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Both Men's and Women's Cross Country Featured in Latest USTFCCCA National Polls

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its week four national polls on Wednesday, Oct. 8 with both the men's (No. 2) and women's team (No. 21) remaining in the top 25 of the rankings.

Both the women's and men's teams will be in action next on Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Interregional Rumble hosted by Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill.

Men's Poll
2025 Week 4 - October 8th

RANK TEAM & INFO PTS CHANGE
1 uw-la-crosse UW-LA CROSSE
North Region (1)
WIAC
Derek Stanley (14th)
300
(10 fpv)
◀▶
(LW: 1)
2 wartburg WARTBURG
Midwest Region (1)
American Rivers
Ryan Chapman (10th)
290 ◀▶
(LW: 2)
3 johns-hopkins JOHNS HOPKINS
Mid-Atlantic Region (1)
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (26th)
280 ▲ 2
(LW: 5)
4 nyu NYU
Niagara Region (1)
UAA
Tyler Deck Shipley (5th)
262 ▲ 9
(LW: 13)
5 pomona-pitzer POMONA-PITZER
West Region (1)
SCIAC
Emma DeLira (2nd)
258 ▼ 1
(LW: 4)
6 north-central-ill NORTH CENTRAL (ILL.)
Midwest Region (2)
CCIW
Matt Sinnott (4th)
249 ◀▶
(LW: 6)
7 suny-geneseo SUNY GENESEO
Niagara Region (2)
Empire 8
Dan Moore (11th)
243 ▼ 4
(LW: 3)
8 williams WILLIAMS
Mideast Region (1)
NESCAC
Dusty López (3rd)
232 ▲ 1
(LW: 9)
9 tufts TUFTS
East Region (1)
NESCAC
Jamie Norton (2nd)
215 ▼ 2
(LW: 7)
10 claremont-mudd-scripps CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
West Region (2)
SCIAC
Marina Muncan (6th)
214 ▼ 2
(LW: 8)
11 rpi RPI
Mideast Region (2)
Liberty League
John Lynch (15th)
203 ▼ 1
(LW: 10)
12 amherst AMHERST
Mideast Region (3)
NESCAC
Hannah Chappell-Dick (3rd)
189 ▲ 13
(LW: 25)
13 uw-platteville UW-PLATTEVILLE
North Region (2)
WIAC
James Akita (3rd)
175 ▲ 11
(LW: 24)
14 chicago CHICAGO
Midwest Region (3)
UAA
Chris Hall (25th)
172 ▲ 4
(LW: 18)
15 carnegie-mellon CARNEGIE MELLON
Mid-Atlantic Region (2)
UAA
Tim Connelly (11th)
156 ◀▶
(LW: 15)
16 uw-stevens-point UW-STEVENS POINT
North Region (3)
WIAC
Thomas Bambach (4th)
146 ▲ 1
(LW: 17)
16 hope HOPE
Great Lakes Region (1)
MIAA
Mark Northuis (38th)
146 ▼ 4
(LW: 12)
18 washington-and-lee WASHINGTON AND LEE
South Region (1)
ODAC
Brandon Spalding (13th)
131 ▼ 2
(LW: 16)
19 lynchburg LYNCHBURG
South Region (2)
ODAC
Sam Llaneza (1st)
117 ▲ 3
(LW: 22)
19 washington-mo WASHINGTON (MO.)
Midwest Region (4)
UAA
Jeff Stiles (25th)
117 ▲ 1
(LW: 20)
21 lebanon-valley LEBANON VALLEY
Mid-Atlantic Region (3)
MAC
James O'Brien (18th)
96 ▲ 9
(LW: 30)
22 st-olaf ST. OLAF
North Region (4)
MIAC
Brian Power (6th)
86 ▼ 11
(LW: 11)
23 mit MIT
East Region (2)
NEWMAC
Riley Macon (4th)
79 ▼ 4
(LW: 19)
24 uc-santa-cruz UC SANTA CRUZ
West Region (3)
C2C
David Klech (9th)
65 ▼ 1
(LW: 23)
25 loras LORAS
Midwest Region (5)
American Rivers
Ethan Adlfinger (2nd)
64 ▲ 4
(LW: 29)
26 wesleyan-conn WESLEYAN (CONN.)
Mideast Region (4)
NESCAC
Leo Mayo (5th)
54 ▼ 5
(LW: 21)
27 case-western-reserve CASE WESTERN RESERVE
Great Lakes Region (2)
UAA
Kathy Nortz Yohann (25th)
39 ◀▶
(LW: 27)
28 middlebury MIDDLEBURY
Mideast Region (5)
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (15th)
24 NR
29 colorado-college COLORADO COLLEGE
West Region (4)
SCAC
Alex Nichols (6th)
23 ▼ 3
(LW: 26)
30 otterbein OTTERBEIN
Great Lakes Region (3)
OAC
Dara Ford (12th)
13
(LW: RV)
Also Receiving Votes: UW-Oshkosh 10, Mount Union 1, UW-Whitewater 1 | Dropped Out: No. 14 UW-Whitewater, No. 28 TCNJ

Women's Poll
2025 Week 4 - October 8th
RANK TEAM & INFO PTS CHANGE
1 nyu NYU
Niagara Region (1)
UAA
Tyler Deck Shipley (5th)
296
(6 fpv)
▲ 4
(LW: 5)
2 williams WILLIAMS
Mideast Region (1)
NESCAC
Dusty López (3rd)
286
(3 fpv)
◀▶
(LW: 2)
3 johns-hopkins JOHNS HOPKINS
Mid-Atlantic Region (1)
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (26th)
280 ▲ 3
(LW: 6)
4 claremont-mudd-scripps CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
West Region (1)
SCIAC
Marina Muncan (6th)
273
(1 fpv)
▼ 2
(LW: 2)
5 mit MIT
East Region (1)
NEWMAC
Riley Macon (4th)
265 ▼ 4
(LW: 1)
6 uw-la-crosse UW-LA CROSSE
North Region (1)
WIAC
Derek Stanley (14th)
250 ▲ 10
(LW: 16)
7 chicago CHICAGO
Midwest Region (1)
UAA
Chris Hall (25th)
238 ▼ 3
(LW: 4)
8 carnegie-mellon CARNEGIE MELLON
Mid-Atlantic Region (2)
UAA
Tim Connelly (11th)
227 ▼ 1
(LW: 7)
9 washington-mo WASHINGTON (MO.)
Midwest Region (2)
UAA
Jeff Stiles (25th)
216 ▼ 1
(LW: 8)
10 carleton CARLETON
North Region (2)
MIAC
Donna Ricks (33rd)
214 ▲ 1
(LW: 11)
11 suny-geneseo SUNY GENESEO
Niagara Region (2)
Empire 8
Dan Moore (11th)
202 ▲ 1
(LW: 12)
12 amherst AMHERST
Mideast Region (2)
NESCAC
Hannah Chappell-Dick (3rd)
189 ▼ 3
(LW: 9)
13 middlebury MIDDLEBURY
Mideast Region (3)
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (15th)
178 ▲ 12
(LW: 25)
14 washington-and-lee WASHINGTON AND LEE
South Region (1)
ODAC
Mike Dager (12th)
175 ▼ 4
(LW: 10)
15 emory EMORY
South Region (2)
UAA
Linh Nguyen (7th)
155 ▼ 2
(LW: 13)
16 connecticut-college CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
Mideast Region (4)
NESCAC
Ned Bishop (41st)
144 ▼ 2
(LW: 14)
17 trine TRINE
Great Lakes Region (1)
MIAA
Zach Raber (13th)
138 ▼ 2
(LW: 15)
18 tufts TUFTS
East Region (2)
NESCAC
Jamie Norton (2nd)
131 ▼ 1
(LW: 17)
19 vassar VASSAR
Mideast Region (5)
Liberty League
James McCowan (21st)
117 ▼ 1
(LW: 18)
20 uc-santa-cruz UC SANTA CRUZ
West Region (2)
C2C
David Klech (9th)
114 ▼ 1
(LW: 19)
21 wartburg WARTBURG
Midwest Region (3)
American Rivers
Ryan Chapman (10th)
108 ▼ 1
(LW: 20)
22 colorado-college COLORADO COLLEGE
West Region (3)
SCAC
Alex Nichols (6th)
87 ▼ 1
(LW: 21)
23 uw-eau-claire UW-EAU CLAIRE
North Region (3)
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (19th)
75 ▲ 4
(LW: 27)
24 calvin CALVIN
Great Lakes Region (2)
MIAA
Nicole Kramer (4th)
72 ◀▶
(LW: 24)
25 rpi RPI
Mideast Region (6)
Liberty League
John Lynch (15th)
65 ▼ 3
(LW: 22)
26 st-olaf ST. OLAF
North Region (4)
MIAC
Erica Maker (8th)
49 ▼ 3
(LW: 23)
27 coast-guard COAST GUARD
Mideast Region (7)
NEWMAC
Greg Ahnrud (2nd)
35 ▲ 2
(LW: 29)
28 pomona-pitzer POMONA-PITZER
West Region (4)
SCIAC
Emma DeLira (2nd)
28 ▼ 2
(LW: 26)
29 central-iowa CENTRAL (IOWA)
Midwest Region (4)
American Rivers
Joe Dunham (18th)
19 ▼ 1
(LW: 28)
30 wesleyan-conn WESLEYAN (CONN.)
Mideast Region (8)
NESCAC
Leo Mayo (5th)
15
(LW: RV)
Also Receiving Votes: Hope 9 | Dropped Out: No. 30 George Fox
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