Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Unanimous No. 1 Makes Way For Another In NCAA DIII Women’s XC Poll

Unanimous No. 1 Makes Way For Another In NCAA DIII Women’s XC Poll


By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA
September 28, 2016   



NEW ORLEANS — The Williams College-hosted Purple Valley Classic had a chance to really shake up the NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll.

NCAA Division III National Coaches Poll Top 5 – Women

1)SUNY Geneseo2)SUNY Geneseo3)SUNY Geneseo4)Middlebury5)Johns Hopkins
SUNY GeneseoMITJohns HopkinsWashington (Mo.)Williams
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With 10 ranked teams in attendance, including six of them in last week’s top-10, it’s to be expected that the meet champion would have an inside line to the national No. 1 spot. Well, that’s exactly what happened after the dust settled at Mt. Greylock High School last Saturday.
Second-ranked (at the time) SUNY Geneseo, anchored by Sara Rosenzweig (6th overall) and Marissa Cossaro (7th), captured the meet title over fifth-ranked (at the time) MIT and top-ranked (at the time) Williams. The Knights scored 65 points to the Engineers’ 71 and 100 from the host Ephs.
Voting coaches took notice and in the most recent poll, released Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), tabbed SUNY Geneseo as the unanimous No. 1 team in all the land. The Knights are No. 1 for the ninth time in program history. Under previous coach Mike Woods, SUNY Geneseo was ranked No. 1 for eight consecutive weeks from the 2006 Preseason Poll through Week 7.
Just like its finish this past weekend in Williamstown, Massachusetts, MIT is runner-up to the Knights in the poll. The Engineers moved up from fifth last week to second, tying their best billing from the past two years. It was at the Purple Valley Classic, however, that Megan McCandless notched the individual win for MIT and should give them a formidable one-two punch at the top of the lineup with Maryann Gong.
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Williams tumbled from No. 1 to No. 5 this week behind third-ranked Johns Hopkins and fourth-ranked Washington (Mo.). This is the lowest the Ephs have been in the poll at this point of the season since 2014 when they were 10th.
The biggest mover outside SUNY Geneseo and Williams this week was that of Dickinson. The Red Devils also took part in the Purple Valley Classic and finished sixth in the team standings. Dickinson beat four teams that were ranked ahead of itself last week and vaulted above them all this week, from No. 30 to No. 10. The Red Devils only had one runner in the top-30 at the Purple Valley Classic, however, and that was Sofia Canning.
There was only one new addition to the poll this week and that was DeSales (32nd). The Bulldogs posted their second victory in as many weeks this past weekend when they won the Messiah College Invitational over 12 teams.
The 2016 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships will be held November 19 in Louisville, Kentucky at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer Park. Two individual champions and two national champions will be crowned that day.
For the full National Coaches’ Poll, look below. And be sure to tune in ever Wednesday at noon ET for the LIVE reveal of the NCAA DIII polls on "Cross Country U," on USTFCCCA.org.

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Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll

2016 Week #3 — September 28

next poll: October 5
RankInstitution (FPV)PointsRegion (CR)ConferenceHead Coach (Yr*)
Last
Week
1SUNY Geneseo (8)280Atlantic (1)SUNYACDan Moore (2nd)
2
2MIT270New England (1)NEWMACHalston Taylor (10th)
5
3Johns Hopkins260Mideast (1)CentennialBobby Van Allen (18th)
3
4Washington (Mo.)258Midwest (1)UAAJeff Stiles (16th)
4
5Williams252New England (2)NESCACPete Farwell (17th)
1
6Tufts237New England (3)NESCACKristen Morwick (17th)
6
7Claremont-Mudd-Scripps227West (1)SCIACJohn Goldhammer (33rd)
7
8UW-La Crosse226Midwest (2)WIACDerek Stanley (5th)
10
9Calvin221Great Lakes (1)Michigan IntercollegiateBrian Diemer (11th)
9
10Dickinson209Mideast (2)CentennialDon Nichter (27th)
30
11RPI197Atlantic (2)Liberty LeagueJohn Lynch (6th)
11
12Ithaca187Atlantic (3)Empire 8Erin Dinan (5th)
14
13Carleton179Central (1)MIACDonna Ricks (24th)
13
14Hope176Great Lakes (2)Michigan IntercollegiateMark Northuis (29th)
15
15UW-Oshkosh166Midwest (3)WIACEamon McKenna (2nd)
26
16Emory160South/Southeast (1)UAAJohn Curtin (32nd)
16
17Haverford146Mideast (3)CentennialFran Rizzo (26th)
17
18St. Olaf140Central (2)MIACChris Daymont (36th)
19
19Chicago136Midwest (4)UAAChris Hall (16th)
28
20Stevens127Atlantic (4)Empire 8Justin Wood (5th)
18
21Amherst120New England (4)NESCACCassie Funke-Harris (5th)
21
22St. Thomas (Minn.)119Central (3)MIACJoe Sweeney (37th)
12
23Middlebury106New England (5)NESCACNicole Wilkerson (6th)
8
24Oberlin99Great Lakes (3)NCACRay Appenheimer (11th)
20
25St. Lawrence85Atlantic (5)Liberty LeagueKate Curran (1st)
24
26Whitworth83West (2)Northwest ConferenceToby Schwarz (21st)
23
27Colorado College67West (3)SCACTed Castaneda (25th)
27
28SUNY Oneonta62Atlantic (6)SUNYACBrett Willmott (1st)
24
29Elizabethtown55Mideast (4)LandmarkBrian Falk (9th)
22
30UW-Eau Claire53Midwest (5)WIACDan Schwamberger (10th)
29
31Allegheny (Pa.)45Great Lakes (4)NCACBen Mourer (1st)
30
32DeSales24Mideast (5)Middle Atlantic (0th)
NR
33Wartburg19Central (4)IIACRyan Chapman (1st)
32
33Pomona-Pitzer19West (4)SCIACKirk Reynolds (28th)
32
35Brandeis16New England (6)UAASinead Evans (3rd)
34
Also Receiving Votes: St. Norbert 7, Bates 5, Otterbein 1, SUNY Cortland 1
Dropped Out: No. 35 St. Norbert
(* year as head coach of that team in women’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)


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