Tuesday, October 09, 2012

DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Week #5

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DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Week #5



October 9, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week five regional rankings for the 2012 NCAA Division III season on Tuesday. New to the No. 1 ranks this week is the women’s team is MIT in the New England region and Trinity (Texas) in the South/Southeast 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), 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 #5 -- October 9

national poll release: October 10

next regional release: October 16


ATLANTIC Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
1

2
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
3

3
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
4

4
Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
UAA
2

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

6
RPI
Troy, N.Y.
Liberty League
7

7
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
6

8
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y.
Empire 8
8

9
Vassar
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Liberty League
NR

10
Buffalo State
Buffalo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
9



CENTRAL Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Central (Iowa)
Pella, Iowa
IIAC
1

2
Loras
Dubuque, Iowa
IIAC
2

3
Wartburg
Waverly, Iowa
IIAC
3

4
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
4

5
Saint John's (Minn.)
Collegeville, Minn.
MIAC
6

6
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
5

7
Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa
Midwest Conference
8

8
Bethel (Minn.)
Arden Hills, Minn.
MIAC
7

9
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
10

10
Carleton
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
9



GREAT LAKES Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Calvin
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Michigan Intercollegiate
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.
Michigan Intercollegiate
6

7
John Carroll
University Heights, Ohio
OAC
7

8
DePauw
Greencastle, Ind.
NCAC
8

9
Albion
Albion, Mich.
Michigan Intercollegiate
9

10
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware, Ohio
NCAC
10



MIDEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
1

2
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
5

3
Allegheny
Meadville, Pa.
NCAC
3

4
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
4

5
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
2

6
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
6

7
Swarthmore
Swarthmore, Pa.
Centennial
7

8
Widener
Chester, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
8

9
DeSales
Center Valley, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
9

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
3

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

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
8

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

10
UW-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wis.
WIAC
10



NEW ENGLAND Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Bates
Lewiston, Maine
NESCAC
1

2
Tufts
Medford, Mass.
NESCAC
3

3
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
5

4
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
2

5
Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt.
NESCAC
4

6
Amherst
Amherst, Mass.
NESCAC
6

7
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
7

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

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

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



SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
1

2
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
2

3
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SAA
3

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

5
Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Va.
ODAC
6

6
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SAA
5

7
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
7

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 Conference
3

4
Puget Sound
Tacoma, Wash.
Northwest Conference
4

5
Whitworth
Spokane, Wash.
Northwest Conference
5

6
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
6


7
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCAC
9

8
La Verne
La Verne, Calif.
SCIAC
7


9
George Fox
Newberg, Ore.
Northwest Conference
8

10
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent (D-III)
10









USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings

2012 Week #5 -- October 9

national poll release: October 10

next regional release: October 16


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
Rowan
Glassboro, N.J.
NJAC
4

4
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
5

5
Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
UAA
3

6
SUNY Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
SUNYAC
7

7
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
6

8
Vassar
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Liberty League
NR

9
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
9

10
RPI
Troy, N.Y.
Liberty League
8

10
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, N.Y.
SUNYAC
NR



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
7

8
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln, Neb.
Great Plains
8

9
Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa
Midwest Conference
9

10
Concordia Moorhead
Moorhead, Minn.
MIAC
10



GREAT LAKES Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Calvin
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Michigan Intercollegiate
1

2
Oberlin
Oberlin, Ohio
NCAC
2

3
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
UAA
3

4
Hope
Holland, Mich.
Michigan Intercollegiate
4

5
Kenyon
Gambier, Ohio
NCAC
5

6
Ohio Northern
Ada, Ohio
OAC
6

7
Denison
Granville, Ohio
NCAC
7

8
John Carroll
University Heights, Ohio
OAC
8

9
Alma
Alma, Mich.
Michigan Intercollegiate
9

10
Mount Union
Alliance, Ohio
OAC
NR



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
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
5

5
Gettysburg
Gettysburg, Pa.
Centennial
4

6
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
6

7
Muhlenberg
Allentown, Pa.
Centennial
7

8
Marywood
Scranton, Pa.
Colonial States
9

9
Swarthmore
Swarthmore, Pa.
Centennial
8

10
Grove City
Grove City, Pa.
PAC
10



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
St. Norbert
De Pere, Wis.
Midwest Conference
NR



NEW ENGLAND Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
2

2
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
1

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
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
9

9
Wellesley
Wellesley, Mass.
NEWMAC
8

10
Colby
Waterville, Maine
NESCAC
10



SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

1
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
3

2
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
1

3
Washington and Lee
Lexington, Va.
ODAC
2

4
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
4

5
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SAA
6

6
Eastern Mennonite
Harrisonburg, Va.
ODAC
5

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

8
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SAA
7

9
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Va.
CAC
9

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



WEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
Last Week

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


2
Lewis & Clark
Portland, Ore.
Northwest Conference
2

3
Willamette
Salem, Ore.
Northwest Conference
3

4
Linfield
McMinnville, Ore.
Northwest Conference
4

5
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
5


6
Whitworth
Spokane, Wash.
Northwest Conference
6

7
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCAC
7

8
Whitman
Walla Walla, Wash.
Northwest Conference
8

9
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent (D-III)
9


10
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
10









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