Sept. 16, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Cedarville University (Ohio) earned the top spot in the NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll for the second straight week.  The Yellow Jackets earned 17 first place votes and 558 total points.

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) received three first place votes and moved up a spot to No. 2 with 541 total points while California State-San Marcos jumped three spots to No. 3 with 523 total points.  Malone (Ohio) remained at No. 4 with 501 points.  Simon Fraser (B.C.) dropped to No. 5 from No. 2 with 491 points while Milligan (Tenn.) dropped a spot to No. 6 with 460 points.  Concordia (Calif.) and Black Hills State (S.D.) both received 440 points at No. 7 while Biola (Calif.) climbed to No. 9 and Indiana Tech remained at No. 10 to round out the top-10.

The third regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 23rd.

2008 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Sept. 16

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Cedarville (Ohio)	17	558
2	3	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	3	541
3	6	California State-San Marcos		523
4	4	Malone (Ohio)		501
5	2	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		491
6	5	Milligan (Tenn.)		460
T7	7	Concordia (Calif.)		440
T7	8	Black Hills State (S.D.)		440
9	11	Biola (Calif.)		402
10	10	Indiana Institute of Technology		398
11	12	College of Idaho (Idaho)		377
12	NR	Wayland Baptist (Texas)		369
13	13	Concordia (Neb.)		342
14	14	Indiana Wesleyan		324
15	15	Aquinas (Mich.)		294
16	16	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		276
17	17	Bethel (Ind.)		257
18	22	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		253
19	18	Westmont (Calif.)		230
20	RV	Concordia (Ore.)		212
21	19	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		202
22	20	Shawnee State (Ohio)		198
23	21	Morningside (Iowa)		178
24	23	Spring Arbor (Mich.)		137
25	25	Southwestern (Kan.)		114

Others Receiving Votes: Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 110; Northwestern (Iowa) 73; Oklahoma Baptist 63; William Woods (Mo.) 51; Eastern Oregon 32; British Columbia 20; Cornerstone (Mich.) 18; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 9; Walsh (Ohio) 9; Dordt (Iowa) 9; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 8; Georgetown (Ky.) 6; Berry (Ga.) 4; Jamestown (N.D.) 3; Corban (Ore.) 1; Taylor (Ind.) 1; Spring Hill (Ala.) 1; Grand View (Iowa) 1; Xavier (La.) 1.