USTFCCCA News & Notes
DIII National XC Poll — Williams’ Women Takes Over as Top-Ranked Team
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday the week five results of the national cross country coaches’ poll for NCAA Division III. While the top three men’s teams are still the same after three weeks, Williams College took over the No. 1 spot on the women’s side after a strong showing at last weekend’s NEICAAA Championships.
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2010 NCAA Championships (final results): MEN | WOMEN
AROUND THE POLLS
* On the men’s side, the top three positions remain unchanged for the third-straight week. Middlebury (No. 6) and Bates (No. 9) surge into the national top ten for the first time this year. At No. 35 Willamette returns to the ranks.
* Williams is the new No. 1 women’s team, leaping from fifth, a position they’ve held since September 21. Williams’ women finished fourth overall last weekend at the NEICAAA Championships, losing out only to Division I programs Boston College, Boston University, and Vermont. In the process, Williams bettered three top-ten teams from Division III including then-No. 1 Middlebury, then-No. 3 MIT, and then-No. 9 Amherst.
* Nearly every ranked team will be in action this weekend as teams gear up for the championship season. … The largest contingent of ranked teams will be at UW-Oshkosh’s Brooks Invitational, with many getting experience on this year’s NCAA Championship course … at UW-Oshkosh will be men’s teams (12 ranked) including No. 1 North Central, No. 3 Calvim, No. 5 Washington (Mo.), No. 7 MIT, and No. 8 UW-Oshkosh; ranked women’s teams (12 ranked) include No. 3 Washington (Mo.), No. 5 MIT, and No. 7 Calvin …
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Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll |
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2011 Week #5, October 12 |
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| next poll: October 19 | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last Week
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| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (5) | 277 | Midwest | CCIW | Al Carius (46th) |
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| 2 | Haverford (3) | 274 | Mideast | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (37th) |
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| 3 | Calvin | 265 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Brian Diemer (26th) |
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| 4 | Dickinson | 245 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (22nd) |
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| 5 | Washington (Mo.) | 242 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (11th) |
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| 6 | Middlebury | 238 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (1st) |
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| 7 | MIT | 230 | New England | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (30th) |
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| 8 | UW-Oshkosh | 225 | Midwest | WIAC | Paul Brown (1st) |
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| 9 | Bates | 220 | New England | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (17th) |
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| 10 | St. Lawrence | 203 | Atlantic | Liberty League | John Newman (11th) |
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| 11 | SUNY Geneseo | 190 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (20th) |
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| 12 | Augustana (Ill.) | 176 | Midwest | CCIW | Paul Olsen (46th) |
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| 13 | NYU | 173 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (14th) |
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| 13 | Williams | 173 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (33rd) |
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| 15 | Wabash | 169 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Roger Busch (6th) |
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| 16 | UW-La Crosse | 163 | Midwest | WIAC | Don Fritsch (14th) |
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| 17 | Tufts | 156 | New England | NESCAC | Ethan Barron (7th) |
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| 18 | Chicago | 147 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (11th) |
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| 19 | Elizabethtown | 140 | Mideast | Middle Atlantic | Brian Falk (1st) |
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| 20 | UW-Stevens Point | 124 | Midwest | WIAC | Rick Witt (33rd) |
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| 21 | UW-Platteville | 108 | Midwest | WIAC | Tom Antczak (19th) |
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| 22 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 106 | Central | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (22nd) |
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| 23 | Hamline | 96 | Central | MIAC | Paul Schmaedeke (21st) |
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| 24 | Carnegie Mellon | 95 | Mideast | UAA | Dario Donatelli (11th) |
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| 25 | Rochester | 88 | Atlantic | UAA | John Izzo (12th) |
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| 26 | St. Olaf | 86 | Central | MIAC | Phil Lundin (4th) |
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| 27 | Pomona-Pitzer | 80 | West | SCIAC | Tony Boston (4th) |
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| 28 | Johns Hopkins | 64 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (13th) |
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| 29 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 59 | Midwest | CCIW | Scott Bradley (10th) |
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| 30 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 54 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (28th) |
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| 31 | SUNY Cortland | 47 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (5th) |
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| 32 | Allegheny | 39 | Mideast | NCAC | Brent Wilkerson (2nd) |
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| 33 | Bowdoin | 28 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Slovenski (26th) |
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| 34 | Albion | 21 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Hayden Smith (11th) |
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| 35 | Willamette | 16 | West | Northwest | Matt McGuirk (8th) |
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| Others Receiving Votes: Brandeis 9, Loras 5, UW-Stout 5, Manchester 3, Whitworth 1. | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 35 Brandeis | ||||||
| (* year as head coach of that team in men’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed) | ||||||
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Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll |
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2011 Week #5, October 12 |
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| next poll: October 19 | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last Week
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| 1 | Williams (5) | 277 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (12th) |
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| 2 | Middlebury | 264 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (1st) |
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| 3 | Washington (Mo.) | 264 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (11th) |
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| 4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3) | 262 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (28th) |
4
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| 5 | MIT | 248 | New England | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (5th) |
3
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| 6 | SUNY Geneseo | 242 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (20th) |
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| 7 | Calvin | 230 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Brian Diemer (6th) |
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| 8 | Rowan | 221 | Atlantic | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (5th) |
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| 9 | Amherst | 213 | New England | NESCAC | John Adamson (1st) |
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| 10 | UW-Eau Claire | 210 | Midwest | WIAC | Dan Schwamberger (5th) |
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| 11 | Johns Hopkins | 197 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (13th) |
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| 12 | St. Lawrence | 193 | Atlantic | Liberty League | Mike Howard (13th) |
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| 13 | St. Olaf | 187 | Central | MIAC | Chris Daymont (31st) |
14
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| 14 | Plattsburgh State | 175 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Nick Jones (1st) |
11
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| 15 | Carleton | 163 | Central | MIAC | Donna Ricks (17th) |
16
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| 16 | Hope | 158 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Mark Northuis (24th) |
15
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| 17 | Emory | 154 | South/Southeast | UAA | John Curtin (27th) |
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| 18 | Lewis & Clark | 144 | West | Northwest | Keith Woodard (5th) |
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| 19 | NYU | 141 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (14th) |
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| 20 | Dickinson | 131 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (22nd) |
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| 21 | Colby | 117 | New England | NESCAC | Deb Aitken (27th) |
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| 22 | SUNY Cortland | 111 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (5th) |
20
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| 23 | Oberlin | 108 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Ray Appenheimer (6th) |
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| 24 | Haverford | 95 | Mideast | Centennial | Fran Rizzo (21st) |
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| 25 | Ohio Northern | 90 | Great Lakes | OAC | Jason Maus (6th) |
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| 26 | Whitman | 81 | West | Northwest | Scott Shields (2nd) |
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| 27 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 64 | Central | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (17th) |
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| 27 | Tufts | 64 | New England | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (12th) |
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| 29 | Luther | 49 | Central | IIAC | Yarrow Pasche (7th) |
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| 30 | UW-La Crosse | 46 | Midwest | WIAC | Pat Healy (21st) |
30
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| 31 | Whittier | 35 | West | SCIAC | Greg Phillips (26th) |
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| 32 | Chicago | 31 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (11th) |
32
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| 33 | Trinity (Texas) | 28 | South/Southeast | SCAC | Jennifer Breuer (13th) |
33
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| 34 | North Central (Ill.) | 18 | Midwest | CCIW | Mahesh Narayanan (11th) |
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| 35 | Keene State | 10 | New England | Little East | Peter Thomas (29th) |
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| Others Receiving Votes: Rhodes 7, St. Thomas (Minn.) 7, TCNJ 4, Wartburg 1. | ||||||
| Dropped Out: none | ||||||
| (* year as head coach of that team in women’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed) | ||||||