1. Washington

 

 

Weekend Performance- Did not race.

 

Next Race- The Huskies travel to South Bend, IN on Saturday to compete at the Notre Dame Invitational. Notre Dame will play host to Washington (1), Florida State (3), Princeton (6), Providence (12), Arizona State (13), Florida (15), Penn State (22), Notre Dame (24), New Mexico (25), and Rice (27). With ten ranked teams and PAC-10 rivals Arizona and UCLA, Washington will be tested for the first time this season. This weekend we will see Christine Babcock, Katie Follett, and Kailey Campbell in action for the first time this season.

 

 

2. Oregon

 

 

Weekend Performance- Did not race.

 

Next Race- The Ducks play host to a diverse group of teams at the Dellinger Invitational on Friday. Villanova (5) from Pennsylvania, Baylor (14) from Texas, Colorado State, Hawaii, and Weber State. All-Americans Nicole Blood and Alex Kosinski lead the Ducks into Dellinger with the nation’s top freshman recruit Jordan Hasay making her college debut.

 

 

 

3. Florida State

 

 

Weekend Performance- Did not race.

 

 

Next Race- The Seminoles will head north to the Notre Dame Invitational and try to play spoiler against the Huskies. The Florida State squad returns five from their 3^rd place team at NCAA’s last year including this years favorite for the individual title, Susan Kuijken.

 

 

 

4. West Virginia

 

 

Weekend Performance- Did not race.

 

 

Next Race- The Mountaineers travel to the Paul Short Invitational in Bethlehem, PA on Friday. West Virginia’s Marie-Louise Asselin set the course record here last year covering the 6,000-meter course in 19:38. West Virginia is a very experienced team who returns all seven runners from their podium team at NCAA’s last year.

 

 

5. Villanova

 

 

Weekend Performance- Dominated the Main Line Invitational over the weekend with a perfect fifteen points. The Wildcat’s put four women under 16:25 for the 5k in an impressive performance.

 

Next Race- Will try to challenge Oregon (2) at the Dellinger Invitational. This young team will be interesting to watch over the next few weeks.

 

 

6. Princeton

 

 

Weekend Performance- Did not race.

 

Next Race- The Tigers look like they will have squads at both the Paul Short Invitational and the Notre Dame Invitational this weekend. The Notre Dame Invitational will be a good chance for Princeton to compete against teams outside their region that they may see next month at Nationals.

 

 

7. Stanford

 

 

Weekend Performance- The Cardinal easily won their home Invitational scoring a cool 24 points. Kathy Kroeger led the team with a second place showing, running 20:35 for the 6,000-meter course.

 

Next Race- Stanford runs a “B” squad this weekend at the UC Davis Doc Adams Invitational.

 

 

8. Iowa State

 

 

Weekend Performance- Perhaps the most impressive performance of the weekend was the Iowa State women at the Roy Griak Invitational. The Cyclones scored 31 points in a meet winning performance where they took down Minnesota (9) and Michigan State (18). The Cyclones jumped 20 spots from their #28 preseason ranking. This can be attributed to the return of NCAA 10,000 meter record holder Lisa Koll who has been injured.

 

 

Next Race- Iowa State wont race until the Bradley Classic Friday, October 16 in Peoria, IL.

 

 

Roy Griak Flotrack Coverage- http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/235653/202266

 

 

9. Minnesota

 

 

Weekend Performance- Minnesota dropped one spot in the rankings due to a loss at Roy Griak this weekend. The Gophers still looked strong while putting five runners in the top 20 including the individual title won by Megan Duwell.

 

Next Race- Expect Minnesota to rest their top runners this weekend as they travel to the UW Eau Claire Invitational.

 

 

10. Illinois

 

 

Weekend Performance- Did not race.

 

Next Race- The Illini head to the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational. The Badgers play host to a great field this weekend that includes favorites Illinois (10), Georgetown (11), Michigan (17), Syracuse (21), BYU (23), Wisconsin (26), Arkansas (28), and Duke (29).

 

 

Notes:

Women's rankings can be found on the Flotrack home page.