Men's Cross Country moves up to No. 19 in second weekly USTFCCCA Division III poll

Men's Cross Country moves up to No. 19 in second weekly USTFCCCA Division III poll
September 23, 2015

By Tim Glon

| USTFCCCA poll |

ADA – The Ohio Northern men's cross country team moved up four spots to No. 19 in the second weekly United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll on Wednesday.

The Polar Bears (52-1 overall) received 131 points in the voting after winning the 22-team Rochester (N.Y.) Invitational last week.

ONU was ranked No. 23 with 103 points in the first weekly poll.

North Central (Ill.) remains ranked first with 280 points and all eight first place votes, St. Olaf (Minn.) is second with 269 points and Amherst (Mass.) is third with 267 points.

Ohio Northern is idle this weekend and will compete again on Oct. 2 at the All-Ohio Championships at Cedarville.

USTFCCCA Division III Poll - Week 2

Sept. 23, 2015


   Total Last
Rank School (1st Place Votes) Points Week
1. North Central (Ill.) (8)
 280 1
2. St. Olaf (Minn.) 269 2
3. Amherst (Mass.)
 267 3
4. Washington (Mo.) 256 7
5. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 244 4
6. St. Lawrence (N.Y.) 238 6

MIT 238 5
8. Williams (Mass.)
 220 8
9. Wisconsin-LaCrosse 216 9
10. Wabash (Ind.) 206 12
11. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) 
 205 10
12. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 187 13
13. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 182 14

Wisconsin-Oshkosh 182 15
15.  Calvin (Mich.) 164 19
16. Geneseo State (N.Y.) 154 18
17. Haverford (Conn.) 152 21
18. Bates (Maine) 1498 32
19. Ohio Northern 131 23
20. Johns Hopkins (Md.)
 125 20
21.  Tufts (Conn.) 123 11
22. Loras (Iowa) 116 27
23. Dickenson (Pa.) 107 22
24. Colby (Maine) 99 17
25.
 Wisconsin-Platteville 84 26
26. Middlebury (Vt.) 79 24
27. Allegheny (Pa.) 67 31
28. Saint Thomas (Minn.) 65 RV
29. RPI (N.Y.) 52 28
30. Central (Iowa) 49 30
31. Widener (Pa.) 35 29
32. Carleton (Wis.) 23 33

Emory (Ga.) 23 16
34. Chicago (Ill.) 21 34
35. Messiah (Pa.)
 19 RV

Others Receiving Votes: New York U. 12.