KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Simon Fraser (B.C.) continues its hold on the nation's top spot in the NAIA Women's Cross Country Top 25 Poll. For the second week in a row, the Clan is a unanimous No. 1, receiving 210 points and all seven first-place votes. The team has been the country's top team in every poll this season. Over the past week, they won the Stanford Invitational with five of their runners finishing in the top eleven. Kristen Kolstad finished first individually with a personal best time of 13:56.
Milligan (Tenn.) is the No. 2 team again this week, receiving 200 total points. Azusa Pacific comes in at third for the second week in a row, as the Cougars had 198 points. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) and Malone (Ohio) round out the top five, earning 181 and 180 points respectively.
Eastern Oregon enters the Top 25 for the first time in the regular season. The Mountaineers come in at No. 21. Over the past week, the team competed in the Willamette University Invitational, finishing ninth out of twenty-six teams despite missing a few of their top runners. They will be back in action on Oct. 13 when they host the EOU Open.
The next Top 25 Poll will be released on Wednesday, Oct. 10.
2007 NAIA Women's Cross Country Top 25 Poll - Oct. 3 (Rating #4)
|
|
LAST |
|
1ST PLACE |
TOTAL |
|
RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL |
VOTES |
POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Simon Fraser (B.C.) (I) |
7 |
210 |
|
2 |
2 |
Milligan (Tenn.) (XII) |
|
200 |
|
3 |
3 |
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
|
198 |
|
4 |
6 |
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII) |
|
181 |
|
5 |
4 |
Malone (Ohio) (IX) |
|
180 |
|
6 |
10 |
Indiana Wesleyan (VIII) |
|
177 |
|
7 |
8 |
British Columbia (I) |
|
170 |
|
8 |
7 |
Cedarville (Ohio) (IX) |
|
160 |
|
9 |
9 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
|
158 |
|
10 |
11 |
California State-San Marcos (II) |
|
147 |
|
11 |
12 |
Indiana Tech (VIII) |
|
141 |
|
12 |
15 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
|
134 |
|
13 |
13 |
Concordia (Calif.) (II) |
|
121 |
|
T14 |
14 |
Aquinas (Mich.) (VIII) |
|
114 |
|
T14 |
17 |
Concordia (Neb.) (III) |
|
114 |
|
16 |
5 |
Black Hills State (S.D.) (III) |
|
103 |
|
17 |
16 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I) |
|
102 |
|
18 |
19 |
Albertson (ID) (I) |
|
82 |
|
19 |
18 |
Spring Arbor (Mich.) (VIII) |
|
79 |
|
20 |
21 |
Park (Mo.) (IV) |
|
76 |
|
21 |
NR |
Eastern Oregon (I) |
|
63 |
|
22 |
22 |
Cornerstone (Mich.) (VIII) |
|
59 |
|
23 |
24 |
Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II) |
|
55 |
|
24 |
20 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) (V) |
|
38 |
|
25 |
NR |
Westmont (Calif.) (II) |
|
35 |
Others receiving votes: Corban (Ore.) 32; Morningside (IA) 30; St. Xavier (Ill.) 27; Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 24; Wayland Baptist (Tex.) 21; Oklahoma Baptist 11; Taylor (Ind.) 9; Berry (Ga.) 2; Kansas Wesleyan 2
