Oklahoma State University Athletics
Oklahoma State Women Are Preseason No. 2 in Midwest Region
August 27, 2012 | Cowgirl Cross Country & Track
Aug. 27, 2012
STILLWATER - The Oklahoma State women's cross country team will enter the 2012 season in the No. 2 spot in the Midwest Region, according to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association preseason polls released this morning. Iowa State is No. 1.
National rankings will be released tomorrow.
The Cowgirls finished the 2011 season ranked No. 2 in the region, in part due to their third-place finish at the Big 12 Chamionships.
Expected to lead the team in 2012 are three track and field All-Americans in Natalja Piliusina, Caileigh Glenn and Kate Kujawa and last year's Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Monika Juodeskaite.
The Cowgirls open the season this Saturday when they compete in the Hurricane Invitational in Tulsa, Okla.
Midwest Region
Rank School Location Conference 2011 Finish 1 Iowa State Ames, Iowa Big 12 1 2 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. Big 12 2 3 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Big Ten 3 4 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. Big Ten 5 5 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Big Ten 4 6 Missouri Columbia, Mo. SEC 7 7 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Conference USA 8 8 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Big Ten 15 9 Illinois State Normal, Ill. Missouri Valley 11 10 North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. Summit League 13 11 Bradley Peoria, Ill. Missouri Valley 17 12 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Horizon 24 13 Wichita State Wichita, Kan. Missouri Valley 12 14 Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Big 12 9 15 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. Big 12 14
