Haverford Breaks the Streak in DIII as the New Nationally Top-Ranked Team

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Haverford Breaks the Streak in DIII as the New Nationally Top-Ranked Team



October 17, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – The streak has been broken. For the 24 previous voting weeks, the men’s team at North Central (Ill.) has been ranked No. 1 by the nation’s coaches in NCAA Division III cross country. Now, the top-ranked spot goes to the Haverford Fords according to the latest poll of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Calvin’s men slides up from No. 6 to No. 2 while North Central slips to No. 3 – their lowest spot on the poll since 2008.



Haverford spoiled North Central’s long-running No. 1 ranking in 2010 as they captured the NCAA title from the Cardinals. North Central came back to win the national crown last season.



In the women’s poll, MIT retains their top spot. In fact, the top five teams – No. 2 Johns Hopkins, No. 3 Williams, No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, and No. 5 Middlebury – held their ground from last week’s poll.



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The Fords of Haverford have competed mostly against Division I competition in the last few weeks and have earned five of eight first-place votes. Last weekend, the crew placed fourth among many DI schools at the Princeton Invitational. A couple weeks before, Haverford was placed in elite “Gold” division of the Paul Short Run and held their own.



No. 2 men’s team Calvin has three first-place votes and scored the largest victory of the past weekend, knocking off then-No. 1 North Central at the UW-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational. With senior Dan Kerr leading the way, the Knights, then ranked No. 6, scored 52 points to the Cardinals’ 58. The head-to-head victory for Calvin was enough for the voters to rank the Knights ahead of North Central.



This upcoming weekend will be light in Division III as teams gear up for conference championships that begin on October 27.



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Week #6 -- October 17

next poll: October 31 (next week off)


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

1
Haverford (5)
276
Mideast
Centennial
Tom Donnelly (38th)
2

2
Calvin (3)
274
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (27th)
6

3
North Central (Ill.)
264
Midwest
CCIW
Al Carius (47th)
1

4
Bates
254
New England
NESCAC
Al Fereshetian (18th)
4

5
SUNY Geneseo
251
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
5

6
UW-La Crosse
240
Midwest
WIAC
Derek Stanley (1st)
7

7
Tufts
232
New England
NESCAC
Ethan Barron (8th)
8

8
UW-Eau Claire
218
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
25

9
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
207
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
10

10
Washington (Mo.)
206
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
3

11
Bowdoin
202
New England
NESCAC
Peter Slovenski (27th)
11

12
NYU
200
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
17

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

14
UW-Stevens Point
176
Midwest
WIAC
Rick Witt (34th)
15

15
SUNY Cortland
164
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Steve Patrick (5th)
12

16
Augustana (Ill.)
161
Midwest
CCIW
Paul Olsen (47th)
13

17
Middlebury
141
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
17

18
Allegheny
139
Mideast
NCAC
Brent Wilkerson (3rd)
20

19
Carnegie Mellon
129
Mideast
UAA
Dario Donatelli (20th)
16

20
UW-Platteville
122
Midwest
WIAC
Tom Antczak (20th)
22

21
Dickinson
109
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
26

22
Rochester
106
Atlantic
UAA
John Izzo (13th)
21

22
Chicago
106
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
19

24
Central (Iowa)
92
Central
IIAC
Joe Dunham (5th)
30

25
Wheaton (Ill.)
83
Midwest
CCIW
Scott Bradley (11th)
9

26
Wabash
80
Great Lakes
NCAC
Roger Busch (7th)
23

27
Johns Hopkins
77
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (14th)
24

28
St. Lawrence
70
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Newman (12th)
27

29
Pomona-Pitzer
66
West
SCIAC
Tony Boston (5th)
28

30
Amherst
52
New England
NESCAC
Ned Nedeau (16th)
30

31
UW-Oshkosh
39
Midwest
WIAC
Eamon McKenna (1st)
29

32
Case Western Reserve
35
Great Lakes
UAA
Kathy Lanese (12th)
32

33
St. Olaf
28
Central
MIAC
Phil Lundin (5th)
RV

34
UW-Stout
17
Midwest
WIAC
Matt Schauf (6th)
NR

35
Loras
14
Central
IIAC
Bob Schultz (8th)
33

Others Receiving Votes: Willamette 10, RPI 10, TCNJ 4, MIT 4, Saint John's (Minn.) 2, Wartburg 1, Ohio Northern 1.



Dropped Out: No. 33 Loras, No. 34 RPI, No. 35 Wartburg

(* 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 #6 -- October 17

next poll: October 31 (next week off)


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

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

2
Johns Hopkins (3)
275
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (14th)
2

3
Williams
262
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (13th)
3

4
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
257
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
4

5
Middlebury
249
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
5

6
Calvin
239
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (7th)
8

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

8
Chicago
221
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
15

9
Oberlin
219
Great Lakes
NCAC
Ray Appenheimer (7th)
14

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

11
Wartburg
201
Central
IIAC
Steve Johnson (24th)
11

12
SUNY Geneseo
188
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
9

13
St. Olaf
182
Central
MIAC
Chris Daymont (32nd)
12

14
Haverford
172
Mideast
Centennial
Fran Rizzo (22nd)
16

15
Dickinson
161
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
13

16
NYU
159
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
25

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

18
Case Western Reserve
145
Great Lakes
UAA
Kathy Lanese (15th)
18

19
Luther
135
Central
IIAC
Yarrow Pasche (8th)
RV

19
Hope
135
Great Lakes
MIAA
Mark Northuis (25th)
20

21
Amherst
117
New England
NESCAC
Cassie Funke-Harris (1st)
21

22
Lewis & Clark
100
West
Northwest
Keith Woodard (6th)
22

23
Carleton
98
Central
MIAC
Donna Ricks (20th)
19

24
Illinois Wesleyan
90
Midwest
CCIW
Greg Huffaker (8th)
31

25
Trinity (Texas)
85
South/Southeast
SCAC
Derick Lawrence (1st)
23

26
Rowan
82
Atlantic
NJAC
Derick "Ringo" Adamson (6th)
24

27
Washington (Mo.)
80
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
6

28
Bates
60
New England
NESCAC
Jay Hartshorn (8th)
27

29
UW-Oshkosh
47
Midwest
WIAC
Drew Ludtke (1st)
NR

30
Kenyon
42
Great Lakes
NCAC
Duane Gomez (30th)
26

31
Rochester
40
Atlantic
UAA
Barbara Hartwig (24th)
31

32
Willamette
30
West
Northwest
Matt McGuirk (9th)
34

33
SUNY Plattsburgh
22
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Andrew Krug (1st)
RV

34
Ohio Northern
19
Great Lakes
OAC
Jason Maus (7th)
29

35
St. Thomas (Minn.)
17
Central
MIAC
Joe Sweeney (33rd)
33

Others Receiving Votes: Wellesley 16, Emory 7, Elizabethtown 5, SUNY Cortland 4, UW-La Crosse 4, St. Benedict 3, Vassar 1.



Dropped Out: No. 28 Wesleyan (Conn.), No. 30 Carnegie Mellon, No. 35 Emory

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










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