ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico women's cross country team opened as the top-ranked team in the nation in the first regular-season U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Coaches' Poll released today.
It's the highest ranking ever for the women's team, which was joined by the 20th-ranked men's team to make New Mexico one of just 10 schools with both its men's and women's program ranked in the top-25.
"It's a great honor that the coaches of the coaches association think that we're No.