The February 2005 TheMat.com North American Women's College Wrestling Rankings for teams and individuals has been released.     Cumberland College, a NAIA school in Kentucky, coached by Kip Flanik, retained the No. 1 team ranking, claiming four of the five of the first place votes. Cumberland College had an individual champion, a runner-up and a bronze medalist at the internationally respected Dave Schultz Memorial International in February.    Simon Fraser Univ. of British Columbia, Canada, coached by Mike Jones, retained the No. 2 ranking, with one first-place vote. Simon Fraser was the CIS team champions last year, and placed second in the Canada West Tournament, a qualifying event for the upcoming CIS Championships this year.    Retaining No. 3 in the poll is is Missouri Valley College, an NAIA school coached by Carl Murphree. Missouri Valley had a pair of bronze medalists at the Dave Schultz Memorial International.    Holding its No. 4 ranking was the Univ. of Calgary, from Alberta, Canada, coached by Mitch Ostberg. Calgary won the team title and had two individual champions at the Canada West Tournament last weekend.    Moving into the No. 5 position was Brock Univ. for Ontario, Canada, coached by Richard DesChatelets. Brock won the team title and had three individual champions at the OUA Championships, a qualifier for the CIS Nationals.    Rounding out the Top 10 were No. 6 Univ. of Regina, No. 7 Univ.of Alberta, No. 8 Pacific Univ., No. 9 Univ. of Western Ontario and No. 10 Lassen College. Alberta had a big jump in the rankings, moving up three spots from No. 10 last poll.    A total of 20 teams were ranked, and other teams receiving votes were also recognized. The entire poll can be found at:  http://www.themat.com/rankings/default.asp?CategoryID=108&RankingID=781    The team ranking poll is elected by a panel of women's college coaches, three from Canada and two from the United States. Eligible for ranking are college varsity and club women's wrestling programs.    In the eight weight classes ranked, there were only two new athletes who claimed a No. 1 individual ranking, Heather Martin of Cumberland College at 67 kg/147.5 lbs. and Ali Bernard of the Univ. of Regina at 80 kg/176 lbs.     Martin placed second at the Dave Schultz Memorial, and scored a win there over last month's No. 1 at the weight, Megan Buydens of Saskatchewan.    Bernard moved up in weight from 70 kg, and captured the gold medal at the Canada West Championships, where she was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler.    Canadian wrestlers who held No. 1 rankings, and were also champions at their CIS qualifying events, were Erica Sharp of Alberta at 51 kg/112.25 lbs., Heather Sweezey of Brock at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Emily Richardson at 59 kg/130 lbs.    American wrestlers who retained their No. 1 ranking from the last poll were Sara Fulp-Allen of Menlo College at 48 kg/105.5 lbs., Alaina Berube of Cumberland College at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. and 2004 Olympian Toccara Montgomery of Cumberland College at 72 kg/158.5 lbs.     The February 2005 North American Women's College Individual rankings can be found at:  http://www.themat.com/rankings/default.asp?CategoryID=108&RankingID=782    The individual rankings are selected by TheMat.com, with assistance from coaches. Athletes who are considered for ranking are eligible full-time college students, and are members of their college women's varsity or club program, or a member of their college men's wrestling team.     Women's wrestling is a growing sport in Canada and the United States on the college level. Women's freestyle wrestling was the newest sport in the Summer Olympic Games, making its debut at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The United States and Canada are among the most successful women's wrestling nations in the world.    Copyright 2005 by USA Wrestling and TheMat.com.