Oct. 14, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – There is a new team at the top of the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 poll this week.  Azusa Pacific (Calif.) took over the top spot with 14 first place votes and 585 points to edge Cedarville (Ohio) by eight points.

No. 2 Cedarville received seven first place votes and 578 points.  The Yellow Jackets occupied the top spot for six weeks including preseason prior to this poll.

The next three spots remained the same.  No. 3 California State-San Marcos, No. 4 Malone (Ohio) and No. 5 Concordia (Calif.) all held their spots with 550, 532 and 518 points respectively.  Biola (Calif.) moved up a spot to No. 6 from last week with 470 points while Black Hills State (S.D.) dropped to No. 7 with 469 points.  The next three spots also remained the same.  Simon Fraser (B.C.) remained at No. 8 with 460 points, Indian Tech stayed No. 9 with 445 points and Wayland Baptist (Texas) rounded the top-10 with 416 points at No. 10.

The seventh regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 21st.

2008 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 14

RANK	WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	2	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	14	585
2	1	Cedarville (Ohio)	7	578
3	3	California State-San Marcos		550
4	4	Malone (Ohio)		532
5	5	Concordia (Calif.)		518
6	7	Biola (Calif.)		470
7	6	Black Hills State (S.D.)		469
8	8	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		460
9	9	Indiana Institute of Technology		445
10	10	Wayland Baptist (Texas)		416
11	12	Indiana Wesleyan		401
12	11	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		392
13	13	Concordia (Neb.)		372
14	14	Aquinas (Mich.)		342
15	16	College of Idaho (Idaho)		316
16	17	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		294
17	15	Shawnee State (Ohio)		274
18	23	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		261
19	18	Milligan (Tenn.)		259
20	20	Westmont (Calif.)		215
21	21	Lindenwood (Mo.)		210
22	RV	Dordt (Iowa)		199
T23	25	British Columbia		162
T23	RV	Doane (Neb.)		162
25	RV	Bethel (Ind.)		152

Others Receiving Votes: Hastings (Neb.) 90; Spring Arbor (Mich.) 68; Concordia (Ore.) 62; William Woods (Mo.) 61; Morningside (Iowa) 31; Jamestown (N.D.) 30; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 14; Vanguard (Calif.) 13; Oklahoma Baptist 10; Taylor (Ind.) 8; Evergreen State (Wash.) 4; Park (Mo.) 3; Southwestern (Kan.) 1; Corban (Ore.) 1; Berry (Ga.) 1; Grace (Ind.) 1; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 1; Montreat (N.C.) 1; Union (Tenn.) 1.