Oct. 28, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Malone College (Ohio) remained No. 1 in the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for the eighth straight week.  The Pioneers received 20 first place votes and 591 total points.

Indiana Tech moved up two spots to No. 2 with one first place vote and 572 points while Azusa Pacific (Calif.) dropped to No. 3 with 553 points.  Aquinas (Mich.) climbed two spots to No. 4 with 530 points and No. 5 Southern Oregon jumped up three spots with 493 points.  No. 6 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (489 points) and No. 9 California State-San Marcos (440 points) both dropped this week from No. 3 and No. 5 respectively.  Concordia (Neb.) stayed at No. 7 with 472 points and Huntington (Ind.) moved up a spot to No. 8 with 446 points.  Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (423 points) rounded out the top-10 after moving up four spots from last week.

The ninth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Nov. 4th.

2008 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 28

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Malone (Ohio)	20	591
2	4	Indiana Institute of Technology	1	572
3	2	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		553
4	6	Aquinas (Mich.)		530
5	8	Southern Oregon		493
6	3	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		489
7	7	Concordia (Neb.)		472
8	9	Huntington (Ind.)		446
9	5	California State-San Marcos		440
10	14	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		423
11	10	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		403
12	11	Black Hills State (S.D.)		364
13	RV	Cedarville (Ohio)		355
14	12	College of Idaho (Idaho)		354
15	20	Vanguard (Calif.)		308
16	15	Concordia (Ore.)		286
17	16	Lindenwood (Mo.)		267
18	22	Shawnee State (Ohio)		265
19	17	Shorter (Ga.)		255
20	13	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)		245
21	19	Indiana Wesleyan		219
22	RV	Oklahoma Christian		175
23	25	Doane (Neb.)		162
24	22	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		131
25	18	Concordia (Calif.)		129

Others Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 111; Dickinson State (N.D.) 102; Oklahoma Baptist 90; Houghton (N.Y.) 81; Cornerstone (Mich.) 36; Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 32; Cumberlands (Ky.) 27; British Columbia 17; Southwestern (Kan.) 12; Hastings (Neb.) 11; Siena Heights (Mich.) 10; Westmont (Calif.) 4; Northwood (Texas) 1; Milligan (Tenn.) 1.