Men's Cross Country ranked No. 24 in fourth weekly USTFCCCA Division III poll

October 4, 2017

By Tim Glon

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is ranked No. 19 in the first weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll, released on Wednesday.

The Polar Bears (46-6 overall) received 87 points in the poll.

Ohio Northern was ranked No. 17 in the preseason poll and No. 19 in the first weekly poll.

North Central (Ill.) remained in the top spot with 280 points and all eight first place votes, SUNY Geneseo is second with 269 points and Wisconsin-La Crosse is third with 262 points.

The Polar Bears will return to action on Oct. 14 at the Principia (Ill.) Cowbell Classic Pre-National race.

USTFCCCA Poll #4 - Oct. 4, 2017

Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Points	Last Week
1.	North Central (Ill.) (8)	280	1
2.	SUNY Geneseo	269	2
3.	Wisconsin-LaCrosse	262	4
4.	Haverford (Pa.)	260	9
5.	Pomona-Pitzer (Cal.)	247	5
6.	RPI (N.Y.)	235	7
7.	Amherst (Mass.)	233	8
8.	Washington (Mo.)	221	14
9.	Christopher Newport (Va.)	215	13
10.	Calvin (Mich.)	214	12
11.	Loras (Iowa)	202	10
12.	MIT	192	11
13.	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	184	6
14.	Williams (Mass.)	171	15
15.	Wartburg (Iowa)	168	20
16.	Johns Hopkins (Md.)	162	3
17.	Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)	151	16
18.	Middlebury (Vt.)	146	17
19.	Wisconsin-Stout	137	nr
20.	Occidental (Cal.)	129	22
21.	Bates (Maine)	122	21
22.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.)	109	19
23.	Rowan (N.J.)	98	33
24.	Ohio Northern	87	NR
	Rhodes (Tenn.)	87	25
26.	Saint Lawrence (N.Y.)	77	26
27.	Wisconsin-Platteville	61	NR
	Nebraska Wesleyan	61	34
29.	Brandeis (Mass.)	46	29
30.	Albion (Mich.)	43	27
	Emory (Ga.)	43	23
	St. Olaf (Minn.)	43	18
33.	New York U.	38	NR
34.	Dickinson (Pa.)	30	30
35.	Lewis & Clark (Ore.)	6	NR