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Stanford competes in the ultra-competitive Pre-Nationals meet on Saturday

VERONA, Wis. – The Stanford men’s and women’s cross-country teams compete in the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals on Saturday at the site of this year’s NCAA championship meet.

Racing starts at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course with the main women’s race at 8 a.m. PT over 6 kilometers (3.73 miles), followed by the men’s 8K (4.97 miles) at 8:40. The women’s open is at 9:20, the men’s open at 10 a.m., the women’s ‘B’ at 10:40, and men’s ‘B’ at 11:20 a.m. PT.

The Pre-Nationals, along with the earlier Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational on the same course, are typically the most competitive meets in the nation during the regular season.

The women’s race features 19 teams ranked among the USTFCCCA top 30, including No. 8 Stanford and the nation’s four top-ranked teams.

Here are the ranked women’s teams competing: No. 1 Northern Arizona, No. 2 BYU, No. 3 Washington, No. 4 Notre Dame, No. 8 Stanford, No. 11 Florida, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 14 Furman, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 17 New Mexico, No. 19 Oklahoma State, No. 22 Ole Miss, No. 23 Syracuse, No. 24 Boston College, No. 25 Villanova, No. 27 Lipscomb, No. 28 West Virginia, No. 29 Arkansas, No. 30 Michigan State.

No. 9 Stanford is among 19 men’s teams ranked among the Top 30, including seven of the top 10.

Here are the ranked men’s teams competing:

No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 Iowa State, No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 6 Northern Arizona, No. 8 New Mexico, No. 9 Stanford, No. 10 Wisconsin, No. 13 Washington, No. 14 Michigan, No. 15 Eastern Kentucky, No. 16 Colorado, No. 18 Butler, No. 20 Harvard, No. 23 Syracuse, No. 24 Cal Baptist, No. 27 Florida State, No. 28 Air Force, No. 29 Texas, No. 30 Utah State.

Stanford’s best men’s times on the 8K course are:
23:09.9, Ky Robinson, 2022
23:12.7, Charles Hicks, 2022
23:18.6, Cole Sprout, 2022
23:21.9, Charles Hicks, 2021
23:26.0, Devin Hart, 2022

Stanford’s best women’s times on the 6K course are:
19:46, Kathy Kroeger, 2012
19:53, Elise Cranny, 2014
19:55.4, Fiona O’Keeffe, 2019
20:02, Cayla Hatton, 2012
20:03.5, Fiona O'Keeffe, 2017