Nov. 9, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Malone (Ohio) stays No. 1 in the final NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.  The Pioneers have gone wire-to-wire as the top team, being ranked No. 1 in every poll for the second straight year.

Malone earned all 21 first place votes and 591 total points.

No. 2 Azusa Pacific (Calif.), No. 3 Aquinas (Mich.) and No. 4 Southern Oregon each moved up a spot from last week with 563, 555 and 528 points respectively.  Indiana Tech dropped three places to No. 5 with 523 points.

The next three spots remained the same.  Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (493 points), Concordia (Neb.) (473 points) and Huntington (Ind.) (463 points) held their positions at No. 6, No. 7 and No. 8 respectively.  No. 9 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) and No. 10 California State-San Marcos switched spots from last week to round the top-10.  Olivet Nazarene received 419 points and California State-San Marcos earned 402 points.

The 2008 NAIA National Championship teams and individual qualifiers will be released on Monday, Nov. 10 by 5 p.m. (CST).  The championship race (8K) will be held at Dr. Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Nov. 22 at 11:45 a.m. (CST).

2008 Final NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Nov. 9

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Malone (Ohio)	21	591
2	3	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		563
3	4	Aquinas (Mich.)		555
4	5	Southern Oregon		528
5	2	Indiana Tech		523
6	6	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		493
7	7	Concordia (Neb.)		473
8	8	Huntington (Ind.)		463
9	10	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		419
10	9	California State-San Marcos		402
11	11	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		399
12	12	Black Hills State (S.D.)		369
13	16	Concordia (Ore.)		359
14	13	Cedarville (Ohio)		342
15	14	College of Idaho		299
16	20	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)		279
17	18	Lindenwood (Mo.)		276
18	19	Shorter (Ga.)		263
19	24	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		261
20	17	Shawnee State (Ohio)		235
21	21	Indiana Wesleyan		220
22	25	Concordia (Calif.)		194
23	22	Oklahoma Christian		178
24	15	Vanguard (Calif.)		147
25	23	Doane (Neb.)		114

Others Receiving Votes: Oklahoma Baptist 93; Dickinson State (N.D.) 91; Taylor (Ind.) 84; Houghton (N.Y.) 81; Southwestern (Kan.) 61; Northwood (Texas) 26; Siena Heights (Mich.) 21; Cumberlands (Ky.) 14; Milligan (Tenn.) 10; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 5; Central Methodist (Mo.) 4; Lee (Tenn.) 3; Dana (Neb.) 1; Eastern Oregon 1; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 1.