Posted 9/26/07

The UW-Platteville men's and women's cross country teams moved up in the U.S. Track&Field and Cross Country Association national polls.

The Pioneer men jumped up eight spots to occupy ninth place, while the women are now 16th.

Both of Coach Tom Antczak's teams will be in action Saturday at the Griak Invitational, hosted by the University of Minnesota.

*Division III men’s cross country poll*

*Sept. 26, 2007*

(first place votes in parenthesis)

  1. Calvin (8)
  2. New York University
  3. Wisconsin-La Crosse
  4. SUNY Cortland
  5. St. John’s (Minn.)
  6. Augustana
  7. North Central
  8. Haverford
  9. Wisconsin-Platteville
 10. Willamette
 11. Ohio Northern
 12. Trinty (Conn.)
 13. Wheaton (Ill.)
 14. Carnegie Mellon
 15. (tie) St. Lawrence, SUNY Geneseo
 17. Williams
 18. Wartburg
 19. Wisconsin-Stevens Point
 20. College of New Jersey
 21. Nebraska Wesleyan
 22. Mount Union
 23. Allegheny
 24. Colorado College
 25. Wisconsin-Oshkosh
 26. Luther College
 27. Case Western Reserve
 28. Heidelberg
 29. Amherst
 30. Dickinson
 31. Carleton
 32. Occidental
 33. Washington (Mo.)
 34. MIT
 35. (tie) Grinnell, Emory

*Division III women’s cross country poll*

*Sept. 26, 2007*

(first place votes in parenthesis)

  1. Amherst (7)
  2. Calvin (1)
  3. Washington (Mo.)
  4. Luther
  5. SUNY Geneseo
  6. Williams
  7. Plattsburgh State
  8. Case Western Reserve
  9. Wisconsin-Eau Claire
 10. Dickinson
 11. Willamette
 12. Keene State
 13. Wisconsin-La Crosse
 14. Nebraska Wesleyan
 15. Haverford
 16. Wisconsin-Platteville
 17. DePauw
 18. St. Olaf
 19. Ithaca
 20. Puget Sound
 21. Johns Hopkins
 22. Grinnell
 23. Bowdoin
 24. St. Thomas
 25. Wheaton
 26. Emory
 27. College of New Jersey
 28. Oberlin
 29. Wartburg
 30. Middlebury
 31. Ohio Wesleyan
 32. Whitman
 33. North Central
 34. Carleton
 35. University of Chicago