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2022 NCAA DI Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll – Preseason

2022 NCAA DI Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll – Preseason

These are five storylines that will help define the 2022 DI cross country season, beginning with a potential back-to-back-to-back run for Northern Arizona.

Faxon Law New Haven 20K elite field might be the best yet.

Fisher won the first US title of his career in a meet record 13:03.86 while Hoppel ran a smart and hard-fought race to win his second US 800m title in 1:44.60.

Courtney Wayment, the recently graduated BYU distance runner, finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

No one has ever broken 27:00 on the roads in the US, but with $53,000 on the line for a course record, one might think a Eugene 10,000 competitor might run it 13 days before Worlds.

There aren't many locks for the team this year in Eugene, which should make for a thrilling US championships.

Five NCAA champions from BYU — Courtney Wayment, Whittni Orton, Conner Mantz, Anna Camp, Ashton Riner — are headed to USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon

The USATF 10K championships and a few world record attempts headline the third Diamond League meet of the season.