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Thanks Wolfer.

For those who follow this more closely, how are we feeling about this year's woman's squad? I know we brought in a stacked freshman class, and it looks like we return everyone who ran in the National Championship last year. Leah Stephens transferred out...talented runner but always seemed to be dealing with injury, and wasn't one of the 7 to run in the final meet.

Overall it seems like we should be pretty solid again, and if the returners improve, or one or two of the freshman are ready to contribute, maybe looking at a national champ contending team again this year?

Buzz said:

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Thanks Wolfer.

For those who follow this more closely, how are we feeling about this year's woman's squad? I know we brought in a stacked freshman class, and it looks like we return everyone who ran in the National Championship last year. Leah Stephens transferred out...talented runner but always seemed to be dealing with injury, and wasn't one of the 7 to run in the final meet.

Overall it seems like we should be pretty solid again, and if the returners improve, or one or two of the freshman are ready to contribute, maybe looking at a national champ contending team again this year?

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There are guys here who are more knowledgeable about running and follow it better than me, but I've been following the team fairly closely for the past 4 years. I haven't closely looked at the rosters of the other top teams yet, but my best "guestimate" is that we should absolutely be a top 4 or 5 team in the country this season. We finished 8th at Nationals last year. If we would have had Stephens in that race, we probably would have won the title.

If we are healthy, we will have a very good chance of winning the national championship. Hartman, Gapes, and Napoleon look like locks for All-American, if healthy. Then we have Rauber who finished 50th at last years NCAA championship and could also be competing for All-American. Just need one more of the group of Michalak, Putman, Shea, Quarzo or some of the highly-touted freshman to emerge for a solid 5th.

Some discussions here, I think they can finish Top 3 and could win if things break right

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13662722

wolfpacker7 said:

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Some discussions here, I think they can finish Top 3 and could win if things break right

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13662722

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Thanks!

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— Pack Track & Field and Cross Country (@Wolfpack_TFXC) August 24, 2025

Didn't hear much from Gapes during track season, but Napoleon broke out to be an absolute star. I kinda wonder how her XC season will go, with her running Track World Championships mid-September. She's been at peak form since NCAA track championships in June. Hard to keep that performance going all the way through November. But Hartman, Napoleon, and Gapes could be the best top-3 in the country. Decent depth could have us contending for the title again.

I would add that Fleur Templier (8:59 3000m indoors) and Kaylie Armitage (9:16 3000m) should add significant depth, if both are healthy. Coincidentally both finished 23rd and 24th in identical 20:37 on the nuttycombe "b"race (ncstate ran in the "a" race.)

Fleur Templier transferred from Portland and has 2 years of eligibility left. Kaylie Armitage transferred from Furman and has 1 year of eligibility left.

At 2024 Southeast Regionals, Kaylie Armitage would have been our 4th runner.
https://www.tfrrs.org/results/xc/25322/NCAA_Division_I_Southeast_Region_Cross_Country_Championships
Hartman - 1
Gapes - 3
Rauber - 9
(Armitage - 18)
Michalak - 19
Shea - 29
Napoleon - 43
Putman - 50


Fleur finished 11th at West Regionals in 2024. Would have been the #4 runner for Oregon (5th place team at NCAAs) or the #3 runner for Stanford (6th at NCAAs). Slotting her onto last years team at ~50th overall at NCAAs (4th on our team) would have bumped us to 3rd.