Viking squads each move up one spot in latest USTFCCCA Division II coaches' poll...
NEW ORLEANS-- After the conference championships over the weekend, both Western Washington teams moved up in the latest USTFCCCA NCAA Division II cross country national coaches' poll. After winning the GNAC Championships for the fifth straight year, former number 10 Western Washington rose one spot in this week’s rankings to number 9. The Vikings, led by junior George Fernandez’s (Thomas Lai/GNAC photo) individual victory, took advantage of a fast day. Western Oregon is the only other men's team from the GNAC in the national top 30, checking in at number 28. The nation's top five men's teams are in order: Wingate, Adams State, Colorado School of Mines, Lee (Tenn.), and Grand Valley State. Like the men, the Western Washington women moved up one spot in the national poll to number 22 after winning its fifth straight GNAC title. The coaches' poll was not kind to GNAC runner-up Central Washington, as they dropped two spots to number 28 in the national poll. The women...
