The February 2003 TheMat.com North American Women's College Wrestling Rankings for teams and individuals has been released.     Simon Fraser Univ. of British Columbia, Canada remained the top North American college team in the poll, receiving all five of the first place votes from the coaches panel for 100 points. Simon Fraser traditionally competes in the NAIA as this year joined the CIS (the Canadian university college association).    Simon Fraser won the team title at the Canada West Championships on February 14, one of the qualifying events for the CIS National Championships. On the next day, Simon Fraser's second team placed second in the Northwest Conference Tournament held in Oregon.    Moving up to the No. 2 position was the Univ. of Calgary, a Canadian CIS school, which was tied for third in the January poll. Calgary was second behind Simon Fraser in the Canada West Championships.    Cumberland College, a NAIA school, remained the top ranked school from the United States, with a No. 3 ranking. Cumberland slipped one spot from its No. 2 ranking last month. Next came another U.S. NAIA school, Missouri Valley College, which came in at No. 4.    Cumberland has been active all season, and most recently appeared at the Dave Schultz Memorial International in Colorado Springs, Colo. Missouri Valley College had an active month, winning team titles at the Cougar Open in Canada and the Northwest Conference Championships in the United States.    There was a tie for fifth place in the poll between Neosho County CC, a junior college in the United States, and Brock Univ., a CIS Canadian school. Neosho, which also competed at the Schultz Memorial, has a number of talented individuals on its team. Brock, which made a tremendous jump from No. 10 in the last poll, won the team title at the OUA Championships on February 15, one of the qualifying events for the CIS National Championships.    Rounding out the Top 10 were No. 7 Univ. of Minnesota-Morris; No. 8 Univ. of Guelph; No. 9 Queens College and No. 10 Pacific Univ.    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.    Canadian athletes dominated the individual rankings again, with seven of the eight No. 1 ranked wrestlers hailing from Canadian schools.    The Canadian athletes with No. 1 spots this month were  Carol Huyhn of Simon Fraser at 48 kg (105.5 lbs.), Belinda Chow of the Univ. of Regina at 51 kg (112.25 lbs.), Heather Sweezey of Brock at 55 kg (121 lbs.), Emily Richardson of Simon Fraser at 59 kg (130 lbs.), Tara Hedican of Guelph at 63 kg (138.5 lbs.), Shannon Samler of the Univ. of BC at 67 kg (147.5 lbs.) and Pamela Wilson of McMaster at 77 kg/169.5 lbs.    These athletes represent a core of the best women wrestlers in Canada, regardless of age. Huyhn, Richardson, Hedican, Samler and Wilson were members of the 2002 Canadian World Team.    The only U.S. wrestler with a No. 1 ranking was Toccara Montgomery of Cumberland College at 72 kg (158.5 lbs.) Montgomery, a sophomore and a 2001 World silver medalist, won a gold medal at the Dave Schultz Memorial International earlier this month.    It will be a busy month ahead for women college programs. The Canadian CIS schools will complete their season with CIS National Championships at Brock Univ. in Ontario, Feb. 28-March 1. There will be two major events in the United States. The Missouri Valley International will be held in Marshall, Mo. on March 15. The USGWA Can-Am North American Championships, will be held in Lake Orion, Mich., March 29. (This year, the Can Am event is sanctioned by USA Wrestling). In addition, the Canadian Junior National Championships (ages 17-20) is set for Fredrickton, New Brunswick, March 14-16.    The individual rankings are selected by TheMat.com, with assistance from the panel of 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. The International Olympic Committee has named women's freestyle wrestling as the newest sport added to the Summer Olympic Games program. The United States and Canada are among the most successful women's wrestling nations in the world.    February North American Women's College Team Poll    February North American Women's College Individuals        Copyright 2003 by USA Wrestling and TheMat.com.    Media outlets may reproduce these rankings only if they identify them as TheMat.com Women's College Rankings.