Huskies rewarded with number 13 ranking in USTFCCCA D1 coaches' poll after McNichols Invite...
NEW ORLEANS-- After entering the season unranked by the national voters in the pre season USTFCCCA Division I coaches poll , the University of Washington men's team were rewarded for their efforts at last week's John McNichols Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana by earning a number 13 ranking in the first in-season national poll, released Tuesday morning. The Huskies took down twelve teams ranked in the pre-season national top 30 at the McNichols Invitational, led by third year runner Tyrone Gorze (#811/UW Athletics photo) , who was their top finisher, placing 13th over the 8k course, where he ran 24:01. More telling than his 13th place finish was that the Huskies stacked four runners inside the top 50 starting with Josiah Tostenson's 41st place finish in 24:25, Nathan Neil 43rd in 24:26, Jamar Distel in 44th in the same time, and Isaac Briggs in 49th in 24:30. The Dawgs' 1-5 split was 29 seconds. Meanwhile, Washington State, which finished fifth at McNichols, dropped ...
