2017 FloXC Redshirt Freshmen Rankings
2017 FloXC Redshirt Freshmen Rankings
Honorable Mention: Jack Yearian (Oregon), Dan Schaffer (Binghamton), Isaac Cortes (Stanford), Jack Manderscheid (Minnesota), Luke Meade (Furman), Joe Dragon (Syracuse), Anna Vess (NC State), Ariel Keklak (Wake Forest), Olivia Sargent (Virginia), Ben Butler (OK State), Jonathan Lomogda (Yale), Brayden Law (Michigan State), Kent Hall (Georgetown)
Check out our official FloXC Rankings for the top redshirt freshmen heading into the 2017 NCAA cross country season. All the athletes listed below did not compete last year and will be making their NCAA cross country debuts this fall.
Note: A majority of these athletes were members of the 2016 U.S. high school graduating class. There are a few exceptions with international athletes as well as athletes returning from Mormon mission.
| Rank | Athlete | Team | XC '15 | Mile | 3K | 3K SC | 5K |
| 1 | Amon Kemboi | Campbell | Int'l | 4:05.37* | 8:02.04 | - | 13:47.77 |
| 2 | Madie Boreman | Colorado | 27th NXN | 4:40.38* | - | 9:46.48 | - |
| 3 | Jacob Heslington | BYU | Mission | 4:06.91A | 8:30.06A | 8:43.23 | 14:09.48 |
| 4 | Blaise Ferro | NAU | 20th NXN | 4:11.16* | - | - | 14:09.72 |
| 5 | Eduardo Herrera | Colorado | 5th NXN | 4:04.99 | 8:04.96 | - | - |
| 6 | Jackson Mestler | Oregon | 22nd FL | 4:09.06* | 8:08.16 | 8:59.62 | 14:21.61 |
| 7 | Eric van der Els | UConn | 18th FL | 4:01.01* | 8:20.11 | - | 14:41.05 |
| 8 | Alek Parsons | Stanford | 3rd NXN | - | 8:18.81 | - | 14:10.33 |
| 9 | Sophie Eckel | New Mexico | Int'l | - | 9:40.80 | 10:47.61 | 16:08.09 |
| 10 | Connor Dunne | Colorado | N/A | 4:04.59 | - | - | - |
| 11 | Phillip Rocha | Colorado | 2nd FL | 4:13.79 | 8:16.09 | 9:08.04 | 14:34.71 |
| 12 | Maryjeanne Gilbert | Notre Dame | 2nd FL | - | - | - | 16:28.74 |
| 13 | Clayson Shumway | BYU | Mission | 4:11.05A | 8:32.86A | 8:47.18 | - |
| 14 | Ryan Smeeton | OK State | Int'l | 4:10.10 | 8:12.99 | 8:54.37 | - |
| 15 | Eion Nohilly | Georgetown | 12th FL-NE | - | 8:44.93 | 9:01.66 | - |
| 16 | Stephanie Jenks | California | 16th FL | 4:42.16 | 9:24.67 | - | 16:37.50 |
| 17 | Cole Spencer | California | 18th NXN | 4:10.74 | 8:10.44 | - | - |
| 18 | Jack Salisbury | Georgetown | 14th NXN-NE | 4:04.20 | - | - | - |
| 19 | Ryan Schweizer | Notre Dame | 25th NXN-HL | 4:05.10 | - | - | - |
| 20 | Conner Mantz | BYU | Mission | 4:07.63 | - | - | 14:24.33 |
| 21 | Micaela DeGenero | Michigan | N/A | 4:42.22 | - | - | - |
| 22 | Garek Bielaczyc | Texas | 4th FL | - | 8:43.72 | - | - |
| 23 | Brody Smith | Utah State | 12th NXN | 4:08.30* | 8:19.04 | - | 14:30.93 |
| 24 | Isaac Harding | Michigan | 23rd FL | - | 8:20.20 | - | 14:21.65 |
| 25 | Tim Bason | NC State | 35th NXN | 4:10.40* | 8:21.21 | 9:12.63 | - |
*1500m conversion
Breaking down BYU's three Mormon mission athlete's eligibility:
No. 3 Jacob Heslington
'12 H.S. Senior Year
'13 Mission Year One
'14 Mission Year Two
'15 Redshirt
'16 Medical Redshirt
'17 NCAA Freshman
No. 13 Clayson Shumway
'13 H.S. Senior Year
'14 Mission Year One
'15 Mission Year Two
'16 Redshirt
'17 NCAA Freshman
No. 20 Conner Mantz
'14 H.S. Senior Year
'15 Mission Year One
'16 Mission Year Two
'17 NCAA Freshman