Men's Cross Country moves up to No. 19 in sixth weekly USTFCCCA Poll

October 18, 2017

By Tim Glon

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's cross country team remained No. 19 in the sixth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll, released on Wednesday.

The Polar Bears (72-17 overall) received 136 points in the poll, 43 more than last week when they were ranked No. 24.

Northern moved up in the poll after a solid 12th place finish at the Principia (Ill.) Cowbell Classic Pre-National Meet last weekend.

North Central (Ill.) remained in the top spot with 280 points and all eight first place votes, while Wisconsin-LaCrosse is second with 264 points and Geneseo State (N.Y.) and Haverford (N.Y.) are tied for third with 263 points each.

The Polar Bears are idle this week and will return to action on Oct. 28 at the OAC Championships at Heidelberg.

USTFCCCA Poll - Week 6

Oct. 12, 2017

Rank	School (First Place Votes)	Points	Last Week
1.	North Central (Ill.) (8)	280	1
2.	Wisconsin-LaCrosse	264	3
3.	Geneseo State (N.Y.)	263	2
	Haverford (Pa.)	263	4
5.	Pomona-Pitzer (Cal.)	250	5
6.	Amherst (Mass.)	234	7
	Loras (Iowa)	234	11
8.	RPI	228	6
9.	Washington (Mo.)	216	8
10.	MIT	208	12
11.	Christopher Newport (Va.)	195	9
12.	Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)	193	16
13.	Williams (Mass.)	186	14
14.	Johns Hopkins (Md.)	177	17
15.	Calvin (Mich.)	168	10
16.	Wartburg (Iowa)	158	15
17.	Middlebury (Vt.)	152	18
18.	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	147	13
19.	Ohio Northern	136	t24
20.	Occidental (Cal.)	125	20
21.	Wisconsin-Stout	115	19
22.	York (Pa.)	109	NR
23.	Chicago (Ill.)	95	NR
24.	Rhodes (Tenn.)	89	t24
25.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.)	86	22
26.	Connecticut College	84	NR
27.	Saint Lawrence (N.Y.)	82	26
28.	Bates (Maine)	62	21
29.	NYU	56	32
30.	St. Olaf (Minn.)	52	33
31.	Wisconsin-Plateville	39	27
32.	DePauw (Ind.)	31	NR
33.	Rowan (N.J.)	29	23
34.	Nebraska Wesleyan	16	29
35.	Emory (Ga.)	7	30

Also receiving votes: Otterbein 6, SUNY Oneonta 3, Carleton 2.