2017 USATF XC Championships

FloTrack Predicts The 2017 U.S. Cross Country Championships

FloTrack Predicts The 2017 U.S. Cross Country Championships

FloTrack Predicts The 2017 U.S. Cross Country Championships

Feb 2, 2017 by Dennis Young
FloTrack Predicts The 2017 U.S. Cross Country Championships
The 2017 USATF Cross Country Championships are on Saturday in Bend, Oregon. The top six men's and women's finishers (who elect to run) will be selected to compete at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda. Additionally, two men and two women will race a 4x1K relay in Uganda. Like at World Cross, both men and women are racing 10K in Bend.

The winners of each race will receive $4,000, second place $2,500, third place $1,500, fourth place $1,000, with cash prizes all the way down to tenth place. USATF will also pay a $1,750 stipend to each athlete who accepts a spot on the World Cross roster. Here's who FloTrack predicts will finish in the top seven of the men's and women's senior races on Saturday. (There are also junior races that will select world teams.)

MEN Taylor Gordon Adam Dennis
1 Leonard Korir Leonard Korir Leonard Korir Leonard Korir
2 Chris Derrick Shadrack Kipchirchir Chris Derrick Chris Derrick
3 Samuel Chelanga Chris Derrick Samuel Chelanga Scott Fauble
4 Shadrack Kipchirchir Samuel Chelanga Shadrack Kipchirchir Hillary Bor
5 Hillary Bor Ryan Vail Scott Fauble Stanley Kebenei
6 Stanley Kebenei Thomas Curtin Hillary Bor Shadrack Kipchirchir
7 Scott Fauble Hillary Bor Martin Hehir Craig Lutz

WOMEN Taylor Meg Gordon Adam Dennis
1 Laura Thweatt Laura Thweatt Kellyn Taylor Courtney Frerichs Laura Thweatt
2 Courtney Frerichs Kellyn Taylor Laura Thweatt Aliphine Tuliamuk Courtney Frerichs
3 Aliphine Tuliamuk Amy Van Alstine Aliphine Tuliamuk Kellyn Taylor Aliphine Tuliamuk
4 Amy Van Alstine Sarah Pagano Liz Costello Laura Thweatt Kellyn Taylor
5 Kellyn Taylor Aliphine Tuliamuk Courtney Frerichs Sarah Pagano Liz Costello
6 Sarah Pagano Elaina Balouris Megan Rolland Amy Van Alstine Sarah Pagano
7 Liz Costello Courtney Frerichs Amy Van Alstine Hannah Everson Natosha Rogers


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