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In The Polls

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Four Big Ten women's cross country teams earned rankings in the USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll, announced on Tuesday. Michigan tops the list of ranked conference teams, garning the No. 11 spot. Michigan State follows close behind at No. 14. Penn State jumped two spots to No. 17 and Wisconsin clocks in at No. 29. Minnesota is receiving votes.

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Weekend Schedule

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September 21
IOWA
at Toledo Bubble Buster Invitational - Toledo, Ohio
# 30 MINNESOTA at UW-Eau Claire Blugold Invite - Eau Claire, Wis.

September 22
WISCONSIN
at Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational - Earlysville, Va.

In The Polls

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Four Big Ten women's cross country teams earned rankings in the USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll, announced on Tuesday. Michigan tops the list of ranked conference teams, garning the No. 11 spot. Michigan State follows close behind, coming in at No. 13. Penn State jumped four spots to No. 19. Minnesota rounds out the rankings at No. 30. Wisconsin and Iowa both received votes.

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Weekend Schedule

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September 14
ILLINOIS
at Illinois Intercollegiates - Normal, Ill.
INDIANA at Indiana Intercollegiates - Terre Haute, Ind.
# 11 MICHIGAN at Auto Owners Spartan Invitational - East Lansing, Mich.
# 13 MICHIGAN STATE at Auto Owners Spartan Invitational - East Lansing, Mich.
# 30 MINNESOTA at South Dakota State Classic - Brookings, S.D.
NORTHWESTERN at Auto Owners Spartan Invitational - East Lansing, Mich.
OHIO STATE at Auto Owners Spartan Invitational - East Lansing, Mich.
PURDUE at Indiana Intercollegiates - Terre Haute, Ind.

September 15
NEBRASKA
at Woody Greeno Nebraska Invitational - Lincoln, Neb.
WISCONSIN at Warhawk Invitational - Whitewater, Wis.

In The Polls

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Four Big Ten women's cross country teams garnered rankings in the first USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll of the regular season, released on Tuesday. Michigan tops the list of ranked conference teams, jumping a spot from the preseason poll to No. 11. Michigan State follows close behind, coming in at No. 13. Penn State enters the poll at No. 23 and No. 30 Minnesota rounds out the rankings. Wisconsin and Iowa both received votes.

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Weekend Schedule

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September 7
IOWA
at Bradley Open - Peoria, Ill.
# 27 MINNESOTA at Oz Memorial - Minneapolis, Minn.
NORTHWESTERN at Huskie Open - DeKalb, Ill.
PURDUE at Bradley Open - Peoria, Ill.
# 29 WISCONSIN at Badger Open - Madison, Wis.

September 8
INDIANA
at Indiana Open - Bloomington, Ind.
PENN STATE at Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational - University Park, Pa.

Weekend Schedule

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August 31
ILLINOIS
at Illini Challenge - Urbana, Ill.
IOWA at Western Illinois Early Bird Open - Macomb, Ill.
# 12 MICHIGAN at Michigan Open - Ann Arbor, Mich.
# 17 MICHIGAN STATE at Jeff Drenth Memorial - Mount Pleasant, Mich.
PENN STATE at Lock Haven Dolan Duals - Lock Haven, Pa.
PURDUE at Valparaiso Crusader Invitational - Valparaiso, Ind.

September 1
NEBRASKA
at Creighton/UNO Classic - Omaha, Neb.
OHIO STATE at Flyer 5K Challenge - Dayton, Ohio

Four Conference Teams Earn Preseason Rankings

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Four Big Ten women's cross country teams garnered rankings in the preseason USTFCCCA national coaches' top 30 poll, released on Tuesday. Michigan tops the list of ranked conference teams, standing at No. 12. Michigan State joins Michigan in the top 20, checking in at No. 17. Minnesota holds No. 27, followed by Wisconsin at No. 29. Iowa, Northwestern and Penn State all received votes to begin the campaign.

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Preseason Regional Rankings

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The USTFCCCA released its Division I women's cross country regional rankings on Monday. The entire list of the Big Ten teams' regional rankings can be found below, while the complete rankings can be found here.

GREAT LAKES
1. Michigan
2. Michigan State
5. Wisconsin
6. Indiana
8. Ohio State

MID-ATLANTIC
6. Penn State

MIDWEST
3. Minnesota
4. Northwestern
5. Iowa
8. Illinois

Ten Big Ten Student-Athletes Tabbed Academic All-America

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Ten Big Ten student-athletes have been named to the Capital One Academic All-America Track & Field/Cross Country Team, as announced on Thursday. To be eligible for All-America recognition, student-athletes must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a 3.30 GPA, and have reached sophomore academic and athletic standings at his or her institution. The complete list of Big Ten recipients is below:

Andy Bayer, Indiana
Chelsea Blanchard, Indiana
Erik Sowinski, Iowa
Rebecca Addison, Michigan
Rebecca Buchholtz, Michigan State
Quentin Mege, Minnesota
Bjorn Barrefors, Nebraska*
Brett Grieb, Nebraska
Nate Polacek, Nebraska*
Elliot Krause, Wisconsin

*First-team honoree

 

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