NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Emory & Henry University Men's Cross Country Team is ranked ninth in this week's USTFCCCA Southeast Region Poll, USTFCCCA officials announced Tuesday afternoon. The Wasps fall one spot to ninth after spending the past three weeks as the eighth-ranked team in the NCAA Division II Southeast Region.

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Cross country regional rankings are determined by a single member coach in each respective region. The role of the regional representative is to weigh each team's strength to project the order of finish at the NCAA Regional Championships in November.

Wingate University remains at the top of the rankings for the sixth week in a row dating back to the preseason as the top six in the region remained the same from last week. University of North Carolina - Pembroke moves up two spots into seventh place, dropping Converse University to eighth and E&H to ninth. North Greenville University breaks into the rankings at number 10.

Emory & Henry will next compete at the Roanoke Invitational on Saturday, October 19 at Green Hill Park in Salem, Virginia.

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USTFCCCA DII Southeast Region Rankings
Week Five

1.  Wingate *
2.  Augusta
3.  Anderson *
4.  Flagler
5.  Catawba *
6.  Lincoln Memorial *
7.  UNC Pembroke
8.  Converse
9.  Emory & Henry *
10. North Greenville

* denotes South Atlantic Conference school