The Great American is actually slightly better than what Fred has posted. Here is the race assignments for all three college sections with all rankings avaliable for those who are interested. There will also be a number of individuals in the third section. The entries are also listed at greatamericansports.com.
Men's University Seeded (182 runners) 1Appalachian State (#9 Southeast D-I, #1 SoCon D-I) 2Baylor (#4 South Central D-I) 3Brown 4Bucknell 5Butler (#24 D-I, #3 Great Lakes D-I) 6Clemson (#7 Southeast D-I) 7Charlotte 8Coastal Carolina (#10 Southeast D-I, #3 Big South D-I)) 9Colorado State (#16 D-I, #5 Mountain D-I) 10Duke (#20 D-I, #3 Southeast D-I) 11High Point (#6 Southeast D-I, #1 Big South D-I)) 12Loyola-Chicago 13Florida (#5 South) 14Florida International 15Florida State (receiving votes D-I, #3 South D-I) 16Georgetown (#9 D-I) 17Georgia Tech (#8 South D-I) 18James Madison (#8 Southeast D-I) 19La Salle 20Miami 21NC State (#7 D-I, #1 Southeast D-I) 22Northern Arizona (#5 D-I, #2 Mountain D-I) 23South Florida 24UNC-Chapel Hill 25Virginia (#5 Southeast D-I) 26Western Carolina Men's Collegiate Open (140 runners) 1Alabama-Huntsville (#6 South D-II) 2Campbell 3Concord College 4Davidson College 5Emory (#24 D-III) 6Gardner-Webb 7Harding (#4 D-II, #1 South D-II)) 8Mary Washington 9Millersville (#11 D-II, #1 East D-II)) 10Newberry 11North Florida (#18 D-II, #3 South D-II)) 12Richmond 13Samford (#9 South D-I) 14UNC-Asheville 15UNC-Greensboro 16USC-Spartaburg 17Virginia Commonwelth 18Washington & Lee 19Wingate (#9 East D-II) 20Wofford Men's Collegiate "B" & Open (cap 182 runners) 1Alabama-Huntsville "B" 2Appalachian State "B" 3Appalachian State "C" 4Coastal Carolina "B" 5Davidson "B" 6Duke "B" 7Georgetown "B" 8High Point "B" 9Loyola "B" 10Mary Washington "B" 11Miami "B" 12Millersville "B" 13NC State "B" 14North Florida "B" 15UNC-Chapel Hill "B" 16UNC-Greensboro "B" 17Virginia "B" 18Wingate "B" 19Wolfpack-UNA 20Hansons TC 21Atlanta TC Women' University Seeded (182 runners) 1 Arkansas (#9 D-I) 2 Baylor (recieving votes, #36 D-I) 3 Brigham Young (#1 D-I) 4 Brown 5 Butler 6 Coastal Carolina (#8 Southeast D-I, #1 Big South D-I) 7 Colorado State (#18 D-I) 8 Columbia (#26 D-I) 9 Duke (#11 D-I, #3 Southeast D-I)) 10 Florida 11 Florida State 12 Georgetown (#2 D-I) 13 Georgia Tech (#24 D-I) 14 Iowa 15 James Madison (#29 D-I, #5 Southeast D-I)) 16 Loyola-Chicago 17 La Salle (receiving votes, #39 D-I) 18 Mississippi State 19 NC State (#3 D-I, #1 Southeast D-I)) 20 Northern Arizona (#13 D-I) 21 Richmond (#9 Southeast D-I) 22 South Florida (recieving votes, #34 D-I) 23 UNC-Chapel Hill (#6 D-I, #2 Southeast D-I)) 24 Gardner-Webb 25 Virginia (#16 D-I, #4 Southeast D-I)) 26 William & Mary (receiving votes, #38 D-I, #6 Southeast D-I)) Women's Collegiate Open (182 runners) 1 Alabama-Huntsville (#6 South D-II) 2 Appalachian State (#2 SoCon) 3 Bucknell 4 Campbell 5 Charlotte 6 Clemson 7 Concord College 8 Davidson College (#6 SoCon D-I) 9 Emory (#24 D-III) 10 Florida International 11 Virginia-Commonwelth 12 Harding (#3 South D-II) 13 High Point (#8 Big South D-I) 14 Mary Washington 15 Millersville 16 Newberry 17 North Florida (#7 D-II, #1 South D-II)) 18 Peace College 19 Samford 20 UNC-Asheville (#3 Big South D-I) 21 UNC-Greensboro (#4 SoCon D-I) 22 USC-Spartanburg 23 Washington & Lee 24 Western Carolina (#3 SoCon D-I) 25 Wingate (#5 Southeast D-II) 26 Wofford (#12 SoCon D-I) Women's College "B" & Open (cap 182 runners) 1 Alabama-Huntsville "B" 2 Appalachian State "B" 3 Appalachian State "C" 4 Brigham Young "B" 5 Coastal Carolina "B" 6 Davidson "B" 7 Georgetown "B" 8 Mary Washington "B" 9 Millersville "B" 10 Mississippi State "B" 11 NC State "B" 12 NC State "C" 13 North Florida "B" 14 UNC-Chapel Hill "B" 15 UNC-Greensboro "B" 16 Virginia "B" 17 William & Mary "B" 18 Wingate "B" 19 Wolfpack-UNA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Finke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "T-and-F list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 6:07 AM Subject: t-and-f: Great American XC update 9-12 > Hi. Fred Finke here. > > The Great American is beginning to look like it could be a nice jog > through the countryside. :) > > Here are the currently confirmed entries for the Great American Cross > Country meet in Charlotte, NC on October 28th: > > Ranked teams (Ranking by the recognized bodies): > > College Women: # 1 BYU, # 2 Georgetown, # 3 NC State, # 9 Arkansas, # 11 > Duke, # 13 Northern Arizona, # 16 Virginia, # 18 Colorado State, # 29 James > Madison > > College Men: # 5 Northern Arizona, # 7 NC State, # 9 Georgetown, # 16 > Colorado State, # 16 William and Mary, # 20 Duke, # 24 Butler > > > High School teams (National rankings according to Marc Bloom and Harrier) > > High School Girls: #1, #3, #5, #7, #10, #13, #14, #16, #21 & #25 > > High School Boys: #1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #9, #12, #16, #17, #19, #20, #22, & > #24 > > Hope to see some of you there (but DON'T expect me to stop and talk!) :) > > Fred Finke > Great American Meet Director > > ******************************************************* > Fred Finke, LDR Men's Coach Selection Coordinator > --- O Men's Team Leader, World Cross, Morocco, 1998 > -- <^_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- \/\ Great American XC Meet Director > ******************************************************* >
