OU Men Steady at No. 4

Oct. 3, 2012

NORMAN, Okla. -- The University of Oklahoma men's cross country team remained at the No. 4 spot nationally, with 315 points, in the latest poll released by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) the New Orleans, La., based office announced yesterday.

The Sooners follow No. 1 Wisconsin (352), No. 2 Oklahoma State (347) and No. 3 BYU (343). Iona moves up to the top-five behind Oklahoma with 301 points.

Additionally, the men's squad maintained its second-place spot in the Midwest region behind in-state foe fellow Big 12 member Oklahoma State.

The group last competed at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational on Sept. 22 in Charlottesville, Va., which resulted in a Sooner victory.

Redshirt senior Bill Kogel lead the Crimson and Cream with his second place finish and was later named the Big 12 Male Runner of the Week for his efforts, while seniors Patrick Casey, Andrew Weaver and Kevin Williams rounded out the top-10 OU finishers with eighth, ninth and 10th-place runs, respectively.

The Sooner men will hit the road next weekend for the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational in Madison, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 12.

For up-to-the minute updates, follow the Sooner cross country teams on Twitter at @OUTandF.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division 1 Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll 2012 Week #4 -- October 2
next poll: October 16 (next week off)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Cross Country Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Wisconsin (8)	352	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mick Byrne (5th)	1
2	Oklahoma State (2)	347	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (7th)	2
3	BYU (2)	343	Mountain	West Coast	Ed Eyestone (13th)	3
4	Oklahoma	315	Midwest	Big 12	Martin Smith (8th)	4
5	Iona	301	Northeast	Metro Atlantic	Ricardo Santos (5th)	8
5	Portland	301	West	West Coast	Rob Conner (23rd)	5
7	Colorado	286	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (18th)	7
8	Stanford	263	West	Pac-12	Chris Miltenberg (1st)	9
9	Tulsa	258	Midwest	Conference USA	Steve Gulley (11th)	20
10	Syracuse	242	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (8th)	11
11	Princeton	235	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Jason Vigilante (1st)	17
12	Villanova	212	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Marcus O'Sullivan (13th)	22
13	Notre Dame	196	Great Lakes	Big East	Joe Piane (38th)	24
14	Florida State	193	South	ACC	Bob Braman (13th)	10
15	Oregon	184	West	Pac-12	Robert Johnson (1st)	23
16	Minnesota	156	Midwest	Big Ten	Steve Plasencia (17th)	16
17	Columbia	148	Northeast	Ivy	Willy Wood (19th)	28
18	Northern Arizona	147	Mountain	Big Sky	Eric Heins (6th)	19
19	Arkansas	136	South Central	SEC	Chris Bucknam (5th)	17
20	Georgetown	125	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Patrick Henner (14th)	15
20	Eastern Kentucky	125	Southeast	Ohio Valley	Rick Erdmann (34th)	25
22	Texas	124	South Central	Big 12	John Hayes (6th)	6
23	William and Mary	121	Southeast	Colonial	Stephen Walsh (3rd)	NR
24	Michigan	68	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Alex Gibby (3rd)	26
24	Georgia	68	South	SEC	Patrick Cunniff (1st)	RV
26	Indiana	57	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Ron Helmer (6th)	11
27	UCLA	54	West	Pac-12	Mike Maynard (4th)	30
28	New Mexico	52	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (6th)	21
29	Virginia	45	Southeast	ACC	Peter Watson (1st)	27
30	Missouri	35	Midwest	SEC	Joe Lynn (2nd)	NR
Others Receiving Votes: Kansas 28, Texas A&M 27, NC State 13, Iowa State 7, Arizona 6, Dartmouth 3, Florida 3, Virginia Tech 2, Washington State 2.
Dropped Out: No. 11 NC State, No. 14 Texas A&M, No. 29 Washington State
compiled by Don Kopriva
( year as effective coach of that team in men's cross country)*