Lowell Men Hang Tough in NE Collegiate XC Poll (Oct. 21)

The New England Collegiate Cross Country Poll is voted by New England

college coaches. It is conducted by the New England Intercollegiate Amateur

Athletic Association and is distributed every Tuesday throughout the cross

country season. The results of every week's poll can be found on the

associationå_s web site, http://www.neicaaa.org.



Men's Poll



Rank  School (First)       Points   LW

1.    Providence (20)         506    1

2.    Dartmouth               495    3

3.    UMass Lowell (1)        456    2

4.    Massachusetts           450    6

5.    Brown                   443    5

6.    New Hampshire           423    4

7.    Harvard                 368   10

8.    Boston University       363    7

9.    Yale                    337   12

10.   Amherst College         332    8

11.   Boston College          322   11

Williams                322    9

13.   Stonehill               302   12

14.   Quinnipiac              236   14

15.   Keene State             220   16

16.   MIT                     212   15

17.   Maine                   184   18

18.   Southern Connecticut    171   17

19.   Vermont                 138   19

20.   Trinity                  95   23

21.   Connecticut              82   24

22.   Sacred Heart             80   20

23.   Tufts                    56   22

24.   Holy Cross               51   21

25.   Coast Guard              49   NR



Others receiving votes: Bowdoin 47, Brandeis 37, Middlebury 15, Bates 10,

Southern Maine 9, Wesleyan 5, Connecticut College 4, Fitchburg 2, Rhode

Island 2, Fairfield 1.



Women's Poll



Rank  School (First)       Points   LW

1.    Providence (17)         425    1

2.    Boston College          407    2

3.    Brown                   390    3

4.    Williams                350    4

5.    Boston University       329    5

6.    Harvard                 328    6

7.    Dartmouth               296    7

8.    Middlebury              290    8

9.    Yale                    289   10

10.   New Hampshire           282   11

11.   Amherst College         270    9

12.   Northeastern            253   13

13.   Quinnipiac              226   11

14.   MIT                     171   15

15.   Colby                   167   14

16.   Tufts                   140   16

17.   Stonehill               136   19

18.   Vermont                 121   17

19.   Holy Cross              120   18

20.   Maine                   104   20

21.   Connecticut              97   21

22.   Massachusetts            85   23

23.   Keene State              59   22

24.   Bowdoin                  49   25

25.   Sacred Heart             37   24



Others receiving votes: Brandeis 32, UMass Lowell 26, Springfield College

14, Wesleyan 7, Fairfield 1, Hartford 1, Wellesley 1.



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