TOLEDO, OH - The University of Toledo women's cross country team has moved into the No. 5 spot in the NCAA Great Lakes Region Rankings as released Monday by the USTFCCCA. Coming off their strong showing against the Bowling Green squad, the Rockets moved-up one spot, from sixth, to pass Big 10 member, Indiana.

Against Bowling Green, the Rockets sat out their top five runners and only ran a team of freshmen and sophomores versus the Falcon varsity squad. The young squad didn't disappoint as they swept the first five places to register a perfect score, downing BG 15-46.

Leading the way for the Rockets was sophomore, Kristal Studer. Studer's winning time of 18:15 was a new Toledo record on that course. The previous-best performance for a Rocket on that course was Dagmara Handzlik's time of 18:23 in 2005, the year she was MAC Runner-up and an NCAA qualifier in cross country. Freshman Megan Vogelsong matched the previous record, finishing second at Bowling Green in 18:23.

The Rockets will be off until the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday, September 25.

Top-15 Regional Rankings
USTFCCCA
Great Lakes Region (36 schools)
1. Notre Dame
2. Michigan State
3. Wisconsin
4. Michigan
5. Toledo
6. Miami (Ohio)
7. Indiana
8. Ohio State
9. Purdue
10. Dayton
11. Central Michigan
12. Butler
13. Ohio University
14. Cincinnati
15. Eastern Michigan