The Augustana women's cross country team cracked the top 5 in the national rankings, grabbing the No. 5 spot in this week's USTFCCCA Division II Women's Cross Country national rankings as well as the No. 3 ranking in the North Central Regional rankings, the USTFCCCA announced.
The Vikings are coming off a first-place finish at the St. Mary Invitational on Sept. 1. In that race, Augie placed 7 runners in the top 11. It is the only race the Vikings have participated in this season.
Augustana returns to competition this week at the 22nd Annual Roy Griak Invitational, hosted by the University of Minnesota, on Saturday, Sept. 29. The Vikings will be 1 of 31 Division II and NAIA teams competing in the Maroon II race. All of the North Central Conference schools except Nebraska-Omaha will be participating in the race, which is scheduled to start at 9:45 a.m.
USTFCCCA Division II Women’s Cross Country Top 25 PollSept. 26, 20071. Adams State
2. Western State
3. Grand Valley State
4. Cal State Los Angeles
5. Augustana (S.D.)6. Chico State
7. Seattle Pacific
8. Wisconsin Parkside
9. Missouri Southern
10. UC San Diego
11. Abilene Christian
12. Pittsburg State
13. Kutztown
14. North Dakota
15. Bloomsburg
16. Southwest Baptist
17. Minnesota Duluth
18. Findlay
19. Wayne State (Mich.)
20. Edinboro
21. Alabama Huntsville
22. Tampa
23. Stonehill
24. Harding
25. (tie) Dallas Baptist
25. (tie) Southern Indiana
USTFCCCA Division II Women’s Cross Country North Central Regional PollSept. 25, 20071. Adams State
2. Western State
3. Augustana 4. North Dakota
5. Minnesota-Duluth
6. Nebraska-Kearney
7. South Dakota
8. Nebraska-Omaha
9. Wayne State (Neb.)
10. Mesa State
