[FarmTeam]

Nice to see the women get off to a good start for the season as they win comfortably with 18 points. 

Sophia Kennedy wins the race, with solid performances from Dudek (2nd), Stewart (3rd), Flynn and Saurez. No sign of Amy Bunnage or Irene Riggs - so more to come on what this team looks like. 

The men finished 5th overall, and ran in a pack about 45 seconds behind the leaders - seems like they were resting some of our usual suspects and using this as a training run more than anything - but I don't know how to read into that result.

Per NCAA rules, XC teams can't start pre-season practice until 16 days before their first meet (and first meet can't be before essentially Labor Day weekend). So Stanford XC gets together on campus in late August, "races" this meet every year and then heads off to training camp. Going to Boulder area for 2 weeks this year.

In other words, yes, this was a group workout with zero regard for results, at least for the men. Sprout and Boyden were held out and did their own workout, and the guys who "raced" did an additional fartlek workout on the Polo Field track immediately after the race.

JJ must feel a little differently on the women's side as they tend to take it more seriously, but the reason for participating is the same.

[FarmTeam]

Nice to see the women get off to a good start for the season as they win comfortably with 18 points. 

Sophia Kennedy wins the race, with solid performances from Dudek (2nd), Stewart (3rd), Flynn and Saurez. No sign of Amy Bunnage or Irene Riggs - so more to come on what this team looks like. 

The men finished 5th overall, and ran in a pack about 45 seconds behind the leaders - seems like they were resting some of our usual suspects and using this as a training run more than anything - but I don't know how to read into that result.

Per NCAA rules, XC teams can't start pre-season practice until 16 days before their first meet (and first meet can't be before essentially Labor Day weekend). So Stanford XC gets together on campus in late August, "races" this meet every year and then heads off to training camp. Going to Boulder area for 2 weeks this year.

In other words, yes, this was a group workout with zero regard for results, at least for the men. Sprout and Boyden were held out and did their own workout, and the guys who "raced" did an additional fartlek workout on the Polo Field track immediately after the race.

JJ must feel a little differently on the women's side as they tend to take it more seriously, but the reason for participating is the same.