DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: Week 1

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DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: Week 1



September 11, 2012



NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week one regional rankings for the 2012 NCAA Division III season on Tuesday. New to the top ranks this week is Bates' men's squad in the New England region.



Top regional men's teams include SUNY Geneseo (Atlantic), St. Olaf (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Haverford (Mideast), North Central (Ill.) (Midwest), Bates (New England), Lynchburg (South/Southeast), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (West). No. 1-ranked women's teams in the preseason are SUNY Geneseo (Atlantic), Wartburg (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Johns Hopkins (Mideast), Washington (Mo.) (Midwest), Middlebury (New England), Emory (South/Southeast), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (West).



NCAA Division III Regional Championships will be held on Saturday, November 10. NCAA DIII Regional Championships Central.



USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Rankings are determined subjectively by either a single member coach or by polling the region's coaches (each region varies).





USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Men's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings

2012 Preseason -- September 11

national poll release: September 12

next regional release: Tuesday, September 18


ATLANTIC Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
1

2
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
2

3
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
3

4
Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
UAA
5

5
RPI
Troy, N.Y.
Liberty League
4

6
St. Lawrence
Canton, N.Y.
Liberty League
6

7
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
7

8
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia, N.Y.
SUNYAC
10

9
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y.
Empire 8
9

10
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, N.Y.
SUNYAC
8



CENTRAL Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
1

2
Loras
Dubuque, Iowa
IIAC
2

3
Central (Iowa)
Pella, Iowa
IIAC
6

4
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
3

5
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln, Neb.
Great Plains
5

6
Wartburg
Waverly, Iowa
IIAC
NR

7
Bethel (Minn.)
Arden Hills, Minn.
MIAC
4

8
Hamline
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
7

9
Saint John's (Minn.)
Collegeville, Minn.
MIAC
8

10
Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa
Midwest
10



GREAT LAKES Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Calvin
Grand Rapids, Mich.
MIAA
1

2
Wabash
Crawfordsville, Ind.
NCAC
2

3
Manchester
North Manchester, Ind.
HCAC
3

4
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
UAA
7

5
John Carroll
University Heights, Ohio
OAC
8

6
Ohio Northern
Ada, Ohio
OAC
9

7
Hope
Holland, Mich.
MIAA
5

8
Oberlin
Oberlin, Ohio
NCAC
10

9
Albion
Albion, Mich.
MIAA
4

10
DePauw
Greencastle, Ind.
NCAC
NR



MIDEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
1

2
Allegheny
Meadville, Pa.
NCAC
2

3
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
4

4
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
3

5
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
5

6
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
6

7
Swarthmore
Swarthmore, Pa.
Centennial
7

8
DeSales
Center Valley, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
10

9
Gwynedd-Mercy
Gwynedd Valley, Pa.
Colonial States
8

10
York (Pa.)
York, Pa.
CAC
9



MIDWEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
North Central (Ill.)
Naperville, Ill.
CCIW
1

2
Washington (Mo.)
St. Louis, Mo.
UAA
3

3
Wheaton (Ill.)
Wheaton, Ill.
CCIW
2

4
Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
UAA
8

5
UW-La Crosse
La Crosse, Wis.
WIAC
4

6
Augustana (Ill.)
Rock Island, Ill.
CCIW
5

7
UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wis.
WIAC
6

8
UW-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wis.
WIAC
9

9
UW-Platteville
Platteville, Wis.
WIAC
7

10
UW-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wis.
WIAC
10



NEW ENGLAND Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Bates
Lewiston, Maine
NESCAC
2

2
Tufts
Medford, Mass.
NESCAC
1

3
Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt.
NESCAC
3

4
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
4

5
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
6

6
Amherst
Amherst, Mass.
NESCAC
5

7
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
8

8
Wesleyan (Conn.)
Middletown, Conn.
NESCAC
7

9
Brandeis
Waltham, Mass.
UAA
10

10
Springfield (Mass.)
Springfield, Mass.
NEWMAC
9



SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Va.
ODAC
1

2
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
2

3
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SAA
3

4
Bridgewater (Va.)
Bridgewater, Va.
ODAC
4

5
UT Tyler
Tyler, Texas
ASC
5

6
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
6

7
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SAA
7

8
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
8

9
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Va.
CAC
9

10
Roanoke
Salem, Va.
ODAC
10



WEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
1

2
Willamette
Salem, Ore.
Northwest
2

3
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
3

4
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
4

5
George Fox
Newberg, Ore.
Northwest
NR

6
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent
10

7
Whittier
Whittier, Calif.
SCIAC
8

8
La Verne
La Verne, Calif.
SCIAC
6

9
Pacific (Ore.)
Forest Grove, Ore.
Northwest
7

10
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCAC
9






USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings

2012 Preseason -- September 11

national poll release: September 12

next regional release: Tuesday, September 18


ATLANTIC Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
1

2
St. Lawrence
Canton, N.Y.
Liberty League
2

3
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
6

3
Rowan
Glassboro, N.J.
NJAC
3

5
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
4

6
Plattsburgh State
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
SUNYAC
8

7
Vassar
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Liberty League
5

8
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y.
Empire 8
NR

9
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
7

10
Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
UAA
NR



CENTRAL Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Wartburg
Waverly, Iowa
IIAC
1

2
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
2

3
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
3

4
Carleton
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
5

5
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
4

6
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln, Neb.
Great Plains
6

7
St. Benedict
St. Joseph, Minn.
MIAC
9

8
Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa
Midwest
8

9
Gustavus Adolphus
St. Peter, Minn.
MIAC
7

10
Concordia Moorhead
Moorhead, Minn.
MIAC
NR



GREAT LAKES Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Calvin
Grand Rapids, Mich.
MIAA
1

2
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
UAA
5

3
Hope
Holland, Mich.
MIAA
4

4
Ohio Northern
Ada, Ohio
OAC
3

5
Oberlin
Oberlin, Ohio
NCAC
2

6
Alma
Alma, Mich.
MIAA
NR

7
DePauw
Greencastle, Ind.
NCAC
NR

8
Denison
Granville, Ohio
NCAC
NR

9
Baldwin-Wallace
Berea, Ohio
OAC
6

10
John Carroll
University Heights, Ohio
OAC
NR



MIDEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
1

2
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
3

3
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
5

4
Grove City
Grove City, Pa.
PAC
4

5
Gettysburg
Gettysburg, Pa.
Centennial
8

6
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
2

7
Muhlenberg
Allentown, Pa.
Centennial
6

8
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
7

9
Allegheny
Meadville, Pa.
NCAC
10

10
Marywood
Scranton, Pa.
Colonial States
9



MIDWEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Washington (Mo.)
St. Louis, Mo.
UAA
1

2
UW-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wis.
WIAC
2

3
Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
UAA
3

4
Illinois Wesleyan
Bloomington, Ill.
CCIW
4

5
UW-La Crosse
La Crosse, Wis.
WIAC
5

6
UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wis.
WIAC
6

7
North Central (Ill.)
Naperville, Ill.
CCIW
7

8
Carthage
Kenosha, Wis.
CCIW
8

9
Aurora
Aurora, Ill.
NorthernAC
NR

10
Monmouth (Ill.)
Monmouth, Ill.
Midwest
9



NEW ENGLAND Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt.
NESCAC
1

2
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
2

3
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
3

4
Amherst
Amherst, Mass.
NESCAC
4

5
Tufts
Medford, Mass.
NESCAC
5

6
Wellesley
Wellesley, Mass.
NEWMAC
6

7
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
8

8
Bates
Lewiston, Maine
NESCAC
NR

9
Colby
Waterville, Maine
NESCAC
9

9
Keene State
Keene, N.H.
Little East
7



SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
1

2
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SAA
2

3
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
3

4
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SAA
4

5
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
5

6
Washington and Lee
Lexington, Va.
ODAC
7

7
Bridgewater (Va.)
Bridgewater, Va.
ODAC
6

8
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Va.
CAC
9

9
Eastern Mennonite
Harrisonburg, Va.
ODAC
NR

10
Univ. of the South
Sewanee, Tenn.
SAA
8



WEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
1

2
Lewis & Clark
Portland, Ore.
Northwest
3

3
Willamette
Salem, Ore.
Northwest
4

4
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
7

5
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
2

6
Linfield
McMinnville, Ore.
Northwest
6

7
Whitman
Walla Walla, Wash.
Northwest
5

8
Cal Lutheran
Thousand Oaks, Calif.
SCIAC
NR

9
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent
9

10
George Fox
Newberg, Ore.
Northwest
NR










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