Women's XC Jumps to No. 3 in USTFCCCA Mountain Regional Rankings; Men No. 1 for 24th Consecutive Week

USTFCCCA Women's Regional Rankings
USTFCCCA Men's Regional Rankings

NEW ORLEANS, La. (September 23, 2019) - The latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) Regional Rankings were released on Monday morning and the Northern Arizona University cross country program saw both the men's and women's squads placed in the top three in the Mountain Region.

The NAU women and currently ranked No. 4 Air Force swapped positions in this week's regional rankings. The Lumberjacks placed fifth against a strong field at the John McNichols Invitational this past weekend. The only teams to finish ahead of NAU were all ranked in the top eight in the last USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll (No. 3 Washington, No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Arkansas and No. 8 Stanford).

Four other Big Sky Conference schools were included in the Mountain Regional Rankings. Southern Utah came in at No. 5, Weber State sits at No. 7, Montana took the No. 12 spot and Montana State remained No. 13. 

For the 24th consective week the Lumberjack men found themselves in the No. 1 spot in the Mountain Region. A first-place team finish at the aforementioned John McNichols Invitational saw four 'Jacks place in the top six at the meet, with three of the runners being redshirt freshmen.

Five Big Sky schools made their way into the latest Mountain Regional Rankings. No. 7 Southern Utah, No. 9 Weber State and No. 11 Montana State stayed in the same spot as the previous rankings, while No. 13 Idaho State and No. 14 Northern Colorado each moved down one spot.

The next time the NAU program will be back on the course will be on Oct. 18 for the 2019 Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in Madison, Wis., hosted by the University of Wisconsin.

USTFCCCA WOMEN'S MOUNTAIN REGIONAL RANKINGS 
1. BYU
2. COLORADO
3. NAU
4. AIR FORCE
5. SOUTHERN UTAH
6. COLORADO STATE
7. WEBER STATE
8. UTAH STATE
9. NEW MEXICO
10. UTAH VALLEY
11. UTEP
12. MONTANA
13. MONTANA STATE
14. UTAH
15. NEVADA

USTFCCCA MEN'S MOUNTAIN REGIONAL RANKINGS 
1. NAU
2. BYU
3. COLORADO
4. COLORADO STATE
5. WYOMING
6. AIR FORCE
7. SOUTHERN UTAH
8. UTAH STATE
9. WEBER STATE
10. NEW MEXICO
11. MONTANA STATE
12. UTEP
13. IDAHO STATE
14. NORTHERN COLORADO
15. UTAH VALLEY