Men's XC Remains In Top-Five

The Sooner men's squad also maintains its No. 2 spot in the Midwest Region

Sept. 11, 2012

The University of Oklahoma men’s cross country team remains at the No. 4 spot nationally, with 303 points, in the latest rankings provided by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) the New Orleans, La., based office announced today.

The Sooners follow No. 1 Wisconsin (355), No. 2 Oklahoma State (347) and No. 3 BYU (341). Colorado rounds out the top-five behind Oklahoma with 294 points.

Additionally, the men’s squad maintains their second-place spot in the Midwest region behind in-state foe Oklahoma State.

The group last competed at the Hurricane Cross Country Festival on Sept. 1 in Tulsa, Okla., which saw redshirt freshmen Brandon Doughty, Dan Shubert and Daniel Mazar join forces with redshirt sophomore Malcolm Wankel and senior Patrick Gomez to run against Oklahoma State, Tulsa, Northwestern State and John Brown.

The Sooner men will hit the road next weekend for the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, Sept. 22, while the women are headed to Joplin, Mo., this weekend for the Missouri Southern Stampede on Saturday, Sept. 15.

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USTFCCA NCAA Division I Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll
2012 Week No. 1 – September 11, 2012
Next ranking: September 18

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*XC Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Wisconsin (9)	355	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mick Byrne (5th)	1
2	Oklahoma State (2)	347	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (7th)	2
3	BYU (1)	341	Mountain	West Coast	Ed Eyestone (13th)	3
4	Oklahoma	303	Midwest	Big 12	Martin Smith (8th)	4
5	Colorado	294	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (18th)	5
6	Portland	292	West	West Coast	Rob Conner (23rd)	7
6	Texas	292	South Central	Big 12	John Hayes (6th)	6
8	Iona	276	Northeast	Metro Atlantic	Ricardo Santos (5th)	8
9	Stanford	263	West	Pac-12	Chris Miltenberg (1st)	9
10	Florida State	234	South	ACC	Bob Braman (13th)	10
11	NC State	229	Southeast	ACC	Rollie Geiger (35th)	11
12	Syracuse	221	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (8th)	12
13	Indiana	216	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Ron Helmer (6th)	13
14	Texas A&M	189	South Central	SEC	Pat Henry (9th)	15
15	Princeton	169	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Jason Vigilante (1st)	21
16	Georgetown	168	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Patrick Henner (14th)	14
17	Minnesota	149	Midwest	Big Ten	Steve Plasencia (17th)	18
18	Northern Arizona	139	Mountain	Big Sky	Eric Heins (6th)	17
19	Villanova	132	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Marcus O’Sullivan (13th)	16
20	Tulsa	125	Midwest	Conference USA	Steve Gulley (11th)	20
20	Michigan	125	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Alex Gibby (3rd)	19
22	Oregon	113	West	Pac-12	Vin Lananna (8th)	22
23	Arkansas	110	South Central	SEC	Chris Bucknam (5th)	23
24	New Mexico	87	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (6th)	24
25	Notre Dame	76	Great Lakes	Big East	Joe Piane (38th)	25
26	Washington State	64	West	Pac-12	Tim Riley (1st)	26
27	Eastern Kentucky	57	Southeast	Ohio Valley	Rick Erdmann (34th)	29
28	Columbia	48	Northeast	Ivy	Willy Wood (19th)	27
29	UCLA	45	West	Pac-12	Mike Maynard (4th)	30
30	Georgia	42	South	SEC	Patrick Cunniff (1st)	28
Others Receiving Votes: Ohio State 21, Providence 12, Virginia 11, North Carolina 9, Florida 5, William & Mary 5, Cal Poly 4, California 3, Iowa State 3, Weber State 3, Virginia Tech 2, Michigan State 1.
Dropped Out: none

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