LCSC men’s cross country
 team cracks the Top 10
9-20-06 

The Lewis-Clark State College men’s cross country team jumped 12 spots in this week NAIA national poll, while the women climbed up another notch. 

The men’s team, which defeated two previously higher-ranked team at a meet in Seattle last Saturday, jumped from No. 21 to a program-best No. 9 in the poll, which was released Wednesday. The women’s team moved to No. 13. 

“Although it is great to see, I am not sure that the current rankings truly reflect our status in the nation right now.” LCSC coach Mike Collins says.  “This is the highest ranking ever for our men’s team and even though I think we are capable of being a top 10 team, we still have some work to do to get there.  We will enjoy this for now, and feel good about things, but we are working extremely hard to be sure that the ranking will still be sticking at the end of the year.   

“The women’s ranking may be a little high as well, but it is a pretty fair representation of where we are likely at currently.  The women are also working to get into the top 10.  There are still some good teams out there that haven’t run yet.  Once everyone has gotten a race or two in, we will know a lot more about our standing in comparison with everyone else.” Click here to view overall men's or women's cross country rankings.