EAST STROUDSBURG - The East Stroudsburg University men's cross country team in ranked second in the East Region and No. 17 in the nation in the latest United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll.

ESU won the Tidewater Fall Classic last weekend in Salisbury, Md. and moved up to second in the regional rankings and into the top 25. The team was ninth in the region for two weeks and was fourth until the victory last week.

Lock Haven is the top team in the East region and ranked 13th nationally. Adams State is the top team in the country, followed by Chico State, Abilene Christian, Grand Valley State and Colorado School of Mines.

The ESU cross country teams will run October 14 at the Plansky Invitational at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass.

USTFCCCA Division II Men's Regional Polls
East Region
1. Lock Haven
2. East Stroudsburg
3. Edinboro
4. Shippensburg
5. Slippery Rock
6. Bloomsburg
7. Concord
8. IUP
9. Clarion
10. West Virginia Wesleyan.

USTFCCCA Division II Men's Top 25
1. Adams State
2. Chico State
3. Abilene Christian
4. Grand Valley
5. Colorado School of Mines
6. Western State
7. Harding
8. Wayne State
9. Stonehill
10. Southwest Baptist
11. Cal Poly Pomona
12. UMass Lowell
13. Lock Haven
14. Minnesota State
15. Alaska Anchorage
16. Western Washington
17. East Stroudsburg
18. Florida Southern
19. Edinboro
20. Saginaw Valley
21. Southern Indiana
22. Hillsdale
23. Lewis
24. Southern Connecticut
25. Shippensburg