Men's Cross Country ranked No. 25 in final USTFCCCA poll
Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is ranked No. 25 in the eighth and final United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association coaches poll released on Monday.
The Polar Bears (96-7 overall) garnered 71 points after finishing third at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional at Holland, Mich. last Saturday.
ONU was ranked a season-best 18th in the seventh poll after winning its second consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference Championships title on Oct. 29.
Northern was ranked as high as No. 19 last season, when the squad won the OAC Championships title and finished with a 138-9 record.
The Polar Bears will wrap up their season on Saturday at the NCAA III Championships meet in Louisville, Ky.
USTFCCCA Division III Poll - Final
Nov. 14, 2016
Total | Last | ||
Rank | School (1st Place Votes) | Points | Week |
1. | North Central (Ill.) (8) |
256 | |
2. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) |
248 | 1 |
3. | MIT | 237 | 2 |
4. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
233 | t5 |
5. | Williams (Mass.) | 225 | 4 |
6. |
Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 217 | 3 |
7. |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 202 | t5 |
8. | Amherst (Mass.) | 201 | 8 |
9. | RPI (N.Y.) | 197 | 7 |
10. | Washington (Mo.) | 179 | 9 |
11. | Calvin (Mich.) | 174 | 11 |
12. | Loras (Iowa) | 159 | 13 |
13. |
Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 156 | 16 |
14. | Haverford (Conn.) | 147 | 19 |
15. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 138 | 15 |
16. | Occidental (Calif.) |
128 | 17 |
17. |
Wartburg (Iowa) | 120 | 32 |
18. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 109 | 12 |
19. | Allegheny (Pa.) | 103 | 30 |
20. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 102 | 10 |
21. | New Jersey |
99 | RV |
22. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 94 | 14 |
23. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 86 | 28 |
24. | New York U. | 84 | 20 |
25. | Ohio Northern | 71 | 18 |
26. | Oneonta State (N.Y.) | 67 | 31 |
27. |
Washington & Lee (Va.) | 58 | 33 |
28. | Whittier (Calif.) | 46 | 24 |
29. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 38 | 22 |
30. | Emory (Ga.) | 24 | t26 |
31. | Mount Union | 22 | 33 |
32. | Rhodes (Tenn.) |
10 | RV |
Others Receiving Votes: Only the NCAA qualifying teams were eligible for ranking this week.