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Oregon shoots for Pac-10 repeat on conference championship weekend

Posted October 23rd, 2007 at 12:15 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

Oregon Ducks LogoTop-ranked Oregon defends its title at the Pacific-10 Championships as other nationally ranked Division I teams also prepare for conference meets this weekend.

Oregon, the top-rated team in the most recent U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll, will be challenged Saturday by eighth-ranked California, No. 14 Stanford, No. 19 UCLA and 25th-ranked Arizona State. The Pac-10 Championships will be held in Corvallis, Ore.
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Fl. State Surges to #3 in Women X-C Rankings

Posted October 16th, 2007 at 7:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

Florida State, led by a record-breaking victory by Susan Kuijken at the Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, IN, surged from 11th to 3rd place in the USTFCCCA women’s Cross-Country rankings. Kuijken ran a course record of 19:55.5 over the 6k course to lead the Seminoles to a 2nd place team finish behind #1 ranked Stanford, who won the team title with 101 points to Fl. State’s 123 points. Stanford’s Teresa McWalters and Arianna Lambie finished 2nd and 3rd in the Blue race. Princeton jumped from 8th to 4th in the rankings with their 12st place team finish in the White race at the same meet.

Stanford Tree LogoTop 10
1. Stanford
2. Oregon
3. Florida State
4. Princeton
5. Arizona State
6. Michigan
7. Michigan State
8. Minnesota
9. Washington
10. Illinois
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N. Arizona and UTEP Make Big Gains in Men’s X-C Rankings

Posted October 16th, 2007 at 6:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

The USTFCCCA Men’s Cross-Country Rankings for this week saw some big movements. Wisconsin dropped 4 places (from 2nd to 6th), Colorado dropped 2 places (from 3rd to 5th) and Northern Arizona moved all the way from 15th to 2nd on the strength of Lopez Lomong’s 1st place finish at the Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Oregon DucksTop 10
1. Oregon
2. Northern Arizona
3. UTEP
4. Iona
5. Colorado
6. Wisconsin
7. North Carolina State
8. (tie) Arkansas
8. (tie) California
10. Michigan

Lomong, the 2007 winner of the NCAA men’s 1500m run, ran the 8k course in a blistering 23:02.3. Northern AZ won the blue race, beating Iona 124 to 136. That 2nd place finish allowed Iona to move up from 8th to 4th in the rankings.
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Week 4 XC Rankings: Big Jumps Following Pre-Nationals Event & More

Posted October 17th, 2006 at 10:44 AM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

USTFCCCA logo-200.jpgThe 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:

WEEK 3 XC Rankings: Few Changes as Most Teams Rest For Next Weekend

Posted October 10th, 2006 at 3:05 PM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Cross Country

USTFCCCA logo-200.jpgThere were very few changes in the Week 3 Cross Country Rankings because most teams took the weekend off. They did so in an attempt to better prepare themselves for next Saturday’s Pre-Nationals at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN.

On the men’s side, there were literally no changes. Wisconsin remained #1 with Arkansas maintaining the subsequent rank.

There were a few changes for the women, although Stanford stayed at the top for a third straight week. The most notable changes was Iowa dropping from 8th to 11th.

Colorado (2) and Michigan (3) switched spots from last week’s rankings. Arkansas, North Carolina State, BYU, Princeton, UC Santa Barbara, Wisconsin and Providence filled the 4-7 spots.

For complete rankings, go to theofficial USTFCCCA Division I site.

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