NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Xavier University of Louisiana received one point Wednesday — the same number as this past week — in both of the NAIA Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 polls. But that pair of ones is significant.
For the Gold Nuggets, it's the first time since 2002 that they received a vote in consecutive polls, and it's the first time since that same season that they were mentioned in the poll entering the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships. For the XU men, it's the first time they received a vote this late in a season.
Both XU teams will compete Saturday in the GCAC meet at Choctaw Trails Course in Clinton, Miss. — women's race at 8 a.m., men's race at 8:30 — and both the Gold Nuggets and the Gold Rush are trying to win a sixth consecutive team championship. XU junior Matt Pieri is the defending men's individual champion.
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NAIA Women's Cross Country
Coaches' Top 25 Poll(first-place votes in parentheses)
Rank | Team | Points | Last |
1 | Azusa Pacific (21) | 652 | 1 |
2 | Cal State San Marcos (2) | 633 | 2 |
3 | British Columbia | 584 | 4 |
4 | College of Idaho | 576 | 8 |
5 | Friends | 572 | 6 |
6 | Olivet Nazarene | 570 | 5 |
7 | Northwest Christian | 529 | 3 |
8 | Biola | 516 | 7 |
9 | Concordia (Ore.) | 479 | 9 |
10 | Carroll (Mont.) | 459 | 11 |
11 | Morningside | 458 | 10 |
12 | The Master's | 423 | 12 |
13 | Saint Xavier | 371 | 13 |
14 | Lewis-Clark State | 359 | 15 |
15 | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | 355 | 14 |
16 | Westmont | 350 | 16 |
17 | Taylor | 309 | 17 |
18 | Indiana Wesleyan | 261 | 19 |
19 (tie) | Concordia (Neb.) | 260 | NR |
19 (tie) | Southern Oregon | 260 | 18 |
21 | Roberts Wesleyan | 246 | 20 |
22 | Rocky Mountain | 208 | NR |
23 | Dordt | 194 | 21 |
24 | Aquinas | 172 | 22 |
25 | Milligan | 155 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: Viterbo 114, Point Loma Nazarene 107, Shawnee State 80, Cornerstone 56, Eastern Oregon 35; Northwestern (Iowa) 23, SCAD Savannah 22, Judson (Ill.) 21, Spring Arbor 8, Northwest (Wash.) 7, Park 3, Grand View 3, Xavier 1,Southwestern (Kan.) 1, Huntington (Ind.) 1, Trinity Christian 1, Wayland Baptist 1, Cumberlands 1, Vanguard 1. |
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NAIA Men's Cross Country
Coaches' Top 25 Poll(first-place votes in parentheses)
Rank | Team | Points | Last |
1 | Oklahoma Christian (22) | 622 | 1 |
2 | Shorter | 589 | 2 |
3 | The Master's | 566 | 5 |
4 | Southern Oregon | 554 | 7 |
5 | Friends | 520 | 9 |
6 | Lewis-Clark State | 517 | 6 |
7 | Shawnee State | 491 | 8 |
8 | Cal State San Marcos | 485 | 4 |
9 | College of Idaho | 483 | 21 |
10 | Wayland Baptist | 451 | 10 |
11 | Concordia (Ore.) | 430 | 3 |
12 | Aquinas | 400 | 12 |
13 | Bryan | 387 | 13 |
14 | Westmont | 356 | 14 |
15 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 340 | 16 |
16 | Concordia (Neb.) | 305 | 15 |
17 | Oklahoma Baptist | 294 | 18 |
18 | Olivet Nazarene | 289 | 11 |
19 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 277 | 17 |
20 | Eastern Oregon | 258 | 19 |
21 | Biola | 243 | 20 |
22 | British Columbia | 179 | 22 |
23 | Siena Heights | 136 | 24 |
24 | Morningside | 124 | RV |
25 | SCAD Savannah | 111 | RV |
Others receiving votes: Graceland 98, Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 96, Vanguard 90, Berea 85, Carroll (Mont.) 48, Cornerstone 27, Azusa Pacific 24, Baker 20, Huntington (Ind.) 19, Rocky Mountain 8, Point Loma Nazarene 4, Cumberlands 3, Xavier 1, Dordt 1, Doane 1,
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By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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