FHSU Athletics
NEW ORLEANS - The Fort Hays State women's cross country moved to No. 26 in the country in this week's USTFCCCA NCAA Division II National Coaches Poll, announced Wednesday.
The Tigers are slotted 26th for the second time this season after also occupying that spot in the preseason poll. FHSU has been ranked as high as No. 23 this season, sitting in that spot each of the last two weeks.
Colorado School of Mines narrowly held on to the No. 1 spot this week, just four points in front of Grand Valley State. Fort Hays State is one of six MIAA teams in the rankings alongside No. 14 Pittsburg State, No. 17 Nebraska-Kearney, No. 21 Northwest Missouri State, No. 22 Missouri Southern and No. 23 Rogers State.
The women dipped one spot to seventh in the latest Central Region rankings, while the men crept up one spot to ninth in the region.
Fort Hays State has had a strong start to the season, defeating three NCAA Division I teams while finishing behind a fellow DII program only once in seventh-ranked Western Colorado.
The Tigers will wrap up the regular season at home with the FHSU Tiger Open this Saturday (Oct. 10), with the women's five-kilometer race slated to begin at 10 a.m.