2025 NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll – Week 1 ::: USTFCCCA

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Taylor (Ind.) continues on the prime as seven of the top-10 groups discovered new positions within the Week 1 version of the NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, which was launched on Thursday by the NAIA National Office.

No. 1 Taylor (Ind.)

The Trojans repeat at No. 1, led by Sept. 10 NAIA Runner of the Week Jaynie Halterman, final season’s particular person nationwide champion. Taylor opened with a win on the Indiana Wesleyan Twilight, returning to competitors Friday evening (Sept. 26), on the Florida State Cross Country Open in Tallahassee, Fla.

No. 2 Milligan (Tenn.)

Opened the 12 months with back-to-back fourth-place finishes in wholesome fields, taking fourth amongst 20 on the Queen City Invite in Charlotte, N.C., and fourth on the Brevard Cross Country Classic in Brevard, N.C. Next up, the Buffs are at residence Friday evening (Sept. 26), internet hosting the Eli Cramer Invitational in Bristol, Tenn. Montreat posted the season’s second NAIA Runner of the Week, Heather Murphy, who broke the college’s 5K report on the Queen City Invite.

No. 3 Cumberlands (Ky.)

The Patriots began 2025 sturdy, profitable the Berea/Centre Jamboree on Aug. 29 by 21 factors, and so they backed it up with a powerful displaying on the Southern Showcase, hosted by Jacksonville State, led by Lea Kunstmann’s 18:29.56 5K in a largely Division I subject. Cumberlands returns to the course Oct. 4, participating within the Greater Louisville Classic, hosted by the University of Louisville.

No. 4 The Master’s (Calif.)

The 2024 NAIA girls’s cross nation nationwide champions have three competitions within the books already, in 2025, together with a fifth-place end at residence. TMU additionally earned a sixth-place end at Biola, the place they had been the one NAIA program within the subject, all after starting the season with a third-place end on the Mark Calvert Classic, hosted by Cal State Fullerton, topping Chapman, UNLV, and Southern Nevada whereas ending behind Cal State Fullerton and Loyola Marymount. The Mustangs are again in motion Oct. 4, on the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational in Claremont, Calif.

No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan

The Wildcats are one meet into the 2025 season, internet hosting the Indiana Wesleyan Twilight Invitational, the place they completed second behind No. 1 Taylor. IWU was led by Sydney Liddle, who completed second, and the Wildcats return to competitors Friday evening (Sept. 26), in Columbia, Mo., on the Gans Creek Classic, hosted by the University of Missouri, on the course the place they completed tenth in final season’s NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championship.

Completing
the top-10 are No. 6 Marian (Ind.),
No. 7 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), No. 8 Dordt (Iowa), No. 9 College of Idaho and No. 10 SCAD Savannah (Ga.).

The 2025 NAIA
Cross Country Championships are scheduled to be held Friday, November
21, at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida. This would be the second
time prior to now 4 years that the meet might be held within the Sunshine State.