Oct. 8, 2003
The TCU women's cross country team is ranked fifth in this week's South Central Regional Cross Country Poll.
The Frogs garnered 148 points, just four points in back of fourth place Texas. Arkansas continues to lead the poll with 190 points, followed by Baylor (186) and Texas A&M (166). However, the FinishLynx NCAA Women's Cross Country National Poll has the Bears ranked 14th, with Arkansas coming in as the 19th-rated school.
On the men's side, TCU is 17th place in the regional poll with three points. Arkansas leads the men's poll with 150 points, followed by Texas A&M (139) and Texas (129). Arkansas is ranked ninth in the Mondo NCAA Men's National Cross Country Poll.
The TCU men's and women's squads will not be in action this week as they prepare for the Chile Pepper Festival, set for Saturday, October 18 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL POLL
Women
1. Arkansas (8) 190
2. Baylor (5) 185
3. Texas A&M 166
4. Texas 152
5. TCU 148
6. SMU 125
7. Rice 111
8. UTA 92
9. SFA 91
10. TAMU-CC 69
11. Tulane 65
12. Houston 39
13. Lamar 32
14. North Texas 27
15. UTSA 24
Men
1. Arkansas (15) 150
2. Texas A&M 139
3. Texas 129
4. Baylor 119
5. Rice 105
6. Stephen F. Austin 101
7. Sam Houston 82
8. Houston 78
9. LSU 70
10. SMU 42
Tulane 42
12. McNeese 29
13. TAMU-CC 25
14. LA Tech 22
UTPA 22
UALR 22
Others receiving votes:
TCU 3, UTA 2, Lamar 1.
