Women's Cross Country squad moves up one spot to No. 24 in latest USTFCCCA poll
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team moved up one spot to No. 24 in the fourth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association weekly poll.
The Polar Bears (39-5) were ranked No. 25 each of the past two weeks, were No. 35 in the first weekly poll and were No. 33 in the USTFCCCA Preseason poll.
Northern received 96 points in voting conducted by the eight-member voting panel, four more than the 92 it received in last week's poll.
ONU is coming off of a second place finish at the 22-team All-Ohio Championships last Friday at Cedarville.
Defending national champion Middlebury (Vt.) is ranked first, Washington (Mo.), MIT is third and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) is ranked fourth.
The Polar Bears posted their 19th consecutive winning season, won their fifth OAC crown and was ranked as high as No. 14 in 2010.
Ohio Northern will return to action Oct. 15 at Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
USTFCCCA 2011 Poll - Week 4
Oct. 5, 2011
| Rank | School |
Points | Last |
| 1. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 280 | 1 |
| 2. | Washington (Mo.) | 270 | 2 |
| 3. | MIT | 262 | 3 |
| 4. | Claremont-MS (Calif.) | 254 | 4 |
| 5. | Williams (Mass.) | 251 | t5 |
| 6. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) | 239 | 7 |
| 7. | Calvin (Mich.) | 228 | 8 |
| 8. | Rowan (N.J.) | 220 | 23 |
| 9. | Amherst (Mass.) | 209 | 10 |
| 10. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 207 | t5 |
| 11. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) | 206 | 9 |
| 12. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 190 | 14 |
| 13. | New York U. | 184 | 11 |
| 14. | Saint Olaf (Minn.) | 179 | 13 |
| 15. | Hope (Mich.) | 173 | 12 |
| 16. | Carleton (Minn.) | 163 | 22 |
| 17. | Emory (Ga.) | 165 | 16 |
| 18. | Lewis & Clark (Ore.) | 147 | 17 |
| 19. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 133 | 20 |
| 20. | Cortland State (N.Y.) | 126 | 28 |
| 21. | Oberlin | 110 | 31 |
| 22. | Haverford (Pa.) | 105 | 21 |
| 23. | Tufts (Mass.) | 104 | 24 |
| 24. | Ohio Northern | 96 | 25 |
| 25. | Whitman (Wash.) | 83 | 35 |
| 26. | Saint Lawrence (N.Y.) | 82 | 19 |
| 27. | Nebraska Wesleyan | 75 | 15 |
| 28. | Luther (Iowa) | 59- | 18 |
| 29. | Colby (Me.) | 53 | 32 |
| 30. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 51 | 29 |
| 31. | Whittier (Calif.) | 41 | 26 |
| 32. | Chicago (Ill.) | 35 | 34 |
| 33. | North Central (Ill.) | 18 | RV |
| Trinity (Tex.) | 18 | NR | |
| 35. | Keene State (N.H.) | 13 | RV |
Others Receiving Votes: St. Thomas (Minn.) 8, Rhodes 7, TCNJ 5, Wartburg 2.