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2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships

Most Improved Men From The 2024 NCAA XC Championship

Most Improved Men From The 2024 NCAA XC Championship

54 men improved on their finishing positions from 2023 at the 2024 NCAA XC Championship

Nov 24, 2024 by John Davern
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Just doing Gary Things. The 2024 NCAA DI XC Championship was full of excitement. 

In the chaos, Gary Martin  finished 13th after finishing 219th in 2023. So that got us thinking; who else improved their position from last year's rendition?

A gaggle of men, seven exactly, improved their finishing positions. Check out the full list below.

As mentioned, Gary Martin improved the most spots, up 206. Yaseen Abdalla improved the next most, after having finished 187th in 2023. Colton Sands, William Zegarski and Marco Langon rounded out the top five improvers.

Most Improved Men At The 2024 NCAA XC Championship

Spots Improved

Name

Team

2024 Finish

2023 Finish

206

Gary Martin

Virginia

13

219

183

Yaseen Abdalla

Arkansas

4

187

177

Colton Sands

North Carolina

52

229

144

William Zegarski

Butler

17

161

131

Marco Langon

Villanova

15

146

121

Dean Casey

Colorado

30

151

107

Luke Ondracek

Georgetown

114

221

96

Pedro Marin

CBU

115

211

94

Abel Teffra

Georgetown

65

159

93

Charlie Sprott

Wake Forest

32

125

93

Leo Young

Stanford

92

185

92

Justin Wachtel

Virginia

140

232

82

Shane Brosnan

Harvard

57

139

80

Micah Wilson

Wisconsin

53

133

76

Luke Tewalt

Wake Forest

61

137

75

CJ Singleton

Notre Dame

143

218

67

Bob Liking

Wisconsin

16

83

54

Matt Strangio

Portland

22

76

53

Valentin Soca

CBU

33

86

52

Wil Smith

Gonzaga

59

111

45

Said Mechaal

Iowa State

10

55

40

Aidan Ross

Wake Forest

144

184

37

Ethan Strand

North Carolina

8

45

37

Isaiah Givens

Colorado

127

164

34

Creed Thompson

BYU

12

46

34

Rowen Ellenberg

Wisconsin

154

188

31

Alex Comerford

Syracuse

76

107

27

Timothy Sindt

Iowa State

94

121

25

Joey Nokes

BYU

31

56

25

Adam Spencer

Wisconsin

45

70

25

Joseph O'Brien

Wake Forest

56

81

25

MacCallum Rowe

La Salle

135

160

24

Lucas Bons

BYU

39

63

24

Peter Visser

Weber State

126

150

24

Baidy Ba

Kent State

138

162

23

Cole Sprout

Stanford

72

95

22

David Mullarkey

Northern Arizona

18

40

21

Dylan Schubert

Furman

3

24

20

Nathan Mountain

Virginia

152

172

19

Devon Comber

Villanova

201

220

18

James Overberg

Colorado

160

178

17

Assaf Harari

Syracuse

71

88

14

Lachlan Wellington

Iona

89

103

11

Lex Young

Stanford

63

74

9

Taha Er Raouy

Eastern Kentucky

106

115

9

Charlie North

Georgetown

208

217

7

Carter Solomon

Notre Dame

163

170

6

Sam Lawler

Syracuse

28

34

5

Liam Murphy

Villanova

9

14

4

Sam Burgess

Harvard

192

196

3

Brian Musau

Oklahoma State

5

8

2

Parker Wolfe

North Carolina

7

9

2

Ethan Coleman

Notre Dame

46

48

2

Corey Gorgas

Northern Arizona

60

62

0

Graham Blanks

Harvard

1

1

0

Habtom Samuel

New Mexico

2

2

-4

Elliott Cook

Oregon

118

114

-6

Gable Sieperda

Iowa State

49

43

-7

Denis Kipngetich

Oklahoma State

11

4

-7

Kirami Yego

Arkansas

20

13

-7

Sanele Masondo

Iowa State

23

16

-7

Evans Kiplagat

New Mexico

40

33

-10

Luke Henseler

Butler

183

173

-13

Ben Shearer

Arkansas

55

42

-14

Patrick Kiprop

Arkansas

21

7

-17

Santiago Prosser

Northern Arizona

38

21

-23

Joe Ewing

Harvard

232

209

-25

Gavin Ehlers

Wake Forest

168

143

-30

James Corrigan

BYU

62

32

-31

Victor Kiprop

Alabama

51

20

-33

David Slapak

Butler

226

193

-35

Isaac Alonzo

Texas

128

93

-41

Joe Hudson

Boise State

101

60

-42

Carson Williams

Furman

42

0

-43

Florian LePallec

Butler

108

65

-43

Lukas Kiprop

New Mexico

191

148

-45

Birhanu Harriman

Georgetown

176

131

-48

Nicholas Bendtsen

Princeton

77

29

-48

Will Anthony

Virginia

109

61

-52

Lucas Guerra

Georgetown

251

199

-54

Robert Cozean

Notre Dame

173

119

-58

Victor Shitsama

Oklahoma State

70

12

-59

Jack Jennings

Tulane

113

54

-60

Adisu Guadia

Oklahoma State

110

50

-60

Wes Porter

Virginia

178

118

-71

Brett Gardner

NC State

122

51

-72

Daniel O'Brien

Princeton

166

94

-85

Robert DiDonato

Stanford

134

49

-95

Hillary Cheruiyot

Alabama

193

98

-100

Timothy Chesondin

Arkansas

136

36

-184

Ben Rosa

Harvard

231

47

-212

Fouad Messaoudi

Oklahoma State

222

10

N/A

Casey Clinger

BYU

6

DNR

N/A

George Couttie

Virginia Tech

14

DNR

N/A

Allan Kiplagat

Mid. Tenn. State

19

DNR

N/A

Izaiah Steury

Notre Dame

24

DNR

N/A

Camren Todd

Utah State

25

DNR

N/A

Zouhair Redouane

CBU

26

DNR

N/A

Dylan Throop

Penn

27

DNR

N/A

Aiden Smith

Oregon

29

DNR

N/A

Joash Ruto

Iowa State

34

DNR

N/A

Collins Kiprotich

New Mexico

35

DNR

N/A

Evans Kurui

Washington St.

36

DNR

N/A

Robin Kwemoi Bera

Iowa State

37

DNR

N/A

Dismus Lokira

Alabama

41

DNR

N/A

Douglas Buckeridge

Purdue

43

DNR

N/A

Carson Noecker

South Dakota St.

44

DNR

N/A

JoJo Jourdon

Wake Forest

47

DNR

N/A

Derek Amicon

Cornell

48

DNR

N/A

Davin Thompson

BYU

50

DNR

N/A

Nathan Green

Washington

54

DNR

N/A

Matan Ivri

Wisconsin

58

DNR

N/A

Myles Hogan

Princeton

64

DNR

N/A

Nickson Chebii

Auburn

66

DNR

N/A

Colin Sahlman

Northern Arizona

67

DNR

N/A

Austin Gabay

Butler

68

DNR

N/A

Christian de Vaal

Wisconsin

69

DNR

N/A

Bismack Kipchirchir

Akron

73

DNR

N/A

Simeon Birnbaum

Oregon

74

DNR

N/A

Dennis Kipruto

Alabama

75

DNR

N/A

Nolan Topper

Stanford

78

DNR

N/A

Aidan Troutner

BYU

79

DNF

N/A

Riley Hough

Michigan State

80

DNR

N/A

Aiden Britt

Ole Miss

81

DNR

N/A

Will Coogan

North Carolina

82

DNR

N/A

Johnny Livingstone

Wisconsin

83

DNR

N/A

Tyrone Gorze

Washington

84

DNR

N/A

Bernard Cheruiyot

Tulane

85

DNR

N/A

Justin Keyes

Northern Arizona

86

DNR

N/A

Abraham Chelangam

Oral Roberts

87

DNR

N/A

Ryan Kinnane

Auburn

88

DNR

N/A

Drew Griffith

Notre Dame

90

DNR

N/A

Benne Anderson

Syracuse

91

DNR

N/A

Devan Kipyego

Iowa State

93

DNR

N/A

Daniel Abdala

CBU

95

DNR

N/A

William Sinclair

Illinois State

96

DNR

N/A

Luke Marsanskis

Maine

97

DNR

N/A

Rikus Van Niekerk

New Mexico

98

DNS

N/A

Daelen Ackley

Notre Dame

99

DNR

N/A

Rocky Hansen

Wake Forest

100

DNR

N/A

Jacob Pyeatt

Arkansas State

102

DNR

N/A

Evan Jenkins

Washington

103

DNR

N/A

Thobias Cheruiyot

Oklahoma

104

DNR

N/A

Lukas Haug

Colorado

105

DNR

N/A

Laban Kipkemboi

Oklahoma State

107

DNR

N/A

Matt Rankin

Iona

111

DNF

N/A

Paul Bergeron

Stanford

112

DNR

N/A

Evan Dorenkamp

Oregon

116

DNR

N/A

Leo Daschbach

Washington

117

DNR

N/A

Jacob White

Wyoming

119

DNR

N/A

Ryker Holtzen

Wyoming

120

DNR

N/A

Ryan Schoppe

Oklahoma State

121

DNR

N/A

James Dunne

Georgetown

123

DNR

N/A

Quincy Norman

Oregon

124

DNR

N/A

Bailey Habler

Villanova

125

DNR

N/A

Ford Washburn

Northern Arizona

129

DNR

N/A

Shay McEvoy

Tulsa

130

DNR

N/A

Ernest Cheruiyot

Texas Tech

131

DNR

N/A

Evan Thornton-Sherman

Ole Miss

132

DNR

N/A

Spencer Nelson

Utah State

133

DNR

N/A

Sawyer Dagan

Clemson

137

DNR

N/A

Connor Ackley

Syracuse

139

DNR

N/A

Logan Garnica

Utah State

141

DNR

N/A

Patrick Anderson

North Carolina

142

DNR

N/A

Colin Eckerman

Furman

145

DNR

N/A

Geoffrey Kirwa

Louisville

146

DNR

N/A

Ethan Wechsler

Syracuse

147

DNR

N/A

Vincent Chirchir

New Mexico

148

DNR

N/A

Toby Gillen

Ole Miss

149

DNR

N/A

CJ Sullivan

Villanova

150

DNR

N/A

Mohammed Jouhari

Eastern Kentucky

151

DNF

N/A

Dominic Kiptum

Texas A&M-CC

153

DNR

N/A

Benjamin Balazs

Oregon

155

DNR

N/A

Chris McLeod

Tulsa

156

DNR

N/A

Brian DiCola

Penn State

157

DNR

N/A

Cael Grotenhuis

Northern Arizona

158

DNR

N/A

Simon Kelati

Colorado

159

DNR

N/A

Illia Kunin

Tulane

161

DNR

N/A

Tomas Vega

Eastern Kentucky

162

DNR

N/A

Ronan McMahon-Staggs

Washington

164

DNR

N/A

Nicholas Kipchirchir

Virginia Tech

165

DNR

N/A

Jaden Forester

Tulsa

167

DNR

N/A

Benjamin Reynolds

Virginia Tech

169

DNR

N/A

Joshua McKee

Utah State

170

DNR

N/A

Joe Sapone

North Carolina

171

DNR

N/A

Dominic Serem

Toledo

172

DNR

N/A

Elyas Ayyoub

Ole Miss

174

DNR

N/A

William Winter

Virginia Tech

175

DNR

N/A

Gabriel Guzman

CBU

177

DNR

N/A

Jack Eliason

Virginia

179

DNR

N/A

Christopher Knight

Furman

180

DNR

N/A

Adam Trafecanty

CBU

181

DNR

N/A

Benjamin Bayless

Ole Miss

182

DNR

N/A

Gus McIntyre

Wyoming

184

DNR

N/A

Evan Guzman

Furman

185

DNR

N/A

Andrew Jones

Virginia

186

DNR

N/A

Collins Kiprop Kipngok

Kentucky

187

DNR

N/A

Luke Johnson

Penn

188

DNR

N/A

Lars Mitchel

Colorado St.

189

DNR

N/A

Brian Masai

Arkansas

190

DNR

N/A

Wilson Georges

Colorado

194

DNR

N/A

Jackson Shorten

Princeton

195

DNR

N/A

Hudson Hurst

Alabama

196

DNR

N/A

Mario Priego

Eastern Kentucky

197

DNR

N/A

Sean Byrnes

Butler

198

DNR

N/A

Nathan Davis

Army West Point

199

DNR

N/A

Declan Rymer

Virginia Tech

200

DNR

N/A

Weston Brown

Princeton

202

DNR

N/A

LJ Floyd

Utah State

203

DNR

N/A

Harrison Witt

Princeton

204

DNR

N/A

Brennan Benson

Utah State

205

DNR

N/A

Connor McCormick

Princeton

206

DNR

N/A

Jacob Laney

North Carolina

207

DNR

N/A

Martin Kovacech

Butler

209

DNR

N/A

Tayson Echohawk

Oregon

210

DNR

N/A

Dylan Van Der Hock

Wyoming

211

DNR

N/A

Nathan Neil

Washington

212

DNR

N/A

Joseph McKee

Utah State

213

DNR

N/A

Mason Norman

Wyoming

214

DNR

N/A

Derek Fearon

Georgetown

215

DNR

N/A

Sam Hubert

Virginia Tech

216

DNR

N/A

Christopher Middleton-Pearson

Tennessee

217

DNR

N/A

Thomas Boyden

Stanford

218

DNR

N/A

Ben Brown

Tulsa

219

DNR

N/A

Wondu Summa

Tulane

220

DNR

N/A

Grady Rauba

Colorado

221

DNR

N/A

Griffin Neal

Incarnate Word

223

DNR

N/A

Sean Donoghue

Villanova

224

DNR

N/A

Victor Rosas

CBU

225

DNR

N/A

Nicholas Goldstein

Furman

227

DNR

N/A

Luke Taylor

Furman

228

DNR

N/A

Reuben Reina

Arkansas

229

DNF

N/A

German Vega

Eastern Kentucky

230

DNR

N/A

Trevor Stephen

Wyoming

233

DNR

N/A

Corne De Fouw

New Mexico

234

DNR

N/A

Noah Ward

Harvard

235

DNR

N/A

Jamar Distel

Washington

236

DNR

N/A

Oisin Spillane

Tulsa

237

DNR

N/A

Jack Meijer

Ole Miss

238

DNR

N/A

Gabe Scales

Ole Miss

239

DNR

N/A

Jack Hawes

Alabama

240

DNR

N/A

Evan Trapp

Alabama

241

DNR

N/A

Arnav Tikhe

Virginia Tech

242

DNR

N/A

Luke Lambert

Tulsa

243

DNR

N/A

Nick Sullivan

Villanova

244

DNR

N/A

Will Brunner

Harvard

245

DNR

N/A

Jordan Bendura

Tulane

246

DNR

N/A

Kamari Miller

Syracuse

247

DNR

N/A

Ryan Adkins

Tulane

248

DNR

N/A

Luke Birdseye

Tulsa

249

DNR

N/A

Tucker Poshard

Tulane

250

DNR

N/A

Cesc Boix

Eastern Kentucky

252

DNR


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