garry, Kira	Unattached	17:31.1
03	Evenson, Avery	Michigan	17:43.7
04	Sereno, Gina	Michigan	17:50.5
05	Leonard, Ellie	Michigan	17:51.2
06	Morrissey, Jamie	Michigan	17:52.9
07	Trevisan, Madeline	Unattached	17:54.3
08	Borchers, Claire	Michigan	17:58.5
09	Fluehr, Erika	Michigan	17:58.7
10	Phelan, Jaimie	Michigan	18:07.4
11	Badger, Sydney	Michigan	18:08.2
12	Meier, Hannah	Michigan	18:19.8
13	Petrusson, Holly	Michigan	18:26.2
14	Zieve, Sarah	Michigan	18:32.9
15	Barrett, Rachel	Michigan	18:44.1
16	Coleman, Rachel	Michigan	18:46.7
17	Van Vlierbergen, Lauren	Michigan	18:55.3
18	Douglas, Natalie	Unattached	19:03.5
19	McNamara, Gina	Michigan	19:05.1
20	House, Kathryn	Unattached	19:10.1

#5 GEORGETOWN MEN

Did not compete.

#5 NEW MEXICO WOMEN

New Mexico's varsity squad did not compete.

#6 COLORADO MEN

The Buffs' top seven ran in a pack; highly touted freshmen Herrera, Rocha, and Dunne were off the pack.

Pl	Athlete	Team	Time
01	Ryan Forsyth	COLORADO	14:58
02	Marty Andrie	UNATTACHED	14:59
03	Zach Perrin	COLORADO	15:00
04	Joe Klecker	COLORADO	15:00
05	Adam Peterman	COLORADO	15:00
06	Ben Saarel	UNATTACHED	15:01
07	Ethan Gonzales	COLORADO	15:01
08	John Dressel	UNATTACHED	15:01
09	Eduardo Herrera	UNATTACHED	15:07
10	Christian Martin	COLORADO	15:09

#6 OREGON WOMEN

Did not compete.

#7 IONA MEN

Iona's varsity squad did not compete.

#7 OKLAHOMA STATE WOMEN

Savannah Camacho was the top finisher, but it was a 3K race.

Pl	Athlete	Team	Time
01	Carina Viljoen	Arkansas	10:35.5
02	Brittany Tretbar	Oklahoma	10:38.5
03	Rachel Nichwitz	Arkansas	10:39.7
04	Savannah Camacho	Oklahoma State	10:42.5
05	Hayley Redwine	Oklahoma	10:44.6
06	Sarah Scott	Oklahoma	10:46.7
07	Kelsey Schrader	Arkansas	10:47.9
08	Micah Huckabee	Arkansas	10:48.2
09	Isabella Rose	Oklahoma	10:48.6
10	Belle Wallace	Oklahoma	10:50.8
11	Natalie Baker	Oklahoma State	10:51.7
12	Maddy Reed	Arkansas	10:55.1
13	Anna Boyert	Oklahoma State	10:57.6
14	Jenny Celis	Oklahoma State	11:00.4
15	Grace Taylor	Arkansas	11:01.7
16	Adrena Mazzei	Tulsa	11:02.5
17	Avery Culpepper	Tulsa	11:02.6
18	Kailee Sawyer	Arkansas	11:03.4
19	Ashley Barnes	Tulsa	11:06.1
20	Kaytlyn Larson	Oklahoma State	11:08.4
21	Logan Bishop	Arkansas	11:09.2
22	Elena Arriaza	Oklahoma	11:10.2
23	Reagan Hausmann	Tulsa	11:12.2
24	Katie Adams	Arkansas	11:14.5
25	Ashley Johnson	Oklahoma	11:15.8
26	Alyssa Bolliger	Tulsa	11:16.5
27	Amanda Heard	Tulsa	11:17.6
28	Safee Belbina	Arkansas	11:18.2
29	Sabrina Herrmann	Arkansas	11:18.8
30	Hanna Sanchez	Oral Roberts	11:19.6

#8 WISCONSIN MEN

Did not compete.

#8 STANFORD WOMEN

None of Stanford's big-name freshmen raced.

Pl	Athlete	Team	Time
01	Fraser, Vanessa	Stanford	20:52.3
02	Cranny, Elise	Stanford	20:52.3
03	Taylor, Charlotte	San Francisco	20:52.4
04	Knights, Bethan	California	21:02.8
05	Sandoval, Jenny	San Jose St.	21:10.9
06	Williams, Marissa	California	21:13.7
07	Burkard, Elena	San Francisco	21:15.5
08	Schulte, Tatjana	San Francisco	21:21.6
09	Flora, Skyler	California	21:23.3
10	Jamboretz, Kate	Unattached	21:28.4
11	Bordes, Megan	California	21:31.2
12	Stahr, Emma	San Francisco	21:32.5
13	Nielsen, Kelsey	San Francisco	21:32.7
14	Katz, Danielle	Stanford	21:32.7
15	McNulty, Abbie	Stanford	21:33.0
16	Fisher, Emma	Stanford	21:33.0
17	Chase, Sophie	Stanford	21:33.6
18	Phill, Daryl	San Francisco	21:33.7
19	Tio Peig, Nuria	California	21:35.8
20	Dobry, Marissa	California	21:40.7

#9 NORTHERN ARIZONA MEN

Futsum Zienasellassie did not compete; he was at a wedding.

Pl	Athlete	Team	Time
01	Albertson, CJ	Arizona State	22:34.4
02	Glines, Cory	Northern Arizona	22:39.4
03	Baxter, Matthew	Northern Arizona	22:51.2
04	Lomong, Peter	Northern Arizona	23:01.1
05	Beamish, Geordie	Northern Arizona	23:16.5
06	Trouard, Andy	Northern Arizona	23:16.7
07	Ferro, Blaise	UNA-NAU	23:19.2
08	Proctor, Samuel	Grand Canyon	23:29.7
09	Reniewicki, John	Arizona State	23:36.0
10	Brazeal, Cody	Arizona State	23:39.7
11	Bennett, Mark	Unattached	23:45.4
12	Davila, Hunter	Arizona	23:52.1
13	Baldwin, Will	Unattached	23:58.6
14	Nelson, Harvey	Northern Arizona	23:59.5
15	Boys, Brandon	Arizona State	24:00.0
16	Dale, Nick	Arizona State	24:00.9
17	Wagler, Brendan	Grand Canyon	24:21.5
18	Gautreau, Jeffrey	Arizona	24:27.7
19	Wolff, Ryan	Northern Arizona	24:32.5
20	Beer, Matthew	Arizona	24:34.6

#9 MICHIGAN STATE WOMEN

Michigan State's varsity squad did not compete.

#10 COLORADO STATE MEN

Colorado State's varsity squad did not compete.

#10 BOISE STATE WOMEN

Boise State's varsity squad did not compete.