FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BATES WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RANKED SEVENTH IN NEW ENGLAND

New England Cross Country Coaches Association Poll

Rank	School (first-place votes)	Votes
1  	Middlebury (8) 			80
2  	Williams 			72
3  	Brandeis 			60
4  	Amherst 			54
5  	Colby 				45
6  	Tufts 				41
7  	Bates 			27
8  	Wesleyan 			20
9  	Conn College 			13
10 	Wellesley 9

Also receiving votes:  Bowdoin 7, Mt Holyoke 3, Springfield 2, Westfield 2