2017 XC Fantasy Draft Official Thread

Welcome to the 2017 XC Fantasy Draft! The draft will be held on November 1st starting at 7:30 PM sharp!

Final Teams (Let Me Know If Messed Anything Up)

MCXC

1 Rusty Kujdych, Neshaminy

14 Sam Owori, Seneca Valley

15 Avery Lederer, Penncrest

28 Owen Isham, State College

29 Tavonne Davis, Allderdice

42 Andrew Foster, Ephrata

43 Michael Samson, CB West

PA Don’t Play

2 Noah Beveridge, Butler

13 Ethan Koza, CR North

16 Seth Ketler, Seneca Valley

27 Peyton Sewall, DT West

30 Vincent Twomey, LaSalle

41 Riley Williamson, Parkland

44 Sam Early, CR North

Ryan1220

3 Josh Hoey, Bishop Shanahan

12 Mitchell Etter, State College

17 Brendan O’Toole, North Penn

26 Sam Gatti, Pitts CC

31 Ben Hoyer, Wissahickon

40 Christian Groff, Hempfield

45 Evan Kreider, Cocalico

LXC

4 Morgan Cupp, Mechanicsburg

11 Liam Conway, OJR

18 Jared Giannascoli, Lower Dauphin

25 Jacob McKenna, Spring Ford*

32 Kyle Burke, Abington Heights*

39 Christian Fitch, Fox Chapel*

46 Dan Uhranowsky, Abington Heights**

CPFC

5 Ryan Campbell, CR North*

10 Dan McGoey, North Allegheny*

19 Jack Wisner, Carlisle*

24 Colin Cramer, Southern Lehigh*

33 Tyler Rollins, DT West

38 Jonah Hoey, Bishop Shanahan

47 Calvin Pash, WC Henderson

Views from the 7

6 Tyler Wirth, Wallenpaupack

9 Spencer Smucker, Henderson

20 Brendan Knepper, Mechanicsburg

23 Brett Brady, Butler

34 Ethan Hermann, Allderdice

37 Czar Tarr, Chartiers Valley

48 Jason Corenlison, Cheltenham

MCXC17

7 Evan Addison, LaSalle

8 Carlos Shultz, Phoenixville

21 Jacob Underwood, Wilson

22 Patrick Anderson, Mt Lebanon

35 Chayce Macknair, Mifflin County

36 Brayden Harris, Mifflin County

49 Xander Ermold, Governor Mifflin

* Autodrafted
** Trade Out

This year we will be housing the draft live on the blog for everyone to enjoy and anonymous competitors to participate in.

So here are the teams I currently have listed. Hopefully I haven't missed anyone. If are worried your team is missing from this list, contact me ASAP so I can throw you in the draft. I've used a random number generator to assign the draft order. Remember that this will be a snake draft.

1. MCXC
2. PA Don't Play
3. Ryan1220 (defending champ)
4. LXC
5. CPFC
6. Views from the 7
7. MCXC17

So just to re-outline the rules, I'll give you a quick overview. If you don't understand these rules, I suggest you ask quickly as I would like to move efficiently through the process on draft night.

- Each team makes seven picks, similar to a varsity cross country team. Picks will be made in the order above in snake draft format. This means that Team 1 will have the last pick in the first round and the first pick in the second round. Once a runner is drafted, no one else can pick this runner.

- Only runners in the AAA boys state championship can be drafted. Runners are scored based on there place in the state meet. For example, if you drafted Colton Cassell last year and he finished 24th, he scores 24 points for your team. The places for your highest finishing five runners are added together to give yourself a team score, again similar to a varsity cross country team. The lowest score wins.

- To make your pick, post it up here in the comment section of this post. Please use the comment section only to make your picks until the draft is over so that everyone involved can keep track of who has been picked and when. Remember that the comment section will not update automatically, so you will have to refresh the page in order to see any new comments. I will do my best to also live tweet the draft on our account @TheRealTrain11, but I will be managing a lot of things so I may not completely follow through on that promise.

- Stay on top of your picks and try to keep things moving quickly. We have to make 49 picks so even if each pick only takes a minute, this will take almost an hour. Be aware of the commitment and try your best to keep track of the order. For everyone's first pick, I will grant up to 4 minutes of time to make your pick once the draft begins. If you do not make a pick in that time, the first alternate team (if applicable) will get to take over your spot. After that, I will keep a timer of 2 minutes. If you do not pick in that time, you will be autodrafted a runner based on my top 50 predictions (best runner available).

- If you are worried about having issues with draft, you can get in touch with me before the draft to get some type of direct messaging that will update automatically when picks are made. You also can then ask me questions during the draft about whose turn it is, which players have been taken and any rules that you have last minute questions about. I will do my best to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but those who I have a direct line of communication with will definitely have an extra advantage with respect to timing.

- Last rule; have fun! This is just a fun little idea to bring some excitement to the predictions. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have the past few years.

Any last minute questions hit me up quickly! jarrettfelix1130@gmail.com or on twitter!