November 7, 2011
NEW ORLEANS —
For the fourth straight week Xavier University of Louisiana received one point
in both of the NAIA Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 polls.
Rankings were announced Sunday and are the last
before the NAIA National Championships at
Vancouver, Wash., on Nov. 19.
The Gold Rush tied for 38th
place in the men's rankings, and the Gold Nuggets
tied for 42nd in the women's.
Both the Rush and the Nuggets
will compete in the national meet with automatic bids by virtue of winning
team titles at the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
Championships on Oct. 22.
Oklahoma Christian's men
are No. 1 for the fifth consecutive poll, and
Azusa Pacific's women are top-ranked for the
eighth consecutive time. The defending national
team champions are the men of No. 4 Southern Oregon
and the women of No. 2 Cal State San Marcos.
A postseason poll will be
announced Nov. 23.
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NAIA Men's Cross Country
Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses)
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Oklahoma Christian (21) |
591 |
1 |
| 2 |
Shorter |
567 |
2 |
| 3 |
The Master's |
541 |
3 |
| 4 |
Southern Oregon |
538 |
4 |
| 5 |
Shawnee State |
515 |
5 |
| 6 |
Friends |
496 |
6 |
| 7 |
Lewis-Clark State |
464 |
7 |
| 8 |
Wayland Baptist |
451 |
17 |
| 9 |
Cal State San Marcos |
450 |
8 |
| 10 |
Aquinas |
436 |
9 |
| 11 |
Concordia (Ore.) |
388 |
13 |
| 12 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
362 |
10 |
| 13 |
College of Idaho |
354 |
11 |
| 14 |
Biola |
319 |
21 |
| 15 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
303 |
15 |
| 16 |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
282 |
16 |
| 17 |
Bryan |
278 |
12 |
| 18 |
Westmont |
275 |
14 |
| 19 |
Eastern Oregon |
231 |
20 |
| 20 |
Siena Heights |
217 |
23 |
| 21 |
British Columbia |
213 |
22 |
| 22 |
Dordt |
184 |
RV |
| 23 |
Olivet Nazarene |
170 |
18 |
| 24 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
135 |
RV |
| 25 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
123 |
19 |
Others receiving votes: Great Falls 115, Huntington (Ind.) 106, Cornerstone 74, SCAD Savannah 67, Morningside 35,
Cumberlands 33, Point Loma Nazarene 25, Baker 20, Goshen 11, Milligan 11,
Vanguard 8, Berea 6, Xavier 1, Doane 1, Trinity Christian 1, Spring Arbor 1. |
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NAIA Women's Cross Country
Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses)
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Azusa Pacific (20) |
621 |
1 |
| 2 |
Cal State San Marcos (2) |
603 |
2 |
| 3 |
College of Idaho |
563 |
4 |
| 4 |
British Columbia |
552 |
3 |
| 5 |
Friends |
549 |
5 |
| 6 |
Olivet Nazarene |
536 |
6 |
| 7 |
Biola |
490 |
8 |
| 8 |
Concordia (Ore.) |
487 |
9 |
| 9 |
Northwest Christian |
452 |
7 |
| 10 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
451 |
10 |
| 11 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
398 |
15 |
| 12 |
Westmont |
396 |
12 |
| 13 |
The Master's |
358 |
13 |
14 |
Morningside |
346 |
11 |
| 15 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
340 |
17 |
| 16 |
Lewis-Clark State |
335 |
14 |
| 17 |
Shawnee State |
312 |
16 |
| 18 |
Aquinas |
289 |
18 |
| 19 |
Roberts Wesleyan |
246 |
19 |
| 20 |
Saint Xavier |
237 |
21 |
| 21 |
Spring Arbor |
208 |
RV |
| 22 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
204 |
20 |
| 23 |
Eastern Oregon |
183 |
RV |
| 24 |
Dordt |
167 |
23 |
| 25 |
Milligan |
130 |
25 |
Others receiving votes: Southern Oregon 75, Huntington (Ind.) 71, Rocky Mountain 56,
Grand View 37, Shorter 35, Wayland Baptist 29, Taylor 26, Northwestern (Iowa) 24,
Cumberlands 19, Vanguard 19, Viterbo 16, Cornerstone 10, St. Francis (Ill.) 8,
Park 6, SCAD Savannah 5, Point Loma Nazarene 4, Xavier 1, Jamestown 1,
Central Methodist 1, Lee (Tenn.) 1, Trinity Christian 1. |
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