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NEW ORLEANS – Hot off the presses, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) preseason coaches' poll results for the 2012 NCAA Division III cross country season are here. The men of North Central College (Ill.) are the nation's top-ranked team, sweeping all first-place votes, holding serve as the NCAA's defending champions. Middlebury is the preseason No. 1 team on the women's side, with seven of eight FPVs. Defending national women's champion Washington (Mo.) is No. 4 in the poll with the other first-place vote.
The men's top five is rounded out by No. 2 Haverford, No. 3 SUNY Geneseo, No. 4 Washington (Mo.), and No. 5 Wheaton (Ill.). Haverford won the NCAA crown in 2010 and finished second at the national championships last year. SUNY Geneseo is enjoying their highest national ranking since at least 2006 after recording their first-ever trophy finish in 2011 (fourth). Also notching their best national team ranking (since at least 2006) include No. 6 Tufts, No. 8 Bates, No. 14 St. Olaf, No. 16 Loras, No. 23 Johns Hopkins, and No. 25 Rochester.
The remainder of the women's top five includes No. 2 Williams, No. 3 SUNY Geneseo, No. 4 Washington (Mo.), and No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The top four teams have won NCAA titles within the last ten years (last titles: Middlebury, 2010; Williams, 2004; SUNY Geneseo, 2005; Washington (Mo.), 2011). Middlebury finished runner-up last year while Williams and CMS placed third and fourth, respectively, to jump on the award stand. No. 13 Oberlin and No. 25 Occidental are enjoying their highest team ranking since at least 2006.
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2012 Preseason, August 22
next poll: Wed., September 12
Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Head Coach (Yr*)
2011 FINAL
1
North Central (Ill.) (8)
280
Midwest
CCIW
Al Carius (47th)
1
2
Haverford
268
Mideast
Centennial
Tom Donnelly (38th)
2
3
SUNY Geneseo
247
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
4
4
Washington (Mo.)
246
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
3
5
Wheaton (Ill.)
244
Midwest
CCIW
Scott Bradley (11th)
12
6
Tufts
240
New England
NESCAC
Ethan Barron (8th)
9
7
Calvin
222
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (27th)
11
8
Bates
218
New England
NESCAC
Al Fereshetian (18th)
7
9
Middlebury
203
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
13
9
UW-La Crosse
203
Midwest
WIAC
Derek Stanley (1st)
14
11
SUNY Cortland
200
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Steve Patrick (5th)
20
12
NYU
180
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
19
13
Williams
167
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (34th)
6
14
St. Olaf
160
Central
MIAC
Phil Lundin (5th)
23
15
Allegheny
159
Mideast
NCAC
Brent Wilkerson (3rd)
24
16
Loras
131
Central
IIAC
Bob Schultz (8th)
25
17
Wabash
126
Great Lakes
NCAC
Roger Busch (7th)
16
18
Augustana (Ill.)
123
Midwest
CCIW
Paul Olsen (47th)
NR
19
RPI
115
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Lynch (2nd)
NR
20
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
113
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
29
21
Bowdoin
111
New England
NESCAC
Peter Slovenski (27th)
15
22
Luther
90
Central
IIAC
Steve Pasche (8th)
NR
23
Johns Hopkins
89
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (14th)
26
24
UW-Stevens Point
81
Midwest
WIAC
Rick Witt (34th)
NR
25
Rochester
80
Atlantic
UAA
John Izzo (13th)
22
26
Amherst
79
New England
NESCAC
Ned Nedeau (16th)
NR
27
Dickinson
74
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
10
28
Willamette
71
West
Northwest
Matt McGuirk (9th)
NR
29
UW-Oshkosh
67
Midwest
WIAC
Eamon McKenna (1st)
5
30
St. Lawrence
65
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Newman (12th)
8
31
Pomona-Pitzer
54
West
SCIAC
Tony Boston (5th)
NR
32
UW-Platteville
47
Midwest
WIAC
Tom Antczak (20th)
NR
33
Manchester
46
Great Lakes
HCAC
Brian Cashdollar (15th)
30
34
Occidental
37
West
SCIAC
Robert Bartlett (8th)
27
35
UW-Eau Claire
33
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
NR
Others Receiving Votes: Elizabethtown 26, Hamline 25, Chicago 24, Carnegie Mellon 20, Oberlin 17, Nebraska Wesleyan 14, TCNJ 9, Ohio Northern 9, Centre 9, Lynchburg 8, Wesleyan (Conn.) 5, Bethel (Minn.) 2, MIT 1, Colorado College 1, Case Western Reserve 1.
(* 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
2012 Preseason, August 22
next poll: Wed., September 12
Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Head Coach (Yr*)
2011 FINAL
1
Middlebury (7)
279
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
2
2
Williams
267
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (13th)
3
3
SUNY Geneseo
253
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
12
4
Washington (Mo.) (1)
251
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
1
5
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
245
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
4
6
MIT
244
New England
NEWMAC
Halston Taylor (6th)
5
7
Johns Hopkins
230
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (14th)
14
8
St. Lawrence
220
Atlantic
Liberty League
Mike Howard (14th)
8
9
Wartburg
219
Central
IIAC
Steve Johnson (24th)
6
10
Calvin
204
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (7th)
13
11
Amherst
203
New England
NESCAC
Cassie Funke-Harris (1st)
11
12
St. Olaf
187
Central
MIAC
Chris Daymont (32nd)
10
13
Oberlin
183
Great Lakes
NCAC
Ray Appenheimer (7th)
15
14
UW-Eau Claire
182
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
17
15
Tufts
157
New England
NESCAC
Kristen Morwick (13th)
20
16
Ohio Northern
151
Great Lakes
OAC
Jason Maus (7th)
19
17
Rowan
147
Atlantic
NJAC
Derick "Ringo" Adamson (6th)
26
18
Dickinson
137
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
25
19
St. Thomas (Minn.)
133
Central
MIAC
Joe Sweeney (33rd)
NR
20
Elizabethtown
123
Mideast
Middle Atlantic
Brian Falk (5th)
22
21
Chicago
116
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
27
22
Hope
110
Great Lakes
MIAA
Mark Northuis (25th)
21
23
Emory
109
South/Southeast
UAA
John Curtin (28th)
24
24
TCNJ
101
Atlantic
NJAC
Phil Jennings (10th)
NR
25
Occidental
85
West
SCIAC
Robert Bartlett (8th)
NR
26
Haverford
73
Mideast
Centennial
Fran Rizzo (22nd)
28
27
Case Western Reserve
69
Great Lakes
UAA
Kathy Lanese (15th)
NR
28
Grove City
66
Mideast
PAC
Sean Severson (9th)
NR
29
Luther
50
Central
IIAC
Yarrow Pasche (8th)
23
30
Rhodes
38
South/Southeast
SAA
Robert Shankman (22nd)
32
31
Illinois Wesleyan
36
Midwest
CCIW
Greg Huffaker (8th)
NR
31
Vassar
36
Atlantic
Liberty League
James McCowan (8th)
NR
33
Baldwin-Wallace
32
Great Lakes
OAC
Bill Taraschke (21st)
NR
34
Lewis & Clark
27
West
Northwest
Keith Woodard (6th)
NR
34
NYU
27
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
30
Others Receiving Votes: Carleton 18, Allegheny 12, Nebraska Wesleyan 10, SUNY Cortland 7, Wellesley 2, UW-La Crosse 1.
(* year as head coach of that team in women's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)
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2012 USTFCCCA CONVENTION
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