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Grinnell Men Ranked Second in Regional Cross Country Rankings

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8/25/2010 10:43:36 AM

Grinnell, Iowa – Coming off a strong 2009 campaign, the Grinnell College men’s cross country team is second in the preseason NCAA Division III Central Region rankings compiled by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

St. Olaf holds down the top spot, while Hamline is third, Nebraska Wesleyan fourth and Luther fifth. Rounding out the top 10 are St. Thomas (Minn.), Cornell College, Saint John’s (Minn.), Wartburg and Coe.

Nebraska Wesleyan is ranked first in the women’s Central Region.

Full Regional Rankings:

MEN’S RANKINGS

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	3
2	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	2
3	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	5
4	Plattsburgh State	Plattsburgh, N.Y.	SUNYAC	6
5	Rochester	Rochester, N.Y.	UAA	8
6	SUNY Fredonia	Fredonia, N.Y.	SUNYAC	7
7	TCNJ	Ewing, N.J.	NJAC	10
8	SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta, N.Y.	SUNYAC	9
9	RIT	Henrietta, N.Y.	Empire 8	4
10	SUNY Cortland	Cortland, N.Y.	SUNYAC	1


CENTRAL Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	St. Olaf	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	3
2	Grinnell	Grinnell, Iowa	MWC	5
3	Hamline	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	4
4	Nebraska Wesleyan	Lincoln, Neb.	Independent	1
5	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	6
6	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	1
7	Cornell College	Mount Vernon, Iowa	IIAC	9
8	Saint John's (Minn.)	Collegeville, Minn.	MIAC	8
9	Wartburg	Waverly, Iowa	IIAC	11
10	Coe	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	IIAC	12


GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Mount Union	Alliance, Ohio	OAC	4
3	Heidelberg	Tiffin, Ohio	OAC	2
4	Manchester	North Manchester, Ind.	HCAC	3
5	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	NCAC	14
6	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	5
7	Ohio Wesleyan	Delaware, Ohio	NCAC	6
8	Denison	Granville, Ohio	NCAC	9
9	Wabash	Crawfordsville, Ind.	NCAC	12
10	Anderson (Ind.)	Anderson, Ind.	HCAC	13


MIDEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Allegheny	Meadville, Pa.	NCAC	1
2	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	3
3	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	2
4	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	MAC	5
5	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	4
6	Susquehanna	Selinsgrove, Pa.	Landmark	6
7	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	7
8	DeSales	Center Valley, Pa.	MAC	9
9	Salisbury	Salisbury, Md.	CAC	11
9	Gettysburg	Gettysburg, Pa.	Centennial	8


MIDWEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Washington (Mo.)	St. Louis, Mo.	UAA	3
2	North Central (Ill.)	Naperville, Ill.	CCIW	1
3	UW Platteville	Platteville, Wis.	WIAC	4
4	UW La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	2
5	UW Whitewater	Whitewater, Wis.	WIAC	8
6	UW Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	6
7	UW Oshkosh	Oshkosh, Wis.	WIAC	11
8	Wheaton (Ill.)	Wheaton, Ill.	CCIW	13
9	Augustana (Ill.)	Rock Island, Ill.	CCIW	7
10	Illinois Wesleyan	Bloomington, Ill.	CCIW	12
10	UW Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wis.	WIAC	5
10	Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	UAA	10


NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Brandeis	Waltham, Mass.	UAA	4
2	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	1
3	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	2
4	Keene State	Keene, N.H.	Little East	3
5	Tufts	Medford, Mass.	NESCAC	8
6	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	6
7	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	7
8	Bates	Lewiston, Maine	NESCAC	10
9	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	5
10	Connecticut College	New London, Conn.	NESCAC	15


SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SCAC	6
2	Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Va.	ODAC	2
3	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	3
4	Virginia Wesleyan	Virginia Beach, Va.	ODAC	5
5	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	1
6	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	4
7	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SCAC	7
8	Hendrix	Conway, Ark.	SCAC	11
9	Washington and Lee	Lexington, Va.	ODAC	8
10	Southwestern (Texas)	Georgetown, Texas	SCAC	10


WEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	1
2	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	2
3	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colo.	SCAC	3
4	Whitworth	Spokane, Wash.	Northwest	4
5	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	5
6	Occidental	Los Angeles, Calif.	SCIAC	8
7	Redlands	Redlands, Calif.	SCIAC	9
8	Whitman	Walla Walla, Wash.	Northwest	10
9	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.	Northwest	7
10	Lewis & Clark	Portland, Ore.	Northwest	6

WOMEN’S RANKINGS

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	1
2	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	2
3	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	3
4	Plattsburgh State	Plattsburgh, N.Y.	SUNYAC	6
5	Ithaca	Ithaca, N.Y.	Empire 8	4
6	SUNY Cortland	Cortland, N.Y.	SUNYAC	8
7	RIT	Henrietta, N.Y.	Empire 8	14
8	Rowan	Glassboro, N.J.	NJAC	10
9	SUNY Brockport	Brockport, N.Y.	SUNYAC	7
10	Rochester	Rochester, N.Y.	UAA	9


CENTRAL Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Nebraska Wesleyan	Lincoln, Neb.	Independent	2
2	Carleton	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	1
3	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	4
4	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	7
5	St. Olaf	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	4
6	Gustavus Adolphus	St. Peter, Minn.	MIAC	9
7	Wartburg	Waverly, Iowa	IIAC	3
8	St. Benedict	St. Joseph, Minn.	MIAC	12
9	Concordia Moorhead	Moorhead, Minn.	MIAC	16
10	Bethel (Minn.)	Arden Hills, Minn.	MIAC	8


GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Hope	Holland, Mich.	MIAA	6
3	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	NCAC	2
4	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	3
5	Baldwin-Wallace	Berea, Ohio	OAC	5
6	DePauw	Greencastle, Ind.	SCAC	4
7	Wittenberg	Springfield, Ohio	NCAC	7
8	Ohio Northern	Ada, Ohio	OAC	10
9	Wooster	Wooster, Ohio	NCAC	12
10	Adrian	Adrian, Mich.	MIAA	12


MIDEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	1
2	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	3
3	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	2
4	Grove City	Grove City, Pa.	PAC	4
5	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	MAC	6
6	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	7
7	Susquehanna	Selinsgrove, Pa.	Landmark	11
8	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, Pa.	Centennial	9
9	Gettysburg	Gettysburg, Pa.	Centennial	5
10	Lebanon Valley	Annville, Pa.	MAC	27


MIDWEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	UW Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wis.	WIAC	1
2	Washington (Mo.)	St. Louis, Mo.	UAA	2
3	Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	UAA	6
4	UW Oshkosh	Oshkosh, Wis.	WIAC	4
5	UW Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	10
6	UW La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	3
7	North Central (Ill.)	Naperville, Ill.	CCIW	5
8	Wheaton (Ill.)	Wheaton, Ill.	CCIW	7
9	Illinois Wesleyan	Bloomington, Ill.	CCIW	8
10	UW Platteville	Platteville, Wis.	WIAC	9


NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	1
2	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	1
3	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	3
4	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	4
5	Brandeis	Waltham, Mass.	UAA	6
6	Wesleyan (Conn.)	Middletown, Conn.	NESCAC	5
7	Colby	Waterville, Maine	NESCAC	7
8	Keene State	Keene, N.H.	Little East	8
9	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	9
10	Wellesley	Wellesley, Mass.	NEWMAC	10


SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SCAC	1
2	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	2
3	Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Va.	ODAC	4
4	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	12
5	Roanoke	Salem, Va.	ODAC	7
6	Christopher Newport	Newport News, Va.	USA South	3
7	Shenandoah	Winchester, Va.	USA South	10
8	Washington and Lee	Lexington, Va.	ODAC	5
9	CUA	Washington, D.C.	Landmark	9
10	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SCAC	8


WEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Whitworth	Spokane, Wash.	Northwest	1
2	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	3
3	Occidental	Los Angeles, Calif.	SCIAC	5
4	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	7
5	Lewis & Clark	Portland, Ore.	Northwest	8
6	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	4
7	Whittier	Whittier, Calif.	SCIAC	9
8	Redlands	Redlands, Calif.	SCIAC	10
9	Whitman	Walla Walla, Wash.	Northwest	2
10	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.	Northwest	6