Friday, October 24, 2008

Carleton, St. Thomas Flip-Flop in D3 Poll

The Carleton College women's cross country team, winners at their home invitational last weekend, have moved back ahead of MIAC rival St Thomas in the latest NCAA Division III poll released yesterday.

Carleton is ranked #11; St. Thomas is ranked #14. Last week, the Knights were ranked #13 and the Tommies were ranked #11,

Carleton and St. Thomas have won the last four MIAC cross country titles -- the Tommies winning in in 2006 and 2007 (with Carleton runners-up) and Carleton winning in 2004 and 2005 (with the Tommies runners-up in 2005).

Calvin College of Michigan leads the rankings. Central Region power Wartburg of Iowa is ranked #2. St. Olaf is ranked #27; Bethel is ranked #28.

Full women's rankings can be found HERE.

Men's Reshuffle ... St. Thomas leads Minnesota schools in the D3 men's poll. Their #26 ranking tops St. Olaf by a single place. Hamline, which was ranked as high as #15 earlier in the season, fell out of the rankings this week after a close defeat to St. Olaf.

Cortland State of New York leads the poll, which can be found in its entirety HERE.

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