Men's Cross Country ranked No. 32 in first weekly USTFCCCA coaches poll

Men's Cross Country ranked No. 32 in first weekly USTFCCCA coaches poll
September 14, 2016

By Tim Glon

| USTFCCCA poll |

ADA – The Ohio Northern men's cross country team is ranked No. 32 in the first weekly United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III poll on Wednesday.

The Polar Bears received 34 points in the voting after being ranked No. 33 with 34 points in the preseason poll.

ONU 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.) remains in the top spot with 278 points and six first place votes, Geneseo State (N.Y.) is second with 274 points and the final two first place votes and Williams (Mass.) is third with 264 points.

Ohio Northern will return to action on Friday at the Michigan State Open.

USTFCCCA Division III Poll - #1

Sept. 13, 2016


   Total Last
Rank School (1st Place Votes) Points Week
1. North Central (Ill.) (6)
 278 1
2. Geneseo State (N.Y.) (2)
 274 2
3. Williams (Mass.) 264 3
4. Wisconsin-Eau Claire
 250 4
5. MIT 247 7
6. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.) 239 5
7.
 St. Olaf (Minn.) 237 6
8. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) 
 220 8

Wisconsin-LaCrosse 220 9
10. Amherst (Mass.) 209 10
11. Loras (Iowa) 194 12
12.
 Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 190 11

Wabash (Ind.) 190 13
14.
 St. Lawrence (N.Y.) 172 14
15.  Chicago (Ill.) 165 18
16. Haverford (Conn.) 162 16
17.
 Calvin (Mich.) 153 21
18. Tufts (Conn.) 150 17
19. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 137 20
20. Wisconsin-Platteville 126 15
21.  Allegheny (Pa.) 115 19
22. Colby (Maine) 113 27
23. Wartburg (Iowa)
 107 NR
24. RPI (N.Y.) 97 24
25.
 Central (Iowa) 94 NR
26. Middlebury (Vt.) 71 21
27. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 68 23
28. Widener (Pa.) 63 30
29. New York U. 52 29
30. Christopher Newport (Va.) 50 28
31. Dickenson (Pa.) 39 35
32. Ohio Northern 34 33
33.
 Emory (Ga.) 25 32

Central (Iowa)
 25 25
35.
 Willamette (Ore.) 14 31

Others Receiving Votes: Gustavus Adolphus 2.