{"id":87970,"date":"2024-08-30T03:40:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T07:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=87970"},"modified":"2024-09-03T08:57:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T12:57:15","slug":"womens-cross-country-earns-no-4-ranking-in-great-lakes-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_30_2024\/womens-cross-country-earns-no-4-ranking-in-great-lakes-region","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Cross Country Earns No. 4 Ranking in Great Lakes Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Toledo women&#8217;s cross country team is ranked No. 4 in the Great Lakes Region, according to the U.S. Track &amp; Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) preseason rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets are the highest-ranked Mid-American Conference program in the region and trail only Notre Dame, Michigan State and Wisconsin in the poll. The three-time MAC Champions completed the 2023 Great Lakes Regional\u00a0with an eighth place-team finish, which secured a final ranking of No. 8 in the Great Lakes Region.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_87971\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87971\" class=\"wp-image-87971\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/womens-cross-country-ranked-SIDE.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a pack of women's cross country teams running in a race.\u00a0\u00a0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/womens-cross-country-ranked-SIDE.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/womens-cross-country-ranked-SIDE-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-87971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Toledo women&#8217;s cross country team is ranked No. 4 in the Great Lakes Region, according to the U.S. Track &amp; Field and Cross Country Coaches Association preseason rankings.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Toledo&#8217;s men and women&#8217;s cross country teams begin the 2024 season on Friday, Aug. 30, when they compete in the Tommy Evans Invitational hosted by the University of Akron\u00a0in Norton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Preseason Regional Rankings<br \/>\nGreat Lakes Region &#8211; Women<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Notre Dame<br \/>\n2. Michigan State<br \/>\n3. Wisconsin<br \/>\n<strong>4. Toledo<\/strong><br \/>\n5. Ohio State<br \/>\n6. Michigan<br \/>\n7. Eastern Michigan<br \/>\n8. Ohio<br \/>\n9. Butler<br \/>\n10. Indiana<br \/>\n11. Purdue<br \/>\n12. Central Michigan<br \/>\n13. Cincinnati<br \/>\n14. Bowling Green<br \/>\n15. Western Michigan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_30_2024\/womens-cross-country-earns-no-4-ranking-in-great-lakes-region\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/womens-cross-country-ranked-SIDE-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of a pack of women&#039;s cross country teams running in a race.\u00a0\u00a0\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>The Rockets are the highest-ranking Mid-American Conference team in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":87971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,56,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87970"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88064,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87970\/revisions\/88064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}