Men’s Cross Country Moves Up Three Spots in National Polls

Tribe 19th after Upsetting Georgetown in Colonial Inter-Regional

10/03/06 10:36AM

WILLIAMSBURG - After winning the Colonial Inter-Regional Challenge in convincing fashion last weekend, and upsetting No. 13 Georgetown in the process, the William and Mary men’s cross country team moved up three spots in the USTFCCCA national poll to No. 19. Wisconsin held onto the top spot, and the aforementioned Hoyas fell two to No. 15.

Despite the win last weekend, the Tribe fell two spots in the region rankings to third, behind Virginia and North Carolina State. The last time W&M wasn’t ranked first in the region was heading into the regional championship last season when it was ranked second. The last time the Tribe was ranked third or lower was in the October 18 poll in 2004, when the College was ranked fourth.

William and Mary is off this weekend, but returns to action in two races on October 14. The team’s top runners will travel to Terre Haute, Indiana for the Brooks Pre-National Invitational, while the rest of the team will be in Williamsburg hosting the Tribe Open.

USTFCCCA Division I men's cross country poll
(Oct. 3, 2006)
1. Wisconsin
2. Arkansas
3. Stanford
4. Colorado
5. Iona
6. Oregon
7. Arizona
8. Portland
9. Brigham Young
10. Oklahoma State
11. Texas-El Paso
12. Minnesota
13. North Carolina State
14. Michigan
15. Georgetown
16. Virginia
17. Alabama
18. Providence
19. William and Mary
20. Arizona State
21. Notre Dame
22. Ohio State
23. Texas
24. Iowa State
25. Florida
26. Dartmouth
27. Florida State
28. Eastern Michigan
29. Butler
30. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Also receiving votes: Princeton, Kansas, Villanova, Louisville, Michigan State, Washington, California, Ameri-can, Central Michigan, Lamar, Missouri, UC Santa Barbara, Iowa, Northern Arizona, UCLA.

Southeast Region Poll
1. Virginia
2. NC State
3. William and Mary
4. Louisville
5. Duke
6. Liberty
7. Eastern Kentucky
8. Coastal Carolina
9. Virginia Tech
10. Wake Forest
11. Clemson
12. High Point
13. Charlotte
14. North Carolina
15. James Madison