Following a great first race of the young cross country season Annalise Schroeder was named the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week.

In their first race of the season Women's Cross Country showed promise at the Viterbo Border Battle on Saturday afternoon with a seventh place team finish.

A lightning delay followed by a flooding rain resulted in both North Central University Cross Country teams having their season opening meet at Kenwood Park washed away.

Over the last week the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference has released the pre-season coaches polls for most of the fall sports and the Rams are predicted to look up at most of the league in 2014.

The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association released its Scholar Team Awards on Tuesday and NCU Men's & Women's Cross Country were each named on the distinguished list.