DIII National XC Poll — Williams’ Women Takes Over as Top-Ranked Team
October 12, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday the week five results of the national cross country coaches’ poll for NCAA Division III. While the top three men’s teams are still the same after three weeks, Williams College took over the No. 1 spot on the women’s side after a strong showing at last weekend’s NEICAAA Championships.
AROUND THE POLLS
* On the men’s side, the top three positions remain unchanged for the third-straight week. Middlebury (No. 6) and Bates (No. 9) surge into the national top ten for the first time this year. At No. 35 Willamette returns to the ranks.
* Williams is the new No. 1 women’s team, leaping from fifth, a position they’ve held since September 21. Williams’ women finished fourth overall last weekend at the NEICAAA Championships, losing out only to Division I programs Boston College, Boston University, and Vermont. In the process, Williams bettered three top-ten teams from Division III including then-No. 1 Middlebury, then-No. 3 MIT, and then-No. 9 Amherst.
* Nearly every ranked team will be in action this weekend as teams gear up for the championship season. … The largest contingent of ranked teams will be at UW-Oshkosh’s Brooks Invitational, with many getting experience on this year’s NCAA Championship course … at UW-Oshkosh will be men’s teams (12 ranked) including No. 1 North Central, No. 3 Calvim, No. 5 Washington (Mo.), No. 7 MIT, and No. 8 UW-Oshkosh; ranked women’s teams (12 ranked) include No. 3 Washington (Mo.), No. 5 MIT, and No. 7 Calvin …
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #5, October 12
next poll: October 19
Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Head Coach (Yr*)
Last Week
1
North Central (Ill.) (5)
277
Midwest
CCIW
Al Carius (46th)
1
2
Haverford (3)
274
Mideast
Centennial
Tom Donnelly (37th)
2
3
Calvin
265
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (26th)
3
4
Dickinson
245
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (22nd)
6
5
Washington (Mo.)
242
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (11th)
4
6
Middlebury
238
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (1st)
13
7
MIT
230
New England
NEWMAC
Halston Taylor (5th)
7
8
UW-Oshkosh
225
Midwest
WIAC
Paul Brown (1st)
7
9
Bates
220
New England
NESCAC
Al Fereshetian (17th)
22
10
St. Lawrence
203
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Newman (4th)
11
11
SUNY Geneseo
190
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (20th)
5
12
Augustana (Ill.)
176
Midwest
CCIW
Paul Olsen (46th)
10
13
NYU
173
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (14th)
12
13
Williams
173
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (33rd)
9
15
Wabash
169
Great Lakes
NCAC
Roger Busch (6th)
14
16
UW-La Crosse
163
Midwest
WIAC
Don Fritsch (14th)
15
17
Tufts
156
New England
NESCAC
Ethan Barron (7th)
18
18
Chicago
147
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (11th)
16
19
Elizabethtown
140
Mideast
Middle Atlantic
Brian Falk (1st)
17
20
UW-Stevens Point
124
Midwest
WIAC
Rick Witt (33rd)
19
21
UW-Platteville
108
Midwest
WIAC
Tom Antczak (19th)
20
22
Nebraska Wesleyan
106
Central
Great Plains
Ted Bulling (22nd)
21
23
Hamline
96
Central
MIAC
Paul Schmaedeke (21st)
23
24
Carnegie Mellon
95
Mideast
UAA
Dario Donatelli (11th)
24
25
Rochester
88
Atlantic
UAA
John Izzo (12th)
26
26
St. Olaf
86
Central
MIAC
Phil Lundin (4th)
25
27
Pomona-Pitzer
80
West
SCIAC
Tony Boston (4th)
27
28
Johns Hopkins
64
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (13th)
28
29
Wheaton (Ill.)
59
Midwest
CCIW
Scott Bradley (10th)
29
30
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
54
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (28th)
30
31
SUNY Cortland
47
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Steve Patrick (5th)
31
32
Allegheny
39
Mideast
NCAC
Brent Wilkerson (2nd)
33
33
Bowdoin
28
New England
NESCAC
Peter Slovenski (26th)
32
34
Albion
21
Great Lakes
MIAA
Hayden Smith (11th)
34
35
Willamette
16
West
Northwest
Matt McGuirk (8th)
RV
Others Receiving Votes: Brandeis 9, Loras 5, UW-Stout 5, Manchester 3, Whitworth 1.
Dropped Out: No. 35 Brandeis
(* year as head coach of that team in men's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #5, October 12
next poll: October 19
Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Head Coach (Yr*)
Last Week
1
Williams (5)
277
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (12th)
5
2
Middlebury
264
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (1st)
1
3
Washington (Mo.)
264
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (11th)
2
4
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3)
262
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (28th)
4
5
MIT
248
New England
NEWMAC
Halston Taylor (5th)
3
6
SUNY Geneseo
242
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (20th)
6
7
Calvin
230
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (6th)
7
8
Rowan
221
Atlantic
NJAC
Derick "Ringo" Adamson (5th)
8
9
Amherst
213
New England
NESCAC
John Adamson (1st)
9
10
UW-Eau Claire
210
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (5th)
10
11
Johns Hopkins
197
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (13th)
12
12
St. Lawrence
193
Atlantic
Liberty League
Mike Howard (13th)
26
13
St. Olaf
187
Central
MIAC
Chris Daymont (31st)
14
14
Plattsburgh State
175
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Nick Jones (1st)
11
15
Carleton
163
Central
MIAC
Donna Ricks (17th)
16
16
Hope
158
Great Lakes
MIAA
Mark Northuis (24th)
15
17
Emory
154
South/Southeast
UAA
John Curtin (27th)
17
18
Lewis & Clark
144
West
Northwest
Keith Woodard (5th)
18
19
NYU
141
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (14th)
13
20
Dickinson
131
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (22nd)
19
21
Colby
117
New England
NESCAC
Deb Aitken (27th)
29
22
SUNY Cortland
111
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Steve Patrick (5th)
20
23
Oberlin
108
Great Lakes
NCAC
Ray Appenheimer (6th)
21
24
Haverford
95
Mideast
Centennial
Fran Rizzo (21st)
22
25
Ohio Northern
90
Great Lakes
OAC
Jason Maus (6th)
24
26
Whitman
81
West
Northwest
Scott Shields (2nd)
25
27
Nebraska Wesleyan
64
Central
Great Plains
Ted Bulling (17th)
27
27
Tufts
64
New England
NESCAC
Kristen Morwick (12th)
23
29
Luther
49
Central
IIAC
Yarrow Pasche (7th)
28
30
UW-La Crosse
46
Midwest
WIAC
Pat Healy (21st)
30
31
Whittier
35
West
SCIAC
Greg Phillips (26th)
31
32
Chicago
31
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (11th)
32
33
Trinity (Texas)
28
South/Southeast
SCAC
Jennifer Breuer (13th)
33
34
North Central (Ill.)
18
Midwest
CCIW
Mahesh Narayanan (11th)
33
35
Keene State
10
New England
Little East
Peter Thomas (29th)
35
Others Receiving Votes: Rhodes 7, St. Thomas (Minn.) 7, TCNJ 4, Wartburg 1.
Dropped Out: none
(* year as head coach of that team in women's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)
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