Sept. 23, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Cedarville University (Ohio) received 18 first place votes to remain No. 1 in the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for the third straight week.  The Yellow Jackets earned 559 total points.

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) earned two first place votes and 543 points for the second spot while California State-San Marcos stayed at No. 3 with 523 points.  Malone (Ohio) remained at No. 4 with 502 points while Simon Fraser (B.C.) stayed to No. 5 with 493 points and Milligan (Tenn.) remained at No. 6 with 465 points. 

No. 7 Concordia (Calif.), No. 8 Black Hills State (S.D.), No. 9 Biola (Calif.) and No. 10 Aquinas (Mich.) rounded out the top-10 with 447, 442, 417 and 350 points respectively.

The fourth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 30th.

2008 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Sept. 23

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Cedarville (Ohio)	18	559
2	2	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	2	543
3	3	California State-San Marcos		523
4	4	Malone (Ohio)		502
5	5	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		493
6	6	Milligan (Tenn.)		465
7	7	Concordia (Calif.)		447
8	7	Black Hills State (S.D.)		442
9	9	Biola (Calif.)		417
10	15	Aquinas (Mich.)		350
11	12	Wayland Baptist (Texas)		349
T12	14	Indiana Wesleyan		336
T12	16	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		336
14	20	Concordia (Ore.)		334
15	13	Concordia (Neb.)		329
16	10	Indiana Institute of Technology		285
17	22	Shawnee State (Ohio)		279
18	18	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		263
19	11	College of Idaho (Idaho)		252
20	19	Westmont (Calif.)		199
21	21	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		188
22	RV	Dordt (Iowa)		186
23	17	Bethel (Ind.)		159
24	NR	Lindenwood (Mo.)		136
25	23	Morningside (Iowa)		105

Others Receiving Votes: Spring Arbor (Mich.) 104; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 92; Corban (Ore.) 59; Southwestern (Kan.) 55; British Columbia 32; Jamestown (N.D.) 30; Oklahoma Baptist 30; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 28; Hastings (Neb.) 18; Northwestern (Iowa) 4; Northwood (Texas) 3; Eastern Oregon 3; Berry (Ga.) 1; Cronerstone (Mich.) 1; Park (Mo.) 1; Saint Ambrose (Iowa) 1; Walsh (Ohio) 1.