NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Xavier University of Louisiana received one point in both of the NAIA Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 polls for the third straight week. But a bigger national stage awaits the Gold Nuggets and Gold Rush next month.
On Saturday the Nuggets and the Rush won Gulf Coast Athletic Conference team championships and the GCAC's automatic bids to the NAIA National Championships on Nov. 19 at Vancouver, Wash. It was the sixth straight year that both XU teams won the GCAC titles and the third time in four years that both qualified for nationals.
"We won't race again until nationals," seventh-year coach Joseph Moses said. "We can use the break. It'll give us enough time to rest and heal and prepare for nationals."
There will be one more poll before the national meet — it will be announced Nov. 6 — followed by a postseason poll Nov. 23.
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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 (21) | 591 | 1 |
| 2 | Shorter | 567 | 2 |
| 3 | The Master's | 533 | 3 |
| 4 | Southern Oregon | 527 | 4 |
| 5 | Shawnee State | 513 | 7 |
| 6 | Friends | 512 | 5 |
| 7 | Lewis-Clark State | 485 | 6 |
| 8 | Cal State San Marcos | 454 | 8 |
| 9 | Aquinas | 417 | 12 |
| 10 | Oklahoma Baptist | 407 | 17 |
| 11 | College of Idaho | 393 | 9 |
| 12 | Bryan | 376 | 13 |
| 13 | Concordia (Ore.) | 353 | 11 |
| 14 | Westmont | 348 | 14 |
| 15 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 327 | 15 |
| 16 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 311 | 19 |
| 17 | Wayland Baptist | 294 | 10 |
| 18 | Olivet Nazarene | 276 | 18 |
| 19 | Concordia (Neb.) | 265 | 16 |
| 20 | Eastern Oregon | 237 | 20 |
| 21 | Biola | 216 | 21 |
| 22 | British Columbia | 175 | 22 |
| 23 | Siena Heights | 166 | 23 |
| 24 | SCAD Savannah | 151 | 25 |
| 25 | Morningside | 134 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Cornerstone 74, Cumberlands 65, Graceland 43, Milligan 41, Vanguard 38, Great Falls 34, Huntington(Ind.) 32, Rocky Mountain 16, Dordt 13,Berea 12, Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 12, Baker 8,Point Loma Nazarene 4, Xavier 1, Goshen 1,Carroll (Mont.) 1, Dakota State 1, LubbockChristian 1. |
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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 (18) | 649 | 1 |
| 2 | Cal State San Marcos (5) | 636 | 2 |
| 3 | British Columbia | 592 | 3 |
| 4 | College of Idaho | 583 | 4 |
| 5 | Friends | 573 | 5 |
| 6 | Olivet Nazarene | 567 | 6 |
| 7 | Northwest Christian | 523 | 7 |
| 8 | Biola | 507 | 8 |
| 9 | Concordia (Ore.) | 475 | 9 |
| 10 | Carroll (Mont.) | 470 | 10 |
| 11 | Morningside | 450 | 11 |
| 12 | Westmont | 407 | 16 |
| 13 | The Master's | 370 | 12 |
| 14 | Lewis-Clark State | 361 | 14 |
| 15 | Concordia (Neb.) | 358 | tie-19 |
| 16 | Shawnee State | 338 | RV |
| 17 | Indiana Wesleyan | 324 | 18 |
| 18 | Aquinas | 291 | 24 |
| 19 | Roberts Wesleyan | 257 | 21 |
| 20 | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | 238 | 15 |
| 21 | Saint Xavier | 221 | 13 |
| 22 | Southern Oregon | 219 | tie-19 |
| 23 | Dordt | 189 | 23 |
| 24 | Taylor | 188 | 17 |
| 25 | Milligan | 132 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Rocky Mountain 106, Eastern Oregon 101, Viterbo 84, Spring Arbor 61, Point Loma Nazarene 50, Wayland Baptist 25, Northwestern (Iowa) 24, Trinity Christian 19, Texas Wesleyan 11, Cornerstone 6, Huntington (Ind.) 3, Shorter 3, Xavier 1, Park 1, Cumberlands 1, Vanguard 1. |
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By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
VISIT: XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
VISIT: XULAATHLETICS
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Xavier University of Louisiana received one point in both of the NAIA Cross Country Coaches' Top 25 polls for the third straight week. But a bigger national stage awaits the Gold Nuggets and Gold Rush next month.
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