For the first time since 2012, the John Carroll women's cross country program has jumped back into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III Cross Country national rankings

Buoyed by a second place finish at the Ohio Athletic Championships last Saturday -- where the Blue Streaks actually tied for first place with #21 ranked Otterbein but did not win the title due to a tiebreaker -- John Carroll landed at the #34 spot in the NCAA Division III poll. 

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The last time John Carroll was ranked was on September 19, 2012. In that poll, the Blue Streaks were also slotted in the 34th spot.

In the final regular season regional poll, John Carroll is ranked fifth behind Hope, Calvin, Otterbein and Allegheny.

The Blue Streaks will see those four teams plus many others next Saturday, November 12, at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships meet, which will be held at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

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John Carroll had five all-conference runners at the 2016 OAC Championships: first team performers Erin Kiley (sixth place), Schasia Modrzynski (seventh place), and Cassie Schillero (ninth place, 22:31.7), and second team performers Becky Rohwer (10th place) and Lauren Gornik (14th place). Two others runners -- Christine Smith (22nd place) and Jamie Amoroso (28th place) -- were top 30 finishers.