Oct. 18, 2000

After several successful races at recent meets, the University of Arizona men's and women's cross country teams have both moved into the top-10 of the NCAA Division I Cross Country polls.

The women's team made the biggest move in all of the Oct. 16 FinishLynx poll, jumping from No. 15 in the Oct. 9 ranking to No. 8 this week. The Wildcat women finished seventh out of 56 teams, with junior Tara Chaplin (10th) and senior Katrin Engelen (22nd) both finishing amongst the top-25 runners, at the Pre-NCAA Invitational in Ames, Iowa, last Saturday.

Arizona's men dropped one spot in this week's Mondo Men's Cross Country poll, but remained in the top-10 at No. 10. Led by an 11th-place finish by junior Mike Cramer at the Pre-NCAA meet, the Wildcats finished sixth of 53 teams.

The Wildcats will rest this weekend, but resume competition Oct. 28 at the Pacific-10 Conference Championships in Seattle, Wash. The teams then will compete at the NCAA West Regional in Fresno, Calif., Nov. 11, before returning to Ames for the NCAA Championships Nov. 20.

FinishLynx Women's Cross Country Poll

Rank Team Points

1. Brigham Young (12) 300

2. Stanford 288

3. Wisconsin 275

4. Arizona State 262

5. Colorado 250

6. Washington 236

7. Boston College 230

8. Arizona 207

9. Kansas State 190

10. Georgetown 176

11. Arkansas 166

12. Michigan 159

13. North Carolina St   158

14. Colorado State 140

15. Yale 138

16. Minnesota 123

17. Providence 117

19. Villanova 90

20. Marquette 72

21. Texas A&M 64

22. Brown 48

23. Wake Forest 41

24. West Virginia 32

25. Virginia 20

Also Receiving Votes: Texas Christian 5, Columbia 4, South Florida 1, Oregon 1.

MONDO Men's Cross Country Poll

Rank Team Points

1. Colorado (7) 390

2. Arkansas (4) 378

3. Stanford (5) 375

4. Providence 344

5. Northern Arizona 337

6. Wisconsin 310

7. Brigham Young 301

8. Georgetown 281

9. Iona 280

10. Arizona 262

11. Oklahoma State 225

12. Duke 216

13. Oregon 197

14. North Carolina St   191

15. Weber State 174

16. Michigan State 171

17. Notre Dame 154

18. Penn State 120

19. Eastern Michigan 107

20. William & Mary 95

21. Villanova 73

22. Colorado State 68

23. Nebraska 46

24t. Indiana 27

24t. Princeton 27

Also Receiving Votes: Texas 15, Washington 12, South Florida 9, Arizona State 8, St. Francis (Pa.) 8, Ohio State 1.