Much To Be Revealed With Big Meets This Weekend

By Adam Schneider of DyeStat

Many of the top teams will be racing at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational. Top-ranked New Mexico comes into one of the two biggest non-championship meets of the year without its top newcomer, Adva Cohen. Second-ranked Colorado has some lingering health questions. Fifth-ranked North Carolina State will open its season this weekend at Wisconsin because Hurricane Florence led to the cancellation of its only other scheduled September meet. Seventh-ranked Boise State still has questions as to whether No. 2 runner, Brenna Peloquin, will compete this year. Many of these questions will be answered this weekend. 

The Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational will see many teams debuting their top runners. 

Third-ranked Stanford will race at the Stanford Invitational against No. 16 Washington. Both teams have a lot of potential and could establish themselves as trophy contenders. 

Big meets this weekend include: 

Sept. 28 BYU, Notre Dame, Furman, Cal, and UTEP at Joe Piane Invitational 

Sept. 28 New Mexico, Colorado, North Carolina State, Boise State, Villanova, Penn State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Providence, Iowa State, Portland, Georgetown, Indiana, Columbia, Eastern Kentucky, and Vanderbilt at Nuttycombe Wisconsin Cross Country Invitational 

Sept. 29 Georgia, Utah State, and Columbia at Paul Short Invitational 

Sept. 29 Michigan and Eastern Kentucky at Greater Louisville Classic 

Sept. 29 Portland and Boise State at Willamette Invite 

Sept. 29 Stanford and Washington at Stanford Invitational 

Top 20 (preseason) 

1. New Mexico (1) at Nuttycombe

2. Colorado (2) at Nuttycombe

3. Stanford (3) at Stanford

4. Oregon (4)

5. North Carolina State (5) at Nuttycombe

6. Arkansas (8) at Nuttycombe

7. Boise State (6) at Nuttycombe

8. BYU (16) at Notre Dame Joe Piane

9. Villanova (9) at Nuttycombe

10. Michigan (6) at Greater Louisville

11. Penn State (10) at Nuttycombe

12. Wisconsin (11) at Nuttycombe

13. Notre Dame (12) at Notre Dame Joe Piane

14. Michigan State (13) at Nuttycombe

15. Georgia (17)  at Paul Short

16. Washington  (15) at Stanford

17. Utah State (18)  at Paul Short

18. Providence (14) at Nuttycombe

19. Furman (19) at Notre Dame Joe Piane

20. Iowa State (20) at Nuttycombe 

Watch List - Portland, California, Mississippi, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Columbia, Eastern Kentucky, UTEP, Vanderbilt, Syracuse