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2002 Preseason
Poll - NCAA Division I
September 5, 2002 - 20 Teams with Californians on board out of the top
30 squads
Breanne Sandberg (former Peninsula HS, Rolling Hills)
star, 10:28 steeplechase last year for BYU as frosh, hopes to help the
Cougars to an NCAA Title in Cross-Country. Just retired Coach Joe Kelly
at Peninsula has Breanne at BYU (#1 ranked, Nicole Lee at Georgetown #2
Ranked, and Emily Vince at #7 ranked Yale). Below reads like a who's-who
of California prep distance running over the last few years!!! How long
since Stanford has been ranked as low as fourth in these polls?
Ranking Team (first place votes) Points
1. Brigham Young (12) 386 -
Kristy Barrus, Katie Martin, Shalice Pugmire, Breanne Sandberg Golden
Staters!!
2. Georgetown 369 - Nicole
Lee, Morgan Soule, Diana Clock on 2002 Track Roster - No CC Roster yet
2002
3. North Carolina State 358
4. Stanford 349 - Julie
Allen, Sara Bei, Kristin Cohoon, Lauren Fleshman, Katie Hotchkiss, Lindsay
Hyatt, Yfa Kretzchmar, Elizabeth Rosa, Anita Siraki
5. Colorado (1) 338 - Christine
Bolf
6. North Carolina 319 - Colleen
Wren
7. Yale 318 - Lindsey Finch, Emely
Martinez, Monica Modi, Aya Osuga, Emily Vince, Kathryn Matlack, Susan
Chan
8. Boston College 286 - Meghan
Andrade, Carrigan Denny Brown, Rebecca Simmons,
9. Arkansas 281 - No roster yet -
link to CC Razorback Coverage - Shiloh Whiting
and Laura Jakosky
10. Notre Dame 275 - Christi
Arnerich,
11. Duke 237 - Clara
Horowitz, Meaghan Leon, Shannon Rowbury,
12. Michigan State 229 - Natalie
Stein
13. Northern Arizona 221
14. Providence 216 - Erin
Pierce
15. UCLA 201 -
Ashley Allen, Leslie Barrie, Alejandra Barrientos, Maribeth Buch, Tiffany
Burgess, Ashley Caldwell, Jenny Esser, Valerie Flores, Emily Haigh, Allison
Hall, Jessica Marr, Lori Mann, Melissa McBain, Laura Muller, Talita Wells,
Jenna Timinsky, Sarah West,
16. Virginia 165 -
17. Minnesota 150
18. Colorado State 145
19. Arizona State 142 - 2001
roster Desiree Davila - no 2002 yet
20. Marquette 140
21. Texas A&M 129 - Vanessa
Kelly
22. Villanova 123 - Saraf
Scarfe 201 Roster - no 2002 yet
23. Cornell 117 - Stephanie
Baird, Aliza Cohen, Christine Eckstaedt, Lorraine Ricci
24. Georgia Tech 102
25. Arizona 77 - Kim
Bates, Jennifer Burris, Nicole Gurnicz, Amber Steen 2001 Roster -
no 2002
26. Columbia 71 - Alex
Guerrero, Loretta Kilmer, Vanessa Yonan
27. Toledo 48
28. Southwest Missouri State 43
29. James Madison 34
30. Weber State 28
Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Penn State 24, Wisconsin 24, Washington
23,
South Florida 20, Boston Univ. 19, Baylor 9, Oklahoma State 9, William
&
Mary
5, LaSalle 4, Texas 4, UC-Santa Barbara 4, Tennessee 2, Michigan 1 - Ana
Gjesdal (Crescenta Valley/Glendale JC).
The Answer is NOW 20
WITH ADDITION OF ARKANSAS AND TEXAS A&M (20 of the 30 top listed University
Division I Women's programs have Golden Staters on their rosters)
- which high schools have the most athletes listed above - we kind of
think it is about a tie between the programs of Peninsula (Rolling Hills
Estates) and University (San Francisco). University a much smaller private
school is amazing in the number of athletes it has had in recent years
go on to compete -
Mike Scott of University of
Rhode Island and his commentary on the polls
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