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NEW ORLEANS – The final regular-season rankings of the nation’s cross country squads in NCAA Division II keeps Adams State’s men and Augustana (S.D.)’s women as the top-ranked teams according to raters of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The men of Adams State is looking to win their fourth NCAA title in five years while Augustana stands as the women’s reigning national champion.

The NCAA DII Cross Country Championships will be hosted by Missouri Southern on Saturday, November 17, in Joplin, Mo. NCAA.com will broadcast the meet online.

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USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION II
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL RANKINGS
2012 Week #7 — November 7 (pre-NCAA Championships)
next release: FINAL — NCAA Championship results (November 17)

Rank	Institution	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Adams State	South Central	RMAC	Damon Martin (18th)	1
2	Western State	South Central	RMAC	Jennifer Michel (6th)	5
3	Colorado Mines	South Central	RMAC	Chris Siemers (1st)	2
4	Chico State	West	CCAA	Gary Towne (17th)	3
5	Augustana (S.D.)	Central	NSIC	Tracy Hellman (12th)	4
6	Grand Valley State	Midwest	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (14th)	6
7	Alaska Anchorage	West	GNAC	Michael Friess (23rd)	7
8	Edinboro	Atlantic	PSAC	Doug Watts (44th)	13
9	UC-Colorado Springs	South Central	RMAC	Mark Misch (6th)	9
10	Western Washington	West	GNAC	Pee Wee Halsell (26th)	10
11	American International	East	Northeast-10	Leo Mayo (7th)	16
12	Ashland	Midwest	GLIAC	Trent Mack (3rd)	19
13	Ferris State	Midwest	GLIAC	Steve Picucci (5th)	24
14	Missouri Southern	Central	MIAA	Tom Rutledge (24th)	23
15	Cedarville	Midwest	G-MAC	Paul Orchard (10th)	11
16	Southern Indiana	Midwest	GLVC	Mike Hillyard (15th)	8
17	Minnesota State	Central	NSIC	Mark Schuck (34th)	12
18	Eastern New Mexico	South Central	Lone Star	Casey Blevins (1st)	20
19	Southwest Baptist	Central	MIAA	Corey McElhaney (5th)	21
20	East Stroudsburg	Atlantic	PSAC	Joe Koch (24th)	22
21	Lock Haven	Atlantic	PSAC	Aaron Russell (15th)	26
22	San Francisco State	West	CCAA	Tom Lyons (8th)	NR
23	Bentley	East	Northeast-10	Kevin Curtin (2nd)	NR
24	Stonehill	East	Northeast-10	Karen Boen (15th)	15
25	Humboldt State	West	CCAA	Scott Pesch (3rd)	25
26	Fort Lewis	South Central	RMAC	Mark Dutro (1st)	NR
27	UMass Lowell	East	Northeast-10	Gary Gardner (11th)	18
28	UW-Parkside	Midwest	GLVC	Micah VanDenend (3rd)	29
29	Lewis	Midwest	GLVC	Dana Schwarting (7th)	14
30	Fort Hays State	Central	MIAA	Dennis Weber (20th)	17
31	Slippery Rock	Atlantic	PSAC	John Papa (26th)	NR
32	Sioux Falls	Central	NSIC	Grant Watley (1st)	NR
33	Cal Poly Pomona	West	CCAA	Octavious Gillespie-Bennett (1st)	NR
34	West Texas A&M	South Central	Lone Star	Darren Flowers (4th)	33
35	Columbus State	Southeast	Peach Belt	J.D. Evilsizer (8th)	NR
Dropped Out: No. 27 Neb.-Kearney, No. 28 UC San Diego, No. 30 Northwest Missouri, No. 31 Wayne State (Mich.), No. 32 Tiffin, No. 34 Montana St.-Billings, No. 35 Mount Olive
( year as head coach of that team in men’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)*

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION II
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL RANKINGS
2012 Week #7 — November 7 (pre-NCAA Championships)
next release: FINAL — NCAA Championship results (November 17)

Rank	Institution	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Augustana (S.D.)	Central	NSIC	Tracy Hellman (12th)	1
2	Adams State	South Central	RMAC	Damon Martin (25th)	2
3	Grand Valley State	Midwest	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (14th)	3
4	Western State	South Central	RMAC	Jennifer Michel (6th)	4
5	Chico State	West	CCAA	Gary Towne (17th)	6
6	Alaska Anchorage	West	GNAC	Michael Friess (23rd)	5
7	Shippensburg	Atlantic	PSAC	Steve Spence (15th)	8
8	Tampa	South	Sunshine	Jarrett Slaven (14th)	11
9	Edinboro	Atlantic	PSAC	Doug Watts (44th)	9
10	Winona State	Central	NSIC	Adam Boothe (1st)	13
11	UC-Colorado Springs	South Central	RMAC	David Harmer (1st)	14
12	Stonehill	East	Northeast-10	Karen Boen (15th)	12
13	Colorado Mines	South Central	RMAC	Chris Siemers (1st)	20
14	Indiana (Pa.)	Atlantic	PSAC	Joey Zins (4th)	15
15	U-Mary	Central	NSIC	Dennis Newell (7th)	17
16	Saginaw Valley State	Midwest	GLIAC	Rod Cowan (3rd)	NR
17	Ferris State	Midwest	GLIAC	Steve Picucci (5th)	7
18	Missouri Southern	Central	MIAA	Patty Vavra (19th)	21
19	Humboldt State	West	CCAA	Scott Pesch (3rd)	28
20	Simon Fraser	West	GNAC	Brit Townsend (13th)	10
21	Pittsburg State	Central	MIAA	Russ Jewett (27th)	24
22	Southern Indiana	Midwest	GLVC	Mike Hillyard (16th)	18
23	West Texas A&M	South Central	Lone Star	Kimberly Dudley (15th)	19
24	Southwest Baptist	Central	MIAA	Corey McElhaney (5th)	22
25	Cal State Stanislaus	West	CCAA	Diljeet Taylor (6th)	27
26	Seattle Pacific	West	GNAC	Erika Daligcon (5th)	25
27	Kutztown	Atlantic	PSAC	Ray Hoffman (14th)	NR
28	Minnesota State	Central	NSIC	Jen Blue (13th)	29
29	Adelphi	East	Northeast-10	Katie Rees (3rd)	34
30	Bellarmine	Midwest	GLVC	Kris Horton (8th)	32
31	Midwestern State	South Central	Lone Star	Koby Styles (6th)	16
32	Hillsdale	Midwest	GLIAC	Andrew Towne (2nd)	NR
33	West Florida	South	Gulf South	John Bergen (5th)	35
34	Minnesota Duluth	Central	NSIC	Joanna Warmington (2nd)	31
35	Nova Southeastern	South	Sunshine	Bryan Hagopian (4th)	NR
Dropped Out: No. 23 Bloomsburg, No. 26 Wayne State (Mich.), No. 30 Western Washington, No. 33 Northern Michigan
( year as head coach of that team in women’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)*

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