Washington State men move up seven spots in latest USTFCCCA Division I coaches' poll...
In the men’s national rankings, the Cougars, who finished fifth at the Pac-12s, moved seven spots from number 29 to number 22, led by senior Chandler Teigen’s (left/photo by Paul Merca) seventh place finish.
Washington State was the biggest mover in the national poll, and puts the team in a position to return to the top 20 with a strong showing at the NCAA West Regionals in Sacramento on November 9th.
The University of Washington maintained their number 7 ranking from the previous poll, despite their highest ever team finish at the Pac-12 championships, where they took second behind team champion Stanford.
The nation’s top five men’s teams are in order: Northern Arizona, BYU, Wisconsin, Portland, and Stanford.
Other Pac-12 teams in the top 30 include number 8 Colorado, number 11 Oregon, and number 24 UCLA, which sets up the possibility of a nationally ranked team(s) from the West region being left out of the NCAA championships.
Besides the Portland Pilots (Colorado and Utah are the only Pac-12 schools that competes in the Mountain Region), other teams in the West Region ranked nationally include number 9 Boise State, and number 28 Gonzaga, which dropped two spots, after making it to the national top 30 for the first time in program history after the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals.
On the women’s side, the Washington Huskies dropped one spot to number 17 after finishing fourth at the Pac-12s.
The nation’s top five teams in order are: New Mexico, Oregon, Boise State, Colorado, and Arkansas.
The only other Pac-12 school ranked is number 6 Stanford. The only other team from the West Region not in the Pac-12 ranked nationally is number 19 Portland.
The USTFCCCA Division I national coaches’ poll is available here.
UW ALUM LINDSAY FLANAGAN FINISHES 13TH AT FRANKFURT MARATHON
University of Washington alum Lindsay Flanagan finished 13th Sunday at the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in Germany.
Flanagan, who currently resides in Boulder, Colorado, ran 2:29:25, which gave her a 13th place finish in the women’s division, and a new personal best, beating her old PR of 2:29:28, set two years ago in this same race.
Meskerem Assefa of Ethiopia was the women’s winner in 2:20:36.
Results of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon are available here.
NOTE: The USTFCCCA and the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon contributed to this report.
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