After placing second at the Erik Anderson Memorial Invitational last Saturday, the Lewis-Clark State College men’s cross country team improved to No. 18 in the NAIA Cross Country Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Wednesday. While the men moved up, the women’s squad dropped one spot and is now ranked No. 20.
The top 13 teams in the men’s poll remained in their previous positions, leaving little room for the Warriors to move up despite garnering 26 more votes than last week. The team that LC did pass, Simon Fraser University, fell earlier this season to the same Whitworth team that LC defeated at the Anderson Memorial Invite on Saturday.
The women’s team, which placed fourth at the Anderson Memorial Invite, earned two points more than No. 21 Cedarville University to hang on to the No. 20 position. Frontier Conference rival Carroll College fell out of the women’s top-25 this week.
Both teams resume action this Saturday in Salem, Ore., for the Willamette Invitational.
MEN’S TOP-25 POLL – SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
RANK LAST WEEK SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) TOTAL POINTS 1 1 Malone University (Ohio) (16) 617 2 2 Southern Oregon University (5) 604 3 3 Wayland Baptist University (Texas) (1) 572 4 4 Shawnee State University (Ohio) 559 5 5 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) 546 6 6 University of British Columbia 502 7 7 The Master's College (Calif.) 501 8 8 Aquinas College (Mich.) 478 9 9 Concordia University (Neb.) 459 10 10 College of Idaho 439 11 11 California State University-San Marcos 399 12 12 Graceland University (Iowa) 374 13 13 Shorter University (Ga.) 358 13 16 Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) 358 15 15 Oklahoma Christian University 347 16 14 Eastern Oregon University 331 17 17 Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) 324 18 19 Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) 300 19 18 Simon Fraser University (B.C.) 262 20 20 Oklahoma Baptist University 220 21 21 Vanguard University (Calif.) 219 22 23 Cedarville University (Ohio) 180 23 RV University of St. Francis (Ill.) 155 24 25 California Baptist University 148 25 RV Black Hills State University (S.D.) 139
Others receiving votes: Indiana Wesleyan University 118; Southwestern College (Kan.) 108; McKendree University (Ill.) 76; Concordia University (Ore.) 72; Dakota State University (S.D.) 68; Siena Heights University (Mich.) 60; University of Great Falls (Mont.) 12; Cornerstone University (Mich.) 10; Rocky Mountain College (Mont.) 9; Westmont College (Calif.) 3; Union University (Tenn.) 3; Morningside College (Iowa) 1; Park University (Mo.) 1; Walsh University (Ohio) 1; Saint Xavier University (Ill.) 1; Dordt College (Iowa) 1.
WOMEN’S TOP-25 POLL – SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
|
RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Biola University (Calif.) (23) |
684 |
|
2 |
NR |
California State University-San Marcos (1) |
649 |
|
3 |
2 |
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) |
648 |
|
4 |
NR |
Simon Fraser University (B.C.) |
613 |
|
5 |
3 |
Malone University (Ohio) |
605 |
|
6 |
4 |
Concordia University (Ore.) |
571 |
|
7 |
5 |
College of Idaho |
534 |
|
8 |
6 |
Milligan College (Tenn.) |
529 |
|
9 |
7 |
Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) |
501 |
|
10 |
9 |
Kansas Wesleyan University |
464 |
|
11 |
10 |
Concordia University (Neb.) |
455 |
|
12 |
11 |
Southern Oregon University |
423 |
|
13 |
NR |
University of British Columbia |
421 |
|
14 |
13 |
Morningside College (Iowa) |
396 |
|
15 |
8 |
Black Hills State University (S.D.) |
360 |
|
16 |
14 |
Eastern Oregon University |
345 |
|
17 |
15 |
Aquinas College (Mich.) |
319 |
|
18 |
20 |
Indiana Wesleyan University |
289 |
|
19 |
16 |
Friends University (Kan.) |
284 |
|
20 |
19 |
Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) |
244 |
|
21 |
21 |
Cedarville University (Ohio) |
242 |
|
22 |
18 |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) |
230 |
|
23 |
17 |
Westmont College (Calif.) |
222 |
|
24 |
22 |
Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) |
201 |
|
25 |
12 |
Wayland Baptist University (Texas) |
148 |
Others receiving votes: Carroll College (Mont.) 125; Baker University (Kan.) 111; Northwest Christian University (Ore.) 104; Lee University (Tenn.) 99; Minot State University (N.D.) 48; Northwestern College (Iowa) 26; Oklahoma Baptist University 25; Shorter University (Ga.) 13; Shawnee State University (Ohio) 9; Southwestern College (Kan.) 8; Park University (Mo.) 3; University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) 1; University of St. Francis (Ill.) 1; Spring Arbor University (Mich.) 1.
