NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released preseason regional rankings for the NCAA Division III 2011 season on Tuesday. Five men's and three women's teams, who are defending champions in their respective regions, top the season's preview rankings.
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2011 Preseason -- August 23
national poll release: August 24
next regional release: September 13
ATLANTIC Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
St. Lawrence
Canton, N.Y.
Liberty League
2
2
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
1
3
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
3
4
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
5
5
Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
UAA
4
6
Plattsburgh State
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
SUNYAC
6
7
Rowan
Glassboro, N.J.
NJAC
8
8
Vassar
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Liberty League
10
9
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y.
Empire 8
7
10
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia, N.Y.
SUNYAC
9
CENTRAL Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Hamline
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
3
2
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln, Neb.
Great Plains
4
3
Saint John's (Minn.)
Collegeville, Minn.
MIAC
5
4
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
8
5
Loras
Dubuque, Iowa
IIAC
7
6
Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa
Midwest
1
7
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
2
8
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
9
9
Carleton
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
12
10
Wartburg
Waverly, Iowa
IIAC
10
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Calvin
Grand Rapids, Mich.
MIAA
1
2
Wabash
Crawfordsville, Ind.
NCAC
2
3
Albion
Albion, Mich.
MIAA
3
4
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware, Ohio
NCAC
4
5
Hope
Holland, Mich.
MIAA
6
6
Ohio Northern
Ada, Ohio
OAC
5
7
Heidelberg
Tiffin, Ohio
OAC
8
8
DePauw
Greencastle, Ind.
NCAC
9
9
Denison
Granville, Ohio
NCAC
10
10
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
UAA
7
MIDEAST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
1
2
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
2
3
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
4
4
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
3
5
Saint Vincent
Latrobe, Pa.
PAC
6
6
Allegheny
Meadville, Pa.
NCAC
5
7
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
7
8
Salisbury
Salisbury, Md.
CAC
8
9
Gwynedd-Mercy
Gwynedd Valley, Pa.
Colonial States
10
10
Muhlenberg
Allentown, Pa.
Centennial
9
MIDWEST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
North Central (Ill.)
Naperville, Ill.
CCIW
1
2
Washington (Mo.)
St. Louis, Mo.
UAA
4
3
UW-La Crosse
La Crosse, Wis.
WIAC
9
4
Wheaton (Ill.)
Wheaton, Ill.
CCIW
11
5
UW-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wis.
WIAC
5
6
UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wis.
WIAC
3
7
Augustana (Ill.)
Rock Island, Ill.
CCIW
8
8
UW-Platteville
Platteville, Wis.
WIAC
2
9
UW-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wis.
WIAC
6
10
Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
UAA
10
NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
2
2
Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt.
NESCAC
4
3
Bates
Lewiston, Maine
NESCAC
5
4
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
1
5
Tufts
Medford, Mass.
NESCAC
8
6
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
7
7
Wesleyan (Conn.)
Middletown, Conn.
NESCAC
5
8
Brandeis
Waltham, Mass.
UAA
3
9
Connecticut College
New London, Conn.
NESCAC
12
10
Southern Maine
Portland, Maine
Little East
13
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Va.
ODAC
1
2
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
4
3
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SCAC
3
4
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
5
5
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
8
6
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Va.
CAC
9
7
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SCAC
2
8
Bridgewater (Va.)
Bridgewater, Va.
ODAC
10
9
Guilford
Greensboro, N.C.
ODAC
6
10
Virginia Wesleyan
Virginia Beach, Va.
ODAC
6
WEST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Willamette
Salem, Ore.
Northwest
1
2
Whitworth
Spokane, Wash.
Northwest
3
3
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
2
4
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCAC
4
5
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
5
6
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
8
7
Linfield
McMinnville, Ore.
Northwest
9
8
La Verne
La Verne, Calif.
SCIAC
7
9
George Fox
Newberg, Ore.
Northwest
12
10
Lewis & Clark
Portland, Ore.
Northwest
6
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2011 Preseason -- August 23
national poll release: August 24
next regional release: September 13
ATLANTIC Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
2
2
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
3
3
Plattsburgh State
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
SUNYAC
4
4
St. Lawrence
Canton, N.Y.
Liberty League
1
5
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
5
6
Vassar
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Liberty League
6
7
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
8
8
Rowan
Glassboro, N.J.
NJAC
9
9
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, N.Y.
SUNYAC
11
10
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y.
Empire 8
7
CENTRAL Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln, Neb.
Great Plains
3
2
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
1
3
Wartburg
Waverly, Iowa
IIAC
2
4
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
4
5
Carleton
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
5
6
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
6
7
Gustavus Adolphus
St. Peter, Minn.
MIAC
8
8
Loras
Dubuque, Iowa
IIAC
10
9
St. Benedict
St. Joseph, Minn.
MIAC
9
10
Bethel (Minn.)
Arden Hills, Minn.
MIAC
7
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Hope
Holland, Mich.
MIAA
2
2
Calvin
Grand Rapids, Mich.
MIAA
1
3
Ohio Northern
Ada, Ohio
OAC
5
4
Oberlin
Oberlin, Ohio
NCAC
4
5
DePauw
Greencastle, Ind.
NCAC
9
6
Wittenberg
Springfield, Ohio
NCAC
12
7
Otterbein
Westerville, Ohio
OAC
14
8
Baldwin-Wallace
Berea, Ohio
OAC
7
9
Manchester
North Manchester, Ind.
HCAC
6
10
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
UAA
3
MIDEAST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
1
2
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
2
3
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
3
4
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
4
5
Swarthmore
Swarthmore, Pa.
Centennial
7
6
Grove City
Grove City, Pa.
PAC
5
7
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
6
8
Marywood
Scranton, Pa.
Colonial States
8
9
Muhlenberg
Allentown, Pa.
Centennial
12
10
Gettysburg
Gettysburg, Pa.
Centennial
11
MIDWEST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Washington (Mo.)
St. Louis, Mo.
UAA
2
2
UW-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wis.
WIAC
1
3
UW-La Crosse
La Crosse, Wis.
WIAC
7
4
UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wis.
WIAC
3
5
Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
UAA
5
6
UW-Platteville
Platteville, Wis.
WIAC
8
7
UW-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wis.
WIAC
4
8
North Central (Ill.)
Naperville, Ill.
CCIW
6
9
St. Norbert
De Pere, Wis.
Midwest
10
10
Illinois Wesleyan
Bloomington, Ill.
CCIW
9
NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt.
NESCAC
1
2
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
2
3
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
4
4
Amherst
Amherst, Mass.
NESCAC
3
5
Colby
Waterville, Maine
NESCAC
5
6
Keene State
Keene, N.H.
Little East
6
7
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
7
8
Tufts
Medford, Mass.
NESCAC
8
9
Wellesley
Wellesley, Mass.
NEWMAC
9
10
Brandeis
Waltham, Mass.
UAA
10
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
2
2
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SCAC
1
3
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SCAC
4
4
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
3
5
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
7
6
Bridgewater (Va.)
Bridgewater, Va.
ODAC
9
7
Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Va.
ODAC
5
8
Shenandoah
Winchester, Va.
USA South
6
9
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Va.
CAC
10
10
Virginia Wesleyan
Virginia Beach, Va.
ODAC
14
WEST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2010 FINAL
1
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
1
2
Lewis & Clark
Portland, Ore.
Northwest
4
3
Whittier
Whittier, Calif.
SCIAC
3
4
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
NR
5
Linfield
McMinnville, Ore.
Northwest
10
6
Willamette
Salem, Ore.
Northwest
6
7
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
8
8
La Verne
La Verne, Calif.
SCIAC
12
9
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent
9
10
Whitman
Walla Walla, Wash.
Northwest
5
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