After the release of this week's United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Rankings, the men's and women's cross country teams are both ranked in the top 10 at the same time for the first time in program history. The women are ranked fourth and the men are ranked tenth.
The Stags moved up 11 spots from last week after winning the Pre-National Invitational last weekend. CMS beat #13 Augustana, #23 Wabash, #24 Johns Hopkins and #33 Loras. The Athenas moved up two spots despite losing to #2 Johns Hopkins at the Pre-Nationals as they beat #12 St. Olaf, #23 Trinity, #31 Illinois Wesleyan, #33 St. Thomas and #35 Emory plus Olivet Nazarene, the third ranked team in the NAIA.
Both teams return to action this Friday at La Mirada Park in La Mirada. They will compete in the SCIAC Multi-Dual meet with the men running at 4:30 and the women running at 5:15.
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Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll |
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2012 Week #5 -- October 10 |
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Rank |
Institution (FPV) |
Points |
Region |
Conference |
Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last Week |
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1 |
North Central (Ill.) (8) |
280 |
Midwest |
CCIW |
Al Carius (47th) |
1 |
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2 |
Haverford |
272 |
Mideast |
Centennial |
Tom Donnelly (38th) |
2 |
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3 |
Washington (Mo.) |
263 |
Midwest |
UAA |
Jeff Stiles (12th) |
3 |
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4 |
Bates |
253 |
New England |
NESCAC |
Al Fereshetian (18th) |
5 |
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5 |
SUNY Geneseo |
252 |
Atlantic |
SUNYAC |
Mike Woods (21st) |
4 |
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6 |
Calvin |
239 |
Great Lakes |
MIAA |
Brian Diemer (27th) |
6 |
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7 |
UW-La Crosse |
232 |
Midwest |
WIAC |
Derek Stanley (1st) |
7 |
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8 |
Tufts |
217 |
New England |
NESCAC |
Ethan Barron (8th) |
11 |
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9 |
Wheaton (Ill.) |
216 |
Midwest |
CCIW |
Scott Bradley (11th) |
9 |
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10 |
CMS |
205 |
West |
SCIAC |
John Goldhammer (29th) |
21 |
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Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll |
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2012 Week #5 -- October 10 |
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Rank |
Institution (FPV) |
Points |
Region |
Conference |
Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last Week |
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1 |
MIT (5) |
277 |
New England |
NEWMAC |
Halston Taylor (6th) |
2 |
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2 |
Johns Hopkins (3) |
273 |
Mideast |
Centennial |
Bobby Van Allen (14th) |
3 |
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3 |
Williams |
263 |
New England |
NESCAC |
Peter Farwell (13th) |
1 |
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4 |
CMS |
254 |
West |
SCIAC |
John Goldhammer (29th) |
6 |
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5 |
Middlebury |
247 |
New England |
NESCAC |
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd) |
3 |
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6 |
Washington (Mo.) |
246 |
Midwest |
UAA |
Jeff Stiles (12th) |
5 |
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7 |
St. Lawrence |
230 |
Atlantic |
Liberty |
Mike Howard (14th) |
7 |
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8 |
Calvin |
226 |
Great Lakes |
MIAA |
Brian Diemer (7th) |
8 |
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9 |
SUNY Geneseo |
211 |
Atlantic |
SUNYAC |
Mike Woods (21st) |
9 |
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10 |
UW-Eau Claire |
210 |
Midwest |
WIAC |
Dan Schwamberger (6th) |
10 |
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