WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM MOVES UP TWO SPOTS IN NATIONAL RANKINGS

Women Ranked 4th, Men Remain 18th

EDINBORO, PA - The Edinboro University women's cross country team moved up two spots from sixth to fourth in the latest NCAA Division II Cross Country Top 25. The men's team, meanwhile, remained in the 18th position. Edinboro returns to action on Wednesday, October 20 in the Tour de Scots at Wooster, Ohio.

Both teams turned in strong showings at the Willamette Invitational in Oregon this past weekend. Both the men and the women finished second, with the men's field featuring 29 teams and the women's 31 teams. California State-Chico, ranked third in both the men's and women's rankings, finished first. The men's team easily outdistanced the fighting Scots, winning 33 to 117. But the women's race was closer despite the final total of 48 to 82 points. There was just a one point difference bewteen the top three finishers for each team, but Edinboro's fourth and fifth runners finished 31st and 32nd, while Chico's were 15th and 16th.

~ Fighting Scots ~

RATING	TEAM
WOMEN'S NCAA DIVISION II CROSS COUNTRY RANKINGS
1.	Adams State
2.	Western State
3.	California State-Chico
4.	EDINBORO
5.	Grand Valley State
6.	Northern Michigan
7.	Harding
8.	Truman State
9.	Kennesaw State
10.	UC San Diego
11.	Alabama-Huntsville
12.	Tampa
13.	North Dakota
14.	Southern Indiana
15.	UC-Colorado Springs
16.	Wayne State(MI)
17.	Stonehill
18.	Ferris State
19.	Hillsdale
20.	Missouri Southern
21.	Colorado School of Mines
22.	Central Missouri
23.	Nebraska-Omaha
24.	South Dakota
25.	Indiana(Pa.)

RATING	TEAM
MEN'S NCAA DIVISION II CROSS COUNTRY RANKINGS
1.	Adams State
2.	Western State
3.	California State-Chico
4.	Abilene Christian
5.	Harding
6.	Grand Valley State
7.	Lock Haven
8.	UMass-Lowell
9.	South Dakota
10.	Minnesota-Mankato
11.	Hillsdale
12.	Lewis
13.	Shippensburg
14.	UC San Diego
15.	Cal Poly-Pomona
16.	Stonehill
17.	Colorado-Colorado Springs
18.	EDINBORO
19.	Southern Connecticut
20.	Minnesota-Duluth
21.	SIU-Edwardsville
22.	Kennesaw State
23.	Mars Hill
24.	Central Missouri
25.	Saginaw Valley State

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Created on ... October 5, 2004