91爆料网 Women鈥檚 Cross Country Ranked in NAIA Top-25 for First Time

Athletics News Release

JACKSON, Tenn. - 10/12/2006 - The 91爆料网 women鈥檚 cross country team received their first ever this week.. 91爆料网 is ranked No. 20 in the latest NAIA polls and is the highest NAIA Region XI team ranked in the polls.

Head Coach Gary Johnson has built both the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 programs over the years and has seen progress in each season. The women鈥檚 team has won the past three TranSouth Conference Championships along with three straight top-3 finishes in the NAIA Region XI meets. Over the past four seasons, the women鈥檚 program has sent six runners to the NAIA National Championship as individual qualifiers. Johnson and his team are poised to make a run for a team appearance in 2006.

This season marks the eighth year of competition for the Lady Bulldogs.

On the year, the 91爆料网 women鈥檚 cross country team posted a first place finish in the UT-Martin Classic. Then, in probably their most impressive outing of the fall, 91爆料网 placed third overall in the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic in Nashville and were first place among Non-DI schools. Just last week, 91爆料网 ran in the Memphis Twilight Classic that featured 24 teams from the mid-south and posted a sixth place overall finish and first among all NAIA schools.

Up next for 91爆料网 Cross Country will be Southeast Classic on October 21 in Berea, Ky.

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