Men's Cross Country ranked No. 25 in final USTFCCCA poll

Men's Cross Country ranked No. 25 in final USTFCCCA poll
November 14, 2016

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.

North Central (Ill.) remained in the No. 1 spot with 256 points and eight first place votes, Geneseo State (N.Y.) is second with 248 points MIT is third with 237 points.

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.