USTFCCCA News & Notes
Final Regular Season Poll in DIII has North Central, Middlebury as National Favorites
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Monday the week nine results of the national cross country coaches’ poll for NCAA Division III. This week’s national coaches poll is the last of the regular season as the NCAA Championships will take place on Saturday.
UW-Oshkosh will host the NCAA Championships, Nov. 19, at Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne, Wis. The women’s race will begin at noon ET followed by the men’s race at 1 p.m. ET.
PDF: National Rankings Summary | Week-by-Week
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Regional Championships Central
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2010 NCAA Championships (final results): MEN | WOMEN
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll |
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2011 Week #9, November 14 (pre-NCAA Championships) |
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| next poll: none, November 19 (NCAA Championships, final) | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last
Week |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (8) | 280 | Midwest | CCIW | Al Carius (46th) |
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| 2 | Haverford | 270 | Mideast | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (37th) |
2
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| 3 | Washington (Mo.) | 260 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (11th) |
3
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| 4 | Calvin | 259 | Great Lakes | Michigan Intercollegiate | Brian Diemer (26th) |
4
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| 5 | Williams | 239 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (33rd) |
7
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| 6 | UW-Oshkosh | 235 | Midwest | WIAC | Paul Brown (1st) |
8
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| 7 | St. Lawrence | 227 | Atlantic | Liberty League | John Newman (11th) |
11
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| 8 | Middlebury | 218 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (1st) |
16
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| 9 | UW-La Crosse | 215 | Midwest | WIAC | Don Fritsch (14th) |
12
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| 10 | SUNY Geneseo | 205 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (20th) |
9
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| 11 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 188 | Midwest | CCIW | Scott Bradley (10th) |
5
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| 12 | Dickinson | 186 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (22nd) |
6
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| 13 | Wabash | 183 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Roger Busch (6th) |
22
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| 13 | Bates | 183 | New England | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (17th) |
10
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| 15 | NYU | 182 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (14th) |
13
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| 16 | Bowdoin | 170 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Slovenski (26th) |
14
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| 17 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 149 | Central | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (22nd) |
21
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| 18 | Allegheny | 137 | Mideast | NCAC | Brent Wilkerson (2nd) |
33
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| 19 | UW-Stevens Point | 132 | Midwest | WIAC | Rick Witt (33rd) |
20
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| 20 | SUNY Cortland | 123 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (5th) |
27
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| 21 | St. Olaf | 110 | Central | MIAC | Phil Lundin (4th) |
29
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| 22 | Tufts | 98 | New England | NESCAC | Ethan Barron (7th) |
24
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| 23 | Colorado College | 96 | West | SCAC | Ted Castaneda (32nd) |
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| 24 | Occidental | 89 | West | SCIAC | Robert Bartlett (7th) |
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| 25 | Augustana (Ill.) | 78 | Midwest | CCIW | Paul Olsen (46th) |
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| 26 | Hamline | 72 | Central | MIAC | Paul Schmaedeke (21st) |
25
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| 27 | Johns Hopkins | 69 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (13th) |
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| 28 | UW-Platteville | 66 | Midwest | WIAC | Tom Antczak (19th) |
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| 29 | Rochester | 52 | Atlantic | UAA | John Izzo (12th) |
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| 30 | MIT | 48 | New England | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (30th) |
17
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| 31 | Elizabethtown | 47 | Mideast | Middle Atlantic | Brian Falk (1st) |
23
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| 32 | Chicago | 45 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (11th) |
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| 33 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 42 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (28th) |
31
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| 34 | Manchester | 23 | Great Lakes | HCAC | Brian Cashdollar (14th) |
35
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| 35 | Brandeis | 21 | New England | UAA | John Evans (8th) |
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| Others Receiving Votes: Albion 15, Loras 10, Lynchburg 9, Carnegie Mellon 3, Luther 3, Willamette 3. | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 30 Carnegie Mellon, No. 34 UW-Eau Claire | ||||||
| (* year as head coach of that team in men’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed) | ||||||
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll |
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2011 Week #9, November 14 (pre-NCAA Championships) |
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| next poll: none, November 19 (NCAA Championships, final) | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last
Week |
| 1 | Middlebury (5) | 277 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (1st) |
3
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| 2 | Washington (Mo.) (3) | 271 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (11th) |
2
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| 3 | Williams | 267 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (12th) |
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| 4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 254 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (28th) |
4
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| 5 | St. Lawrence | 245 | Atlantic | Liberty League | Mike Howard (13th) |
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| 6 | Calvin | 236 | Great Lakes | Michigan Intercollegiate | Brian Diemer (6th) |
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| 7 | MIT | 234 | New England | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (5th) |
5
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| 8 | SUNY Geneseo | 221 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (20th) |
6
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| 9 | UW-Eau Claire | 219 | Midwest | WIAC | Dan Schwamberger (5th) |
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| 10 | Johns Hopkins | 212 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (13th) |
11
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| 11 | Plattsburgh State | 190 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Nick Jones (1st) |
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| 12 | Amherst | 189 | New England | NESCAC | John Adamson (1st) |
14
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| 13 | Wartburg | 188 | Central | IIAC | Steve Johnson (23rd) |
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| 14 | Ohio Northern | 177 | Great Lakes | OAC | Jason Maus (6th) |
17
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| 15 | Hope | 162 | Great Lakes | Michigan Intercollegiate | Mark Northuis (24th) |
13
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| 16 | Carleton | 161 | Central | MIAC | Donna Ricks (17th) |
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| 17 | Dickinson | 154 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (22nd) |
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| 18 | Oberlin | 142 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Ray Appenheimer (6th) |
18
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| 19 | St. Olaf | 141 | Central | MIAC | Chris Daymont (31st) |
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| 20 | Rowan | 128 | Atlantic | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (5th) |
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| 21 | Tufts | 113 | New England | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (12th) |
23
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| 22 | Emory | 108 | South/Southeast | UAA | John Curtin (27th) |
22
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| 23 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 97 | Central | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (17th) |
24
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| 24 | Chicago | 90 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (11th) |
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| 25 | NYU | 88 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (14th) |
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| 26 | Elizabethtown | 81 | Mideast | Middle Atlantic | Brian Falk (4th) |
30
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| 27 | North Central (Ill.) | 74 | Midwest | CCIW | Mahesh Narayanan (11th) |
25
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| 28 | Haverford | 68 | Mideast | Centennial | Fran Rizzo (21st) |
19
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| 29 | Willamette | 66 | West | Northwest Conference | Matt McGuirk (8th) |
28
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| 30 | Wellesley | 43 | New England | NEWMAC | John Babington (25th) |
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| 31 | Luther | 35 | Central | IIAC | Yarrow Pasche (7th) |
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| 32 | Whittier | 21 | West | SCIAC | Greg Phillips (26th) |
34
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| 33 | TCNJ | 17 | Atlantic | NJAC | Phil Jennings (9th) |
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| 34 | Lewis & Clark | 15 | West | Northwest Conference | Keith Woodard (5th) |
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| 35 | Rhodes | 13 | South/Southeast | SCAC | Robert Shankman (21st) |
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| Others Receiving Votes: Keene State 11, Case Western Reserve 11, Vassar 8, Centre 5, SUNY Cortland 5, Occidental 2. | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 29 Colby, No. 33 Keene State, No. 34 SUNY Cortland | ||||||
| (* year as head coach of that team in women’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed) | ||||||