Both WSU squads, Washington women ranked in top 30 in USTFCCCA D-1 pre season poll...
NEW ORLEANS-- With cross country just around the corner, the USTFCCCA released its NCAA Division I national pre-season coaches poll Tuesday. Washington State, which returns both Solomon Kipchoge (Paul Merca file photo) and Evans Kurui, starts the season ranked number 11 in the pre-season poll. Kipchoge finished the cross country season placing third at the NCAA championships, while Kurui earned his second All-America medal, when he finished 17th at nationals in Missouri last year. In addition to All Americans Kipchoge and Kurui, the Cougars return from the team that ran at nationals Kade Brownell (245th), Evan Bruce (215th), Vincent Koech (233rd) and Kutoven Stevens (168th). The Cougars add Benedict Njoroge, who was ninth at the Kenyan Championships in the 5000, where he ran 13:57.82 in Nairobi. The team, according to its TFRRS roster, also added Joshua Nderitu. Washington, which did not qualify for the NCAA championships, is unranked. The nation's top five pre season teams are in ...
