For Immediate Release October 20, 2003
Contact: Meg Ward (mmward@c-usa.org)

MARQUETTE WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY RANKED NO. 21

CHICAGO – Following an eighth-place finish at the Pre-NCAA Invitational on Saturday, the Marquette women’s cross country team moved up five spots in the FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country poll to No. 21, their highest ranking of the season.
Sophomore Jodi Jakubek led Marquette at the Pre-NCAA Invitational with a 13th-place finish at the meet. It was the third meet of the season in which she was the top Golden Eagle finisher.
Marquette will run next at the Conference USA Championships on Nov. 1 in Tampa, Fla. The Golden Eagles are the three-time defending C-USA Champions.

FinishLynx/NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL POLL
(Conducted by the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association)
(As of Oct. 20, 2003)

Rank Team (first place votes) Points
1. Stanford (7) 384
2. Brigham Young (6) 383
3. North Carolina State 355
4. Arizona State 350
5. North Carolina 337
6. Michigan State 328
7. Notre Dame 308
8. Providence 298
9. Colorado 285
10. Michigan 276
11. Northern Arizona 250
12. Columbia 246
13. Wake Forest 241
14. Princeton 227
15. UCLA 215
16. Georgetown 195
17. Missouri 180
18. Wisconsin 165
19. Penn State 158
20. Nebraska 137
21. MARQUETTE 127
22. Colorado State 118
23. UC Santa Barbara 107
24. Baylor 92
25. West Virginia 63
26. Tennessee 52
27. Boston College 46
28. Nevada 38
29. Duke 29
30. Florida State 20

Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Texas Tech 15, Villanova 12, Arkansas 8.