Malone a solid No. 1
by NAIA Sports Information
10/14/2008 9:05:25 PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Malone received 19 first place votes to remain No. 1 in the NAIA men’s cross country coaches’ Top 25 poll for the sixth straight week. The Pioneers received 560 total points.
Azusa Pacific (Calif.) earned one first place vote and moved up a spot to No. 2 with 533 points while Embry-Riddle (Fla.) dropped to No. 3 with 525 points. Indiana Tech jumped up three spots to No. 4 with 511 points and No. 5 California State-San Marcos held its spot with 468 points.
Aquinas (Mich.) dropped two spots to No. 6 while Concordia (Neb.) fell one spot to No. 7 with 462 and 457 points, respectively. The next two spots remained the same from last week as No. 8 Southern Oregon, 442 points; and No. 9 Huntington (Ind.), 421 points, held their spots. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) rounds out the top-10 with 395 points.
Shawnee State moved up two positions to No. 24. Cedarville fell out of the Top 25 and joins Houghton among "Others Receiving Votes."
[2008 NAIA MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TOP 25 - Rating #6]