2022 NJCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Ranking – Week 2

NEW ORLEANS – Reigning national champion Oxford (Ga.) added a new achievement in leading the Week 2 edition of the NJCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, which was released Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

NJCAA Division III — Women's Cross Country
This Week's National Top Five
Oxford (Ga.)
Mineral Area (Mo.)
Joliet (Ill.) JC
Harper (Ill.)
RCSJ Gloucester (N.J.)
1
Oxford (Ga.)
2
Mineral Area (Mo.)
3
Joliet (Ill.) JC
4
Harper (Ill.)
5
RCSJ Gloucester (N.J.)
Cross Country Polls & Rankings

Oxford (Ga.) won their first-ever national championship last year, but they had never rated as No. 1 in the national coaches poll until this week. The Eagles impressed with two performances in the two weeks since the Week 1 poll, taking fifth at the Asics Invitational after a 4th at the Coach Gary Wilson Invitational. Both times, Oxford was only topped by teams from four-year schools.

Mineral Area (Mo.) CC dropped one notch to No. 2, while Joliet (Ill.) JC, Harper (Ill.) and RCSJ Gloucester (N.J.) repeated as Nos. 3-5. Harper is led by Lilly Alberts, who has earned M-F Athletic National Athlete of the Week honors the last two weeks.

Completing the top-10 are No. 6 Georgia Military, No. 7 Hudson Valley (N.Y.) CC, No. 8 Kellogg (Mich.) CC, No. 9 Central Carolina (N.C.) CC and No. 10 SUNY Broome CC.

The 2022 NJCAA Division III Cross Country Championships are just over four weeks away on Saturday, November 5 at Stanley Park in Westfield, Massachusetts.

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

2022 Week 2 - October 5th

RANK TEAM & INFOPTSCHANGE
1 oxford-ga OXFORD (GA.)
Central Region
Region 17 (1)
Ella O'Kelley (9th)
▲ 1
(LW: 2)
2 mineral-area-mo MINERAL AREA (MO.)
Central Region
Region 16
Steven Davis (4th)
▼ 1
(LW: 1)
3 joliet-ill-jc JOLIET (ILL.) JC
Central Region
Region 4
Jeff DeGraw (17th)
◀▶
(LW: 3)
4 harper-ill HARPER (ILL.)
Central Region
Region 4
Jim Macnider (12th)
◀▶
(LW: 4)
5 rcsj-gloucester-n-j RCSJ GLOUCESTER (N.J.)
East Region
Region 19
Ryan Hughes (20th)
◀▶
(LW: 5)
6 georgia-military GEORGIA MILITARY
Central Region
Region 17 (2)
Robert Sherwood (7th)
◀▶
(LW: 6)
7 hudson-valley-n-y-cc HUDSON VALLEY (N.Y.) CC
Northeast Region
Region 3
Sarah Popovics (9th)
▲ 2
(LW: 9)
8 kellogg-mich-cc KELLOGG (MICH.) CC
Central Region
Region 12
NR
9 central-carolina-n-c-cc CENTRAL CAROLINA (N.C.) CC
East Region
Region 10
Richard Briggs
▼ 1
(LW: 8)
10 suny-broome-cc SUNY BROOME CC
Northeast Region
Region 3
Tom Carter
▼ 3
(LW: 7)

Dropped Out: (none)



Week-by-Week Ranking

TeamWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4FINAL
Harper (Ill.)44441
Mineral Area (Mo.)12112
Oxford (Ga.)21223
Joliet (Ill.) JC33334
DuPage (Ill.)5
RCSJ Gloucester (N.J.)55556
Hudson Valley (N.Y.) CC97667
Westmoreland County8
Lorain County (Ohio) CC10
Queensborough (N.Y.) CC11
Georgia Military6677
Abraham Baldwin (Ga.)88
SUNY Broome CC71099
SUNY Westchester1010
Kellogg (Mich.) CC8
Central Carolina (N.C.) CC89

USTFCCCA NJCAA Division III Cross Country

2022 Rankings & Polls Calendar
Weeks National Coaches' Ranking KEY DATES
Week 1Wed 9/21
MEN | WOMEN
Week 2Wed 10/5
MEN | WOMEN
Week 3Wed 10/19
MEN | WOMEN
Week 4Wed 10/26
MEN | WOMEN
Nov. 5: NJCAA Champs - Westfield, Mass.
FINAL Results
(official final ranking)
Sat 11/5
MEN | WOMEN