Haverford, MIT are Coaches’ Favorites Heading into DIII National Championships

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Haverford, MIT are Coaches’ Favorites Heading into DIII National Championships



November 12, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – A competitive regional championship weekend in Division III yielded an interesting final regular-season national poll. According to the voting panel of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), Haverford’s men and MIT’s women are the top teams in the country heading into Saturday’s NCAA Championships, but the first-place votes were split among other teams.



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Haverford has held the top men’s spot for the last three weeks and sailed to a third-consecutive Mideast regional crown on Saturday. The Fords placed second at last year’s national championships and were the champs in 2010. Haverford was placed first on four of eight ballots.



North Central (Ill.), the defending national champion, is the No. 2 men’s team and garnered two FPVs. The Cardinals won their 25th regional title in school history this past weekend and are looking to win their third national crown over a four year period. NCC has won 14 NCAA cross country national titles.



At No. 3, Calvin holds the other two first-place votes. The Knights won a 17th-straight region title and they will be making their 28th-consecutive NCAA appearance. Calvin finished 11th at last year’s championships, but won national crowns in 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2006.



The women’s top 35 is led by MIT and their five first-place votes. The Engineers have been ranked No. 1 for four weeks and are looking to win their first NCAA cross country national crown. MIT will make only their fifth national-championship appearance and claimed their best finish in school history (third) in 2010.



Johns Hopkins at No. 2 will also be a chasing their first national title, having previously finished as high as seventh in 2009 and 2010.



No. 3 Williams is making their 20th-straight appearance at the NCAA Championships. They were winners of the national crown in 2002 and 2004.



Washington (Mo.) will not be defending their national title as they did not make the championship field.



Rose-Hulman will host the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships from the LaVerne Gibson Cross Country Course outside of Terre Haute, Ind., on Saturday. The men’s 8k race is slated for 11 a.m., eastern, while the women’s 6k will go off at Noon, eastern. NCAA.com will broadcast the national championships live.





USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Week #8 -- November 12 (pre-NCAA Championships)

next poll: none, final -- NCAA Championship results


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

1
Haverford (4)
275
Mideast
Centennial
Tom Donnelly (38th)
1

2
North Central (Ill.) (2)
272
Midwest
CCIW
Al Carius (47th)
3

3
Calvin (2)
269
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (27th)
2

4
Middlebury
249
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
8

5
NYU
247
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
12

6
UW-La Crosse
239
Midwest
WIAC
Derek Stanley (1st)
6

7
SUNY Geneseo
222
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
4

8
Washington (Mo.)
220
Midwest
UAA
Jeff Stiles (12th)
9

9
Bowdoin
219
New England
NESCAC
Peter Slovenski (27th)
14

10
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
211
West
SCIAC
John Goldhammer (29th)
10

11
Wheaton (Ill.)
202
Midwest
CCIW
Scott Bradley (11th)
13

12
Bates
200
New England
NESCAC
Al Fereshetian (18th)
11

13
Williams
179
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (34th)
17

14
UW-Eau Claire
175
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
7

15
Tufts
167
New England
NESCAC
Ethan Barron (8th)
5

16
SUNY Cortland
161
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Steve Patrick (5th)
16

17
Carnegie Mellon
141
Mideast
UAA
Dario Donatelli (20th)
20

17
St. Olaf
141
Central
MIAC
Phil Lundin (5th)
29

19
Chicago
125
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
26

20
Johns Hopkins
117
Mideast
Centennial
Bobby Van Allen (14th)
25

21
Central (Iowa)
116
Central
IIAC
Joe Dunham (5th)
22

22
Dickinson
111
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
23

23
Rochester
94
Atlantic
UAA
John Izzo (13th)
30

24
Wabash
93
Great Lakes
NCAC
Roger Busch (7th)
27

25
UW-Stout
85
Midwest
WIAC
Matt Schauf (6th)
32

26
Allegheny
84
Mideast
NCAC
Brent Wilkerson (3rd)
19

27
Pomona-Pitzer
80
West
SCIAC
Tony Boston (5th)
RV

28
St. Lawrence
63
Atlantic
Liberty League
John Newman (12th)
24

29
UW-Platteville
49
Midwest
WIAC
Tom Antczak (20th)
15

30
Luther
40
Central
IIAC
Steve Pasche (8th)
NR

31
Augustana (Ill.)
38
Midwest
CCIW
Paul Olsen (47th)
21

31
Case Western Reserve
38
Great Lakes
UAA
Kathy Lanese (12th)
33

33
Saint John's (Minn.)
20
Central
MIAC
Tim Miles (34th)
NR

34
UW-Stevens Point
19
Midwest
WIAC
Rick Witt (34th)
18

35
TCNJ
13
Atlantic
NJAC
Phil Jennings (10th)
34

Others Receiving Votes: Lynchburg 12, Ithaca 11, La Verne 11, Manchester 9, RPI 5, Willamette 5, Loras 4, Trinity (Texas) 4, MIT 4, Cal Lutheran 1



Dropped Out: No. 28, Willamette, No. 31 MIT, No. 35 Loras, No. 35 Amherst

(* 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 #8 -- November 12 (pre-NCAA Championships)

next poll: none, final -- NCAA Championship results


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
260
New England
NESCAC
Peter Farwell (13th)
3

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

5
Middlebury
243
New England
NESCAC
Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)
5

6
St. Lawrence
241
Atlantic
Liberty League
Mike Howard (14th)
7

7
UW-Eau Claire
231
Midwest
WIAC
Dan Schwamberger (6th)
11

8
Haverford
212
Mideast
Centennial
Fran Rizzo (22nd)
13

8
Hope
212
Great Lakes
MIAA
Mark Northuis (25th)
16

8
Wartburg
212
Central
IIAC
Steve Johnson (24th)
9

11
Oberlin
202
Great Lakes
NCAC
Ray Appenheimer (7th)
10

12
Chicago
200
Midwest
UAA
Chris Hall (12th)
8

13
St. Olaf
177
Central
MIAC
Chris Daymont (32nd)
18

13
SUNY Geneseo
177
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Mike Woods (21st)
12

15
Calvin
176
Great Lakes
MIAA
Brian Diemer (7th)
5

16
NYU
152
Atlantic
UAA
Nick McDonough (15th)
14

17
Bates
149
New England
NESCAC
Jay Hartshorn (8th)
25

18
Dickinson
141
Mideast
Centennial
Don Nichter (23rd)
19

19
Trinity (Texas)
126
South/Southeast
SCAC
Derick Lawrence (1st)
28

20
Luther
125
Central
IIAC
Yarrow Pasche (8th)
22

21
Illinois Wesleyan
117
Midwest
CCIW
Greg Huffaker (8th)
27

22
Kenyon
104
Great Lakes
NCAC
Duane Gomez (30th)
33

23
Amherst
98
New England
NESCAC
Cassie Funke-Harris (1st)
17

24
Lewis & Clark
96
West
Northwest
Keith Woodard (6th)
24

25
Gustavus Adolphus
84
Central
MIAC
Dale Bahr (4th)
15

26
Rowan
81
Atlantic
NJAC
Derick "Ringo" Adamson (6th)
26

27
Carnegie Mellon
77
Mideast
UAA
Dario Donatelli (20th)
20

28
Carleton
69
Central
MIAC
Donna Ricks (20th)
29
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29
UW-Oshkosh
63
Midwest
WIAC
Drew Ludtke (1st)
RV

30
Tufts
49
New England
NESCAC
Kristen Morwick (13th)
20

31
Case Western Reserve
47
Great Lakes
UAA
Kathy Lanese (15th)
23

32
Ithaca
33
Atlantic
Empire 8
Erin Dinan (1st)
RV

33
UW-La Crosse
29
Midwest
WIAC
Derek Stanley (1st)
34

34
Willamette
14
West
Northwest
Matt McGuirk (9th)
RV

35
Elizabethtown
12
Mideast
Middle Atlantic
Brian Falk (5th)
NR

Others Receiving Votes: Mount Union 5, Rochester 4, Wellesley 3, SUNY Plattsburgh 3, Occidental 2, RPI 2, Emory 1

Dropped Out: No. 30 Ohio Northern, No. 31 Washington (Mo.), No. 32 SUNY Plattsburgh, No. 35 Rochester

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








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