2020 NJCAA DI Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll – Week 3

NEW ORLEANS – Through three editions of the NJCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, Iowa Central CC has done nothing to hurt its chances of taking home another national title in the voters’ eyes. Instead, the Tritons have strengthened.

Iowa Central CC is the unanimous favorite to win the team crown come November 14 at the 2020 NJCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

NJCAA Division I — Women's Cross Country
This Week's National Top Five
Iowa Central CC
Colby (Kan.) CC
New Mexico JC
Cloud County (Kan.) CC
Iowa Western CC
1
Iowa Central CC
2
Colby (Kan.) CC
3
New Mexico JC
3
Cloud County (Kan.) CC
5
Iowa Western CC
Cross Country Polls & Rankings

While the Tritons might have struggled a little bit this past weekend at the Briar Cliff Invitational, finishing fifth against a host of NAIA programs, they were clearly the best JUCO team in the field. Eleonora Curtabbi once again led Iowa Central as she finished runner-up individually with Kate Miron also taking up residence in the top-25.

Colby (Kan.) CC remains No. 2 for the second week in a row. The Trojans last competed at the Muthama-Rogers Invitational.

A third-place tie awaits the next two programs: Cloud County (Kan.) CC and New Mexico JC. The Kansas-based T-Birds last competed at the Cottonwood Challenge two weeks ago and will run again this weekend at the Bethel College Invitational. According to the website of the New Mexico-based T-Birds, “Due to health mandates placed upon the state of New Mexico during the COVID-19 protocol, NMJC is continuing to build a 2020 schedule. Once events are allowed to be placed upon the calendar, the information will be posted and updated.”

Iowa Western CC jumped two spots from No. 7 to No. 5 in Week 3. The Reivers finished as the second best JUCO team at the Briar Cliff Invitational this past weekend, using an individual title from Faith Linga to help them achieve that status.

Here are the rest of the top-10 teams: No. 6 College of Southern Idaho, No. 7 Dodge City (Kan.) CC, No. 8 Hutchinson (Kan.) CC, No. 9 Ranger College and No. 10 Vincennes.

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USTFCCCA NJCAA Division I
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2020 Week 3 - October 7th

RANK TEAM & INFOPTSCHANGE
1 iowa-central-cc IOWA CENTRAL CC
Atlantic Region
Region 11 (1)
Dee Brown (17th)
200
(7 fpv)
◀▶
(LW: 1)
2 colby-kan-cc COLBY (KAN.) CC
Central Region
Region 6 (3)
Clinton Fletcher (6th)
174 ◀▶
(LW: 2)
3 new-mexico-jc NEW MEXICO JC
West Region
Region 5
Jeff Becker (8th)
170 ▲ 2
(LW: 5)
3 cloud-county-kan-cc CLOUD COUNTY (KAN.) CC
Central Region
Region 6 (1)
Drew Mahin (8th)
170 ◀▶
(LW: 3)
5 iowa-western-cc IOWA WESTERN CC
Atlantic Region
Region 11
Marc Bierbaum (3rd)
164 ▲ 2
(LW: 7)
6 southern-idaho SOUTHERN IDAHO
West Region
Region 18
Lindsey Anderson (4th)
157 ▼ 2
(LW: 4)
7 dodge-city-kan-cc DODGE CITY (KAN.) CC
Central Region
Region 6 (4)
Cole Ballard (8th)
144 ▲ 1
(LW: 8)
8 hutchinson-kan-cc HUTCHINSON (KAN.) CC
Central Region
Region 6 (5)
Justin Riggs (6th)
139 ▼ 2
(LW: 6)
9 ranger-texas RANGER (TEXAS)
West Region
Region 5
Kathy Graham (6th)
116 NR
10 vincennes-ind VINCENNES (IND.)
Atlantic Region
Region 24
Chris Gafner (3rd)
110 ▲ 1
(LW: 11)
11 butler-kan-cc BUTLER (KAN.) CC
Central Region
Region 6 (6)
Dustin Mettler (4th)
106 ▼ 2
(LW: 9)
12 jacksonville-texas JACKSONVILLE (TEXAS)
West Region
Region 14
Kirby Shepherd
84 ◀▶
(LW: 12)
13 western-texas WESTERN TEXAS
West Region
Region 5
James Williams (8th)
83 ▼ 3
(LW: 10)
14 fort-scott-kan-cc FORT SCOTT (KAN.) CC
Central Region
Region 6 (8)
64 NR
15 barton-kan-cc BARTON (KAN.) CC
Central Region
Region 6 (7)
Parker Cowles (12th)
61 ▼ 2
(LW: 13)
16 central-wyoming CENTRAL WYOMING
West Region
Region 9
Al Lara
49 ▼ 2
(LW: 14)
17 spartanburg-methodist-s-c SPARTANBURG METHODIST (S.C.)
Atlantic Region
Region 10
Ken Roach (6th)
43 ▼ 1
(LW: 16)
18 coffeyville-kan-cc COFFEYVILLE (KAN.) CC
Central Region
Region 6 (9)
Robert Wood (2nd)
36 ▼ 3
(LW: 15)
19 scott-iowa-cc SCOTT (IOWA) CC
Atlantic Region
Region 11
20 NR

Dropped Out: (none)



Week-by-Week Ranking

TeamWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4Week #5FINAL
Ranger (Texas)9881
Cloud County (Kan.) CC333222
Southern Idaho446553
Colby (Kan.) CC222334
Dodge City (Kan.) CC687765
Iowa Western CC775446
Hutchinson (Kan.) CC568677
Trinidad State (Colo.)118
Western Texas7101311149
Vincennes (Ind.)4111091010
Butler (Kan.) CC991110911
Jacksonville (Texas)81212121312
Fort Scott (Kan.) CC14131513
Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.)161617171714
Colorado Mountain2015
Iowa Central CC11111
Barton (Kan.) CC913151512
Indian Hills (Iowa) CC1416
Coffeyville (Kan.) CC1515181818
Central Wyoming1014161619
New Mexico JC253
Scott (Iowa) CC19

USTFCCCA NJCAA Division I Cross Country

2020 Rankings & Polls Calendar
Weeks National Coaches' Poll KEY DATES
Week 1Wed 9/9
MEN | WOMEN
Week 2Wed 9/23
MEN | WOMEN
Week 3Wed 10/7
MEN | WOMEN
Week 4Wed 10/21
MEN | WOMEN
Week 5Wed 11/4
MEN | WOMEN
FINAL Results
(official final ranking)
Sat 11/14
MEN | WOMEN