Middlebury Takes Over As New Number One in Women’s Division III Coaches’ Poll
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POLL NOTES: Middlebury’s women takes over the nation’s top spot this week, returning for the first time since being voted the unanimous number one on September 23, 2009. Last year, the Panthers of Middlebury, Vt., placed fourth at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships. Middlebury has won a total of five NCAA Division III team championships in cross country, each of which have been won since 2000 and the last being in 2008 … Pollsters have been impressed by Middlebury’s consistency throughout the season. Last weekend, the Panthers were the winners at Williams College’s Purple Valley Invitational. This weekend, they host the Vermont Intercollegiate Championships.
Women’s No. 6 UW Oshkosh took a big leap, up 15 spots from last week’s pirch at No. 21. The Titans scored big wins in taking top honors at last weekend’s Griak Invtiational in the Maroon III Division. Oshkosh (65) knocked off then-No. 1 UW Eau Claire (89) and then-No. 11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (115) to make voters take notice.
On the men’s side, Augustana (Ill.) gained 14 spots this week, landing at No. 14, after taking second at their home Brissman/Lundeen Invitational. The Vikings (55) finished behind then-No. 17 UW Stevens Point (23), but ahead of then-No. 14 UW Whitewater (88) and then-No. 16 Grinnell.
Conference Count: MEN – WIAC (6), UAA (6) … WOMEN – UAA (6), NESCAC (4) , WIAC (4)
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NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll |
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2010 Week #3, September 29 |
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| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Location |
Last
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| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (8) | 280 | Midwest | CCIW | Naperville, Ill. |
1
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| 2 | Washington (Mo.) | 269 | Midwest | UAA | St. Louis, Mo. |
2
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| 3 | Allegheny | 261 | Mideast | NCAC | Meadville, Pa. |
3
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| 4 | Haverford | 257 | Mideast | Centennial | Haverford, Pa. |
4
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| 5 | SUNY Geneseo | 250 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Geneseo, N.Y. |
5
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| 6 | Calvin | 235 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
7
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| 7 | UW Platteville | 234 | Midwest | WIAC | Platteville, Wis. |
6
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| 8 | St. Lawrence | 222 | Atlantic | Liberty League | Canton, N.Y. |
8
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| 9 | Brandeis | 214 | New England | UAA | Waltham, Mass. |
9
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| 10 | Carnegie Mellon | 206 | Mideast | UAA | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
10
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| 11 | NYU | 195 | Atlantic | UAA | New York, N.Y. |
11
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| 12 | UW La Crosse | 191 | Midwest | WIAC | La Crosse, Wis. |
12
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| 13 | UW Stevens Point | 184 | Midwest | WIAC | Stevens Point, Wis. |
17
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| 14 | Augustana (Ill.) | 167 | Midwest | CCIW | Rock Island, Ill. |
28
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| 15 | Keene State | 161 | New England | Little East | Keene, N.H. |
18
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| 16 | MIT | 154 | New England | NEWMAC | Cambridge, Mass. |
29
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| 17 | UW Whitewater | 143 | Midwest | WIAC | Whitewater, Wis. |
14
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| 18 | Dickinson | 138 | Mideast | Centennial | Carlisle, Pa. |
20
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| 19 | Oberlin | 125 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Oberlin, Ohio |
NR
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| 20 | UW Eau Claire | 124 | Midwest | WIAC | Eau Claire, Wis. |
NR
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| 21 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 117 | West | SCIAC | Claremont, Calif. |
15
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| 22 | UW Oshkosh | 107 | Midwest | WIAC | Oshkosh, Wis. |
32
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| 23 | Grinnell | 104 | Central | MWC | Grinnell, Iowa |
16
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| 24 | Mount Union | 94 | Great Lakes | OAC | Alliance, Ohio |
21
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| 25 | Williams | 87 | New England | NESCAC | Williamstown, Mass. |
13
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| 26 | Rochester | 76 | Atlantic | UAA | Rochester, N.Y. |
26
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| 27 | Elizabethtown | 72 | Mideast | MAC | Elizabethtown, Pa. |
25
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| 28 | Whitworth | 69 | West | Northwest | Spokane, Wash. |
19
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| 29 | Hamline | 59 | Central | MIAC | Saint Paul, Minn. |
24
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| 30 | Case Western Reserve | 53 | Great Lakes | UAA | Cleveland, Ohio |
27
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| 31 | Tufts | 52 | New England | NESCAC | Medford, Mass. |
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| 32 | Willamette | 39 | West | Northwest | Salem, Ore. |
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| 33 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 34 | Central | Independents (D3) | Lincoln, Neb. |
30
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| 34 | St. Olaf | 17 | Central | MIAC | Northfield, Minn. |
33
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| 35 | Colorado College | 16 | West | SCAC | Colorado Springs, Colo. |
31
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| Others Receiving Votes: Emory 13, Wabash 7, Plattsburg State 6, SUNY Fredonia 4, Lewis & Clark 4. | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 23 Amherst, No. 34 Wabash, No. 35 Emory | ||||||
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| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Location |
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| 1 | Middlebury (6) | 278 | New England | NESCAC | Middlebury, Vt. |
2
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| 2 | St. Lawrence (2) | 274 | Atlantic | Liberty League | Canton, N.Y. |
3
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| 3 | Washington (Mo.) | 264 | Midwest | UAA | St. Louis, Mo. |
4
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| 4 | Williams | 256 | New England | NESCAC | Williamstown, Mass. |
8
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| 5 | SUNY Geneseo | 240 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Geneseo, N.Y. |
5
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| 6 | UW Oshkosh | 239 | Midwest | WIAC | Oshkosh, Wis. |
21
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| 7 | Johns Hopkins | 234 | Mideast | Centennial | Baltimore, Md. |
9
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| 8 | UW Eau Claire | 223 | Midwest | WIAC | Eau Claire, Wis. |
1
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| 9 | MIT | 212 | New England | NEWMAC | Cambridge, Mass. |
6
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| 10 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 205 | Central | Independent | Lincoln, Neb. |
7
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| 11 | Calvin | 204 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
13
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| 12 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 201 | West | SCIAC | Claremont, Calif. |
11
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| 13 | Chicago | 177 | Midwest | UAA | Chicago, Ill. |
12
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| 14 | Hope | 176 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Holland, Mich. |
10
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| 15 | Wellesley | 156 | New England | NEWMAC | Wellesley, Mass. |
15
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| 16 | Lewis & Clark | 146 | West | Northwest | Portland, Ore. |
18
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| 17 | St. Olaf | 140 | Central | MIAC | Northfield, Minn. |
25
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| 18 | Dickinson | 138 | Mideast | Centennial | Carlisle, Pa. |
17
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| 19 | Luther | 136 | Central | IIAC | Decorah, Iowa |
14
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| 20 | Whitworth | 125 | West | Northwest | Spokane, Wash. |
19
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| 21 | Ohio Northern | 121 | Great Lakes | OAC | Ada, Ohio |
16
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| 22 | Amherst | 119 | New England | NESCAC | Amherst, Mass. |
20
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| 23 | Rowan | 108 | Atlantic | NJAC | Glassboro, N.J. |
22
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| 24 | Wartburg | 102 | Central | IIAC | Waverly, Iowa |
34
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| 25 | UW Stevens Point | 89 | Midwest | WIAC | Stevens Point, Wis. |
29
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| 26 | Oberlin | 83 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Oberlin, Ohio |
31
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| 27 | NYU | 80 | Atlantic | UAA | New York, N.Y. |
27
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| 28 | Brandeis | 66 | New England | UAA | Waltham, Mass. |
24
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| 29 | UW La Crosse | 55 | Midwest | WIAC | La Crosse, Wis. |
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| 30 | Case Western Reserve | 54 | Great Lakes | UAA | Cleveland, Ohio |
26
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| 31 | Grove City | 41 | Mideast | PAC | Grove City, Pa. |
32
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| 32 | Colby | 23 | New England | NESCAC | Waterville, Maine |
29
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| 33 | Emory | 22 | South/Southeast | UAA | Atlanta, Ga. |
33
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| 34 | Carleton | 17 | Central | MIAC | Northfield, Minn. |
NR
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| 35 | Vassar | 15 | Atlantic | Liberty League | Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
RV
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| Others Receiving Votes: North Central (Ill.) 13, Haverford 4, Rhodes 3, St. Thomas (Minn.) 2 | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 23 Haverford, No. 28 St. Thomas (Minn.), No. 35 North Central (Ill.) | ||||||
