Projections for 2013 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships

In the midst of failed drug tests, A standards met, or not met, and the hustle and bustle of the Diamond League and European track circuit for the pros, there are thousands of NCAA Cross Country runners putting in mile after mile in preparation for the upcoming season. In order to clear my mind from all of the cheating pros, I felt inspired to want to get a better grip on the season ahead of us. So, I was off researching and studying for the 2013 Cross Country season. I then spent the next 16 hours studying and putting together this post. It took some serious time, but I feel confident in how I have determined the teams that I feel will be going to XC Nats and the individuals that I feel will go without their team. Basically, what you have before you is a Wood Report simulation of the 2013 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships complete with the 31 teams that I feel, right now, would qualify out of their region for the championships.

After I post the simulation of the 2013 NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships (yes I'm doing the women's side this year) I will be individually previewing the top 31 teams in the country. Every day will feature a new team starting from 31 down to the number one team in the country on both the Men's and Women's side.

Place	Name	Team	Points
1	Lawi Lalang	Arizona	--
2	Kennedy Kithuka	Texas Tech	--
3	Anthony Rotich	UTEP	--
4	Paul Chelimo	UNC-Greensboro	--
5	Eric Jenkins	Northeastern	--
6	Tom Farrell	OK State	1
7	Kemoy Campbell	Arkansas	2
8	Shadrack Kipchirchir	OK State	3
9	Stanley Kebenei	Arkansas	4
10	Chris O'Hare	Tulsa	5
11	Craig Lutz	Texas	6
12	Luke Caldwell	New Mexico	7
13	Andrew Colley	N.C. State	8
14	Peter Okwera	Tennessee	--
15	Futsum Zienasellassie	N. Arizona	9
16	Parker Stinson	Oregon	10
17	Andrew Springer	Georgetown	11
18	Scott Fauble	Portland	12
19	Jake Hurysz	Colorado	13
20	Ross Millington	New Mexico	14
21	Ryan Dohner	Texas	15
22	Brian Shrader	N. Arizona	16
23	Tylor Thatcher	BYU	17
24	Paul Katam	UNC-Greensboro	--
25	Wade Meddles	E. Kentucky	18
26	Jakub Zivec	Florida State	19
27	Lane Werley	UCLA	20
28	Joseph Manilafasha	OK State	21
29	Ed Cheserek	Oregon	22
30	Soufiane Bouchikhi	E. Kentucky	23
31	Chris Bendtsen	Princeton	24
32	Matt Gillespie	Iona	25
33	Pierce Murphy	Colorado	26
34	Erik Olson	Stanford	27
35	Solomon Haile	Arkansas	28
36	Kirubel Erassa	OK State	29
37	Blake Theroux	Colorado	30
38	Martin Hehir	Syracuse	31
39	Nate Jewkes	Southern Utah	--
40	Mohamed Hrezi	Iowa State	32
41	Martin Grady	Notre Dame	33
42	Shane Moskowitz	OK State	34
43	Ben Saarel	Colorado	35
44	William Kincaid	Portland	36
45	Alejandro Arroyo Yamin	Princeton	37
46	Matt Johnsen	Lamar	--
47	Connor Winter	Colorado	38
48	Matt McElroy	N. Arizona	39
49	Kyle King	Virginia	40
50	Jannis Topfer	Illinois	--
51	Shane Quinn	Providence	--
52	Jake Sienko	Columbia	41
53	Tyler Udland	Princeton	42
54	Jeramy Elkaim	Oregon	43
55	Drew Jordan	Wash. State	--
56	Leoule Degfae	VA Tech	44
57	Ammar Moussa	Colorado	45
58	Thomas Awad	Penn	--
59	David Perry	Portland	46
60	Nathan Weitz	N. Arizona	47
61	Dustin Fay	UCLA	48
62	Ezekiel Kissorio	Texas Tech	--
63	Joe Whelan	Syracuse	49
64	Andrew Berberick	Stanford	50
65	Zak Seddon	Florida State	51
66	John Simons	Minnesota	--
67	Ryan Poland	Oklahoma	--
68	Bernie Montoya	Arizona State	--
69	Jacob Thomson	N.C. State	52
70	Thomas Gruenewald	BYU	53
71	Max Straneva	Syracuse	54
72	Caleb Rhynard	Mich. State	55
73	Jason Witt	BYU	56
74	Daniel Clorley	Iona	57
75	Jake Leingang	Oregon	58
76	Marc Scott	Tulsa	59
77	Ty McCormack	Auburn	60
78	Conner Peloquin	BYU	61
79	Yonas Tesfai	Houston	--
80	John Mascari	IN State	--
81	Curtis Carr	BYU	62
82	Brandon Lord	Georgia	63
83	James Leakos	Harvard	--
84	Hugh Dowdy	Colorado	64
85	Danny Thater	Tulsa	65
86	Jacob Smith	Washington	66
87	Mac Fleet	Oregon	67
88	Alex Hatz	Wisconsin	--
89	Ed Crawford	N.C. State	68
90	Matthew Melancon	Oregon	69
91	Patrick Rono	Arkansas	70
92	Isaac Spencer	Texas A&M	--
93	Maksim Korolev	Harvard	--
94	Edward Limo	Central Arkansas	--
95	Elmar Engholm	New Mexico	71
96	Brian King	Georgetown	72
97	Sam McEntee	Villanova	73
98	Thijs Nijhuis	E. Kentucky	74
99	Andrew Gardner	Washington	75
100	Natan Reuter	Kennesaw State	--
101	Nik Buhner	Auburn	76
102	Jim Rosa	Stanford	77
103	Thomas Curtin	VA Tech	78
104	Jonathan Nelson	BYU	79
105	Thomas Porter	Virginia	80
106	Jake Kildoo	Notre Dame	81
107	Sam Pons	Princeton	82
108	Mark Beams	Michigan	83
109	Lucas Baker	Georgia	84
110	Sam Parsons	N.C. State	85
111	Darren Fahy	Georgetown	86
112	Adam Bitchell	New Mexico	87
113	Craig Nowak	OK State	88
114	Matt McClintock	Purdue	--
115	Jack Boyle	Columbia	89
116	Robby Nierman	Indiana	--
117	Caleb Hoover	N. Arizona	90
118	Tyler Stutzman	Stanford	91
119	Mark Pinales	Texas	92
120	Cliff Nielson	Utah Valley	--
121	John Pope	American	--
122	Sean McGorty	Stanford	93
123	Joe Rosa	Stanford	94
124	Ole Hesselbjerg	E. Kentucky	95
125	Mark Parrish	Florida	96
126	Robert Domanic	Mississippi	--
127	Walter Schafer	Notre Dame	97
128	Fabian Clarkson	OK State	98
129	John Lawson	UCLA	99
130	Filip Jalovy	East Tenn. State	--
131	Conner Rog	Virginia	100
132	Nick Ryan	Syracuse	101
133	Kane Grimster	Auburn	102
134	Steve Flint	BYU	103
135	Mike Moverman	Duke	--
136	Sam Mueller	Auburn	104
137	Jordan Williamsz	Villanova	105
138	Jimmy Clark	Florida	106
139	Sean Stam	New Mexico	107
140	Glen Yarham	Florida State	108
141	Michael Mansy	N.C. State	109
142	Robert Krebs	Portland	110
143	Robert Denault	Villanova	111
144	Kris Moran	Notre Dame	112
145	Robby Creese	Penn State	--
146	Jake Byrne	Iona	113
147	Rich Peters	Boston U.	--
148	Daniel Vertiz	Texas	115
149	Danny Martinez	Portland	116
150	Sam Evans	New Mexico	117
151	Drew Paisley	Virginia	118
152	Cale Wallace	Arkansas	119
153	Daniel Herrera	UCLA	120
154	Daniel Everett	Columbia	121
155	Brian Atkinson	Duke	--
156	Kieran Clements	Iona	122
157	Brian Dixon	So. Illinois	--
158	Bryant Blahnik	Florida State	123
159	Tony Smoragiewicz	Michigan	124
160	Mason Ferlic	Michigan	125
161	Pat Zacharias	New Mexico	126
162	William Keller	Temple	--
163	Tim Freriks	N. Arizona	127
164	Nick Link	N.C. State	128
165	Tim Rackers	Tulsa	129
166	Scott Milling	Notre Dame	130
167	Henry Wynne	Virginia	131
168	Meron Simon	Washington	132
169	Ben Malone	Villanova	133
170	Thomas Madden	Virginia	134
171	Kevin Johnson	Florida State	135
172	Brady Turnbull	Texas	136
173	Miles Schoedler	Georgetown	137
174	Griffin Jaworski	Auburn	138
175	Dennis Hodapp	Tulsa	139
176	Edward Kemboi	Iowa State	140
177	Thomas Graham	Stanford	141
178	Ryan Kuhns	VA Tech	142
179	Matt McDonald	Princeton	143
180	Brendon Blacklaws	Michigan	144
181	Ben DeJarnette	Oregon	145
182	Martin Clevenger	Notre Dame	146
183	Nohe Lema	UCLA	147
184	Eddie Owens	Princeton	148
185	Gabe Gonzales	Kansas	--
186	Aaron Beattie	Washington	149
187	Andrew Kowalsky	Iona	150
188	Sergey Sushchickh	UCLA	151
189	Charles Sparks	Georgia	152
190	Alex Tully	Villanova	153
191	JL Hines	Florida	154
192	Ryan Hagen	VA Tech	155
193	Alec Baldwin	Iowa State	156
194	David Madrigal	Mich. State	157
195	Taylor Gilland	Virginia	158
196	Dusty Solis	Villanova	159
197	Ryan Urie	Syracuse	160
198	Max Darrah	Georgetown	161
199	Patrick Douglas	UCLA	162
200	Morsi Rayyan	Michigan	163
201	John Gregorek	Columbia	164
202	Robert Molke	Syracuse	165
203	Josh Gracia	Florida State	166
204	Ben Furcht	Georgetown	167
205	Ben Carruthers	Mich. State	168
206	Charles Grethen	Georgia	169
207	Connor Mora	Michigan	170
208	Cody Reed	N. Arizona	171
209	Eduardo Garcia	Florida	172
210	Mitch Mallory	N.C. State	173
211	Grant Pollock	VA Tech	174
212	Alex Wilson	Mich. State	175
213	David Flynn	Arkansas	176
214	Adam Palamar	Tulsa	177
215	Andrew Palmer	Syracuse	178
216	Sid Vaughn	Georgia	179
217	Charlie McDonald	Portland	180
218	Andres Arroyo	Florida	181
219	Blake Williams	Texas	182
220	Phil Duncan	Florida	183
221	Brian Welch	VA Tech	184
222	Nico Composto	Columbia	185
223	Reed Payant	Mich. State	186
224	Mike O'Dowd	Iona	187
225	Mads Taersboel	E. Kentucky	188
226	Tyler King	Washington	189
227	Jack Manesiotis	Florida	190
228	Grant Nykaza	Florida State	191
229	Brad Hort	Georgia	192
230	Brian Basili	Villanova	193
231	Patrick Lesiewicz	Notre Dame	194
232	Christopher Stogsdill	Iona	195
233	Nathan Burnand	Mich. State	196
234	Amos Kosgey	E. Kentucky	197
235	Scotty Albaugh	Michigan	198
236	Aaron Nelson	Washington	199
237	Yosi Goasdoue	E. Kentucky	200
238	Gareth Gilna	Washington	201
239	Faulko Zauber	Iowa State	202
240	Joe Kotran	Columbia	203
241	Cullen Wanarka	Iowa State	204
242	Jonathan Vitez	Princeton	205
243	Raymond Joseph	Arkansas	206
244	Francisco Hernandez	Auburn	207
245	John Murray	Georgetown	208
246	Paul Ross	Columbia	209
247	Edwin Serem	Iowa State	210
248	Ben Miller	Mich. State	211
249	Josh Gorecki	Portland	212
250	Stephen Saylor	Iowa State	213
251	Jared Berman	VA Tech	214
252	Zack Sims	Georgia	215
253	Jason Miller	Auburn	216