Women's Cross Country team moves up to No. 19 in second weekly USTFCCCA poll
By Tim Glon
| USTFCCCA.org |
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team moved up one spot to No. 19 in the second weekly poll in voting conducted by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The Polar Bears (19-4) were ranked No. 20 in last week's poll and were No. 16 in the preseason poll.
Northern received 132 points, 11 more than the 121 points it received in the first weekly poll on Sept. 12.
MIT moved up four spots to No. 1, Washington (Mo.) is ranked No. 2 and Middlebury (Vt.) moved down two spots to No. 3.
The Polar Bears will return to action Sat. at the Williams (Mass.) Classic.
USTFCCCA Division III Women's Poll - #2
Sept. 19, 2012
| Rank | School | Points | Last Week |
| 1. | MIT (6) | 277 | 5 |
| 2. | Washington (Mo.) (2) |
266 | 3 |
| 3. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 257 | 1 |
| 4. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 255 | 6 |
| 5. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 249 | 7 |
| 6. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 240 | 10 |
| 7. | Williams (Mass.) | 237 | 2 |
| 8. | Calvin (Mich.) |
226 | 8 |
| 9. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) |
219 | 4 |
| 10. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 214 | 9 |
| 11. | Amherst (Mass.) | 190 | 11 |
| St. Olaf (Minn.) |
190 | 12 | |
| 13. |
Dickinson (Pa.) | 186 | 16 |
| 14. | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 175 | 13 |
| 15. | Case Western Reserve |
168 | 15 |
| 16. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 153 | NR |
| 17. | Hope (Mich.) | 147 | 17 |
| 18. | Tufts (Mass.) | 139 | 14 |
| 19. | Ohio Northern | 132 | 20 |
| 20. | Chicago (Ill.) | 131 | 21 |
| 21. | Carleton (Minn.) | 122 | 25 |
| 22. | Haverford (Pa.) |
111 | 22 |
| 23. | Emory (Ga.) | 97 | 24 |
| 24. | Lewis & Clark (Ore.) | 93 | 27 |
| 25. | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 89 | 18 |
| 26. |
Rowan (N.J.) |
82 | 26 |
| 27. | New York U. | 68 | 19 |
| 28. | Luther (Iowa) | 51 | 28 |
| 29. | Gettysburg (Va.) | 49 | RV |
| 30. | Willamette (Ore.) | 45 | 30 |
| 31. | Illinois Wesleyan | 42 | 32 |
| 32. | Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) | 33 | 33 |
| 33. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 29 | NR |
| 34. | John Carroll |
19 | NR |
| 35. | Oberlin | 17 | 23 |
Others Receiving Votes: Wellesley 15, TCNJ 11, Elizabethtown 6, Nebraska Wesleyan 5, St. Benedict 3, Pomona-Pitzer 1, Rhodes 1.