Malone (Ohio) Remains No. 1 in NAIA Men's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll :: Embry-Riddle (Fla.) moves up a spot to No. 2

Sept. 30, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Malone College (Ohio) earned 21 first place votes to remain No. 1 in the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. The Pioneers received 622 total points.

Embry-Riddle (Fla.) moved up a spot to No. 2 with one first place vote and 588 total points. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (579 points) jumped up three spots to No. 3 while Aquinas (Mich.) (560 points) jumped two spots to No. 4. Both teams were tied at No. 6 last week. California State-San Marcos moved into top-five at No. 5 with 528 points.

Concordia (Neb.) dropped a spot from last week to No. 6 with 504 points. No. 7 Indiana Tech and No. 8 Huntington (Ind.) both moved into the top-10 with 465 and 450 points respectively. Concordia (Ore.) remained at No. 9 with 445 points while Black Hills State (S.D.) dropped eight spots to No. 10 with 422 points.

The fifth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 7th.

2008 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Sept. 30

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Malone (Ohio)	21	622
2	3	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	1	588
3	6	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		579
4	6	Aquinas (Mich.)		560
5	9	California State-San Marcos		528
6	5	Concordia (Neb.)		504
7	12	Indiana Institute of Technology		465
8	13	Huntington (Ind.)		450
9	9	Concordia (Ore.)		445
10	2	Black Hills State (S.D.)		422
11	10	Southern Oregon		417
12	15	Cedarville (Ohio)		398
13	14	Vanguard (Calif.)		376
14	16	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		372
15	11	Dickinson State (N.D.)		348
16	17	Lindenwood (Mo.)		329
17	6	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		315
18	RV	Indiana Wesleyan		257
19	RV	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)		255
20	19	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		242
21	20	Oklahoma Baptist		237
22	RV	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)		179
23	18	Doane (Neb.)		150
24	21	College of Idaho (Idaho)		144
25	24	British Columbia		122

Others Receiving Votes: Shorter (Ga.) 122; Taylor (Ind.) 94; Houghton (N.Y.) 68Concordia (Calif.) 68; Southwestern (Kan.) 63; Siena Heights (Mich.) 27; Marian (Ind.) 24; Shawnee State (Ohio) 23; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 19; Hastings (Neb.) 16; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 10; Dakota State (S.D.) 10; Eastern Oregon 8; Great Falls (Mont.) 5; Westmont (Calif.) 5; Cumberlands (Ky.) 3; King (Tenn.) 1; Lee (Tenn.) 1; Sioux Falls (S.D.) 1; Xavier (La.) 1; Milligan (Tenn.) 1; South Carolina-Beaufort 1.