Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Haverford, MIT Hold Their Ground in Latest DIII National Cross Country Poll

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Haverford, MIT Hold Their Ground in Latest DIII National Cross Country Poll



October 31, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – After 42 conference championships were contested in NCAA Division III cross country last weekend, the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Coaches’ Poll keeps Haverford as the No. 1 men’s team and MIT as the top-ranked women’s team in the country.



In the men’s poll, the top three teams – No. 1 Haverford, No. 2 Calvin, and No. 3 North Central (Ill.) held their ground from the previous week. Haverford won their third-straight Centennial Conference crown while Calvin had no problem winning the MIAA title and North Central made it 39 in-a-row in the CCIW.



Tufts is in the top five for the first time this season and Middlebury returns to the top ten, landing at No. 8.



The women’s poll keeps MIT at No. 1, Johns Hopkins at No. 2, and Calvin at No. 3, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at No. 4, and Middlebury at No. 5 for the third-straight week. The Engineers of MIT won their sixth-straight title in the NEWMAC last weekend. Johns Hopkins claimed a fifth-consecutive Centennial Conference crown. And, Calvin’s women matched the feat of their male counterparts in winning the MIAA.



Regional championships to be held on Saturday, November 10, are next on the schedule for DIII.



The final regular-season poll will be released on Monday, November 12, in advance of the NCAA DIII Championships that will be held on Saturday, November 17.





USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Week #7 -- October 31

next poll: MONDAY, November 12 (next week off)


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

1
Haverford (6)
278
Mideast
Centennial
Tom Donnelly (38th)
1

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

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

4
SUNY Geneseo
254
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
5

5
Tufts
246
New England
NESCAC
Ethan Barron (8th)
7

6
UW-La Crosse
244
Midwest
WIAC
Derek Stanley (1st)
6

7
UW-Eau Claire
228
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
8

8
Middlebury
222
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
17

9
Washington (Mo.)
210
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
10

10
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
209
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
9


11
Bates
200
New England
NESCAC
Al Fereshetian (18th)
4

12
NYU
196
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
12

13
Wheaton (Ill.)
178
Midwest
CCIW
Scott Bradley (11th)
25

14
Bowdoin
175
New England
NESCAC
Peter Slovenski (27th)
11

15
UW-Platteville
166
Midwest
WIAC
Tom Antczak (20th)
20

16
SUNY Cortland
155
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Steve Patrick (5th)
15

17
Williams
152
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (34th)
13

18
UW-Stevens Point
148
Midwest
WIAC
Rick Witt (34th)
14

19
Allegheny
140
Mideast
NCAC
Brent Wilkerson (3rd)
18

20
Carnegie Mellon
128
Mideast
UAA
Dario Donatelli (20th)
19

21
Augustana (Ill.)
116
Midwest
CCIW
Paul Olsen (47th)
16

22
Central (Iowa)
112
Central
IIAC
Joe Dunham (5th)
24

23
Dickinson
110
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
21

24
St. Lawrence
85
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Newman (12th)
28

25
Johns Hopkins
81
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (14th)
27

26
Chicago
80
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
22

27
Wabash
75
Great Lakes
NCAC
Roger Busch (7th)
26

28
Willamette
57
West
Northwest
Matt McGuirk (9th)
RV

29
St. Olaf
47
Central
MIAC
Phil Lundin (5th)
33

30
Rochester
45
Atlantic
UAA
John Izzo (13th)
22

31
MIT
40
New England
NEWMAC
Halston Taylor (31st)
RV

32
UW-Stout
35
Midwest
WIAC
Matt Schauf (6th)
34

33
Case Western Reserve
24
Great Lakes
UAA
Kathy Lanese (12th)
32

34
TCNJ
14
Atlantic
NJAC
Phil Jennings (10th)
RV

35
RPI
13
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Lynch (2nd)
RV

35
Amherst
13
New England
NESCAC
Ned Nedeau (16th)
30

Others Receiving Votes: Loras 11, Pomona-Pitzer 10, UW-Oshkosh 5.

Dropped Out: No. 29 Pomona-Pitzer, No. 31 UW-Oshkosh, No. 35 Loras

(* 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 #7 -- October 31

next poll: MONDAY, November 12 (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
261
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (13th)
3

4
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
259
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
4


5
Calvin
242
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (7th)
6

5
Middlebury
242
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
5

7
St. Lawrence
234
Atlantic
Liberty League
Mike Howard (14th)
7

8
Chicago
225
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
8

9
Wartburg
211
Central
IIAC
Steve Johnson (24th)
11

10
Oberlin
208
Great Lakes
NCAC
Ray Appenheimer (7th)
9

11
UW-Eau Claire
202
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
10

12
SUNY Geneseo
193
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
12

13
Haverford
173
Mideast
Centennial
Fran Rizzo (22nd)
14

14
NYU
165
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
16

15
Gustavus Adolphus
164
Central
MIAC
Dale Bahr (4th)
NR

16
Hope
163
Great Lakes
MIAA
Mark Northuis (25th)
19

17
Amherst
153
New England
NESCAC
Cassie Funke-Harris (1st)
21

18
St. Olaf
148
Central
MIAC
Chris Daymont (32nd)
13

19
Dickinson
129
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
15

20
Carnegie Mellon
117
Mideast
UAA
Dario Donatelli (20th)
NR

21
Luther
115
Central
IIAC
Yarrow Pasche (8th)
19

22
Case Western Reserve
108
Great Lakes
UAA
Kathy Lanese (15th)
18

23
Lewis & Clark
104
West
Northwest
Keith Woodard (6th)
22

24
Bates
83
New England
NESCAC
Jay Hartshorn (8th)
28

25
Rowan
76
Atlantic
NJAC
Derick "Ringo" Adamson (6th)
26

26
Illinois Wesleyan
75
Midwest
CCIW
Greg Huffaker (8th)
24

27
Trinity (Texas)
64
South/Southeast
SCAC
Derick Lawrence (1st)
25

28
Carleton
61
Central
MIAC
Donna Ricks (20th)
23

29
Ohio Northern
49
Great Lakes
OAC
Jason Maus (7th)
34

30
Washington (Mo.)
47
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
27

31
SUNY Plattsburgh
28
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Andrew Krug (1st)
33

32
Kenyon
16
Great Lakes
NCAC
Duane Gomez (30th)
30

33
UW-La Crosse
14
Midwest
WIAC
Derek Stanley (1st)
RV

34
Rochester
13
Atlantic
UAA
Barbara Hartwig (24th)
31

35
Emory
6
South/Southeast
UAA
John Curtin (28th)
RV

35
St. Thomas (Minn.)
6
Central
MIAC
Joe Sweeney (33rd)
35

35
Willamette
6
West
Northwest
Matt McGuirk (9th)
32

Others Receiving Votes: Wesleyan (Conn.) 5, Ithaca 3, UW-Oshkosh 3.

Dropped Out: No. 17 Tufts, No. 29 UW-Oshkosh

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








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