Thursday, September 01, 2005

Macon, Ga. - Just like the men's team, the Belmont women's cross country team leads the 2005 pre-season poll, having won the past four Atlantic Sun Championships. The ladies received seven first place votes from the league's 11 head coaches.

The Bruins received a total of 116 points, followed by Florida Atlantic (102), Campbell (94), Kennesaw State (81) and North Florida (68) rounding out the top five.

"It's an honor to be ranked first and a testament to what we've done in the past," said head coach Seth Sheridan. "We have three of our top four runners returning, so if we're all healthy we should do well. We're excited, but we have some work to do."

The Cross Country poll serves as the conference standings and is announced on the 1st and 15th of the month during the season.

The Atlantic Sun Cross Country Championship will be held Saturday, October 29, 2005. Campbell University will serve as host.

The 2005 Cross Country season gets underway this weekend. See the schedule below for this weekend's events.


2005 A-Sun Women's Cross Country Poll

1. Belmont 116
2. Florida Atlantic 102
3. Campbell 94
4. Kennesaw State 81
5. UNF 68
6. ETSU 59
7. Jacksonville 57
8. Lipscomb 55
9. Gardner-Webb 35
10. Mercer 35
11. Stetson 15

Coming up this week...

September 2
UNF at Appalachian State Invitational
Belmont at Belmont Opener
Lipscomb at Belmont Opener

September 3
Campbell at Campbell Invitational
Gardner-Webb at Campbell Invitational
Mercer at Campbell Invitational
ETSU at Virginia Tech Invitational
Florida Atlantic at Sailfish Invitational