Nov. 4, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Cedarville (Ohio) stayed No. 1 in the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.  The Yellow Jackets received 21 first place votes and 622 total points.

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) remained No. 2 with one first vote and 602 points while California State-San Marcos held its spot at No. 3 with 575 points.  Concordia (Calif.) stayed at No. 4 with 549 points and Malone (Ohio) rounded out the top-five with 544 points. 

Wayland Baptist (Texas) remained at No. 6 with 536 points while No. 7 Indiana Tech and No. 8 Biola (Calif.) flip-flopped from last week with 487 and 485 points respectively.  Black Hills State (S.D.) earned 460 points at No. 9 while Simon Fraser (B.C.) received 452 points at No. 10.

The final regular season top 25 poll will be released on Sunday, Nov. 9th.

2008 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Nov. 4

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Cedarville (Ohio)	21	622
2	2	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	1	602
3	3	California State-San Marcos		575
4	4	Concordia (Calif.)		549
5	4	Malone (Ohio)		544
6	6	Wayland Baptist (Texas)		536
7	8	Indiana Institute of Technology		487
8	7	Biola (Calif.)		485
9	9	Black Hills State (S.D.)		460
10	9	Simon Fraser (B.C.)		452
11	11	Indiana Wesleyan		431
12	12	College of Idaho (Idaho)		406
13	13	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)		385
14	14	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)		362
15	15	Shawnee State (Ohio)		338
16	16	Saint Xavier (Ill.)		293
17	17	Doane (Neb.)		284
18	18	Milligan (Tenn.)		257
19	19	Spring Arbor (Mich.)		238
20	20	Westmont (Calif.)		235
21	22	Concordia (Ore.)		229
22	21	Aquinas (Mich.)		200
23	23	Morningside (Iowa)		195
24	24	Concordia (Neb.)		159
25	25	Bethel (Ind.)		129

Others Receiving Votes: Lindenwood (Mo.) 113; British Columbia 103; William Woods (Mo.) 101; Hastings (Neb.) 71; Montreat (N.C.) 34; Evergreen State (Wash.) 24; Southwestern (Kan.) 14; Dordt (Iowa) 9; Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 9; Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) 4; Taylor (Ind.) 3; Park (Mo.) 1; Oklahoma Baptist 1; Houghton (N.Y.) 1; Union (Tenn.) 1; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 1.