Cross Country Moves Into Nation's Top 20

NEW YORK - Following an impressive second-place finish in the 8k Greater Louisville Classic on Saturday, the Columbia men's cross country team catapulted up the latest USTFCCCA NCAA Division I National Cross Country Coaches' Poll to an all-time best No. 17 ranking.

After finishing ahead of big conference opponents like Georgia, Missouri, Texas, and Louisville, the Lions jumped 11-spots in the rankings. Columbia's previous highest ranking was at No. 18 in week 4 of the 2011 season.

The women's cross-country team made a one-spot climb to No. 23 in this week's poll. They stand at No. 2 in the Northeast regional poll only behind league opponent Cornell.

The Lions will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 5 in the Metropolitan Championships held at Van Cortlandt Park.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2012 Week #4 — October 2
next poll: October 16 (next week off)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Cross Country Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Wisconsin (8)	352	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mick Byrne (5th)	1
2	Oklahoma State (2)	347	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (7th)	2
3	BYU (2)	343	Mountain	West Coast	Ed Eyestone (13th)	3
4	Oklahoma	315	Midwest	Big 12	Martin Smith (8th)	4
5	Iona	301	Northeast	Metro Atlantic	Ricardo Santos (5th)	8
5	Portland	301	West	West Coast	Rob Conner (23rd)	5
7	Colorado	286	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (18th)	7
8	Stanford	263	West	Pac-12	Chris Miltenberg (1st)	9
9	Tulsa	258	Midwest	Conference USA	Steve Gulley (11th)	20
10	Syracuse	242	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (8th)	11
11	Princeton	235	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Jason Vigilante (1st)	17
12	Villanova	212	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Marcus O'Sullivan (13th)	22
13	Notre Dame	196	Great Lakes	Big East	Joe Piane (38th)	24
14	Florida State	193	South	ACC	Bob Braman (13th)	10
15	Oregon	184	West	Pac-12	Robert Johnson (1st)	23
16	Minnesota	156	Midwest	Big Ten	Steve Plasencia (17th)	16
17	Columbia	148	Northeast	Ivy	Willy Wood (19th)	28
18	Northern Arizona	147	Mountain	Big Sky	Eric Heins (6th)	19
19	Arkansas	136	South Central	SEC	Chris Bucknam (5th)	17
20	Georgetown	125	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Patrick Henner (14th)	15
20	Eastern Kentucky	125	Southeast	Ohio Valley	Rick Erdmann (34th)	25
22	Texas	124	South Central	Big 12	John Hayes (6th)	6
23	William and Mary	121	Southeast	Colonial	Stephen Walsh (3rd)	NR
24	Michigan	68	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Alex Gibby (3rd)	26
24	Georgia	68	South	SEC	Patrick Cunniff (1st)	RV
26	Indiana	57	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Ron Helmer (6th)	11
27	UCLA	54	West	Pac-12	Mike Maynard (4th)	30
28	New Mexico	52	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (6th)	21
29	Virginia	45	Southeast	ACC	Peter Watson (1st)	27
30	Missouri	35	Midwest	SEC	Joe Lynn (2nd)	NR

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2012 Week #4 — October 2
next poll: October 16 (next week off)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Cross Country Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Florida State (11)	359	South	ACC	Karen Harvey (6th)	2
2	Arizona	336	West	Pac-12	James Li (11th)	12
3	Washington	332	West	Pac-12	Greg Metcalf (11th)	1
4	Oregon (1)	327	West	Pac-12	Robert Johnson (1st)	3
5	Iowa State	308	Midwest	Big 12	Corey Ihmels (6th)	5
6	Georgetown	294	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Michael Smith (1st)	4
7	Stanford	275	West	Pac-12	Chris Miltenberg (1st)	6
8	Michigan	267	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mike McGuire (21st)	11
9	Cornell	246	Northeast	Ivy	Artie Smith (14th)	RV
10	Michigan State	237	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Walt Drenth (9th)	14
11	Arkansas	229	South Central	SEC	Lance Harter (23rd)	10
12	Vanderbilt	202	South	SEC	Steve Keith (7th)	8
13	Weber State	188	Mountain	Big Sky	Paul Pilkington (6th)	16
14	Penn State	177	Mid-Atlantic	Big Ten	Beth Alford-Sullivan (14th)	17
15	Toledo	168	Great Lakes	Mid-American	Kevin Hadsell (15th)	22
16	Notre Dame	163	Great Lakes	Big East	Tim Connelly (25th)	20
17	William and Mary	157	Southeast	Colonial	Stephen Walsh (3rd)	NR
18	Colorado	153	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (18th)	15
19	New Mexico	152	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (6th)	19
20	San Francisco	142	West	West Coast	Helen Lehman-Winters (10th)	18
21	Boston College	137	Northeast	ACC	Randy Thomas (21st)	13
22	Oklahoma State	120	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (4th)	23
23	Columbia	105	Northeast	Ivy	Willy Wood (19th)	24
24	Villanova	98	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Gina Procaccio (13th)	9
25	Butler	83	Great Lakes	Atlantic 10	Matt Roe (6th)	21
26	NC State	74	Southeast	ACC	Laurie Henes (7th)	25
27	Minnesota	59	Midwest	Big Ten	Gary Wilson (28th)	RV
28	Providence	58	Northeast	Big East	Ray Treacy (29th)	7
29	Wisconsin	29	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Jim Stintzi (9th)	29
30	Yale	23	Northeast	Ivy	Amy Gosztyla (2nd)	NR

Schedule

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Week #4 — October 2

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I

Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Week #4 — October 2

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