TheFinalSprint.com - Track & Field, Marathons, Racing News, Training Advice, Elite Athlete Blogs, Interviews, Podcasts, Videos and More! - TheFinalSprint.com is the Premier Destination for Track & Field, Marathon, Cross Country, Olympic and Road Racing Enthusiasts.

Lead Stories: Sunday, September 7, 2008

USTFCCCA logo-200.jpg The Wisconsin men and Stanford women retained their #1 rankings according to the Week 4 USTFCCCA Division I polls.

The Wisconsin men didn’t participate in the Pre-Nationals event. However, they did win the Jim Drews Invitational while resting their best runners.

The Stanford women were unanimously voted as the #1 female team in the nation following their dominating win at the Pre-Nationals.

However, the new poll demonstrated some notable changes following this past weekend’s cross country action:

On the men’s side:

The biggest news was UTEP moving up to fourth from eleventh after beating the favorite, Arkansas, at the Chile Pepper Festival

USTFCCCA logo-2001.jpg The Wisconsin men and Stanford women retained their #1 rankings according to the the Week 2 USTFCCCA polls.

The new poll demonstrated some notable changes following this past weekend’s cross country action:

The Oregon men rose from 17th to 6th and the Arkansas women moved up four spots on the heels of their big wins at the Bill Dellinger Invitational.
The Michigan women claimed the #2 spot and the men of NC State jumped to 13th after their victories at the Notre Dame Invitational. NC State had been left off of the Men’s D-I Top 30 in Week 1.
The Princeton women climbed to 7th as a result of their showing at the Paul Short Invitational.
The Texas men took a big hit, falling from 6th to 23rd.