Marquette Women's Cross Country Team Ranked No. 14 in Nation

Susan Barth

Milwaukee-- The Marquette women's cross country team is ranked 14th in the FinishLynx NCAA Division 1 National Poll for the second week in a row.

This ranking is the highest-ever for a Marquette cross country team. Coming off of a bye weekend, the squad is gearing up for its meet this Saturday at the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minn.

The team captured the first-place award at the Bradley Invite, (Sept. 13) where the top-three spots were claimed by Golden Eagles and the team posted five runners in the top-ten out of a field of over 200 runners.

Senior runner Susan Barth (Bluffton, Ind.) has been named Conference USA Athlete of the Week twice this season, the first time she was honored along with teammate Jessie Swan (West Allis, Wis.) for their first-place finish at the Purdue Open (Sept. 7). Barth received the honor for the second week when she set the course record at the Bradley Invite with her time of 17:17.

Brigham Young is ranked first in the poll with Georgetown and Stanford rounding out the top-three spots. Complete results are as follows:

Lynx NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country Poll.

1. Brigham Young (390 pts.); 2. Georgetown (376 pts.); 3. Stanford (360 pts.); 4. Colorado (348 pts.); 5. Notre Dame (337 pts.); 6. North Carolina State (322 pts.); 7. Arkansas (304 pts.); 8. Duke (300 pts.); 9. Michigan State (277 pts.); 10. Boston College (260 pts.); 11. Northern Arizona (252 pts.); 12. UCLA (230 pts.); 13. Providence (223 pts.); 14. Marquette (210 pts.), 15. William and Mary (206 pts.); 16. Vilanova (199 pts. ); 17. Colorado State (162 pts. ); 18. Wisconsin (155 pts.); 19. Arizona State (153 pts.); 20. Penn State (133 pts.); 21. Cornell (125 pts.); 22. Wake Forest (102 pts.); 23. Southwest Missouri State (93 pts.); 24. Yale (87 pts.); 25. Michigan (78 pts.); 26. Virginia (68 pts.); 27. Arizona (65 pts.); 28. Minnesota (63 pts.); 29. Toledo (33 pts.); 30. Weber State (30 pts.).