If any team has a shot to dethrone the two-time defending NCAA champion Northern Arizona men at nationals this November, it’s No. 2 ranked BYU. 

Last week, we dug into the last 20 years of the men's results from the NCAA Cross Country Championships to identify some commonalities among the championship teams. The analysis didn’t yield definitive rules to win a title, but it did provide some guidelines.

The standard for individual excellence in NCAA cross country is quite clear: finish in the top 40 at nationals. By doing so, an athlete earns All-American status, a title that carries significant weight on a distance runner’s résumé.

The World Anti-Doping Agency removed the ban on Russia’s anti-doping agency on Thursday, setting off a wave of criticism in the athletic community. The ban was enacted in 2015 after reports of widespread state-sponsored doping.

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Jordan Hasay of the Nike Oregon Project has dropped out of October’s Chicago Marathon, her second withdrawal from a major marathon in five months, and once again due to a calcaneal stress fracture in the heel of her left foot.

Jason and Kevin discuss Eliud Kipchoge’s destruction of the marathon world record, how his career will be viewed in the future, the next race he will run and the prospect of a sub-two-hour marathon.

Injuries will once again keep one of America’s brightest marathon stars from making it to the start line. Jordan Hasay announced on Monday that she has withdrawn from October’s Chicago Marathon citing a fracture in her heel. 

Those in the running world will not soon forget where they were and what they were doing on September 16, 2018, the day 33-year-old Eliud Kipchoge recalibrated our understanding of the marathon by running 2:01:39 in Berlin. 

With a few more weeks until the marquee NCAA cross country meets kick-off, the past weekend featured more season debuts from some of the top teams and individuals. It was also an opportunity to get a glimpse of a few of the best freshman in the nation and see how the best of Division II and Division III teams measure up against DI competition.