Oct. 7, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Cedarville University (Ohio) remained No. 1 in the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for the fifth straight week.  The Yellow Jackets received 17 first place votes and 618 total points.

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) earned five first place votes and 606 points to stay at No. 2 for the fourth consecutive week.  No. 3 California State-San Marcos and No. 4 Malone (Ohio) also held their spots for the fourth straight week with 576 and 568 points respectively.  The next five spots also remained the same.  Concordia (Calif.) stayed at No. 5 with 541 points, Black Hills State (S.D.) stayed at No. 6 with 507 points, Biola (Calif.) stayed at No. 7 with 489 points, Simon Fraser (B.C.) stayed at No. 8 with 480 points and Indiana Tech stayed at No. 9 with 452 points.  Wayland Baptist (Texas) rounded out the top-10 after moving up a spot to No. 10 with 445 points.

The sixth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 14th.

2008 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 7

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Cedarville (Ohio)	17	618
2	2	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	5	606
3	3	California State-San Marcos		576
4	4	Malone (Ohio)		568
5	5	Concordia (Calif.)		541
6	6	Black Hills State (S.D.)		507
7	7	Biola (Calif.)		489
8	8	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		480
9	9	Indiana Institute of Technology		452
10	11	Wayland Baptist (Texas)		445
11	13	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		417
12	14	Indiana Wesleyan		395
13	12	Concordia (Neb.)		386
14	16	Aquinas (Mich.)		346
15	17	Shawnee State (Ohio)		340
16	19	College of Idaho (Idaho)		332
17	18	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		313
18	10	Milligan (Tenn.)		281
19	24	Spring Arbor (Mich.)		228
20	T20	Westmont (Calif.)		222
21	23	Lindenwood (Mo.)		206
22	RV	British Columbia		189
23	T20	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		186
24	22	Hastings (Neb.)		176
25	RV	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)		139

Others Receiving Votes: Morningside (Iowa) 109; Concordia (Ore.) 94; Bethel (Ind.) 59; William Woods (Mo.) 59; Dordt (Iowa) 37; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 31; Jamestown (N.D.) 19; Oklahoma Baptist 18; Taylor (Ind.) 18; Evergreen State (Wash.) 15; Houghton (N.Y.) 9; Northwood (Texas) 6; Southwestern (Kan.) 3; Union (Tenn.) 1; Doane (Neb.) 1; Berry (Ga.) 1; Berry (Ga.) 1; Park (Mo.) 1; Montreat (N.C.) 1; Walsh (Ohio) 1.