Augustana surges to sixth in Division III men

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Augustana surges to sixth in Division III men’s cross country poll 

NEW ORLEANS – While the top five is unchanged from the preseason rankings, Augustana (Ill.) surged to sixth in the Division III men’s cross country rankings released today by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. 

Augustana, which was ranked 28th in the preseason poll, is just one of several teams to make big moves in the second poll of the 2007 season. Wisconsin-Platteville improved eight spots to No. 9, Ohio Northern jumped 12 spots to 11th, and Trinity College (Conn.) is ranked 12th after debuting at No. 24. 

This week’s top 10 consists of Calvin, New York University, Wisconsin-La Crosse, SUNY Cortland, St. John’s (Minn.), Augustana, North Central, Haverford, Wisconsin-Platteville and Willamette. Calvin received all eight first-place votes. 

Calvin won last year’s NCAA Division III men’s championship with 37 points, far in front of runner-up New York University’s 92-point total. This year’s NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships will be held Nov. 17 in Northfield, Minn.  

The Division III men’s cross country rankings are determined by a committee comprised of men’s coaches representing the eight different regions of the country. The men and women have different representatives on the ranking committees. 

Amherst is ranked No. 1 in the women’s poll. 

For complete Division III men’s and women’s national and regional rankings visit www.ustfccca.org.   

Division III men’s cross country poll

Sept. 26, 2007

(first place votes in parenthesis) 

  1. Calvin (8)
  2. New York University
  3. Wisconsin-La Crosse
  4. SUNY Cortland
  5. St. John’s (Minn.)
  6. Augustana
  7. North Central
  8. Haverford
  9. Wisconsin-Platteville
  10. Willamette
  11. Ohio Northern
  12. Trinty (Conn.)
  13. Wheaton (Ill.)
  14. Carnegie Mellon
  15. (tie) St. Lawrence
  16. (tie) SUNY Geneseo
  17. Williams
  18. Wartburg
  19. Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  20. College of New Jersey
  21. Nebraska Wesleyan
  22. Mount Union
  23. Allegheny
  24. Colorado College
  25. Wisconsin-Oshkosh
  26. Luther College
  27. Case Western Reserve
  28. Heidelberg
  29. Amherst
  30. Dickinson
  31. Carleton
  32. Occidental
  33. Washington (Mo.)
  34. MIT
  35. (tie) Grinnell
  36. (tie) Emory