NCAA D1 Outdoor ChampionshipsJun 2, 2015 by Gordon Mack
Men's NCAA XC Squad Track Rankings
Men's NCAA XC Squad Track Rankings
"Colorado is only good at cross country"
"Oregon shows up when it counts"
"Does Portland have a track team?"
"The west region is so much deeper than the east region"
"Insert school here can never stay healthy for outdoors"
We've heard and said it all. The track and field community loves to generate an opinion on cross country team's track successes. So we decided to analyze the Men's 2014 Top 10 XC squads and see which school had the most successful 2015 outdoor season heading into the NCAA Championships.
Rankings are based on..
- Number of NCAA Qualifiers
- Strength of Prelim Region
- Percentage of Successful Qualifers
- Number of First Men Out
Rankings are not based on..
- Athletes who were not on the 2014 NCAA XC squad
- Athlete's indoor season performances
- Athlete's season best marks/descending order lists
- Athlete's conference success/failure
2015 FloTrack XC Squad Track Rankings:
01) OREGON (57% Qualified: 4 out of 7)
| SO | Edward Cheserek | 5K/10K |
| SR | Eric Jenkins | 5K/10K |
| SR | Tanguy Pepiot | 3K Steeplechase |
| SR | Daniel Winn | 1500 |
| SR | Cole Watson | Failed To Qualify |
| FR | Travis Neuman | Failed To Qualify |
| JR | Matthew Melancon | Failed To Qualify |
02) COLORADO (43% Qualified: 3 out of 7)
| SO | Ben Saarel | 1500 |
| JR | Connor Winter | 3K Steeplechase |
| JR | Pierce Murphy | 10K |
| FR | Adam Peterman | First Man Out |
| JR | Ammar Moussa | Failed To Qualify |
| SR | Blake Theroux | Failed To Qualify |
| SR | Jake Hurysz | Failed To Qualify |
03) SYRACUSE (83% Qualified: 5 out of 6)
| JR | Martin Hehir | 10K |
| SR | Max Straneva | 10K |
| JR | Dan Lennon | 10K |
| FR | Colin Bennie | 5K |
| FR | Justyn Knight | 5K |
| SO | Joel Hubbard | Failed To Qualify |
| SO | MJ Erb | Transferred |
04) VILLANOVA (60% Qualified: 3 out of 5)
| SO | Patrick Tiernan | 5K |
| JR | Robert Denault | 1500 |
| JR | Jordan Williamsz | 1500 |
| SR | Sam McEntee | Failed To Qualify |
| SO | Kevin Corbusier | Did Not Compete |
| SR | Brian Basili | Redshirted |
| SO | Harry Warnick | Redshirted |
05) WISCONSIN (50% Qualified: 2 out of 4)
| SO | Malachy Schrobilgen | 10K |
| FR | Joe Hardy | 1500 |
| FR | Carl Hirsch | Did Not Compete |
| SR | Michael VanVoorhis | Did Not Compete |
| FR | Morgan McDonald | Redshirted |
| FR | Ryan Kromer | Redshirted |
| SO | Joe McAsey | Redshirted |
06) PORTLAND (40% Qualified: 2 out of 5)
| SR | Scott Fauble | 10K |
| SR | William Kincaid | 5K |
| SR | Timo Goehler | Failed To Qualify |
| SR | Ryan Poland | Failed To Qualify |
| SR | David Perry | Did Not Compete |
| SR | Reid Buchanan | Redshirted |
| SO | Danny Martinez | Redshirted |
07) NORTHERN ARIZONA (33% Qualified: 2 out of 6)
| JR | Futsum Zienasellassie | 10K |
| SR | Matt McElroy | 10K |
| SR | Tyler Byrne | Failed To Qualify |
| SR | Cody Reed | Failed To Qualify |
| JR | Alejandro Montano | Did Not Compete |
| JR | Nathan Weitz | Did Not Compete |
| SR | Caleb Hoover | Redshirted |
08) STANFORD (25% Qualified: 1 out of 4)
| SO | Sean McGorty | 5K |
| SO | Garrett Sweatt | Failed To Qualify |
| FR | Jack Keelan | Failed To Qualify |
| SR | Maksim Korolev | Did Not Compete |
| JR | Joe Rosa | Redshirted |
| FR | Sam Wharton | Redshirted |
| SR | Michael Atchoo | Graduated |
09) OKLAHOMA STATE (17% Qualified: 1 out of 6)
| SR | Kirubel Erassa | 5K |
| JR | Craig Nowak | Failed To Qualify |
| JR | Brian Gohlke | Failed To Qualify |
| JR | Fabian Clarkson | Did Not Compete |
| SR | Shane Moskowitz | Did Not Compete |
| SR | David Osborn | Did Not Compete |
| FR | Cerake Geberkidane | Redshirted |
10) IONA (0% Qualified: 0 out of 6)
| FR | Gilbert Kirui | Failed To Qualify |
| SR | Andrew Kowalsky | Failed To Qualify |
| SO | Kieran Clements | Failed To Qualify |
| SR | Jake Byrne | Did Not Compete |
| JR | Mike O'Dowd | Did Not Compete |
| FR | Johannes Motschmann | Did Not Compete |
| FR | Chartt Miller | Redshirted |
Failed To Qualify = Competed at NCAA Prelims and failed to qualify to Eugene.
Did Not Compete = Did Not Compete at NCAA Prelims due to injury or failing to qualify.
First Man Out = 13th at the NCAA Prelims