Cedarville (Ohio) Keeps No. 1 NAIA Women's Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 Poll :: Indiana Tech moves into the top-10 at No. 9

Sept. 30, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Cedarville University (Ohio) earned 17 first place votes to keep the top spot in the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for the fourth straight week. The Yellow Jackets earned 648 total points.

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) remained at No. 2 with six first place votes and 635 points while California State-San Marcos stayed at No. 3 with 604 points and Malone (Ohio) stayed at No. 4 with 598 points. Concordia (Ore.) moved up two spots to No. 5 with 565 points.

No. 6 Black Hills State (S.D.) and No. 7 Biola (Calif.) both moved up two spots with 527 and 514 points respectively. Simon Fraser (B.D.) dropped three spots to No. 8 with 505 points while Indian Tech jumped up seven spots to No. 9 with 459 points. Milligan (Tenn.) rounded out the top-10 after dropped to No. 10 from No. 6 with 450 points.

The fifth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 7th.

2008 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Sept. 30

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Cedarville (Ohio)	17	648
2	2	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	6	635
3	3	California State-San Marcos		604
4	4	Malone (Ohio)		598
5	7	Concordia (Calif.)		565
6	8	Black Hills State (S.D.)		527
7	9	Biola (Calif.)		514
8	5	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		505
9	16	Indiana Institute of Technology		459
10	6	Milligan (Tenn.)		450
11	11	Wayland Baptist (Texas)		449
12	15	Concordia (Neb.)		406
13	12	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		389
14	14	Concordia (Ore.)		379
14	12	Indiana Wesleyan		379
16	10	Aquinas (Mich.)		358
17	17	Shawnee State (Ohio)		341
18	18	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		326
19	19	College of Idaho (Idaho)		275
T20	21	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		229
T20	20	Westmont (Calif.)		229
22	RV	Hastings (Neb.)		182
23	24	Lindenwood (Mo.)		167
24	RV	Spring Arbor (Mich.)		166
25	25	Morningside (Iowa)		128

Others Receiving Votes: Dordt (Iowa) 79; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 76; Oklahoma Baptist 69; Bethel (Ind.) 67; Corban (Ore.) 40; British Columbia 39; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 34; Jamestown (N.D.) 30; Houghton (N.Y.) 29; Southwestern (Kan.) 17; Berry (Ga.) 7; Northwood (Texas) 5; William Woods (Mo.) 4; Doane (Neb.) 3; Walsh (Ohio) 3; Saint Louis of Pharmacy (Mo.) 1; Eastern Oregon 1.