Hoya Saxa: G'town Ranked No. 1
The U.S. Track & Field & Cross Country Coaches Association has released its 2011 preseason collegiate rankings for cross country and the coaches are expecting huge things out of the Big East Conference women this fall.
The top team in the nation in the preseason is Georgetown, followed by New Mexico, Providence, Colorado and defending national champion Villanova. The Hoyas will be led by All-American Emily Infeld, who was second individually at the NCAA Championships a year ago. The woman Infeld lost to was Villanova's Sheila Reid, whose Wildcats have dropped to fifth in the national poll. The Friars — led by sophomore Shelby Greany — make the leap to third after finishing ninth at the NCAAs.
On the men's side, the coaches expect Oklahoma State to make another run for a title with Stanford, Wisconsin and Oregon in chase. Iona — at fifth — is the top ranked local program as two-time national champion Leonard Korir returns for his senior season. He won the NCAA Outdoor 10k last summer in Des Moines, Iowa. Princeton nearly broke into the top 10 as well, sitting just outside at No. 11. The Tigers are led by All-American Donn Cabral.
NYU and SUNY Geneseo are both ranked, men and women, in NCAA Division III. The NYU men are 11th and the women ninth while Geneseo is sixth and seventh, respectively. For all the rankings, please visit the USTFCCCA website here.
Division I
| Rank | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State (1) | Georgetown (4) |
| 2 | Stanford (4) | New Mexico (5) |
| 3 | Wisconsin (3) | Providence (9) |
| 4 | Oregon (6) | Colorado (6) |
| 5 | Iona (8) | Villanova (1) |
| 6 | Oklahoma (5) | Florida State (2) |
| 7 | Colorado (15) | Stanford (13) |
| 8 | Florida State (2) | Arizona (11) |
| 9 | Indiana (7) | Duke (17) |
| 10 | Portland (13) | Iowa State (8) |
Other Men's Teams in East: 11. Princeton (12); 14. Syracuse (14); 17. Villanova (23); 18. Providence (22); 19. Virginia (17); 22. Georgetown (29); 30. Dartmouth (—).
Other Women's Teams in East: 15. Syracuse (10); 17. Virginia (21); 18. Penn State (26) & Boston College (19); 22. Princeton (15); 24. West Virginia (—).
Regional Rankings
Mid-Atlantic | ||
| Rank | Men | Women |
| 1 | Princeton | Georgetown |
| 2 | Villanova | Villanova |
| 3 | Georgetown | Penn State |
| 4 | Penn State | Princeton |
| 5 | Navy | West Virginia |
Northeast | ||
| Rank | Men | Women |
| 1 | Iona | Providence |
| 2 | Syracuse | Boston College |
| 3 | Providence | Columbia |
| 4 | Dartmouth | Syracuse |
| 5 | Columbia | Stony Brook |
Great LakesMen — 1. Wisconsin; 2. Indiana; 3. Ohio State.Women — 1. Michigan; 2. Toledo; 3. Michigan State. |
MidwestMen — 1. Oklahoma State; 2. Oklahoma; 3. Minnesota.Women — 1. Iowa State; 2. Oklahoma State; 3. Iowa. |
MountainMen — 1. Colorado; 2. Northern Arizona; 3. BYU.Women — 1. New Mexico; 2. Colorado; 3. BYU. |
SouthMen — 1. Florida State; 2. Florida; 3. Georgia.Women — 1. Florida State; 2. Florida; 3. Vanderbilt. |
South CentralMen — 1. Arkansas; 2. Texas; 3. Texas A&M.Women — 1. Texas; 2. Arkansas; 3. Baylor. |
South EastMen — 1. N.C. State; 2. Louisville; 3. Virginia.Women — 1. Duke; 2. North Carolina; 3. Virginia. |
WestMen — 1. Stanford; 2. Oregon; 3. Portland.Women — 1. Stanford; 2. Arizona; 3. Washington. |
Division II
| Rank | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams State (1) | Western State (2) |
| 2 | Western State (2) | Grand Valley State (1) |
| 3 | Grand Valley State (3) | Chico State (5) |
| 4 | Colorado Mines (4) | Adams State (3) |
| 5 | Chico State (5) | Alaska Anchorage (6) |
| 6 | Augustana/S.D. (6) | Augustana/S.D. (7) |
| 7 | Southern Indiana (10) | Ferris State (8) |
| 8 | Lock Haven (11) | Shippensburg (4) |
| 9 | Edinboro (—) | Queens/N.C. (9) |
| 10 | Shippensburg (7) | Minn.-Duluth (—) |
Other Men's Teams in East: 11. UMass Lowell (13); 20. Stonehill (21)
Other Women's Teams in East: 14. Edinboro (—); 16. Stonehill (18); 19. Millersville (—); 22. East Stroudsburg (—)
Regional Rankings
East |
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| Rank | Men | Women |
| 1 | UMass-Lowell | Stonehill |
| 2 | Stonehill | Southern Connecticut |
| 3 | Southern Connecticut | Bentley |
| 4 | Bentley | UMass-Lowell |
| 5 | Adelphi | Saint Rose |
Atlantic |
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| Rank | Men | Women |
| 1 | Edinboro | Shippensburg |
| 2 | Lock Haven | Edinboro |
| 3 | Shippensburg | Millersville |
| 4 | California (Pa.) | East Stroudsburg |
| 5 | Wheeling Jesuit | Mansfield |
MidwestMen — 1. Grand Valley State; 2. Southern Indiana; 3. Bellarmine.Women — 1. Grand Valley State; 2. Ferris State; 3. Hillsdale. |
SouthMen — 1. Florida Southern; 2. Ala.-Huntsville; 3. Tampa.Women — 1. Tampa; 2. Nova Southeastern; 3. Ala.-Huntsville. |
SoutheastMen — 1. Queens (N.C.); 2. King College; 3. N.C.-Pembroke.Women — 1. Queens (N.C.); 2. King College; 3. Anderson (S.C.). |
South CentralMen — 1. East Central (Okla.); 2. Central Missouri; 3. Cameron.Women — 1. MidWestern State; 2. Missouri Southern; 3. Truman State. |
CentralMen — 1. Adams State; 2. Western State; 3. Colorado Mines.Women — 1. Western State; 2. Adams State; 3. Augustana (S.D.). |
WestMen — 1. Chico State; 2. Alaska-Anchorage; 3. Western Washington.Women — 1. Chico State; 2. Alaska-Anchorage; 3. Western Washington. |
Division III
| Rank | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Central/ Ill. (2) | Middlebury (1) |
| 2 | Calvin (8) | Williams (5) |
| 3 | St. Lawrence (3) | Washington/Mo. (2) |
| 4 | Haverford (1) | MIT (3) |
| 5 | Washington/Mo. (9) | Wis.-Eau Claire (4) |
| 6 | Dickinson (5) | SUNY Geneseo (12) |
| 7 | Williams (18) | Amherst (8) |
| 8 | SUNY Geneseo (7) | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (20) |
| 9 | Wis.-La Crosse (—) | NYU (28) |
| 10 | Middlebury (21) | Nebraska Wesleyan (13) |
Others Men's Teams in East: 11. NYU (10); 12. Elizabethtown (14); 17. MIT (12); 19. Bates (—)
Others Women's Teams in East: 11. Johns Hopkins (7); 13. Plattsburgh State (30); 14. Elizabethtown (11); 17. Dickinson (22); 18. Colby (—); 19. Haverford (25); 20. St. Lawrence (23); 22. SUNY Cortland (22)
Regional Rankings
Mideast |
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| Rank | Men | Women |
| 1 | Haverford | Johns Hopkins |
| 2 | Dickinson | Dickinson |
| 3 | Elizabethtown | Elizabethtown |
| 4 | Carnegie Mellon | Haverford |
| 5 | Saint Vincent | Swarthmore |
Atlantic |
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| Rank | Men | Women |
| 1 | St. Lawrence | SUNY Geneseo |
| 2 | SUNY Geneseo | NYU |
| 3 | NYU | Plattsburgh State |
| 4 | TCNJ | St. Lawrence |
| 5 | Rochester | SUNY Cortland |
New England |
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| Rank | Men | Women |
| 1 | Williams | Middlebury |
| 2 | Middlebury | Williams |
| 3 | Bates | MIT |
| 4 | MIT | Amherst |
| 5 | Tufts | Colby |
MidwestMen — 1. North Central (Ill.); 2. Washington (Mo.); 3. Wis.-La Crosse.Women — 1. Washington (Mo.); 2. Wis.-Eau Claire; 3. Wis.-LaCrosse. |
Great LakesMen — 1. Calvin; 2. Wabash; 3. Albion.Women — 1. Hope; 2. Calvin; 3. Ohio Northern. |
South/SoutheastMen — 1. Lynchburg; 2. Trinity (Texas); 3. Rhodes.Women — 1. Emory; 2. Rhodes; 3. Centre. |
CentralMen — 1. Hamline; 2. Nebraska Wesleyan; 3. Saint John's (Minn.)Women — 1. Nebraska Wesleyan; 2. Luther; 3. Wartburg. |
WestMen — 1. Willamette; 2. Whitworth 3. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.Women — 1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps; 2. Lewis & Clark; 3. Whittier. |
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