DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Week #4

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DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Week #4



October 2, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week four regional rankings for the 2012 NCAA Division III season on Tuesday. New to the No. 1 ranks this week is the men’s team at Central (Iowa) in the Central region.



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



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



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 Week #4 -- October 2

national poll release: October 3

next regional release: October 9


ATLANTIC Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
1

2
Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
UAA
2

3
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
3

4
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
4

5
St. Lawrence
Canton, N.Y.
Liberty League
5

6
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
7

7
RPI
Troy, N.Y.
Liberty League
6

8
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y.
Empire 8
10

9
Buffalo State
Buffalo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
8

10
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, N.Y.
SUNYAC
9



CENTRAL Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Central (Iowa)
Pella, Iowa
IIAC
2

2
Loras
Dubuque, Iowa
IIAC
3

3
Wartburg
Waverly, Iowa
IIAC
5

4
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
1

5
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
4

6
Saint John's (Minn.)
Collegeville, Minn.
MIAC
6

7
Bethel (Minn.)
Arden Hills, Minn.
MIAC
10

8
Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa
Midwest
7

9
Carleton
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
9

10
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
NR



GREAT LAKES Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Calvin
Grand Rapids, Mich.
MIAA
1

2
Wabash
Crawfordsville, Ind.
NCAC
2

3
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
UAA
3

4
Ohio Northern
Ada, Ohio
OAC
4

5
Manchester
North Manchester, Ind.
HCAC
5

6
Hope
Holland, Mich.
MIAA
6

7
John Carroll
University Heights, Ohio
OAC
8

8
DePauw
Greencastle, Ind.
NCAC
9

9
Albion
Albion, Mich.
MIAA
NR

10
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware, Ohio
NCAC
NR



MIDEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
1

2
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
3

3
Allegheny
Meadville, Pa.
NCAC
2

4
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
5

5
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
4

6
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
6

7
Swarthmore
Swarthmore, Pa.
Centennial
7

8
Widener
Chester, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
9

9
DeSales
Center Valley, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
8

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



MIDWEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

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

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

3
UW-La Crosse
La Crosse, Wis.
WIAC
4

4
Wheaton (Ill.)
Wheaton, Ill.
CCIW
3

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

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

7
Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
UAA
7

8
UW-Platteville
Platteville, Wis.
WIAC
9

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

10
UW-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wis.
WIAC
10



NEW ENGLAND Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Bates
Lewiston, Maine
NESCAC
1

2
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
2

3
Tufts
Medford, Mass.
NESCAC
3

4
Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt.
NESCAC
4

5
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
5

6
Amherst
Amherst, Mass.
NESCAC
6

7
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
7

8
Springfield (Mass.)
Springfield, Mass.
NEWMAC
9

9
Wesleyan (Conn.)
Middletown, Conn.
NESCAC
8

10
Connecticut College
New London, Conn.
NESCAC
10



SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
1

2
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
6

3
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SAA
7

4
Bridgewater (Va.)
Bridgewater, Va.
ODAC
5

5
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SAA
3

6
Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Va.
ODAC
2

7
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
8

8
UT Tyler
Tyler, Texas
ASC
4

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
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
2

3
Willamette
Salem, Ore.
Northwest
3

4
Puget Sound
Tacoma, Wash.
Northwest
5

5
Whitworth
Spokane, Wash.
Northwest
4

6
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
NR

7
La Verne
La Verne, Calif.
SCIAC
7

8
George Fox
Newberg, Ore.
Northwest
9

9
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCAC
10

10
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent
8




USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings

2012 Week #4 -- October 2

national poll release: October 3

next regional release: October 9


ATLANTIC Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
St. Lawrence
Canton, N.Y.
Liberty League
1

2
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
2

3
Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
UAA
3

4
Rowan
Glassboro, N.J.
NJAC
5

5
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
4

6
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
NR

7
Plattsburgh State
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
SUNYAC
6

8
RPI
Troy, N.Y.
Liberty League
NR

9
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
7

10
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y.
Empire 8
8



CENTRAL Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Wartburg
Waverly, Iowa
IIAC
1

2
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
2

3
Carleton
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
3

4
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
4

5
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
5

6
St. Benedict
St. Joseph, Minn.
MIAC
6

7
Gustavus Adolphus
St. Peter, Minn.
MIAC
8

8
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln, Neb.
Great Plains
7

9
Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa
Midwest
9

10
Concordia Moorhead
Moorhead, Minn.
MIAC
10



GREAT LAKES Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Calvin
Grand Rapids, Mich.
MIAA
1

2
Oberlin
Oberlin, Ohio
NCAC
4

3
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
UAA
2

4
Hope
Holland, Mich.
MIAA
3

5
Kenyon
Gambier, Ohio
NCAC
9

6
Ohio Northern
Ada, Ohio
OAC
5

7
Denison
Granville, Ohio
NCAC
NR

8
John Carroll
University Heights, Ohio
OAC
6

9
Alma
Alma, Mich.
MIAA
7

10
DePauw
Greencastle, Ind.
NCAC
8



MIDEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
1

2
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
2

3
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
3

4
Gettysburg
Gettysburg, Pa.
Centennial
5

5
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
4

6
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
6

7
Muhlenberg
Allentown, Pa.
Centennial
7

8
Swarthmore
Swarthmore, Pa.
Centennial
9

9
Marywood
Scranton, Pa.
Colonial States
NR

10
Grove City
Grove City, Pa.
PAC
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
Augustana (Ill.)
Rock Island, Ill.
CCIW
7

8
Carthage
Kenosha, Wis.
CCIW
8

9
Wheaton (Ill.)
Wheaton, Ill.
CCIW
9

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



NEW ENGLAND Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
1

2
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
2

3
Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt.
NESCAC
3

4
Tufts
Medford, Mass.
NESCAC
4

5
Amherst
Amherst, Mass.
NESCAC
5

6
Bates
Lewiston, Maine
NESCAC
6

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

8
Wellesley
Wellesley, Mass.
NEWMAC
8

9
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
9

10
Colby
Waterville, Maine
NESCAC
10



SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
1

2
Washington and Lee
Lexington, Va.
ODAC
6

3
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
3

4
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
5

5
Eastern Mennonite
Harrisonburg, Va.
ODAC
9

6
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SAA
2

7
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SAA
4

8
Bridgewater (Va.)
Bridgewater, Va.
ODAC
7

9
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Va.
CAC
8

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



WEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

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

2
Lewis & Clark
Portland, Ore.
Northwest
2

3
Willamette
Salem, Ore.
Northwest
3

4
Linfield
McMinnville, Ore.
Northwest
5

5
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
4

6
Whitworth
Spokane, Wash.
Northwest
8

7
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCAC
NR

8
Whitman
Walla Walla, Wash.
Northwest
6

9
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent
9

10
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
7






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