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No. 14
NC State was the biggest mover of the week following a nine spot improvement. The Wolfpack added three top-10 nationally ranked marks at the Camel City Invitational. Individually,
Hannah Steelman notched the seventh best time in the 3000 (9:00.70c/9:05.33) and
Kelsey Chimel ran the 10th fastest 5000 (15:50.94c/15:58.22). The Wolfpack DMR ran 11:08.74 (11:15.90) for the No. 8 time on the Descending Order List, finishing second to
Virginia Tech (No. 6, 11:04.66c/11:11.78) and ahead of third place
West Virginia (No. 10, 11:09.64c/11:16.81).
Kansas State improved their ranking by three spots to No. 22. The top Wildcat from their own KSU Steve Miller Invitational was
Taylor Latimer with the No. 16 mark in the shot put.
For the fourth time this season and eighth consecutive week,
Arkansas is ranked No. 1 after receiving nine first-place votes. The Razorbacks competed during the fall segment and closed it out with its eighth consecutive SEC Championship, winning the title by 16 points over runner-up Alabama, 41-57.
Lauren Gregory led Arkansas in fourth place.
BYU moved up one spot to No. 2. While the Cougars rested some of its top athletes due to a split in the schedule between indoor and cross country, they took the opportunity to show off their depth. BYU won the Silver State Collegiate Challenge by 15 points over Boise State, 46-61.
NEW ORLEANS – We are less than six weeks out from the
2020 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships that were postponed to March 15, 2021 from its original date of November 21, 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. What better time to debut the first edition of the
NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country
Regional Rankings for the season than now?
Although there are no Regional Championships contested this year to determine who automatically advances to the championship meet, the first edition of the rankings shows how things are playing out.
NOTE: Only those teams who have competed or have an intention to compete prior to the conclusion of the season are eligible for a regional ranking.