Sooner Men Remain At No. 4

Sept. 18, 2012

The University of Oklahoma men's cross country team remains at the No. 4 spot nationally, with 310 points, in the latest rankings provided by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association (USTFCCCA) the New Orleans, La., based office announced today.

The Sooners follow No. 1 Wisconsin (357), No. 2 Oklahoma State (346) and No. 3 BYU (341). Portland rounds out the top-five behind Oklahoma with 298 points.

Additionally, the men's squad maintains their second-place spot in the Midwest region behind in-state foe Oklahoma State.

The group last competed at the Hurricane Cross Country Festival on Sept. 1 in Tulsa, Okla., which saw redshirt freshmen Brandon Doughty, Dan Shubert and Daniel Mazar join forces with redshirt sophomore Malcolm Wankel and senior Patrick Gomez to run against Oklahoma State, Tulsa, Northwestern State and John Brown.

The Sooner men will hit the road next weekend for the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, Sept. 22.

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Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2012 Week #2 -- September 18
next ranking: September 19

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Cross Country Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Wisconsin (10)	357	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Mick Byrne (5th)	1
2	Oklahoma State (1)	346	Midwest	Big 12	Dave Smith (7th)	2
3	BYU (1)	341	Mountain	West Coast	Ed Eyestone (13th)	3
4	Oklahoma	310	Midwest	Big 12	Martin Smith (8th)	4
5	Portland	298	West	West Coast	Rob Conner (23rd)	6
6	Colorado	293	Mountain	Pac-12	Mark Wetmore (18th)	5
7	Texas	287	South Central	Big 12	John Hayes (6th)	6
8	Iona	272	Northeast	Metro Atlantic	Ricardo Santos (5th)	8
9	Stanford	264	West	Pac-12	Chris Miltenberg (1st)	9
10	Florida State	249	South	ACC	Bob Braman (13th)	10
11	NC State	242	Southeast	ACC	Rollie Geiger (35th)	11
12	Indiana	233	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Ron Helmer (6th)	13
13	Syracuse	224	Northeast	Big East	Chris Fox (8th)	12
14	Princeton	196	Mid-Atlantic	Ivy	Jason Vigilante (1st)	15
15	Texas A&M	183	South Central	SEC	Pat Henry (9th)	14
16	Georgetown	168	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Patrick Henner (14th)	16
17	Minnesota	151	Midwest	Big Ten	Steve Plasencia (17th)	17
18	Northern Arizona	143	Mountain	Big Sky	Eric Heins (6th)	18
19	Tulsa	129	Midwest	Conference USA	Steve Gulley (11th)	20
20	Villanova	126	Mid-Atlantic	Big East	Marcus O'Sullivan (13th)	19
21	Michigan	101	Great Lakes	Big Ten	Alex Gibby (3rd)	20
22	Arkansas	98	South Central	SEC	Chris Bucknam (5th)	23
23	Notre Dame	93	Great Lakes	Big East	Joe Piane (38th)	25
24	New Mexico	91	Mountain	Mountain West	Joe Franklin (6th)	24
25	Oregon	85	West	Pac-12	Robert Johnson (1st)	22
26	Eastern Kentucky	70	Southeast	Ohio Valley	Rick Erdmann (34th)	27
27	UCLA	54	West	Pac-12	Mike Maynard (4th)	29
28	Washington State	42	West	Pac-12	Tim Riley (1st)	26
29	Columbia	40	Northeast	Ivy	Willy Wood (19th)	28
30	Georgia	26	South	SEC	Patrick Cunniff (1st)	30
Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 12, Providence 11, Virginia Tech 10, North Carolina 9, Ohio State 7, Florida 5, Cal Poly 4, Iowa State 3, California 3, Weber State 3, Michigan State 1.

Dropped Out: none
compiled by Don Kopriva
( year as effective coach of that team in men's cross country)*