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Men's Cross Country Hold at No. 2; Women's Cross Country Moves to No. 20 in Latest National Poll

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its week two national poll on Wednesday, Sept. 24 with both the men's and women's team landing inside the top 20. The men's team held its No. 2 position in the top 30, while the women's squad moved back to No. 20.
 
The No. 20 women's team is in action next on Friday, Oct. 3 at the Paul Short Invitational in Bethlehem, Penn. The No. 2 men's squad is in action next on Saturday, Oct. 4 at home in the Dan Huston Invite.

Men's Poll - 2025 Week 2 - September 24th
RANK TEAM & INFO PTS CHANGE
1 uw-la-crosse UW-LA CROSSE
North Region (1)
WIAC
Derek Stanley (14th)
298
(8 fpv)
◀▶
(LW: 1)
2 wartburg WARTBURG
Midwest Region (1)
American Rivers
Ryan Chapman (10th)
292
(2 fpv)
◀▶
(LW: 2)
3 suny-geneseo SUNY GENESEO
Niagara Region (1)
Empire 8
Dan Moore (11th)
278 ◀▶
(LW: 3)
4 pomona-pitzer POMONA-PITZER
West Region (1)
SCIAC
Emma DeLira (2nd)
269 ◀▶
(LW: 4)
5 johns-hopkins JOHNS HOPKINS
Mid-Atlantic Region (1)
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (26th)
260 ◀▶
(LW: 5)
6 north-central-ill NORTH CENTRAL (ILL.)
Midwest Region (2)
CCIW
Matt Sinnott (4th)
247 ◀▶
(LW: 6)
7 tufts TUFTS
East Region (1)
NESCAC
Jamie Norton (2nd)
241 ▲ 4
(LW: 11)
8 williams WILLIAMS
Mideast Region (1)
NESCAC
Dusty López (3rd)
227 ▲ 1
(LW: 9)
9 claremont-mudd-scripps CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
West Region (2)
SCIAC
Marina Muncan (6th)
224 ▲ 8
(LW: 17)
10 rpi RPI
Mideast Region (2)
Liberty League
John Lynch (15th)
213 ▼ 2
(LW: 8)
11 st-olaf ST. OLAF
North Region (2)
MIAC
Brian Power (6th)
198 ▼ 4
(LW: 7)
12 hope HOPE
Great Lakes Region (1)
MIAA
Mark Northuis (38th)
182 ▲ 2
(LW: 14)
13 uw-whitewater UW-WHITEWATER
North Region (3)
WIAC
Jeff Miller (44th)
165 ▼ 3
(LW: 10)
14 carnegie-mellon CARNEGIE MELLON
Mid-Atlantic Region (2)
UAA
Tim Connelly (11th)
159 ◀▶
(LW: 14)
15 nyu NYU
Niagara Region (2)
UAA
Tyler Deck Shipley (5th)
158 ▼ 3
(LW: 12)
16 washington-and-lee WASHINGTON AND LEE
South Region (1)
ODAC
Brandon Spalding (13th)
150 ▲ 2
(LW: 18)
17 uw-stevens-point UW-STEVENS POINT
North Region (4)
WIAC
Thomas Bambach (4th)
144 ▼ 4
(LW: 13)
18 mit MIT
East Region (2)
NEWMAC
Riley Macon (4th)
137 ▼ 2
(LW: 16)
19 chicago CHICAGO
Midwest Region (3)
UAA
Chris Hall (25th)
126 ◀▶
(LW: 19)
20 wesleyan-conn WESLEYAN (CONN.)
Mideast Region (3)
NESCAC
Leo Mayo (5th)
120 ◀▶
(LW: 20)
21 lynchburg LYNCHBURG
South Region (2)
ODAC
Sam Llaneza (1st)
96 ▼ 1
(LW: 20)
22 washington-mo WASHINGTON (MO.)
Midwest Region (4)
UAA
Jeff Stiles (25th)
89 ▲ 6
(LW: 28)
23 amherst AMHERST
Mideast Region (4)
NESCAC
Hannah Chappell-Dick (3rd)
77 ◀▶
(LW: 23)
24 uw-platteville UW-PLATTEVILLE
North Region (5)
WIAC
James Akita (3rd)
67 ▼ 2
(LW: 22)
25 colorado-college COLORADO COLLEGE
West Region (3)
SCAC
Alex Nichols (6th)
57 ▼ 1
(LW: 24)
26 case-western-reserve CASE WESTERN RESERVE
Great Lakes Region (2)
UAA
Kathy Nortz Yohann (25th)
41 ▲ 1
(LW: 27)
27 loras LORAS
Midwest Region (5)
American Rivers
Ethan Adlfinger (2nd)
37 ▲ 3
(LW: 30)
28 tcnj TCNJ
Metro Region (1)
NJAC
Justin Lindsey (13th)
29 NR
28 lebanon-valley LEBANON VALLEY
Mid-Atlantic Region (3)
MAC
James O'Brien (18th)
29 ▼ 2
(LW: 26)
30 uw-eau-claire UW-EAU CLAIRE
North Region (6)
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (19th)
13 NR
Also Receiving Votes: UC Santa Cruz 10, Moravian 7, Middlebury 5, Otterbein 3, Emory 1, MSOE 1; Dropped Out: No. 25 Moravian, No. 29 Middlebury


Women's Poll - 2025 Week 2 - September 24th
RANK TEAM & INFO PTS CHANGE
1 mit MIT
East Region (1)
NEWMAC
Riley Macon (4th)
300
(10 fpv)
◀▶
(LW: 1)
2 williams WILLIAMS
Mideast Region (1)
NESCAC
Dusty López (3rd)
284 ◀▶
(LW: 2)
3 claremont-mudd-scripps CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
West Region (1)
SCIAC
Marina Muncan (6th)
278 ▲ 3
(LW: 6)
4 chicago CHICAGO
Midwest Region (1)
UAA
Chris Hall (25th)
275 ▼ 1
(LW: 3)
5 nyu NYU
Niagara Region (1)
UAA
Tyler Deck Shipley (5th)
258 ▼ 1
(LW: 4)
6 johns-hopkins JOHNS HOPKINS
Mid-Atlantic Region (1)
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (26th)
255 ▼ 1
(LW: 5)
7 carnegie-mellon CARNEGIE MELLON
Mid-Atlantic Region (2)
UAA
Tim Connelly (11th)
239 ◀▶
(LW: 7)
8 washington-mo WASHINGTON (MO.)
Midwest Region (2)
UAA
Jeff Stiles (25th)
223 ◀▶
(LW: 8)
9 amherst AMHERST
Mideast Region (2)
NESCAC
Hannah Chappell-Dick (3rd)
219 ◀▶
(LW: 9)
10 washington-and-lee WASHINGTON AND LEE
South Region (1)
ODAC
Mike Dager (12th)
210 ▲ 1
(LW: 11)
11 suny-geneseo SUNY GENESEO
Niagara Region (2)
Empire 8
Dan Moore (11th)
193 ▲ 2
(LW: 13)
11 carleton CARLETON
North Region (1)
MIAC
Donna Ricks (33rd)
193 ▲ 5
(LW: 16)
13 emory EMORY
South Region (2)
UAA
Linh Nguyen (7th)
179 ▲ 1
(LW: 14)
14 connecticut-college CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
Mideast Region (3)
NESCAC
Ned Bishop (41st)
176 ▼ 2
(LW: 12)
15 trine TRINE
Great Lakes Region (1)
MIAA
Zach Raber (13th)
155 ▲ 6
(LW: 21)
16 uw-la-crosse UW-LA CROSSE
North Region (2)
WIAC
Derek Stanley (14th)
146 ▼ 6
(LW: 10)
17 tufts TUFTS
East Region (2)
NESCAC
Jamie Norton (2nd)
140 ◀▶
(LW: 17)
18 vassar VASSAR
Mideast Region (4)
Liberty League
James McCowan (21st)
136 ▼ 3
(LW: 15)
19 uc-santa-cruz UC SANTA CRUZ
West Region (2)
C2C
David Klech (9th)
122 ▼ 1
(LW: 18)
20 wartburg WARTBURG
Midwest Region (3)
American Rivers
Ryan Chapman (10th)
107 ▼ 2
(LW: 18)
21 colorado-college COLORADO COLLEGE
West Region (3)
SCAC
Alex Nichols (6th)
96 ▲ 2
(LW: 23)
22 rpi RPI
Mideast Region (5)
Liberty League
John Lynch (15th)
89 ◀▶
(LW: 22)
23 st-olaf ST. OLAF
North Region (3)
MIAC
Erica Maker (8th)
82 ▼ 3
(LW: 20)
24 calvin CALVIN
Great Lakes Region (2)
MIAA
Nicole Kramer (4th)
70 ◀▶
(LW: 24)
25 middlebury MIDDLEBURY
Mideast Region (6)
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (15th)
56 ◀▶
(LW: 25)
26 pomona-pitzer POMONA-PITZER
West Region (4)
SCIAC
Emma DeLira (2nd)
46 ▲ 1
(LW: 27)
27 central-iowa CENTRAL (IOWA)
Midwest Region (4)
American Rivers
Joe Dunham (18th)
40 ▼ 1
(LW: 26)
28 uw-eau-claire UW-EAU CLAIRE
North Region (4)
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (19th)
28 ▲ 2
(LW: 30)
29 coast-guard COAST GUARD
Mideast Region (7)
NEWMAC
Greg Ahnrud (2nd)
26 ▼ 1
(LW: 28)
30 george-fox GEORGE FOX
West Region (5)
NWC
Mike Wilson (6th)
17 ▼ 1
(LW: 29)
Also Receiving Votes: John Carroll 7, Wesleyan (Conn.) 5; Dropped Out: (none)
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