DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Week #6

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DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Week #6



October 16, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week six regional rankings for the 2012 NCAA Division III season on Tuesday. New to the No. 1 ranks this week is the women’s team at Chicago in the Midwest 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), Chicago (Midwest), MIT (New England), Trinity (Texas) (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 Week #6 -- October 16

national poll release: October 17

next regional release: October 30 (next week off)


ATLANTIC Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
1

2
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
3

3
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
2

4
Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
UAA
4

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

6
RPI
Troy, N.Y.
Liberty League
6

7
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
7

8
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y.
Empire 8
8

9
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, N.Y.
SUNYAC
NR

10
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia, N.Y.
SUNYAC
NR



CENTRAL Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Central (Iowa)
Pella, Iowa
IIAC
1

2
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
4

3
Loras
Dubuque, Iowa
IIAC
2

4
Saint John's (Minn.)
Collegeville, Minn.
MIAC
5

5
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
6

6
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
9

7
Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa
Midwest
7

8
Bethel (Minn.)
Arden Hills, Minn.
MIAC
8

9
Wartburg
Waverly, Iowa
IIAC
3

10
Carleton
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
10



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
Hope
Holland, Mich.
MIAA
6

6
DePauw
Greencastle, Ind.
NCAC
8

7
Albion
Albion, Mich.
MIAA
9

8
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware, Ohio
NCAC
10

9
Manchester
North Manchester, Ind.
HCAC
5

10
John Carroll
University Heights, Ohio
OAC
7



MIDEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
1

2
Allegheny
Meadville, Pa.
NCAC
3

3
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
2

4
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
5

5
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
4

6
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
6

7
Widener
Chester, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
8

8
DeSales
Center Valley, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
9

9
Swarthmore
Swarthmore, Pa.
Centennial
7

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



MIDWEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

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

2
UW-La Crosse
La Crosse, Wis.
WIAC
3

3
UW-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wis.
WIAC
9

4
Washington (Mo.)
St. Louis, Mo.
UAA
2

5
UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wis.
WIAC
6

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

7
UW-Platteville
Platteville, Wis.
WIAC
8

8
Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
UAA
7

9
Wheaton (Ill.)
Wheaton, Ill.
CCIW
4

10
UW-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wis.
WIAC
10

10
UW-Stout
Menominie, Wis.
WIAC
NR



NEW ENGLAND Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Bates
Lewiston, Maine
NESCAC
1

2
Tufts
Medford, Mass.
NESCAC
2

3
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
3

4
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
4

5
Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt.
NESCAC
5

6
Amherst
Amherst, Mass.
NESCAC
6

7
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
7

8
Connecticut College
New London, Conn.
NESCAC
NR

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

10
Keene State
Keene, N.H.
Little East
10



SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
1

2
Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Va.
ODAC
5

3
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
2

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

5
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
7

6
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SAA
6

7
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SAA
3

8
UT Tyler
Tyler, Texas
ASC
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
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
2

3
Willamette
Salem, Ore.
Northwest
3

4
Puget Sound
Tacoma, Wash.
Northwest
4

5
Whitworth
Spokane, Wash.
Northwest
5

6
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCAC
7

7
La Verne
La Verne, Calif.
SCIAC
8

8
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent
10

9
Lewis & Clark
Portland, Ore.
Northwest
NR

10
George Fox
Newberg, Ore.
Northwest
9





USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings

2012 Week #6 -- October 16

national poll release: October 17

next regional release: October 30 (next week off)


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
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
4

4
Rowan
Glassboro, N.J.
NJAC
3

5
Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
UAA
5

6
SUNY Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
SUNYAC
6

7
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
7

8
Vassar
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Liberty League
8

9
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y.
Empire 8
NR

10
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
9



CENTRAL Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Wartburg
Waverly, Iowa
IIAC
1

2
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
2

3
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
5

4
Carleton
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
3

5
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
4

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

7
Gustavus Adolphus
St. Peter, Minn.
MIAC
7

8
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln, Neb.
Great Plains
8

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
2

3
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
UAA
3

4
Hope
Holland, Mich.
MIAA
4

5
Kenyon
Gambier, Ohio
NCAC
5

6
Ohio Northern
Ada, Ohio
OAC
6

7
John Carroll
University Heights, Ohio
OAC
8

8
Denison
Granville, Ohio
NCAC
7

9
Alma
Alma, Mich.
MIAA
9

10
Mount Union
Alliance, Ohio
OAC
10



MIDEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
1

2
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
3

3
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
2

4
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
6

5
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
4

6
Gettysburg
Gettysburg, Pa.
Centennial
5

7
Muhlenberg
Allentown, Pa.
Centennial
7

8
Marywood
Scranton, Pa.
Colonial States
8

9
Grove City
Grove City, Pa.
PAC
10

10
Penn State Behrend
Erie, Pa.
AMCC
NR



MIDWEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
UAA
3

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

3
Illinois Wesleyan
Bloomington, Ill.
CCIW
4

4
Washington (Mo.)
St. Louis, Mo.
UAA
1

5
UW-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wis.
WIAC
NR

6
UW-La Crosse
La Crosse, Wis.
WIAC
5

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

8
Augustana (Ill.)
Rock Island, Ill.
CCIW
7

9
St. Norbert
De Pere, Wis.
Midwest
10

10
Carthage
Kenosha, Wis.
CCIW
8



NEW ENGLAND Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
1

2
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
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
Wellesley
Wellesley, Mass.
NEWMAC
9

8
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
8

9
Wesleyan (Conn.)
Middletown, Conn.
NESCAC
7

10
Colby
Waterville, Maine
NESCAC
10



SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
1

2
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
2

3
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
4

4
Washington and Lee
Lexington, Va.
ODAC
3

5
Eastern Mennonite
Harrisonburg, Va.
ODAC
6

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

7
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SAA
8

8
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Va.
CAC
9

9
Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Va.
ODAC
NR

10
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SAA
5



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
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
5

5
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
10

6
Linfield
McMinnville, Ore.
Northwest
4

7
Whitworth
Spokane, Wash.
Northwest
6

8
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCAC
7

9
Whitman
Walla Walla, Wash.
Northwest
8

10
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent
9










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