Washington women remain in USTFCCCA D1 national top three after Big Tens...
NEW ORLEANS-- With the conference championships in the rear view mirror, the Washington women's and men's cross country teams find themselves ranked number 3 and 12, respectively, in the latest USTFCCCA Division I national coaches' poll , released Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Gonzaga women's team, coming off their first West Coast Conference championship title since 2015, are ranked number 21 in this week's poll, down five from number 16. At the Big Ten Conference meet last Friday in Savoy, Illinois, the Washington women finished second behind pre-season favorite Oregon, which entered the championship meet ranked number 17, despite not running most of their top runners over the early part of the season. The Ducks, led by Silan Ayyildiz, who ran in her season debut, and Maddy Elmore, who raced for the second time this season, finished 1-2 in the race, and placed all five scorers in the top twelve to score a 33-60 victory over the Huskies. In contrast, Washington put six
