The January 2004 TheMat.com North American Women's College Wrestling Rankings for teams and individuals has been released.     Simon Fraser Univ. of British Columbia, Canada retained the top ranking in North America. The team is coached by Mike Jones, and received four of the five first place votes.    In fact, the top four teams remained the same from the December ranking.    Ranked No. 2 is the Univ. of Calgary, from Alberta, Canada. Calgary is coached by Mitch Ostberg. Calgary received one first place vote.    Cumberland College, a NAIA school in Kentucky, coached by Kip Flanik, held its No. 3 ranking once again.    Missouri Valley College, an NAIA school coached by Carl Murphree, earned the No. 4 ranking in North America.    Six of the top 10 teams were from Canada, and four were from the United States. Rounding out the Top 10 were No.  5 McMaster Univ., No. 6. Brock Univ., No. 7 Univ. of Saskatchewan, No. 8 Menlo College, No. 9 Pacific Univ. and No. 10 Lakehead Univ.,     A total of 20 teams were ranked, and other teams receiving votes were also recognized. The entire poll can be found at:  http://themat.com/rankings/default.asp?CategoryID=108&RankingID=637    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.    The individual rankings changed considerably, as some college wrestlers returned to school after the holidays, and many athletes changed weight classes because of the Olympic year.    Canadian athletes were ranked No. 1 in five weight divisions, with three U.S. wrestlers holding No. 1 rankings. This is the most U.S. top-ranked athletes this season in the North American college rankings.    The three U.S. No. 1 athletes are Mary Kelly of MacMurray at 48 kg (105.5 lbs.), Alaina Berube of Cumberland College at 59 kg (130 lbs.) and Toccara Montgomery of Cumberland College at 72 kg (158.5 lbs.)     The Canadian college athletes with No. 1 rankings are Sara White of Simon Fraser at 51 kg (112.25 lbs.),  Heather Sweezey of Brock at 55 kg (121 lbs.), Tara Hedican of Guelph at 63 kg (138.75 lbs.), Martine Dugunier of Concordia at 67 kg/147.5 lbs  and Pamela Wilson of McMaster at 80 kg (176 lbs.)    The January 2004 North American Women's College Individual rankings can be found at:  a href="http://themat.com/rankings/default.asp?CategoryID=108&RankingID=641    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. 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.    Copyright 2004 by USA Wrestling and TheMat.com.