GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Calvin men's cross country team will head into
Saturday's MIAA jamboree as the top-ranked team in the nation while the
Calvin women will head in ranked second.  The Calvin men's cross country
team is ranked number-one in the third Division III national poll of the
year, released late Tuesday afternoon.

It marks the second time that the Calvin men's cross country team has
earned the number-one ranking as the Knights were voted to the top spot
for the first time in school history last October after winning the NCAA
pre-national invitational in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  The Knights held the
top spot for three additional weeks and went on to finish fourth at the
NCAA III Championships.

Calvin received six first place votes in this week's NCAA Division III
poll while Keene State of New Hampshire received two first place votes. 
Three-time defending national champion North Central is ranked third
while Nebraska Wesleyan is ranked fourth.

On Saturday, the Calvin men took first place at the Wisconsin-Parkside
Invitational in Kenosha, Wisconsin with 70 points, finishing three
points ahead of second place North Central.  

The two-time defending national champion Calvin women's cross country
team also took first place at the Parkside Invitational Saturday,
recording a score of 82 points.  The Knights received one first place
vote in this week's poll while Middlebury of New Hampshire - the 1999
national runner-up - received seven first place votes. 
Wisconsin-Oshkosh is ranked third in this week's poll while Williams is
ranked fourth.  Oshkosh took second at Saturday's Parkside Invitational
with a score of 113 points.

Saturday's MIAA jamboree is scheduled to begin at 11:00 am.

NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country National Rankings (Released
9-19-00)

1. Calvin College
2. Keene State
3. North Central
4. Nebraska Wesleyan
5. Wisconsin-LaCrosse
6. Wisconsin-Oshkosh
7. MIT
8. Wisconsin-Whitewater
9. Wisconsin-Steven's Point
10. Tufts
11. St. Lawrence
12. Haverford
13. Wartburg
14. St. Thomas
15. St. John's
16. Williams
17. Emory
18. DePauw
19. College of New Jersey
20. Claremont-Mudd Scripps
21. Ithaca
22. Trinity
23. UW-Eau Claire
24. Heidelberg
25. Lewis & Clark

NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL POLL (Released
9-19-00)

1. Middlebury
2. Calvin College
3. UW-Oshkosh
4. Williams
5. Luther
6. St. Olaf
7. UW-Steven's Point
8. Hamilton
9. Moravian
10. Baldwin-Wallace
11. Brandeis
12. Amherst
13. UW-LaCrosse
14. College of New Jersey
15. Wartburg
16. Ithaca
17. Denison
18. Loras
19. Augusta, IL
20. Geneseo State
21. Claremont-Mudd Scripps
22. Dickinson
23. Emory
24. Concordia-Moorhead
25. Washington University



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