ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The University of New Mexico mens cross country team received 11 votes in the MONDO Mens Cross Country Pre-Season Poll, which was released earlier today. The votes are the first for the Lobos in the national rankings since 1993. The national poll is conducted by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association.
UNM has not been not been ranked in the top-25 since 1989, when it was ranked as high as 14th in the country. The Lobo men finished fifth at the 2001 Mountain West Conference Championships and ninth at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, but return both of their NCAA Championship qualifiers in juniors Matt Gonzales (Santa Fe, N.M.) and Ben Ortega (Taos, N.M.). Gonzales placed 30th at the national championships to become New Mexicos first All-American since Ibrahim Kivina in 1982.
The mens team returns 12 letterwinners and virtually all of its top runners from a year ago. Head coach Matt Henry, the 2002 MWC Outdoor Track Coach of the Year, also brought in nine newcomers this fall, including 2001 New Mexico state 5A runner-up Jeremy Johnson, of Manzano High School in Albuquerque. The UNM men and women open the season on Friday, Aug. 30 at the Lori Fitzgerald Invitational in Santa Teresa, N.M. with the mens race scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. (MDT).
MONDO MEN'S NCAA-I CROSS COUNTRY POLL
Pre-season poll: Aug. 27, 2002
Conducted by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association
|Ranking|Team (first place votes)|Points|
|1|Colorado (14)|449|
|2|Stanford (1)|429|
|3|Arkansas|420|
|4|Wisconsin|400|
|5|Northern Arizona|392|
|6|Villanova|354|
|7|North Carolina State|342|
|8|Providence|337|
|9-tie|Georgetown|300|
|9-tie|Oregon|300|
|11|BYU|291|
|12|Eastern Michigan|273|
|13|Arizona State|270|
|14|Michigan State|265|
|15|Portland|163|
|16-tie|Colorado State|161|
|16-tie|William & Mary|161|
|18|Weber State|159|
|19|Dartmouth|156|
|20|Duke|146|
|21|Iona|136|
|22|Alabama|132|
|23|Indiana|123|
|24|Butler|120|
|25|Notre Dame|100|
|26|Minnesota|93|
|27|Washington|90|
|28|Michigan|50|
|29-tie|Oklahoma State|40|
|29-tie|Texas|40|
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