To Men's Atlantic Region Cross Country Poll / Scott Slade, SUNY Plattsburgh

Weekly Rankings - 11/12/02

Rank	Team
1	Geneseo
2	Ithaca
3	The College of New Jersey
4	St. Lawrence
5	Cortland
6	Hamilton
7	Rochester
8	NYU
9	Rensselaer
10	Oswego

Current National Rankings

Atlantic Region Preseason Rankings and Comments

Rank	Team	Comments:
1.	Ithaca College	This should be another very good year for the Ithaca Women. They return their entire top 7 from the Regional Championship team (14th NCAA's) from last year and have added some good recruits.
2.	College of New Jersey	Lost some key performers from last years 10th place NCAA team but return their top 2 from regionals and have a number of good prospects which should make them very competitive.
3.	SUNY Geneseo	This may be a banner year for Geneseo and they will certainly compete for the Regional title. Led by All-American Melissa White (3rd at NCAA's) and Jen Rettke(7th at Regionals) they return 5 of 7 along with arguably the best recruiting class in the Region.
4.	Hamilton	Lost All-American Maggie Hanson but return Jenn Cammarano and the rest of a stellar group which finished 9th at NCAA's last year.
5.	Cortland	No report in as of this time but they have a new coach in John Crawford and should be returning 6 of their top 7 from last years 5th place team at regionals.
6.	St. Lawrence	Return 6 of the top 7 from last years team which just missed out on advancing to NCAA's. Still young but have added depth and a few newcomers, which should make them a contender by seasons end.
7.	Plattsburgh	Like St. Lawrence, they return 6 of the top 7 from last year's team and expect to be deeper this year. NCAA qualifier Amanda Jinks should give them some up front strength.
8.	Rensselaer	No report in-Return 5 of 7 from last year's team.
9.	Rochester	No report in-Should be a solid team with a number of returnees including NCAA qualifier Erika Wasserstein.
10.	Oswego	No report in-Came on strong towards the end of last year and return a number of solid runners.