MWC Cross Country Polls Released

CSU and BYU are favored to win this year's MWC titles in men's and women's cross country, respectively.

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Aug. 29, 2002

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado State and BYU are favored to win this year's Mountain West Conference titles in men's and women's cross country, respectively, in a vote by the league's coaches.

Colorado State won a close vote on the men's side, as only seven points separated the top three spots. The Rams notched 27 points to capture first place, while BYU finished second with 25 points and New Mexico claimed third place with 20 points. BYU received three first place votes while Colorado State and Wyoming received two and one, respectively. Air Force (18 points) was picked to finish fourth in the league this season, followed by Utah (16 points) in the fifth spot and Wyoming sixth (14 points).

For the third straight season, BYU gathered a score of 50 points (six first place votes) as it was picked to win the women's championship for the fourth time in as many years. Colorado State received one first place as it totaled 46 points in claiming second place. Utah claimed the third spot with 41 points, followed by Air Force (38 points) and New Mexico (32 points) in fourth and fifth place, respectively. Wyoming settled in at sixth place with 27 points, while San Diego State (25 points) and UNLV (21 points; one first place vote) rounded out the poll.