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LOGAN, Utah – The Utah men’s cross-country skiing stayed at # 4 on the NCAA DI Cross Country regional rankings published Monday by the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for Week 2, while the women’s aggie one 8th place climbed up in the mountain region.
At the top of the men’s mountain range is northern Arizona, with BYU in second place, Colorado in third, and Weber State rounding out the top five.
The Lumberjacks and Buffs won the team title at the Cowboy Jamboree with NAU last weekend and CU took third place behind their hosts Oklahoma State.
There was no change to the order of the top five women’s teams in the mountain region, with BYU and New Mexico remaining in 1st and 2nd place, respectively, followed by NAU in 3rd place, Colorado in 4th place, and Colorado in 5th place.
Utah State won the team title at the 44th Montana State Cross Country Classic in Bozeman, Montana last weekend. The men, who finished 17th in the nation, finished with 24 points, while the women collected 31 points for victories.
In the men’s five-mile race, Montana State’s Duncan Hamilton took first place before three consecutive Aggies crossed the line. Seniors Mark Crandall, Roberto Porras and Darren Harman finished second, third and fourth with times of 24: 25.40, 24: 30.40 and 24: 31.40. Montana State, which won the 2019 event ahead of USU in second place, finished second with 35 points.
In the women’s 5 km, a representative from the state of Montana once again stepped into the field, this time Camilla Noe. After two Weber State finishers, four consecutive Aggies crossed the finish line to catapult USU into first place as a team. student in the first year Emma Thornley (16: 33.40), seniors Katie Haviland (16: 35.60) and Mica Rivera (16: 37.40) and Junior Bailey Brinkerhoff (16: 51.00), took fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh places. USU narrowly ousted Weber State, who finished second with 34 points.
The Utah state’s men’s and women’s cross-country teams will be back in action on Saturday, September 25, at the Idaho State Invitational in Pocatello, Idaho.
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Ranking list of the mountain regions of the 2nd week of the men:
1. Northern Arizona
2. BYU
3. Colorado
4. UTAH STATE
5. Weber State
6th Air Force
7. State of Colorado
8. State of Montana
9. Utah Valley
10. Southern Utah
11. New Mexico
12. UTEP
13. Wyoming
14. Texas Tech
15. Montana
Ranking of the mountain regions of the first week of women:
1. BYU
2. New Mexico
3. Northern Arizona
4. Colorado
5. State of Colorado
6. Utah
7. Utah Valley
8. UTAH STATE
9. Weber State
10. Southern Utah
11. State of Montana
12th Air Force
13. Wyoming
14. Nevada
15. State of Idaho
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