Thursday, September 17, 2009

Mankato, Duluth Ranked #9 in D2 Polls

We'll admit to being a little remiss in reporting on the national cross country rankings for Minnesota's small colleges and universities. Let's make up for that right now ...

The Minnesota State - Mankato men and the University of Minnesota -Duluth women both find themselves ranked #9 in the latest NCAA Division II cross country polls released yesterday.

Mankato, the defending Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference champions who finished 8th at the NCAA Championships last fall, remained in the spot it occupied in the pre-season poll released in late August.

Duluth, the runners-up in the NSIC in 2008 and also 8th in the D2 meet last year, dropped one spot from their pre-season position.

Perennial power Adams State leads both D2 polls.

Find the complete rankings HERE (men) and HERE (women).

NCAA Division III ... The University of St. Thomas women lead all Minnesota programs in NCAA Division III cross country polling. The three-time defending Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions are ranked #11 in the latest D3 poll, released last week.

Also making the national ranks for women are Bethel University, #13 and Carleton #19.

In the men's D3 rankings St. John's University holds the #19 position, while defending MIAC champions St. Olaf is #32.

Defending NCAA Division III champion Middlebury tops the women's poll; North Central College leads the men's.

Find the complete D3 rankings HERE (women) and HERE (men).

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