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Tigers Women's Cross Country Ranked In Region
Oct 19, 2016 | Women's Cross Country
Squad is in top-10 for second-straight poll.
NEW ORLEANS, La. – For the fourth time this fall, the University of Memphis women's cross country team finds itself in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTCCCA)/NCAA Division I regional rankings. The regional rankings were released Wednesday.
This week, the Tigers are No. 10 in the USTFCCA/NCAA Division I South Region poll. It is the second-straight week the Tigers are in the regional poll's top-10.  Â
In mid-September, the 2016 women's squad made school history when it earned the program's first regional ranking. Memphis entered the Sept. 21 USTFCCCA South Region poll at No. 12. Since that first ranking, the Tigers jumped to No. 11 in the Sept. 28 poll and No. 9 in the Oct. 5 poll, the organization's most-recent rankings prior to this week.
Memphis is the only American Athletic Conference school ranked in this week's USTFCCCA/NCAA Division I South Region poll. In all, the Tigers are one of five American Athletic Conference women's cross country teams ranked in the regional polls.
USTFCCCA has nine different regions and ranks the top-15 programs in each region weekly.
The Tigers posted their fourth top-10 finish of 2016 last Friday, placing sixth at the University of Alabama's Crimson Classic. Senior Martina Rodriguez Sala crossed the finish line as the race's third-place finisher out of 282 competitors.
In addition to its sixth-place finish last Friday, Memphis has three other top-10 performances this fall. The Tigers won titles at the Rhodes College and Austin Peay invitationals and placed fourth at the Brooks Twilight Classic. It is the first time that the Tigers women's program won two invitationals in the same season since 1990.
The Tigers men's and women's teams return to action Oct. 29 when they travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, to run in the American Athletic Conference Championships. The races begin at 8 a.m. (CT).
This week, the Tigers are No. 10 in the USTFCCA/NCAA Division I South Region poll. It is the second-straight week the Tigers are in the regional poll's top-10.  Â
In mid-September, the 2016 women's squad made school history when it earned the program's first regional ranking. Memphis entered the Sept. 21 USTFCCCA South Region poll at No. 12. Since that first ranking, the Tigers jumped to No. 11 in the Sept. 28 poll and No. 9 in the Oct. 5 poll, the organization's most-recent rankings prior to this week.
Memphis is the only American Athletic Conference school ranked in this week's USTFCCCA/NCAA Division I South Region poll. In all, the Tigers are one of five American Athletic Conference women's cross country teams ranked in the regional polls.
USTFCCCA has nine different regions and ranks the top-15 programs in each region weekly.
The Tigers posted their fourth top-10 finish of 2016 last Friday, placing sixth at the University of Alabama's Crimson Classic. Senior Martina Rodriguez Sala crossed the finish line as the race's third-place finisher out of 282 competitors.
In addition to its sixth-place finish last Friday, Memphis has three other top-10 performances this fall. The Tigers won titles at the Rhodes College and Austin Peay invitationals and placed fourth at the Brooks Twilight Classic. It is the first time that the Tigers women's program won two invitationals in the same season since 1990.
The Tigers men's and women's teams return to action Oct. 29 when they travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, to run in the American Athletic Conference Championships. The races begin at 8 a.m. (CT).
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