Oct. 28, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Cedarville (Ohio) collected all 21 first place votes and 591 total points to move back to No. 1 in the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. 

Azusa Pacific (Calif.), who held the top spot for two weeks, dropped to No. 2 with 572 total points.  California State-San Marcos remained at No. 3 for the third consecutive week with 545 points.  Concordia (Calif.) moved up a spot and tied with Malone (Ohio) at No. 4 with 518 points.  Wayland Baptist (Texas) (502 points) climbed four spots to No. 6 while No. Biola (Calif.) dropped a spot with 462 points.  Indiana Tech also moved up a spot this week to No. 8 with 460 points while Black Hills State (S.D.) and Simon Fraser (B.C.) each received 439 points at No. 9.

Spring Arbor (Mich.), Morningside (Iowa) and Bethel (Ind.) all moved back into the top-25 at No. 19, No. 23 and No. 25 respectively.

The ninth regular season top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, Nov. 4th.

2008 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Oct. 28

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	2	Cedarville (Ohio)	21	591
2	1	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)		572
3	3	California State-San Marcos		545
4	5	Concordia (Calif.)		518
4	4	Malone (Ohio)		518
6	10	Wayland Baptist (Texas)		502
7	6	Biola (Calif.)		462
8	9	Indiana Institute of Technology		460
9	8	Black Hills State (S.D.)		439
9	7	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		439
11	11	Indiana Wesleyan		413
12	15	College of Idaho (Idaho)		385
13	12	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		367
14	16	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		341
15	17	Shawnee State (Ohio)		320
16	18	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		263
17	22	Doane (Neb.)		254
18	19	Milligan (Tenn.)		232
19	RV	Spring Arbor (Mich.)		222
20	20	Westmont (Calif.)		216
21	12	Aquinas (Mich.)		203
22	21	Concordia (Ore.)		202
23	RV	Morningside (Iowa)		193
24	13	Concordia (Neb.)		158
25	RV	Bethel (Ind.)		126

Others Receiving Votes: British Columbia 123; Lindenwood (Mo.) 112; William Woods (Mo.) 90; Hastings (Neb.) 68; Montreat (N.C.) 41; Evergreen State (Wash.) 23; Southwestern (Kan.) 21; Dordt (Iowa) 12; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 9; Taylor (Ind.) 7; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 5; Oklahoma Baptist 3; Houghton (N.Y.) 1; Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) 1.