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NCAA Women Championship Predictions - Post Conference
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1. Florida State - Finished 2-6 at ACC but :20 spead and first runner (Winslow) :27 behind Schaaf 2. Providence - Depending on Shelby Greany’s health if they can win title. Second at Big East after Greany was 25th, If Greany runs with Sisson like last year, they are #1 at Big East and NCAA. 3. Colorado - Experienced depth behind top-2 but without ’10 top runner Tremblay it will be tough to trophy 4. Villanova - 1st at Big East, but their bg problem is their fifth runner. At Pac-12 Colorado’s #5 runner ran 20:30 at Big East Villanova #5 ran 20:54 5 Iowa State - 1st at Big 12 because Depth has come through without Tesfaye 6. Washington - 2nd at Pac-12 as 6 finished in the top 30. Their depth made up for two of top five runners having a bad meet at Pac-12. 7.Stanford - 3rd at P-12 as freshmen not developing as quickly as expected 8. Georgetown - Injuries and inconsistent performances covered by strong depth and finished third at Big East 9. New Mexico With Oeding they have a chance to trophy but without her in the weak Big West they had 5 in top 12. Senior 1st (20:47) and Ainsworth 12th (+ :57), first four (7th place) 27.7 spread, but missing Oeding at Big West, Ainsworth was fifth at :57.7. 10 Vanderbilt - Took 5 of top 9 spots at SEC (:29 spread Rogers to Smith) 11. Texas - At Big 12 top two runners ran poorly but other runners stepped up to help team finish 2nd 12. Oklahoma St - Great performance at Big 12 (3rd) against two top ten teams showed how the young runners are developing 13. Syracuse 383 =4th at Big East 14. Oregon - 4th in brutal Pac-12 that has three teams in top seven nationally. The team is not as high up without expected star freshmen Woodward 15 West Virginia - The team ran well at Big East still finished tied for fourth at Big East 16. Arizona - If they had NCAA vets Meyer and Moen they could challenge for a trophy. Kibet struggling after starting the season well means 5th at Pac-12. 17. Boston College - Second at ACC but average time :31 behind Florida State 18. Michigan State - Wins weak Big 10 womens title 19. California - Ranking is an expectation that of the top collegiate runners, Maier, will make the NCAA meet after missing Pac-12, and team 7th at PAc-12 20. Michigan - 2nd at Big 10
North Carolina - Schaaf way out ahead to win ACC then other four Tar Heels finished within :08 as team finished 2nd at ACC BYU - Lost West Coast Conf to San Fran after #2 runner did not run (Bowen) and rest of team did not run aggressively Duke - top two runners from last year (Seymour and Bottorff) have not run this year |