Both CU XC Teams Ranked Eighth In Latest Polls

NEW ORLEANS — After getting their first significant races of the season under their feet, the University of Colorado saw both of its cross country teams earn a No. 8 ranking in the latest edition of the USTFCCCA Division I Polls, which were released Tuesday.

The CU women have been ranked eighth since the preseason poll, while the men made their first movement in the rankings. They jumped up four spots from 12^th to eighth after finishing third at the Cowboy Invitational, September 18, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Buffalo men tied Oklahoma State's men with 62 points in the team race (the results were updated Tuesday morning on TFRRS.org) however, after the tiebreaker, finished third. Northern Arizona won the meet with 40 points.

Eduardo Herrera finished second to lead the Buffaloes and was followed by four newcomers (all graduate transfers). Brendan Fraser (Notre Dame) took eighth, Stephen Jones (Mississippi State) placed 12th, Andrew Kent (Georgia Tech) finished 20th and Charlie Sweeney (Western Colorado) was 23rd.

Colorado won the women's race, defeating OSU 30-33 (again the results were recently updated on TFRRS.org). Emily Covert placed third to lead the Buffs and was followed by Abby Nichols (fifth), India Johnson (sixth), Rachel McArthur (seventh) and Kaitlyn Barthell (ninth) for the team score.

BYU and NC State are tied for first in the women's poll. BYU recorded seven of the 11 first-place votes while NC State received the remaining four. Both teams earned 323 points. New Mexico is third this week while Arkansas is fourth and Alabama is fifth.

In the men's rankings, NAU stayed on top with 329 points while Notre Dame remained second. BYU and Stanford are tied for third and Oklahoma State rounded out the top five.

There was no change in the regional rankings for either team. CU's men remained third behind NAU and BYU while the women stayed fourth behind BYU, New Mexico and Northern Arizona.

Colorado's next race is the NCAA Pre-National Invitational, October 15, in Tallahassee, Fla., which is the site of the 2021 NCAA Championships.

USTFCCCA Women's Poll – Week #2 – Sept. 21

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points
1	BYU (7)	323
1	NC State (4)	323
3	New Mexico	302
4	Arkansas	279
5	Alabama	270
6	Michigan State	268
7	Stanford	260
8	Colorado	250
9	Washington	225
10	Minnesota	224
11	Michigan	214
12	Northern Arizona	195
13	North Carolina	182
14	Oklahoma State	172
15	Ole Miss	166
16	Georgetown	157
17	Boise State	143
18	Notre Dame	125
19	Indiana	121
20	Florida State	118
21	Illinois	113
22	Connecticut	93
23	Oregon State	85
24	Oregon	63
25	Colorado State	60
26	Providence	55
27	Furman	52
28	Princeton	50
29	Wisconsin	44
30	Iowa State	43

USTFCCCA Men's Poll –Week #2 – Sept. 21

Rank	Team (FPV)	Points
1	Northern Arizona	329
2	Notre Dame	312
3	BYU	295
3	Stanford	295
5	Oklahoma State	290
6	Arkansas	261
7	Oregon	260
8	Colorado	249
9	Butler	226
10	Iowa State	219
11	Tulsa	210
12	Iona	203
13	Washington	197
14	Wisconsin	174
15	Alabama	162
15	Wake Forest	162
17	Utah State	141
18	Furman	128
19	Portland	126
20	Ole Miss	120
21	Texas	102
22	Villanova	74
23	North Carolina	69
24	Michigan	64
25	Gonzaga	59
26	Michigan State	55
27	Indiana	50
28	Purdue	42
29	Florida State	37
30	Weber State	36

Colorado University Athletics

Players Mentioned

Kaitlyn Barthell

Emily Covert

Brendan Fraser

Eduardo Herrera

India Johnson

Stephen Jones

Andrew Kent

Rachel McArthur

Abby Nichols

Charlie Sweeney

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