USCCA/WICCA NCAA Cross Country Coaches Polls – November 15, 1999
Final NCAA Cross Country Polls
Division I
FinishLynx Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Nov. 15, 1999NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes, MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South. Top two teams in Regional Championships on Nov. 13 automatically qualified for Nationals. Thirteen other teams qualified based on of criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual. Automatic qualifiers indicated by “Q” after Place in Region, “at large” qualifiers by “q”.
Comments by Mike Scott, the CC guru from the Pacific Northwest (a former assistant at Washington, he has written on cross country for Northwest Runner, Track & Field News,and American Track & Field)<–, will be added later this week–>.
| Rank | Team (first place votes) | Region | Points | Rank Last Week |
Place in Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford (12) | W | 300 | 1 | 1Q |
| The Cardinal is undefeated and firmly entrenched at the top of the polls following convincing wins over top ten teams Brigham Young, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgetown, Washington, North Carolina, Kansas State, and Arizona State this fall. Stanford won the NCAA team title in 1996, finished 2nd in ’97 to BYU by a mere 2 points, and placed third last year behind Villanova and BYU in the tightest team finish in NCAA history. Stanford returnd a devastating 1-2 punch–Julia Stamps (6th, 4th ’97) and Sally Glynn (5th, 20th ’97) from Lawrence. But joining this twosome is the nation’s best recruiting class: 2-time Foot Locker champ Erin Sullivan, ’98 Foot Locker runner-up Lauren Fleshman, and ’97 Foot Locker runner-up Mariel Ettinger. Returning from their ’98 squad is US World Jr team member Caroline Annis (40th), Mary Haung (54th), Courtney Adams (137th), and Laura Turner (156th), as well as Ann Ramsey (69th ’97). Also new to the team are Cal prep standout Kathleen Brizgys and ’99s top two prep 800 runners, Lindsay Hyatt (2:06.74) and Katie Hotchkiss (2:08.22). Stanford (minus Glynn and Sullivan) beat BYU at altitude in Provo on Sept 18. Then in Palo Alto on Oct 2, Stanford won comfortably over a field that included 4 of the top 5 ranked teams. The Cardinal put 4 runners–Stamps, Fleshman, Sullivan, and Glynn–under 16:55 on their challenging course, with only Arkansas managing to stay close. Ettinger and Turner also finished under 17:35 as Stanford put seven in front of Arkansas’ fifth. Stanford ran without Stamps at Pre-NCAAs and still dominated the race with Sullivan stepping up for a surprising individual runner- up finish. The Cardinal’s Sullivan, Glynn, and Fleshman swept the top three places at the PAC-10 meet as their team easily won the loop title despite Stamps DNFing and Ettinger apparently not starting. Stamps returned to lead the Cardinal to a 1-2-3 sweep over the exceptionally deep West Regional. Despite missing Pre-NCAAs and DNFing at PAC-10s, Stamps’ performance at Regionals shows that she will be a contender for the individual title — as will be frosh Sullivan, who surprised with a runner-up performance at Pre- NCAAs and won PAC-10s. The Cardinal remain the favorites for the team title but will have to turn back stiff challenges from BYU and Arkansas. | |||||
| 2 | Brigham Young | MT | 283 | 3 | 1Q |
| Patrick Shane’s BYU squad appears to be rounding into shape at the right time with a 4 second 1-5 gap at the Mountain Regional behind NCAA individual favorite Kara Wheeler and ahead of NCAA 10k champ Leigh Daniel. BYU won the 1997 NCAA team title and finished second last fall just behind Villanova and ahead of Stanford in the tightest three-way battle in NCAA history. Returning for the Cougars this fall will be Sharolyn Shields (13th), Laura Heiner (31st), Elizabeth Jackson (36th, 32nd ’97, 25th ’96), Kara Ormond (57th), Tara Haynes (77th, 38th ’97), and Caisa Monahan (49th ’97). Joining this powerful lineup is NCAA 10k runner- up Tara Rohatinsky and NCAA 3k finalist Lindsey Jones, as well as frosh Sarah Ellett and Sherida Rogers. On Sept 18 Stanford narrowly upset BYU (sans Rohatinsky) in Provo as both teams finished well ahead of Georgetown. One week later at Griak, Coach Shane ran a “B” squad that fell to Arizona State. At the Oct 2 Stanford Invite, a full strength BYU finished third behind host Stanford and Arkansas. Running without Shields, BYU just edged Colorado for second at the Pre-NCAAs behind Stanford. The Cougars then perfect-scored the new Mountain West conference by sweeping the top 5 places and followed this up with an impressive 2-3-4-5-6 place performance at the Mountain Regional despite team leader Heiner recovering from a cold. BYU will be in a 3-way battle for the title along with Stanford and Arkansas. | |||||
| 3 | Arkansas | SC | 280 | 2 | 1Q |
| The Lady Razorbacks, 6th at last fall’s NCAA champs, also return two top-10 individuals and hope to join their male counterparts atop the victory stand in Bloomington. Amy Yoder (3rd, 7th ’97, 29th ’96) is the top returning individual from the ’98 NCAA meet, while Jessica Dailey (nee Koch; 10th, 39th ’97, 114th ’96) garnered 10th place last fall. Also returning from the ’98 NCAA squad is Tracy Robertson (59th, 61st ’97). Two outstanding transfers will be key to Lady’Backs’ success this season: Larissa Kleinmann from Boston U. won last year’s Northeast Regional and former Foot Locker finalist Amy Weisman (98th) comes from Nebraska, although the latter hasn’t appeared so far this fall and may redshirt. Arkansas also features redshirt frosh Kimi Welsh and newcomers Christine Wurth (18th FL) and Nicole Williams (23rd FL). Arkansas easily won the Sept 11 Jayhawk Invite (finishing 1-6 over the field) and the Sept 25 Sam Bell Invite (finishing 1-4 over that field), then fell to Stanford in Palo Alto on Oct 2. The Lady ‘Backs stayed even with Stanford through 4 runners–Yoder, Robertson, Kleinmann, and Dailey all broke 17:00 at Stanford–but needed for their 5th to close the gap to knock off the Cardinal. Arkansas turned back Wisconsin at the Oct 16 Chili Pepper Festival before sweeping the top five spots at the SEC champs; despite the sweep, the Lady ‘Backs still had a 38-second gap between their 4th and 5th runners. Kleinmann won the South Central region to lead Arkansas to Bloomington, while Yoder finished back in 7th. If individual contender Yoder regains her earlier form, the Lady ‘Backs have the talent to win in Bloomington. | |||||
| 4 | Wisconsin | GL | 263 | 5 | 1Q |
| Coach Peter Tegen’s squad–5th at the ’98 championships– will be led by NCAA Indoor 5k runnerup Erica Palmer (3rd in the Great Lakes Regional, with 16:03.94 and 34:03.60 credentials). Joining Palmer will be 9:30.00 3k runner Bethany Brewster (62nd), 9:31 3k runner Erin AufderHeide (71st), 4:19.94 1500 runner Stephanie Pesch (112th), and ’98 Wisconsin prep champ Liz Reusser. The Badgers won the Sept 18 Illinois Invite, fell to Stanford, Arkansas, and BYU at the Oct 2 Stanford Invite, and again to Arkansas at the Oct 16 Chili Pepper Festival. Wisconsin swept the top three places to dominate the Big-10 champs and easily won the Great Lakes regional to advance to Bloomington. | |||||
| 5 | Colorado | MT | 246 | 4 | 2Q |
| Seventh in ’98, the Buffs finished 3rd in ’97. CU returns Carrie Messner (66th, 30th ’97, 82nd ’95), Lindsay Arendt (119th), Leslie Higgins (122nd), Jennifer Fazioli (127th; 18th ’96 FL), Briana Stott-Messick (248th, 80th ’97), and Kara Wheeler, as well as former Foot Locker finalist Jodie Hughes (27th ’96 FL). The Buffs gain frosh Tera Moody and transfers Catherine and Anna Wright from Tenn-Chattanooga. Colorado won the Sept 11 Colorado State Invite and essentially time trialed the Oct 2 Rocky Mountain Shootout before showing their hand at Pre-NCAAs with a strong third, only 7 points back from BYU. CU then held off a strong challenge by Kansas State to edge them for the Big 12 title before finishing 2nd in the Mountain Regional to BYU.. Wheeler will line up in Bloomington as the favorite for the NCAA individual title after wins at Pre-NCAAs, Big 12s, and the Mountain Regional. | |||||
| 6 | Georgetown | MA | 232 | 6 | 1Q |
| Fourth last year in Lawrence, the Hoyas return individual 4th-place finisher Kristen Gordon (4th, 40th ’97). Joining Gordon from their ’98 squad are Autum Fogg (23rd, 42nd ’97; 117th ’96), Kathy Linck (88th),Lorena Adams (117th, 116th ’97), Lisa Roder (182nd), and Emily Enstice (170th). Newcomers include Liz Churchville (12th FL) and Marni Kruppa (8th FL). Stanford and BYU both finished well ahead of the Hoyas at the Sept 18 BYU Challenge, then Georgetown won the Oct 26 GWU Invite and Oct 9 Paul Short Invite, and finished sixth at Pre-NCAAs. The Hoyas downed PC, Villanova, and Notre Dame to win the Big East Champs, then edged Villanova to win the Mid Atlantic regional and advance to NCAAs. | |||||
| 7 | Washington | W | 228 | 10 | 2Q |
| The Huskies notched a 9th place finish at last year’s NCAA meet and have benefited immensely from two important transfers. Returning for Washington are Anna Aoki (38th, 88th ’97), Kara Syrdal (129th, 129th ’97), and Margaret Butler (98th ’97), who missed much of the ’98 campaign to injury. Joining the Dawgs are transfers Melinda Campbell (19th) from Boise State and ’97 USA Jr XC champ Jen Schindler from American River CC. Campbell missed the Stanford Invite and finished a bit back at both Michigan and PAC-10s, while Jennifer Smith (82nd) is redshirting. Washington easily dominated the Sept 11 Emerald City Invite, then recorded an impressive performance at their own Sept 25 Sundodger Invite–running one of the fastest team times ever over the Lincoln Park course. The Huskies fell to Stanford, Arkansas, BYU, Wisconsin, and K-State at the Oct 2 Stanford Invite, where they ran without their #1 runner Campbell (putting Campbell in would have moved them slightly ahead of Kansas State). The Huskies chose to skip Pre-NCAAs, instead winning the Wolverine Interregional over Nebraska, JMU, and Montana State. Despite warm conditions that favored the southern teams in the conference, Washington finished third close behind Arizona State at the PAC-10 meet. Behind strong runs by Aoki, Campbell, and Schindler, the Huskies downed ASU at the West Regional to snatch the second auto berth. | |||||
| 8 | North Carolina | SE | 216 | 8 | 1Q |
| The Tarheels finished 18th last year in Lawrence and return Trish Nervo (75th), Julie Smith (78th), Heather Tanner (96th), Kim Timberlake (142nd), Tori Irvine (160th), Rebecca Walker (209th), Stephanie Jilcot (219th), and Karen Everitt. Whitney Weber joins the Tarheels. UNC opened with a win over Wake Forest at the Sept 18 Winthrop Invite, but was then edged by Michigan State at the Oct 1 Auburn Invite. The Tarheels shocked with a unexpected fourth at Pre-NCAAs behind Stanford, BYU, and Colorado, then backed it with a win at ACCs. UNC again downed cross state rival NC State at the Southeast Regional to advance to the NCAAs. | |||||
| 9 | Kansas State | MW | 209 | 7 | 1Q |
| Kansas State capped off an excellent season last fall with a 13th place finish in Lawrence. K-State returns Korene Hinds (27th), Katerina Fotopoulo (83rd), Amanda Crouse (106th), Annie Wetterhus (113th), Julie Kronoshek (194th), and Kelly Andra (240th) and gained frosh Amy Mortimer (15th FL), who has won her first two meets this fall prior to facing many of the nation’s best at Stanford. Like Mortimer, K-State won both the Sept 4 Maple Leaf Invite and the Sept 18 Woody Greeno meet. The Wildcats finally met their match in Palo Alto on Oct 2 when they fell to Stanford, Arkansas, BYU, and Wisconsin. K-State then finished fifth at the Pre-NCAAs and narrowly lost to CU at the Big 12 champs. Kansas State put 4 in the top 5 to win Midwest regional. The Wildcats feature a strong top 4, but drop off considerably (45+ secs at the regional) to their fifth. | |||||
| 10 | Arizona State | W | 175 | 9 | 3q |
| Last year, the Sun Devils made their first-ever appearance at the NCAA meet with a 23rd-place effort. With the loss of only one runner from last year’s NCAA squad, ASU looks poised for a trophy at the NCAA meet later this fall. Coach Walt Drenth returns Lisa Aguilera (131st), 9:25 3k runner Kelly MacDonald (134th), Kristin McFerron (158th), Cody Sohn (211th), Nicole Simmons (227th), Amy Maciasek (235th) from the NCAA squad, and regains the services of ’97 #1 runner Mary Duerbeck who missed the ’98 campaign due to injury. Arizona State dominated its cross state Arizona and Northern Arizona in Irvine (CA) on Sept 11 then surprised with a win over an under-strength BYU team at Griak. However, ASU had an off day at Pre-NCAAs (especially Aguilera) and only finished 7th. The Sun Devils returned with a strong team performance on a warm day at the PAC-10 champs to earn runnerup honors behind the Cardinal and ahead of a strong Washington team. Arizona State finished third behind Stanford and Washington at the West regional but will advance with an at-large berth. | |||||
| 11 | North Carolina State | SE | 173 | 11 | 2Q |
| The Wolfpack finished 11th in ’97 and 19th in ’98. Lindsey Rogers (41st) is their top returning NCAA finisher but World Junior XC team member Jennifer Modiszewski (224th) led the pack most of the ’98 campaign; unfortunately Modiszewski hasn’t appeared this fall and will redshirt. Joining this twosome are Katie Sabino (67th), Erin Musson (130th, 55th ’97), and Amy Beykirch (213th, 70th ’97). Rogers and Musson have also missed meets this fall with injuries but have reappeared by ACCs. The Wolfpack finished a distant 2nd to Arkansas at the Sept 25 Sam Bell Invite, then won the Oct 9 National Invite. ’96 All-American Christy Nichols opened her season at the ACC meet with a bang — an individual title! However, that wasn’t enough as the Wolfpack fell to UNC. NC State finished second to UNC at the Southeast regional to advance automatically to Bloomington. | |||||
| 12 | Villanova | MA | 172 | 22 | 2Q |
| The defending champs graduated ’97 individual champ Carrie Tollefson and former NCAA 3000 titlest Kristine Jost (who chose to utilize her remaining year of eligibility at Florida). Sarah Vance Goodman (12th), Kristen Nicolini (17th), and Carmen Douma (21st, 6th ’97, 44th ’96) helped lead last year’s squad to victory, with Ann McGranahan (81st) also returning from that squad. Newcomers Liz Awtrey (21st FL) and Sheila Klick (20th FL), and Ireland’s Geraldine McCarthy are expected to score for the Wildcats. The Wildcats dominated the Sept 17 Haverford Invite and Oct 1 LaSalle Invite without Goodman appearing in the lineup, but fell to 20th at Pre-NCAAs without either Goodman or McGranahan. At the Big East champs, McGranahan and Goodman returned to help Villanova garner third behind Georgetown and Providence, but Goodman finished an unimpressive 18th and Nicolini didn’t appear. Keeping with the rotation technique, Goodman sat out the regional meet but Nicolini reappeared to help the Wildcats finished 1-2-4 and finish only 7 points behind a strong Georgetown team. With Douma, Nicolini, McGranahan, Goodman, and Awtrey all in the race, Villanova could contend for a trophy in Bloomington. | |||||
| 13 | Providence | NE | 167 | 17 | 1Q |
| Providence College was 14th last fall in Lawrence. Rachel Hixson (15th, 44th ’97), Dana Ostrander (212th, 82nd ’97) and Heather Cappello (154th) return to lead the team and are joined by Claire Shearman, Canadian Emily Tallen, and Ireland’s Kathryn Cassidy. PC looked strong in their first two outings, dominating the Sept 3 New Hampshire and Sept 11 Rhode Island meets, but then fell apart at Griak garnering only 9th place. The Friars looked better at the Oct 15 New Englands, notching a win over BC, and continued to improve at the Big East meet, finishing only 15 points behind Georgetown. Cappello has emerged as the team’s leader and led her teammates to victory at the Northeast Regional with an individual title. | |||||
| 14 | Michigan State | GL | 128 | 19 | 2Q |
| The Spartans only finished 6th at their regional meet last fall, but burst onto the scene this fall with a win at the Oct 2 Auburn Invite over North Carolina, South Florida, and Georgia. Michigan State then finished 13th at Pre-NCAAs and fourth at the Big-10 champs just behind 2nd-place Michigan and 3rd-place Minnesota. Frosh Cindy Durocher, Soph Ann Somerville, and senior Leah Nilsson lead the Spartans. Michigan State edged cross-state rival Michigan for the Great Lakes region’s second auto berth to Bloomington. | |||||
| 15 | UCLA | W | 124 | 14 | 4q |
| The Bruins made their 1st appearance at the NCAA champs in a decade last fall. Kelly Cohn (79th), Elaine Canchola (238th), and transfer Kate Vermeulen — the NCAA Indoor mile champ for West Virginia — lead the Bruins this fall. The Bruins narrowly lost to Arizona at the Sept 18 Aztec Invite, finished 6th at Griak behind Arizona State, BYU, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska, then won the Oct 9 Long Beach Invite before finishing 10th at Pre-NCAAs. UCLA ran well at the PAC- 10 champs and finished 4th behind Stanford, Arizona State, and Washington. The Bruins finished fourth in the highly competitive West region and received an at large berth. | |||||
| 16 | Missouri | MW | 108 | 21 | 2Q |
| The Tigers finished 21st last fall and return their entire squad. Missouri is led by Kim Moore (60th), Katie Meyer (92nd, 96th ’97), Anne Marie Brooks (94th), Justa Dahl (185th, 118th ’97), Sunny Gilbert (190th), Jessica Patton (221st), and Courtney Bell (232nd). They are joined by Minnesota transfer Anna Gullingsrud and Show Me state prep champ Amy Chipman. MU easily won their own Sept 10 Missouri Challenge, then finished 4th at Griak behind Arizona State, BYU, and Minnesota, fell to Notre Dame in South Bend on 10/1, and finished 18th at Pre-NCAAs with an off day by a couple of their runners. Missouri finished third at Big 12s behind Colorado and Kansas State, just edging regional foe Nebraska by 2 points. The Tigers utilized an 18-second 1-5 gap to claim the second auto berth from the Midwest region. | |||||
| 17 | Michigan | GL | 90 | 15 | 3q |
| Despite having the individual titlist in Katie McGregor, Michigan was only able to pull off an 11th place team effort at last fall’s NCAA meet. Returning from that squad are Elizabeth Kampfe (246th, 23rd), Lisa Ouellet (68th, 97th ’97), Sarah Hamilton (146th), Katie Clifford (165th, 122nd ’97), Julie Froud (175th, 65th ’97). Katie Radkewich (2nd ’96 FL) missed the end of last season with an injury and has missed a couple recent meets again fall while Kampfe is off her form she had shown the two previous years. The Wolverines downed Michigan State on Sept 4, then won the Sept 18 Spiked Shoe Invite over Bucknell and Penn State, ran poorly at the Sept 25 Sam Bell Invite (sans Radkewich and Erin White) where they finished 5th behind Arkansas, NC State, Northwestern, and South Florida. Michigan won the Oct 8 Michigan Intercollegiates, then finished 5th at home at the Wolverine Interregional before upsetting Minnesota and Michigan State for second at the Big-10 champs behid Wisconsin. Michigan was narrowly edged by Michigan State for second at the Great Lakes Regional, but advanced with an at large berth. | |||||
| 18 | Northern Arizona | MT | 76 | 20 | 3q |
| NAU finished 17th and returns All-Americans Amy Swier (47th, 10th ’97) and Emily Allison (33rd) to lead the squad, with Kendra Versendaal (132nd) also running well early. The Lumberjacks won the Sept 4 George Kyte meet, finished 3rd in Irvine on Sept 11 behind Arizona State and Arizona, 7th at Griak, and 15th at Pre-NCAAs. The Lumberjacks won the Big Sky conference, then finished third at the Mountain Regional and advanced with an at large berth. | |||||
| 19 | Nebraska | MW | 74 | 23 | 3q |
| Nebraska tied for 23rd last fall at NCAAs. Michelle Brooks, Jaime Pauli (135th), Jeannette Zimmer (70th), Jaime Kruger, and newcomer Kathryn Handrup lead the Huskers. Nebraska won the Sept 4 Bearcat Invite, finished second to Kansas State on Oct 18 at the Woody Greeno Invite, fifth at Griak, fourth at the Oct 9 National Invite, and second to Washington at the Wolverine Interregional. Nebraska finished fourth behind Colorado, Kansas State, and Missouri (the latter by a mere two points) at Big 12 champs then third at the Mountain Regional and advanced to Bloomington with an at large berth. | |||||
| 20 | Brown | NE | 71.5 | — | 2Q |
| Brown was only fourth last fall at their regionals, but have stepped it up a notch this fall. Sara Tindall leads Brown, and is joined by Kim Thalman, frosh Rosie Woodford, Michelle Gross, and Laura Sobik. Brown perfect scored the field at the Sept 17 Harvard Open then won at the Oct 2 Iona Invite. Brown had an off day at Pre-NCAAs, but rebounded with a win at the Oct 29 Heps. Brown will knocked off Boston University and Boston College at the Northeast Regional to claim the second auto berth. | |||||
| 21 | Duke | SE | 62 | — | 3q |
| The Blue Devils finished only ninth at last autumn’s Southeast Regional, but have retooled this fall to claim a place on the starting line in Bloomington. Standout frosh Sheela Agrawal (4:44/10:15 last year) burst onto the collegiate harrier scene this fall with wins at Fordham, Griak, and ECACs. Duke won the Oct 11 Fordham Invite, finished a strong eighth at Griak, then won their own Oct 2 invitational and the Oct 15 ECAC title. However, both Agrawal and Duke fell at ACC as the frosh finished a distant 6th and the team finished 5th behind UNC, NC State, Virginia, and Wake Forest. The Blue Devils rebounded at the Southeast Regional to upset several ranked teams and advanced with an at large berth. | |||||
| 22 | Minnesota | MW | 53 | 16 | 4q |
| The Gophers return last year’s Midwest Regional champ Rasa Michniovaite. Gopher mentor Gary Wilson’s squad finished 26th at the ’98 NCAA meet. Juniors Elaine Eggleston (191st) and NCAA 10k qualifier Corinne Nimitz (152nd) have led the Gophers early this season as the team scored a surprising third at their own Griak Invite behind Arizona State and BYU but ahead of regional foes Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa State. The Gophers then edged Iowa State at the Oct 9 Iowa State Memorial before finishing 12th at Pre-NCAAs. At the Big-10 champs, Minnesota finished third close behind runner- up Michigan and narrowly ahead of Michigan State. Minnesota fell to fourth at the Midwest Regional but advanced with an at large berth. | |||||
| 23 | Boston University | NE | 42 | 18 | 3q |
| Despite losing New England Regional champ Larissa Kleinmann, BU has stepped up a notch this fall from last year’s 6th- place regional finish. Ann Kovalsky, Lauren Matthews, and Kathryn Ireland lead the team. BU finished a strong second to Brown at the Oct 2 Iona Invite after falling to Dartmouth at the Sept 11 Dartmouth Invite, then finished 9th at Pre- NCAAs before dominating the America East Conference champs with a 1-2-3-4 finish. The Terriers fell to Providence and Brown at the Northeast Regional but claimed an at large berth for Bloomington. | |||||
| 24 | Oregon | W | 40 | 25 | 5q |
| The Ducks finished 12th last year in Lawrence and feature a young team. Tara Struyk, Eri MacDonald (Hawaii prep champ), Katie Crabb, Amy Nickerson (Oregon prep champ), and Rhiannon Glenn lead the Ducks. Oregon finished 3rd behind Notre Dame and Missouri at the Oct 1 Notre Dame meet without Nickerson, then added Nickerson to their lineup and tied Colorado State for 16th at Pre-NCAAs. The Ducks faded a bit in the 90 degree weather at the PAC-10 champs and finished sixth behind Stanford, Arizona State, Washington, UCLA, and Arizona. The Ducks turned the tables on Arizona at the West Regional to finish fifth and claim an at large berth. | |||||
| 25 | Texas | SC | 31 | — | 2Q |
| Twenty-ninth last fall in Lawrence, the Longhorns return Liz Diaz (140th) and Maureen Sweeny (104th) to lead the squad. Despite wins at home on Sept 11, Sept 18 at SMU, and Oct 1 North Texas Invite, Texas didn’t get any respect in the coaches’ poll until they finished a strong 11th at the Pre- NCAAs. Texas then slipped back to 6th at the Big 12 champs but earned runner-up honors at the South Central Regional to claim the second auto berth. | |||||
| — | Florida | S | — | 2Q | |
| The Gators finished 22nd in Lawrence. Jennifer McGranahan (138th, 36th ’97), Tamieka Grizzle (178th), Erin Merten (225th), and Ramona Saridakis (147th ’97) return w/ NCAA experience, and are joined by sophomore Nora Allen. Kristine Jost (69th, 4th ’96) chose to pursue her graduate work in Gainesville and leads the Gators. The Gators won the Sept 9 Nike Twilite Classic and the Sept 18 Crimson Classic without running either McGranahan or Jost. The Gators easily won their own Oct 9 Gator Invite with McGranahan in the lineup, but finished dead last at Pre-NCAAs after DNFs by Grizzle and Allen and a subpar effort from the rest of the squad. Jost finally appeared at the SEC meet and helped lead the Gators to a runnerup finish behind Arkansas despite an off day by McGranahan. Florida claimed the second auto berth behind South Florida. | |||||
| — | South Florida | S | — | 1Q | |
| Beat Wake Forest at the Mountaineer Invite before finishing fourth at the Sept 25 Sam Bell Invite behind Arkansas, NC State, and Northwestern, third at the Auburn Invite behind Michigan State and North Carolina, winning the Oct 15 South Florida Invite over Idaho and Northwestern, and edged Marquette to win the Conference USA title. Laura Kaepalisto and Adrea Dempsey lead the Bulls. South Florida won the South Regional to claim an auto qualifier for NCAAs. | |||||
| — | Arizona | W | 24 | 6q | |
| With the departure of Amy Skieresz, Coach Dave Murray has some big shoes to fill from last year’s 16th-place team. He appears to have found another team leader in Tara Chaplin (85th), who is joined by Kristen Parrish (102nd, 60th ’96), Katrin Englen, and Erin Doherty. Arizona finished 7th at the Oct 2 Stanford Invite behind Stanford, Arkansas, BYU, Wisconsin, Kansas State, and Washington, then 19th at the Pre-NCAA meet. At the highly competitive PAC-10 champs, Arizona ran well in the unseasonably warm weather to finish fifth behind Stanford, Arizona State, Washington, and UCLA. They finished sixth at the very deep West Regional and advanced to Bloomington with an at large berth. | |||||
| — | Boston College | NE | — | 4q | |
| BC is led by frosh Cate Guiney (7th FL), but also returns former All-Americans Shannon Smith and Kyla Barbour. The Eagles finished 2nd at Sept 4 Central Connecticut, won on Sept 10 at Franklin Park, finished 11th at Griak, tied Virginia for 3rd behind Brown and Boston U at the Oct 2 Iona Invite, then finished 2nd to Providence at the Oct 15 New Englands. BC finished 4th at the Big East Champs behind Georgetown, PC, and Villanova and 4th at the Northeast Regional, good enough to garner the final at large berth and a trip to Bloomington. | |||||
| — | Bucknell | MA | — | 3q | |
| Ninth at last fall’s regional, Bucknell is led by Becki Marshall and Andrea Beiseer. Bucknell won home meets on Sept 11 and Oct 2, finished 2nd to Michigan at the Sept 18 Spiked Shoe Invite, then placed 23rd at Pre-NCAAs before winning the Patriot League champs. Bucknell finished third at the Mid-Atlantic regional and advanced to the NCAAs with an at large berth thanks to wins over Brown and Florida at Pre-NCAAs. | |||||
| — | Notre Dame | GL | — | 4q | |
| Notre Dame is led by Joanna Deter (14th, 3rd ’96), Allison Klemmer, and Jennifer Handley. They won the Sept 17 National Catholic Champs, beat Missouri, Oregon, and Cornell at home on Oct 1, but sans Deeter (who has been nursing a ankle injury) finished only 22nd at Pre-NCAAs and fifth at the Big East Champs. Despite still missing Deeter from their the lineup, Notre Dame finished fourth at the Great Lakes Regional and claimed an at large berth. | |||||
| — | James Madison | SE | 12 | 4 | |
| Heather Hanscom, Bethany Eigel, Keisha Banks, Michelle Smith, and Brett Romano lead JMU, which finished 7th at last fall’s regionals. The Dukes won the Sept 11 Cavalier Classic, finished second to Georgetown at the Sept 25 GWU Invite, third behind Georgetown and Wake Forest at the Oct 9 Paul Short Invite, and third again at the Wolverine Interregional behind Washington and Nebraska. At the Colonial Athletic Assoc champs, JMU upset William & Mary for the loop title. The Dukes finished fourth at the Southeast Regional but failed to receive an at large berth. | |||||
| — | William & Mary | SE | 13 | 7 | |
| W&M; returns Kathy Newberry (43rd), Dana Pascarella (56th), Emily Furia (89th), Amanda Buell (108th), Alison Mann (216th), Candice Major (231st) from their 10th place team. Buell has been out this fall with a stress fracture, but might appear at regionals. The Tribe’s finished 4th behind Stanford, BYU, and Georgetown at the Sept 18 BYU Challenge, beat Virginia at the Sept 25 Colonial Invite, and second behind NC State but ahead of Baylor and Nebraska at the Oct 9 National Invite. W&M; finished 8th at Pre-NCAAs but was then upset by James Madison at the CAA conference champs when Pascarella didn’t run. W&M; fell to seventh at the Southeast Regional. | |||||
Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: James Madison 27, Arizona 10, Boston College 7, Baylor 4, South Florida 3.5, Wake Forest 3, Bucknell 1, Florida 1.
Voting panel consists of the nine elected regional representatives and three at large members of the Women’s Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association. Compiled by Jesse Rosen of Minneapolis, Minn.
MONDO Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Nov. 16, 1999.NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes, MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South. Top two teams in Regional Championships on Nov. 13 automatically qualified for Nationals. Thirteen other teams qualified based on of criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual. Automatic qualifiers indicated by “Q” after Place in Region, “at large” qualifiers by “q”.
Rank Place
Last In
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Week Region
1 Arkansas (16) SC 400 1 1Q
2 Stanford W 376 5 1Q
3 North Carolina State SE 372 2 1Q
4 Wisconsin GL 339 6 1Q
5 Colorado MT 336 3 2Q
6 Arizona W 332 4 2Q
7 Notre Dame GL 300 8 2Q
8 Michigan GL 274 7 3q
9 Georgetown MA 272 9 1Q
10 Arizona State W 246 15 3q
11 Southern Utah MT 218 -- 1Q
12 Oregon W 214 11 4q
13 William & Mary SE 204 17 2Q
14 Villanova MA 191 13 2Q
15 BYU MT 166 12 3q
16 James Madison SE 142 10 3q
17 Iona College NE 130 -- 1Q
18 Minnesota MW 124 19 1Q
19 Northern Arizona MT 121 14 4q
20 Providence NE 90 20 2Q
21 Southern Mississippi S 89 25 DQ
22 Weber State MT 84 16 5q
23 Princeton MA 48 21 3q
24 Cal Poly St Luis Obispo W 34 -- 5q
25 Dartmouth NE 23 24 3q
-- Portland W 18 6q
-- Missouri MW -- 2Q
-- Alabama S -- 1Q
-- South Florida S -- 2Q
-- Oklahoma State MW -- 3q
-- Texas A&M; SC -- 2Q
-- Rice SC -- 3q
-- Tennessee S 22 4
-- Utah MT 23 7
Also receiving votes: Portland 18, Missouri 17, Alabama 15, Ohio State 5, Navy 2, Idaho State 1, South Florida 1.
Sponsored by MONDO. Voters in the poll are active members of the United States Cross Country Coaches Association. Compiled by Don Kopriva, P.O. Box 3040, Lisle, Ill. 60532.
Analyses of some of the teams listed above are available from Ryan Grote.
Division II
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Nov. 8, 1999E = East (4), GL = Great Lakes (3), NC = North Central (2), SC = South Central (3), W = West (3), SE = Southeast (2). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 1998 Championships). “Q” in place column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 20.
Rank Place
Last In
Rank Team Region Week Region
1 Adams State SC 1 1Q
2 Western State SC 2 2Q
3 Edinboro E 3 1Q
4 UC-Davis W 4 1Q
5 North Dakota State NC 7 1Q
6 Shippensburg E 5 2Q
7 Southern Indiana GL 11 1Q
8 Grand Valley State GL 6 2Q
9 North Dakota NC 13 2Q
10 Seattle Pacific W 12 2Q
11 East Stroudsburg E 16 3Q
12 Hillsdale GL 22 3Q
13 Harding SC 9 3Q
14 North Florida SE 23 1Q
15 Central Washington W 15 3Q
16 Millersville E -- 4Q
17 Florida Southern SE 17 2Q
18 South Dakota NC 10 3
19 Nebraska - Omaha NC 8 4
20 UC Colorado Springs SC 19 4
21 UW-Parkside GL 14 4
22 Northern Colorado NC 18 5
23 Kutztown E -- 5
24 BYU-Hawaii W -- 4
25 Texas A&M; Commerce SC 25 5
-- Kennesaw State SE 20 4
-- Cal St.-Dominquez Hills W 21 6
-- Indiana (PA) E 24 6
Poll compiled by Alex Accetta, Fort Lewis College.
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Nov. 8, 1999E = East (3), GL = Great Lakes (2), NC = North Central (4), SC = South Central (5), W = West (2), SE = Southeast (1). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 1998 Championships). “Q” in place column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 20.
Rank Place
Last In
Rank Team Region Week Region
1 Western State SC 1 1Q
2 Adams State SC 2 2Q
3 Minn State-Mankato NC 4 1Q
4 Central Missouri St GL 6 1Q
5 Cal-Davis W 7 1Q
6 South Dakota NC 22 2Q
7 Lewis GL 5 2Q
8 Edinboro E 9 1Q
9 Abilene Christian SC 3 3Q
10 Kennesaw State SE 19 1Q
11 Augustana NC 17 3Q
12 Cal State-Chico W 10 2Q
13 Lock Haven E 11 3Q
14 Southern Connecticut E __ 2Q
15 South Dakota State NC 14 4Q
16 New Mexico Highlands SC 18 4Q
17 Nebraska-Kearney SC -- 5Q
18= Truman State GL 13 3
18= Humboldt State W 16 3
20 Southern Indiana GL 15 4
21 Bentley E -- 4
22 Cal-Poly Pomona W -- 4
23 Pittsburg State GL -- 5
24 North Dakota State NC -- 4
25 North Dakota NC -- 5
-- Missouri Southern GL 8 7
-- Harding SC 12 6
-- Minnesota Duluth NC 20 7
-- West Georgia SE 21 6
-- Alaska-Anchorage W 23 5
-- Shippensburg E 24 5
-- Texas A&M; Commerce SC 25 12
Poll compiled by Bill Gallagher, Ashland College.
Division III
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Nov. 16, 1999A = Atlantic (4), C = Central (4), GL = Great Lakes (2), ME = Mid East (3), MW = Mid West (5), NE = New England (3), SSE = South/Southeast (1), W = West (2). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 1998 Championships). “Q” in place column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 20.
Rank Place
Last In
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Week Region
1 CALVIN (5) GL 196 3 1Q
2 MIDDLEBURY (2) NE 189 2 1Q
3 ST. OLAF (1) C 183 1 1Q
4 UW-OSHKOSH MW 176 4 1Q
5 WILLIAMS NE 171 6= 2Q
6 COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY A 156 9 1Q
7 UW-LACROSSE MW 152 5 2Q
8 MACALESTER C 144 10 2Q
9 HAMILTON A 137 18 2Q
10 LUTHER C 114 17 3Q
11 UC-SAN DIEGO W 102 13 1Q
12 WHEATON (ILL) MW 97 15 3Q
13= SUNY CORTLAND A 95 6= 4Q
13= ST. THOMAS C 95 11 4Q
15 BALDWIN WALLACE GL 89 8 2Q
16 TUFTS NE 81 -- 3Q
17 SUNY GENESEO A 73 -- 3Q
18 DICKINSON ME 65 -- 1Q
19 UW-STEVENS POINT MW 58 21= 4Q
20 UW-WHITEWATER MW 44 -- 5Q
21 AMHERST NE 39 14 4
22 MORAVIAN ME 37 19 2Q
23 CLAREMONT-MUDD SCRIPPS W 27 -- 2Q
24 WARTBURG C 21 20 5
25 COLBY NE 18 24 5
-- EMORY SSE -- 1Q
-- MESSIAH ME -- 3Q
-- BRANDEIS NE 12 6
-- COLORADO COLLEGE W 16 4
-- SUNY PLATTSBURGH A 21= 5
-- DENISON GL 23 3
-- RHODES SSE 25 3
Poll compiled by Jeff and Laurie Miller.
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Nov. 16, 1999A = Atlantic (3), C = Central (4), GL = Great Lakes (3), ME = Mid East (2), MW = Mid West (5), NE = New England (5), SSE = South/Southeast (1), W = West (1). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 1998 Championships). “Q” in place column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 20.
Rank Place
Last In
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Week Region
1 North Central, IL (6) MW 198 3 1Q
2 Calvin, MI (2) GL 191 1 1Q
3 UW-Stevens Point MW 185 7 2Q
4 UW-LaCrosse MW 173 2 3Q
5 Keene State, NH NE 172 4 1Q
6 UW-Whitewater MW 160 5 4Q
7 Tufts, MA NE 145 15 2Q
8 Williams, MA NE 133 8 3Q
9 Nebraska Wesleyan C 130 9 1Q
10 UW-Eau Claire MW 119 11 5Q
11 St. Johns, MN C 107 13 2Q
12 Anderson GL 101 -- 2Q
13 Puget Sound W 100 12 1Q
14 SUNY-Plattsburgh A 93 23 1Q
15= Heidelburg, OH GL 91 6 3Q
15= Haverford, PA ME 91 14 1Q
17 St.Thomas, MN C 80 20 3Q
18 UW-Oshkosh MW 61 10 6
19 Bates, ME NE 60 19 4Q
20 SUNY Cortland A 56 16= 2Q
21 MIT NE 48 16= 5Q
22 Emory SSE 25 25 1Q
23= Wartburg C 17 -- 4Q
23= St. Lawrence A 17 -- 3Q
25 Elizabethtown ME 16 -- 2Q
-- College of New Jersey A 18 4
-- UC San Diego W 21 2=
-- Grinnell C 22 14
-- Washington-St. Louis MW 24 9
Others receiving Votes: UC-San Diego, Claremont Mudd Scripps, College of New Jersey
Poll compiled by Rick Witt, UW-Stevens Point
