NEW ORLEANS, La. – Trinity (Texas) University women’s cross country team dropped to the No. 13 position in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national rankings. In the USTFCCCA regional polls, Trinity kept the No. 1 South/Southeast regional ranking for the sixth consecutive week.

Trinity (Texas) University women’s cross country team placed fourth of 37 squads last Saturday at the UW-Oshkosh Brooks Cross Country Invitational.

Trinity completed the 6k event with 126 points, just two behind third-place Washington (Mo.), and six in back of the runner-up University of Chicago. Calvin College (Mich.) was the team champion, with 71 points, at the Lake Breeze Golf Club. The Tigers outdistanced fifth-place finisher Hope College (Mich.), which registered 180 points. Four Tiger runners finished in the top-35 standings, out of some 509 competitors.

Trinity’s team was fresh off a win two weeks ago at the Hanover DIII Pre-Nationals Invitational in Hanover, Indiana.

The Trinity teams will defend their titles November 2nd at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships at Shreveport, Louisiana.

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To view the entire USTFCCCA regional rankings, click here.