Oct. 14, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Malone College (Ohio) received 19 first place votes to remain No. 1 in the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for the sixth straight week.  The Pioneers received 560 total points.

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) earned one first place vote and moved up a spot to No. 2 with 533 points while Embry-Riddle (Fla.) dropped to No. 3 with 525 points.  Indiana Tech jumped up three spot to No. 4 with 511 points and No. 5 California State-San Marcos held its spot with 468 points.  Aquinas (Mich.) dropped two spots to No. 6 while Concordia (Neb.) fell one spot to No. 7 with 462 and 457 points respectively.  The next two spots remained the same from last week as No. 8 Southern Oregon (442 points) and No. 9 Huntington (Ind.) (421 points) held their spots.  Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) round out the top-10 with 395 points.

The seventh regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 21st.

2008 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 14

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Malone (Ohio)	19	560
2	3	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	1	533
3	2	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		525
4	7	Indiana Institute of Technology		511
5	5	California State-San Marcos		468
6	4	Aquinas (Mich.)		462
7	6	Concordia (Neb.)		457
8	8	Southern Oregon		442
9	9	Huntington (Ind.)		421
10	11	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		395
11	12	Black Hills State (S.D.)		360
12	15	College of Idaho (Idaho)		350
13	22	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)		340
14	NR	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		333
15	17	Concordia (Ore.)		303
16	18	Lindenwood (Mo.)		269
17	16	Shorter (Ga.)		267
18	RV	Concordia (Calif.)		252
19	19	Indiana Wesleyan		232
20	13	Vanguard (Calif.)		205
21	21	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		191
22	24	Shawnee State (Ohio)		178
23	20	Dickinson State (N.D.)		172
24	23	Oklahoma Baptist		154
25	25	Doane (Neb.)		133

Others Receiving Votes: Cedarville (Ohio) 126; Oklahoma Christian 56; Taylor (Ind.) 55; Westmont (Calif.) 50; Houghton (N.Y.) 44; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 25; Northwood (Texas) 20; Hastings (Neb.) 19; Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 19; Cumberlands (Ky.) 14; Lee (Tenn.) 8; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 3; Union (Tenn.) 3; British Columbia 1; Marian (Ind.) 1; Milligan (Tenn.) 1; King (Tenn.) 1.