DIII National Poll: MIT Women Back To The Top

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DIII National Poll: MIT Women Back To The Top



October 10, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – The women’s team at MIT jumped back to No. 1 In the latest national coaches’ poll of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for NCAA Division III cross country.

MIT was No. 1 back on September 19 and returns to the top spot after an impressive performance at last weekend’s NEICAAA Championships. The Engineers are sharing first-place votes with now-No. 2 Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays of JHU won the women’s race at the DIII Pre-National Invitational in Terre Haute, Ind.



In the men’s poll, defending national champions North Central (Ill.) remains No. 1 for the 22nd-straight voting week.



Also in the men’s poll, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps joins the top ten for the first time this year, jumping 11 spots to land at No. 10. The Stags were winners of the DIII Pre-National Invitational, last weekend, defeating 29 other teams – four of which were nationally ranked.



Carnegie Mellon climbed from No. 35 to No. 16 this week on the heels of taking the top team spot at their home invitational last Saturday.



Trinity (Texas) makes their women’s poll debut at No. 23 this week. The Tigers finished fifth at the Pre-National meet last weekend.



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Week #5 -- October 10

next poll: October 17


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.)
263
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
3

4
Bates
253
New England
NESCAC
Al Fereshetian (18th)
5

5
SUNY Geneseo
252
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
4

6
Calvin
239
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (27th)
6

7
UW-La Crosse
232
Midwest
WIAC
Derek Stanley (1st)
7

8
Tufts
217
New England
NESCAC
Ethan Barron (8th)
11

9
Wheaton (Ill.)
216
Midwest
CCIW
Scott Bradley (11th)
9

10
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
205
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
21

11
Bowdoin
198
New England
NESCAC
Peter Slovenski (27th)
23

12
SUNY Cortland
185
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Steve Patrick (5th)
16

13
Williams
178
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (34th)
8

13
Augustana (Ill.)
178
Midwest
CCIW
Paul Olsen (47th)
12

15
UW-Stevens Point
163
Midwest
WIAC
Rick Witt (34th)
15

16
Carnegie Mellon
158
Mideast
UAA
Dario Donatelli (20th)
35

17
NYU
147
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
19

17
Middlebury
147
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
13

19
Chicago
138
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
18

20
Allegheny
127
Mideast
NCAC
Brent Wilkerson (3rd)
16

21
Rochester
121
Atlantic
UAA
John Izzo (13th)
10

22
UW-Platteville
99
Midwest
WIAC
Tom Antczak (20th)
22

23
Wabash
97
Great Lakes
NCAC
Roger Busch (7th)
25

24
Johns Hopkins
89
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (14th)
20

25
UW-Eau Claire
84
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
27

26
Dickinson
78
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
14

27
St. Lawrence
74
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Newman (12th)
26

28
Pomona-Pitzer
67
West
SCIAC
Tony Boston (5th)
28

29
UW-Oshkosh
64
Midwest
WIAC
Eamon McKenna (1st)
30

30
Central (Iowa)
48
Central
IIAC
Joe Dunham (5th)
23

30
Amherst
48
New England
NESCAC
Ned Nedeau (16th)
29

32
Case Western Reserve
33
Great Lakes
UAA
Kathy Lanese (12th)
33

33
Loras
28
Central
IIAC
Bob Schultz (8th)
31

34
RPI
20
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Lynch (2nd)
RV

35
Wartburg
19
Central
IIAC
Steve Johnson (24th)
32

Others Receiving Votes: Willamette 9, TCNJ 6, MIT 3, Ohio Northern 2, Emory 2, St. Olaf 1.



Dropped Out: No. 34 St. Olaf

(* 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 #5 -- October 10

next poll: October 17


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

1
MIT (5)
277
New England
NEWMAC
Halston Taylor (6th)
2

2
Johns Hopkins (3)
273
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (14th)
3

3
Williams
263
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (13th)
1

4
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
254
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
6

5
Middlebury
247
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
3

6
Washington (Mo.)
246
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
5

7
St. Lawrence
230
Atlantic
Liberty League
Mike Howard (14th)
7

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

9
SUNY Geneseo
211
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
9

10
UW-Eau Claire
210
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
10

11
Wartburg
203
Central
IIAC
Steve Johnson (24th)
11

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

13
Dickinson
181
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
13

14
Oberlin
178
Great Lakes
NCAC
Ray Appenheimer (7th)
14

15
Chicago
161
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
16

16
Haverford
158
Mideast
Centennial
Fran Rizzo (22nd)
17

17
Tufts
154
New England
NESCAC
Kristen Morwick (13th)
18

18
Case Western Reserve
146
Great Lakes
UAA
Kathy Lanese (15th)
19

19
Carleton
127
Central
MIAC
Donna Ricks (20th)
21

20
Hope
118
Great Lakes
MIAA
Mark Northuis (25th)
23

21
Amherst
113
New England
NESCAC
Cassie Funke-Harris (1st)
20

22
Lewis & Clark
103
West
Northwest
Keith Woodard (6th)
22

23
Trinity (Texas)
102
South/Southeast
SCAC
Derick Lawrence (1st)
NR

24
Rowan
100
Atlantic
NJAC
Derick "Ringo" Adamson (6th)
25

25
NYU
74
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
29

26
Kenyon
70
Great Lakes
NCAC
Duane Gomez (30th)
26

27
Bates
62
New England
NESCAC
Jay Hartshorn (8th)
32

28
Wesleyan (Conn.)
56
New England
NESCAC
John Crooke (13th)
27

29
Ohio Northern
48
Great Lakes
OAC
Jason Maus (7th)
27

30
Carnegie Mellon
46
Mideast
UAA
Dario Donatelli (20th)
RV

31
Rochester
44
Atlantic
UAA
Barbara Hartwig (24th)
15

31
Illinois Wesleyan
44
Midwest
CCIW
Greg Huffaker (8th)
31

33
St. Thomas (Minn.)
39
Central
MIAC
Joe Sweeney (33rd)
30

34
Willamette
31
West
Northwest
Matt McGuirk (9th)
34

35
Emory
18
South/Southeast
UAA
John Curtin (28th)
24

Others Receiving Votes: Gettysburg 11, UW-La Crosse 11, Luther 7, UW-Stevens Point 4, Elizabethtown 2, SUNY Plattsburgh 2.



Dropped Out: No. 33 Gettysburg, No. 35 Luther

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












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