MIT Women Join North Central Men as Top Teams in Latest DIII National Poll

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MIT Women Join North Central Men as Top Teams in Latest DIII National Poll



September 19, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – The latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) poll of the nation’s coaches in NCAA Division III cross country has the men of North Central College holding to the No. 1 spot and the women’s squad at MIT leaping from No. 5 a week ago to a selection as a newly anointed top team. The top seven teams on the men’s side remained unchanged, whereas, the week-two women’s poll had many changes. MIT, No. 2 Washington (Mo.), and No. 3 Middlebury – last week’s No. 1 – now head the women’s poll.



In the last five years, MIT’s women was most highly ranked as the No. 3 team on October 5, 2011. The team’s best NCAA cross country finish was in 2010 where they finished third.





USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Week #2 -- September 19

next poll: September 26


Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Head Coach (Yr*)
Last Week

1
North Central (Ill.) (8)
280
Midwest
CCIW
Al Carius (47th)
1

2
Haverford
272
Mideast
Centennial
Tom Donnelly (38th)
2

3
Washington (Mo.)
262
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
3

4
SUNY Geneseo
253
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
4

5
Bates
249
New England
NESCAC
Al Fereshetian (18th)
5

6
Calvin
241
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (27th)
6

7
Wheaton (Ill.)
233
Midwest
CCIW
Scott Bradley (11th)
7

8
Tufts
225
New England
NESCAC
Ethan Barron (8th)
7

9
Middlebury
211
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
10

10
UW-La Crosse
207
Midwest
WIAC
Derek Stanley (1st)
13

11
Williams
187
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (34th)
14

12
Rochester
183
Atlantic
UAA
John Izzo (13th)
20

13
Augustana (Ill.)
172
Midwest
CCIW
Paul Olsen (47th)
19

14
SUNY Cortland
167
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Steve Patrick (5th)
9

15
Chicago
163
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
11

16
Allegheny
161
Mideast
NCAC
Brent Wilkerson (3rd)
15

17
St. Olaf
150
Central
MIAC
Phil Lundin (5th)
16

18
Wabash
145
Great Lakes
NCAC
Roger Busch (7th)
17

19
NYU
134
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
12

20
Dickinson
125
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
21

21
Loras
122
Central
IIAC
Bob Schultz (8th)
18

22
Amherst
115
New England
NESCAC
Ned Nedeau (16th)
26

23
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
110
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
22

24
UW-Stevens Point
92
Midwest
WIAC
Rick Witt (34th)
25

25
Central (Iowa)
87
Central
IIAC
Joe Dunham (5th)
27

26
Bowdoin
83
New England
NESCAC
Peter Slovenski (27th)
23

27
Johns Hopkins
77
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (14th)
29

28
St. Lawrence
69
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Newman (12th)
31

29
Pomona-Pitzer
65
West
SCIAC
Tony Boston (5th)
32

30
RPI
50
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Lynch (2nd)
24

31
Willamette
40
West
Northwest
Matt McGuirk (9th)
28

32
Luther
34
Central
IIAC
Steve Pasche (8th)
29

33
UW-Eau Claire
26
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
33

34
Manchester
16
Great Lakes
HCAC
Brian Cashdollar (15th)
34

35
MIT
14
New England
NEWMAC
Halston Taylor (31st)
RV

Others Receiving Votes: UW-Platteville 7, Wartburg 4, Carnegie Mellon 4, TCNJ 3, UW-Oshkosh 2.



Dropped Out: No. 35 Oberlin

(* 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 Week #2 -- September 19

next poll: September 26


Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Head Coach (Yr*)
Last Week

1
MIT (6)
277
New England
NEWMAC
Halston Taylor (6th)
5

2
Washington (Mo.) (2)
266
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
3

3
Middlebury
257
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
1

4
Johns Hopkins
255
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (14th)
6

5
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
249
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
7

6
St. Lawrence
240
Atlantic
Liberty League
Mike Howard (14th)
10

7
Williams
237
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (13th)
2

8
Calvin
226
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (7th)
8

9
SUNY Geneseo
219
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
4

10
Wartburg
214
Central
IIAC
Steve Johnson (24th)
9

11
Amherst
190
New England
NESCAC
Cassie Funke-Harris (1st)
11

11
St. Olaf
190
Central
MIAC
Chris Daymont (32nd)
12

13
Dickinson
186
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
16

14
UW-Eau Claire
175
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
13

15
Case Western Reserve
168
Great Lakes
UAA
Kathy Lanese (15th)
15

16
Rochester
153
Atlantic
UAA
Barbara Hartwig (24th)
NR

17
Hope
147
Great Lakes
MIAA
Mark Northuis (25th)
17

18
Tufts
139
New England
NESCAC
Kristen Morwick (13th)
14

19
Ohio Northern
132
Great Lakes
OAC
Jason Maus (7th)
20

20
Chicago
131
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
21

21
Carleton
122
Central
MIAC
Donna Ricks (20th)
25

22
Haverford
111
Mideast
Centennial
Fran Rizzo (22nd)
22

23
Emory
97
South/Southeast
UAA
John Curtin (28th)
24

24
Lewis & Clark
93
West
Northwest
Keith Woodard (6th)
27

25
St. Thomas (Minn.)
89
Central
MIAC
Joe Sweeney (33rd)
18

26
Rowan
82
Atlantic
NJAC
Derick "Ringo" Adamson (6th)
26

27
NYU
68
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
19

28
Luther
51
Central
IIAC
Yarrow Pasche (8th)
28

29
Gettysburg
49
Mideast
Centennial
Aubrey Shenk (3rd)
RV

30
Willamette
45
West
Northwest
Matt McGuirk (9th)
30

31
Illinois Wesleyan
42
Midwest
CCIW
Greg Huffaker (8th)
32

32
Plattsburgh State
33
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Nick Jones (2nd)
33

33
Carnegie Mellon
29
Mideast
UAA
Dario Donatelli (20th)
NR

34
John Carroll
19
Great Lakes
OAC
Dara Ford (4th)
NR

35
Oberlin
17
Great Lakes
NCAC
Ray Appenheimer (7th)
23

Others Receiving Votes: Wellesley 15, TCNJ 11, Elizabethtown 6, Nebraska Wesleyan 5, St. Benedict 3, Pomona-Pitzer 1, Rhodes 1.



Dropped Out: No. 28 Grove City, No. 31 TCNJ, No. 33 Nebraska Wesleyan, No. 35 Rhodes

(* year as head coach of that team in women's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)










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