The ranking, however, does not only reflect the team's recent success and is a vindication of a very successful season to date, despite the Tribe sending split squads to all meets. Highlighting the stretch was W&M's victory at Virginia\'s Lou Onesty Invitational, where the Green and Gold placed five runners in the top-15 to outpace Ohio State, Virginia and Virginia Tech on a wet day in Charlottesville. The team also placed a solid eighth of 36 teams at the elite Paul Short Invitational as sophomore Adam Tenerowicz (Blackstone, MA) raced to 10th in a field of national-caliber athletes. Tenerowicz was recognized as the CAA Runner of the Week for his performance. In the College\'s only other action on the season, at W&M\'s own Colonial Invitational which kicked off the 2004 campaign, the Tribe placed all six of its runners in the top-20 in the meet that did not feature team scoring. In addition to Tenerowicz, two other College harriers have snared CAA Runner of the Week honors with sophomore Keith Bechtol (Alexandria, VA) getting the nod for his 19th place at Great American and senior Jeff Hedley (Virginia Beach, VA) earning the honor for his fourth at the Lou Onesty Invitational.
The Tribe is back in action on October 16 as some of the team competes at the NCAA Pre-Nationals while other harriers contest the squad's own Tribe Open in Williamsburg, VA.
NCAA MONDO National Poll (October 5) Ranking Team (first place votes) Region Points Previous 1 Wisconsin (14) GL 420 1 2 Stanford W 404 2 3 Arkansas SC 384 4 4 Iona NE 383 3 5 Michigan GL 358 6 6 Colorado M 336 5 7 Georgetown MA 334 7 8 North Carolina State SE 318 8 9 Notre Dame GL 296 30 10 Butler GL 276 11 11 Villanova MA 268 12 12 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo W 266 10 13 Air Force M 257 13 14 BYU M 245 9 15 Arizona State W 230 14 16 Providence NE 185 17 17 Minnesota MW 172 16 18 Florida State S 161 28 19 Indiana GL 141 15 20 Oklahoma State MW 137 22 21 Colorado State M 121 20 22—tie William & Mary MA 113 -- 22—tie Miami (Ohio) GL 113 19 24 Ohio State GL 88 21 25 Oregon W 75 25 26 Montana State M 62 29 27 Georgia S 60 23—tie 28 Central Michigan GL 59 18 29 Washington W 50 26—tie 30 Iowa MW 33 26—tie