Long Beach State University Athletics
Women's cross country enters into USTFCCCA West Region poll
10/17/2011 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Oct. 17, 2011
NEW ORLEANS, La. - In the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) regional rankings, the Long Beach State men's and women's teams are ranked at No. 9 in their respective west region polls.
Both teams are the second highest ranked school from the Big West Conference as the UC Davis women and Cal Poly men comes in at No. 7 in both polls.
The 49er women moved back into the regional rankings after winning their second consecutive Bronco Invitational in Sunnyvale this past weekend. LBSU led the field of 21 teams with 94 points with senior Rosa Del Toro crossing the finish line in fourth and setting a school record in the 5K with a time of 17:09.
With the win, LBSU finished ahead of five teams that were ranked in last week's west region poll. California was the highest ranked team as the Golden Bears came in at No. 3, followed by Portland (8th), UC Davis (9th), Cal Poly (10th) and Idaho (13th).
The men's team remained at No. 9 for the third week in a row after finishing in third (153 points) at the Bronco Invitational behind team champion Stanford (38 points) and Cal Poly (77 points) in second. The 49ers finished ahead of UCLA (14th) and California (16th) as both the Bruins and Golden Bears are ranked ahead of LBSU in the west region poll at No. 4 and No. 8 respectively.
The 49ers return to action this Friday, Oct. 21, traveling to Cal State Fullerton for the Titan Invitational.
USTFCCCA Women's Cross Country Team Rankings - West Region
(as of Oct. 17)
1. Washington (5)
2. Arizona (4)
3. Stanford (1)
4. California (3)
5. Oregon (2)
6. San Francisco (6)
7. UC Davis (9)
8. Arizona State (7)
9. LONG BEACH STATE (NR)
10. Portland (8)
11. Oregon State (11)
12. Idaho (13)
13. Cal Poly (10)
14. Boise State (NR)
15. UC Santa Barbara (14)
* Last week's rankings in parenthesis.
USTFCCCA Men's Cross Country Team Rankings - West Region
(as of Oct. 17)
1. Stanford (1)
2. Portland (3)
3. Washington State (5)
4. UCLA (6)
5. Oregon (2)
6. Arizona State (4)
7. Cal Poly (7)
8. California (8)
9. LONG BEACH STATE (9)
10. Washington (10)
11. UC Santa Barbara (11)
12. Boise State (13)
13. Idaho (12)
14. Gonzaga (NR)
15. UC Davis (NR)
* Last week's rankings in parenthesis.
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