Atlantic Sun Women's Cross Country Notebook and Poll
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

MACON, Ga. – North Florida remained as the top team in the Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Cross Country Coaches Poll after three weeks of competition. The Ospreys earned nine of the first-place votes ahead of Lipscomb in second and Jacksonville in third. There were no changes in positioning since the previous poll on September 7th.

Cross Country Notes:
• USC Upstate's Jemeli Sang raced to first place at the Clemson 6K Invitational in record fashion as her 20:42.88 set a new Spartans program record in 6K races. Tangwar defeated 113 competitors in the race including teammate Joan Tangwar, who finished third in 20:49.08. As a team, the Spartans finished 6th just in front of Georgia Tech.

• North Florida, Lipscomb and Jacksonville all remained in the USTFCCCA South Region Poll, announced on Sept. 19th, to give the A-Sun three representatives in the top-15 of the region.

• This past weekend, seven A-Sun teams competed in meets and all seven came away with top-10 finishes. Lipscomb and Mercer were at the forefront finishing second at the Commodore Classic and RunFit Sport Invitational, respectively, while Belmont (3rd), Kennesaw State (4th) and ETSU (5th) earned top-five finishes in their respective meets. USC Upstate (6th) and FGCU (9th) rounded out the top-10 performances

2011 Atlantic Sun Women's Cross Country Poll - September 21st
Rank School (First Place Votes)
 Votes Last Ranking
1. North Florida (9)
 99 1st; 99
2. Lipscomb (1)
 90 2nd; 90
3. Jacksonville
 77 3rd; 77
4.
Belmont
 71 4th; 71
5. USC Upstate 61 5th; 63
6.
FGCU
 50 6th; 47
7. Mercer
 40 7th; 38
8. Kennesaw State 31 8th; 35
9. ETSU
 21 9th; 20
10. Stetson
 10 10th; 10

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