Men's Cross Country moves up to No. 19 in sixth weekly USTFCCCA Poll
By Tim Glon
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team remained No. 19 in the sixth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll, released on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears (72-17 overall) received 136 points in the poll, 43 more than last week when they were ranked No. 24.
Northern moved up in the poll after a solid 12th place finish at the Principia (Ill.) Cowbell Classic Pre-National Meet last weekend.
North Central (Ill.) remained in the top spot with 280 points and all eight first place votes, while Wisconsin-LaCrosse is second with 264 points and Geneseo State (N.Y.) and Haverford (N.Y.) are tied for third with 263 points each.
The Polar Bears are idle this week and will return to action on Oct. 28 at the OAC Championships at Heidelberg.
USTFCCCA Poll - Week 6
Oct. 12, 2017
Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Points | Last Week |
1. | North Central (Ill.) (8) | 280 | 1 |
2. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 264 | 3 |
3. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) | 263 | 2 |
Haverford (Pa.) | 263 | 4 | |
5. | Pomona-Pitzer (Cal.) | 250 | 5 |
6. | Amherst (Mass.) | 234 | 7 |
Loras (Iowa) | 234 | 11 | |
8. | RPI | 228 | 6 |
9. | Washington (Mo.) | 216 | 8 |
10. | MIT | 208 | 12 |
11. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 195 | 9 |
12. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 193 | 16 |
13. | Williams (Mass.) | 186 | 14 |
14. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 177 | 17 |
15. | Calvin (Mich.) | 168 | 10 |
16. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 158 | 15 |
17. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 152 | 18 |
18. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 147 | 13 |
19. | Ohio Northern | 136 | t24 |
20. | Occidental (Cal.) | 125 | 20 |
21. | Wisconsin-Stout | 115 | 19 |
22. | York (Pa.) | 109 | NR |
23. | Chicago (Ill.) | 95 | NR |
24. | Rhodes (Tenn.) | 89 | t24 |
25. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 86 | 22 |
26. | Connecticut College | 84 | NR |
27. | Saint Lawrence (N.Y.) | 82 | 26 |
28. | Bates (Maine) | 62 | 21 |
29. | NYU | 56 | 32 |
30. | St. Olaf (Minn.) | 52 | 33 |
31. | Wisconsin-Plateville | 39 | 27 |
32. | DePauw (Ind.) | 31 | NR |
33. | Rowan (N.J.) | 29 | 23 |
34. | Nebraska Wesleyan | 16 | 29 |
35. | Emory (Ga.) | 7 | 30 |
Also receiving votes: Otterbein 6, SUNY Oneonta 3, Carleton 2.