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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

TFS Poll Results: Readers Predict Hall, Meb, and Abdi Will Qualify for Olympics

Posted November 3rd, 2007 at 6:20 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Olympics

Several thousand votes from TheFinalSprint.com readers from been tallied-up and the results are in!

Ryan Hall, Meb Keflezighi, and Abdi Abirahman have been selected by TFS readers as most likely to qualify for the Beijing-bound U.S. Olympic Team!

Full TFS Prediction Survey Results:

Ryan Hall - 38%
Meb Keflezighi - 19%
Abdi Abdirahman - 15%
Khalid Khannouchi - 6%
Brian Sell - 6%
Alan Culpepper - 5%
Someone Else- 4%
Dathan Ritzenhein - 3%
Dan Browne - 2%
Peter Gilmore - 2%

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Women’s D-I XC Teams Prepare for Conference Championships

Posted October 23rd, 2007 at 11:15 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

Defending NCAA champion Stanford competes against three other teams ranked in the top 10 nationally at Saturday’s Pacific-10 Conference Cross Country Championships in Corvallis, Ore.

Starting Friday and continuing through Sunday, the top Division I women‚s teams compete in conference meets across the country. The Pac-10 and Big Ten conference meets each feature four teams ranked among the top 10 by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Championships.

The Pac-10 Championships include top-ranked Stanford, No. 2 Oregon, fifth-ranked Arizona State and No. 9 Washington.

Friday’s Big Ten Championships in Columbus, Ohio, matches sixth-ranked Michigan, No. 7 Michigan State, eighth-ranked Minnesota and No. 10 Illinois.

The USTFCCCA Division I polls remain the same this week since there was limited competition nationally as most teams rested for the upcoming conference, regional and national championships. The NCAA Championships will be held Nov. 20 at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Course in Terre Haute
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Stanford #1 In 2007 Pre-Season Women’s Cross Country Rankings

Posted September 11th, 2007 at 7:34 PM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

Two-time defending NCAA champion Stanford opens the 2007 cross country season ranked first in the country among Division I women’s teams, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced today.

Stanford received nine of the 13 first-place votes in the initial poll. Michigan is ranked second. Third-ranked Colorado received the remaining four first-place votes.

Rounding out the top 10 are No. 4 Arkansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Arizona State, Minnesota, Providence and Michigan State.

The second 10 consists of Virginia, Florida State, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina State, Princeton, Duke, Colorado State, Washington and Virginia Tech.
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Wisconsin #1 In 2007 Pre-Season Men’s Cross Country Rankings

Posted September 11th, 2007 at 7:29 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

If the first Division I men’s poll of the season is a reliable indicator; this should be a very interesting cross country season at the national level.

Wisconsin claimed the top spot in the poll released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. The Badgers received five first-place votes to tabulating 379 points.

Second-ranked Colorado picked up four first-place votes. Third-ranked Iona and fourth-ranked Oregon received one and three first-place votes, respectively.

Rounding out the top 10 are Arkansas, Stanford, UTEP, Oklahoma State, Texas and North Carolina State.
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