Sandburg Women’s XC No. 23 in USTFCCCA Rankings

The Carl Sandburg College women’s cross country team made its first appearance in the national polls this season, coming in at No. 23 in this week’s U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings.

The Chargers are coming off a fourth-place showing at last week’s Heartland Invitational. All five women’s teams that competed in that race are part of this week’s rankings: Heartland (Division II No. 2), Harper (Division III No. 1), Southeastern (Division II No. 8) and Kaskaskia (Division II receiving votes).

While Sandburg’s men’s team was not part of this week’s national rankings, the Chargers came in at No. 19 in the preseason and received votes in the Sept. 20 poll.

Both Chargers squads are in action Saturday at the Sauk Valley Invite in Dixon, with the women’s race at 10:30 a.m. and the men’s race at 11:15 a.m. Sandburg then hosts the Arrowhead Conference Championship at 10:15 a.m. Oct. 14.