Men's Cross Country receives votes in sixth weekly USTFCCCA poll
By Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA.org |
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team received a vote in the sixth weekly poll in voting conducted by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
This marks the fourth appearance in the poll for the Polar Bears (72-23) this season.
Northern received one points, which is the 41st-most in the poll. ONU also received two points in last two weekly polls and five points in the week three poll.
Haverford (Pa.) moved up to the No. 1 spot, Calvin (mich.) is now second and North Central (Ill.) dropped two spots to No. 3.
The Polar Bears finished 12th of 38 teams at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational last weekend and will return to action Oct. 27 with the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at Wilmington.
USTFCCCA Division III Men's Poll - #6
Oct. 17, 2012
Rank | School | Points | Last Week |
1. | Haverford (Pa.) (5) |
276 | 2 |
2. | Calvin (Mich.) (3) |
274 | 6 |
3. | North Central (Ill.) |
264 | 1 |
4. | Bates (Mass.) | 254 | 4 |
5. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) | 251 | 5 |
6. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 240 | 7 |
7. | Tufts (Mass.) | 232 | 8 |
8. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 218 | 25 |
9. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 207 | 10 |
10. | Washington (Mo.) | 206 | 3 |
11. | Bowdoin (Maine) | 202 | 11 |
12. |
New York U. | 200 | t17 |
13. |
Williams (Mass.) | 178 | t13 |
14. |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 176 | 15 |
15. | Cortland State (N.Y.) | 164 | 12 |
16. | Augustana (Ill.) | 161 | t13 |
17. |
Middlebury (Vt.) | 141 | t17 |
18. |
Allegheny (Pa.) | 139 | 20 |
19. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 129 | 16 |
20. | Wisconsin-Platteville | 122 | 22 |
21. | Dickinson (Pa.) | 109 | 26 |
22. | Chicago (Ill.) | 106 | 19 |
Rochester (N.Y.) | 106 | 21 | |
24. |
Central (Iowa) | 92 | t30 |
25. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 83 | 9 |
26. |
Wabash (Ind.) | 80 | 23 |
27. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 77 | 24 |
28. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 70 | 27 |
29. | Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) | 66 | 28 |
30. | Amherst (Mass.) | 52 | t30 |
31. |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 39 | 29 |
32. | Case Western Reserve | 35 | 32 |
33. | Saint Olaf (Minn.) |
28 | RV |
34. | Wisconsin-Stout |
17 | NR |
35. | Loras (Iowa) |
14 | 33 |
Others Receiving Votes: Willamette 10, RPI 10, TCNJ 4, MIT 4, Saint John's (Minn.) 2, Ohio Northern 1, Wartburg 1.