The Wood Report

Your source for college cross country ratings, rankings and projections.

[The Wood Report @Wood_Report]

Here are a few disclaimers before we officially launch:

There's 32.5k runners and 6k teams in here. Are there some duplicate names? Probably. Are there teams whose rank/rating is not even close? Could be. Are there bugs we are currently working to fix on the site? Yes. 1/

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

I think @isaacegbertwood is a pretty happy guy after that @BYUTFXC title sweep even though his pre-race predictions were wrong.

A sincere thank you to everyone who has enjoyed following along the cross country season through our coverage! There's a lot to unpack in the sport and our goal is to make it easy for you and we hope it led to some thrill in watching today's races.

Let's run it back on the road to Missouri 2025!

[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

🔴 TUNE IN – NCAA CROSS COUNTRY POST-RACE SHOW + ANALYSIS (ft. @isaacegbertwood + @ChrisChavez)

Unpacking all of the action and breaking down the day's biggest winners and losers from Madison, Wisconsin.

🎥 WATCH NOW: https://t.co/N9iWIhtQ8Y

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

NCAA CROSS COUTNRY CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP PODCAST + REACTIONS (ft. @isaacegbertwood)

Rapid recap:
• @BYUTFXC sweeps the team titles 💙
• @HarvardTFXC's Graham Blanks repeats
• @AlabamaTrack's Doris Lemngole kicks for the win
• Analyzing the biggest winners of the day (wow! @FriarsXCTrack & @BadgerTrackXC!) and some of the biggest underperformers of the day
+ Our way too early picks for the 2025 NCAA XC podium

NEW PODCAST EPISODE
🎧 SPOTIFY: https://t.co/TGEbG9dgyI

🎥 We'll have the video version on YouTube tonight. Trying to upload on airport wifi :/

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

Brrrrr!! Froze my booty off to bring you our 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships Preview (live from Madison, Wisconsin) with @isaacegbertwood 🥶

Your guide on the top teams to watch and the individual battles + Isaac's predictions with less than 24 hours to go until the races ⤵️

🎧 SPOTIFY: https://t.co/A5H7EvR8YE

🎧 APPLE PODCASTS: https://t.co/eBLeX5otiY

🎥 YOUTUBE (🔴 Premiering now): https://t.co/d5KGI0HcWI

Watch it all unfold tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. ET on ESPNU or WatchESPN.

#NCAAXC

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

Your 2024 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships women's teams have been officially announced by @NCAATrackField and @USTFCCCA:

Autoqualifiers
@AlabamaTrack
@RazorbackTF
@BYUTFXC
@GatorsTF
@HoyasTrackXC
@GopherCCTF
@Wolfpack_TFXC
@NDXCTF
@NAUTrackFieldXC
@OregonTF
@run4okstate
@FriarsXCTrack
@StanfordXCTF
@CuseXCTF
@TexasTFXC
@UVATFCC
@WVUTrackField
@BadgerTrackXC

At-Large Team Selections
@BCXC_TF
@FSU_Track
@ZagRunning
@HarvardTFXC
@LipscombXCTF
@MSU_TFXC
@UNCTrack_Field
@PennStateTFXC
@Vol_Track
@ToledoXCTF
@UtahTrackXC
@UWTrack

See you in Wisconsin next week!

#NCAAXC

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

Your 2024 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships men's teams have been officially announced by @NCAATrackField and @USTFCCCA:

Autoqualifiers
@AlabamaTrack
@RazorbackTF
@BYUTFXC
@HarvardTFXC
@CycloneTrackXC
@UNMLoboXCTF
@UNCTrack_Field
@NDXCTF
@run4okstate
@OleMissTrack
@OregonTF
@PrincetonTrack
@CuseXCTF
@GreenWaveXCTF
@NovaTrackXC
@UVATFCC
@UWTrack
@BadgerTrackXC

At-Large Team Selections
@butlerXCTF
@CBUXCTF
@CUBuffsTrack
@EKU_XCTF
@FurmanXC
@HoyasTrackXC
@NAUTrackFieldXC
@StanfordXCTF
@TulsaTrack
@USUTF_XC
@HokiesTFXC
@WakeTrack
@wyo_track

See you in Wisconsin next week!

#NCAAXC

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

NCAA XC REGIONALS PREVIEW

Here are the women’s teams that Isaac Wood projects will qualify for the 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships & the races to watch closely tomorrow ⤵️

https://t.co/iSdQaBSL9y

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

NCAA XC REGIONALS PREVIEWS:

Here are the men’s teams that @isaacegbertwood projects will qualify for the 2024 NCAA Cross Country Championships & the races to watch closely tomorrow ⤵️

https://t.co/XAYVMWx7xg

[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

Everything You Need To Know About The 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships 🏆

Full preview ➡️ https://t.co/NyNW3Pmy1a

- Men’s Team: Can NAU Keep The Dynasty Going? Can Oklahoma State Get Redemption?
- Men’s Individual: A Wide Open Race At The Top
- Women’s Team: Will NAU Break Up The NC State Three-peat?
- Women’s Individual: Katelyn Tuohy vs Parker Valby: Part III
- Sleeper Picks To Impress Your Friends

✍️ @slowencorbett02

[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

🎥 NICO YOUNG, GRAHAM BLANKS, KY ROBINSON? NCAA Cross Country Championships Men's Individual Preview ⤵️

WATCH HERE: https://t.co/3yAfC9jFHH

🗣️ “I think Nico Young is due… There’s a certain level of hunger and grit that you need to have when things get tough in this race, because it gets tough for everyone… I think there’s no one more motivated than Nico Young” - @isaacegbertwood | @ChrisChavez

[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

🎥 KATELYN TUOHY VS. PARKER VALBY BREAKDOWN: NCAA Cross Country Championships Women's Individual Preview

FULL VIDEO ➡️ https://t.co/kbUsAfmLzG

🗣️ “It’s the dual of the decade, maybe the century…This has all the makings of a classic ‘the hunter’ and ‘the hunted’” - @isaacegbertwood | @ChrisChavez

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

📍 Panorama Farms for the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships 🏆

Previewed all of the top action + some predictions w/ @isaacegbertwood. Enjoy! ⤵️

𝙉𝘼𝙐 𝙑𝙎. 𝙊𝙆𝙇𝘼𝙃𝙊𝙈𝘼 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙍𝙀𝙈𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃
🎥 Men’s team title preview ➡️ https://t.co/nNuDyb9idz

𝘾𝘼𝙉 𝙉𝘾 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙍𝙀𝙋𝙀𝘼𝙏 𝙑𝙎. 𝙉𝘼𝙐?
🎥 Women’s team title preview ➡️ https://t.co/s5q0qaqtWi

𝙉𝙄𝘾𝙊 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙂, 𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙃𝘼𝙈 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝙉𝙆𝙎, 𝙆𝙔 𝙍𝙊𝘽𝙄𝙉𝙎𝙊𝙉, 𝙃𝘼𝘽𝙏𝙊𝙈 𝙎𝘼𝙈𝙐𝙀𝙇? 𝙒𝙃𝙊 𝙄𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝘼𝙑𝙊𝙍𝙄𝙏𝙀?
🎥 Men’s individual title preview ➡️ https://t.co/bX8mSO72E5

𝙆𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙇𝙔𝙉 𝙏𝙐𝙊𝙃𝙔 𝙑𝙎 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙆𝙀𝙍 𝙑𝘼𝙇𝘽𝙔 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝘿𝙊𝙒𝙉
🎥 Women’s individual title preview ➡️ https://t.co/OqtMwKX1NW

📷 @pacephoto_ | #NCAAXC

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

It's NCAA DI cross country regional championships week 🏆

@isaacegbertwood and I go region-by-region to share his predictions for the teams that will auto-qualify & those who can get into the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships next week

LISTEN 🎧 ⤵️
https://t.co/Sdotv7xEoN

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

🗣️ "I could see four teams in that 40 to 60-point range in a meet this big. It could be like NC State-Florida-Colorado-NAU and all of their runners make up the top 30.”

NEW PODCAST 🎧 https://t.co/TrzLnCDwnt

We are set for one of the biggest NCAA cross-country weekends before championship season approaches.

The top teams in the country are split between Charlottesville, Virginia for the XC23 Pre-Nationals (hosted by @UVATFCC) and Madison, Wisconsin for the Nuttycombe Invitational (hosted by @BadgerTrackXC).

CITIUS MAG’s cross country guru @isaacegbertwood / @Wood_Report joined the podcast on Thursday to preview all of this weekend’s action. ⤵️

[The Wood Report @Wood_Report]

While The Wood Report may be closing its chapter, my passion for the sport remains! Catch me on @CitiusMag, where I'll continue to share my thoughts, insights, analysis, and opinions about NCAA Cross Country.

[The Wood Report @Wood_Report]

After a decade covering NCAA Cross Country, it's with mixed emotions that I announce the end of The Wood Report. As a head coach, my bandwidth is no longer sufficient for the work needed. All good things must come to an end, but thank you for your support throughout the years! 🙏

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

"I want women to be in an environment where they look like the sport was built for them & they feel that...We need to get more women in these roles so women can feel like there's a place for them on the coaching side" – @BYUTFXC's @ddosanjhtaylor

🎧 https://t.co/hWsyhFasap

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW PODCAST ft. @kxnaomi & @isaacegbertwood

– Julien Alfred vs Favour Ofili will be epic

– How fast will Talitha Diggs go in the 400?

– Can anyone beat Katelyn Tuohy?

– Who ya got: Anass Essayi vs UW's milers?

+ MORE

🎧 https://t.co/l6tNxuz3xA

[Kyle Merber⏱️ @TheRealMerb]

Fool me 19 times, shame on you. Fool me 20 times, shame on me! In 2023 it will finally happen for the Cardinal men.

NCAA XC recap + early predictions on the @CitiusMag podcast w/ @ChrisChavez and @Wood_Report

🎧 —> https://t.co/nA755qI8N3

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

"How could you not pick @NAUTrackFieldXC forevermore?! As long as they have human beings with a pulse on the line, they're probably going to win!"

The NCAA Cross Country Championships broke @isaacegbertwood. He's an NAU/Mike Smith guy now.

RECAP POD 🎧 https://t.co/GbGKupT6qx