LCSC cross country teams remained
in top 15 in NAIA polls

10-19-06

The Lewis-Clark State College women's cross country team kept its No. 13 national ranking, but the men's squad fell two places to No. 10 in this week's NAIA poll, which was released Wednesday. 

"I am not too surprised with the slight fall in the men's rankings this week," LCSC coach Mike Collins said.  "There were a few schools around the country that ran really well and leap-frogged us in the polls, but nobody in our region." 

The Warriors will be back in action Saturday for their only home meet of the season in the LCSC Invite. The meet begins at 11 a.m. at Hells Gate State Park. 

"There is only one regular season poll left, so this weekend is pretty important for us to run well, especially with No. 18 ranked Albertson College running here" Collins said.  "Beating them this weekend will do a lot to put us in a position to go to nationals.  The same goes for them.  They are a good quality team with good coaching, so it should be fun to watch." 

The LCSC women gained a few votes after a solid performance last weekend, which Collins said was the fastest LCSC has ever run on that course, which includes the year the Warriors finished ninth at the national meet.

"Right now we have a few sick bodies on both the men's and women's side of things, hopefully that won't effect us too much this weekend and we can run it through our systems before regionals and nationals." Collins says.  "Otherwise, we control our own destiny through our racing, we just have to race to our ability and we will be fine."