DIII National Cross Country Coaches’ Poll — 2012 Week 1
NEW ORLEANS – The men’s team North Central College and the women’s team at Middlebury College remain as the No. 1 squads in the nation according to first regular poll of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for NCAA Division III cross country. NCC and Haverford hold down the top two men’s spots while Washington (Mo.) moved up from fourth to over the No. 3 position. On the women’s side, Williams is at No. 2 as they were in the preseason poll and the women of Washington (Mo.) also moved from fourth to third in their poll.
Six NESCAC men’s teams – No. 5 Bates, No. 7 Tufts, No. 10 Middlebury, No. 14 Williams, No. 23 Bowdoin, and No. 26 Amherst – are in the national top 35 to lead all conferences. The UAA has the most women’s teams in the top 35 with No. 3 Washington (Mo.), No. 15 Case Western Reserve, No. 19 NYU, No. 21 Chicago, No. 24 Emory.
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Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll |
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2012 Week #1, September 12 |
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| next poll: September 19 | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
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| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (8) | 280 | Midwest | CCIW | Al Carius (47th) |
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| 2 | Haverford | 271 | Mideast | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (38th) |
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| 3 | Washington (Mo.) | 259 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (12th) |
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| 4 | SUNY Geneseo | 257 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (21st) |
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| 5 | Bates | 237 | New England | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (18th) |
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| 6 | Calvin | 236 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Brian Diemer (27th) |
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| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 234 | Midwest | CCIW | Scott Bradley (11th) |
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| 7 | Tufts | 234 | New England | NESCAC | Ethan Barron (8th) |
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| 9 | SUNY Cortland | 214 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (5th) |
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| 10 | Middlebury | 206 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (2nd) |
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| 11 | Chicago | 200 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (12th) |
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| 12 | NYU | 186 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (15th) |
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| 13 | UW-La Crosse | 180 | Midwest | WIAC | Derek Stanley (1st) |
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| 14 | Williams | 178 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (34th) |
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| 15 | Allegheny | 162 | Mideast | NCAC | Brent Wilkerson (3rd) |
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| 16 | St. Olaf | 159 | Central | MIAC | Phil Lundin (5th) |
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| 17 | Wabash | 143 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Roger Busch (7th) |
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| 18 | Loras | 139 | Central | IIAC | Bob Schultz (8th) |
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| 19 | Augustana (Ill.) | 120 | Midwest | CCIW | Paul Olsen (47th) |
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| 20 | Rochester | 119 | Atlantic | UAA | John Izzo (13th) |
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| 21 | Dickinson | 112 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (23rd) |
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| 22 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 109 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (29th) |
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| 23 | Bowdoin | 103 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Slovenski (27th) |
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| 24 | RPI | 95 | Atlantic | Liberty League | John Lynch (2nd) |
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| 25 | UW-Stevens Point | 92 | Midwest | WIAC | Rick Witt (34th) |
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| 26 | Amherst | 74 | New England | NESCAC | Ned Nedeau (16th) |
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| 27 | Central (Iowa) | 68 | Central | IIAC | Joe Dunham (5th) |
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| 28 | Willamette | 66 | West | Northwest | Matt McGuirk (9th) |
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| 29 | Luther | 59 | Central | IIAC | Steve Pasche (8th) |
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| 29 | Johns Hopkins | 59 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (14th) |
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| 31 | St. Lawrence | 43 | Atlantic | Liberty League | John Newman (12th) |
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| 32 | Pomona-Pitzer | 40 | West | SCIAC | Tony Boston (5th) |
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| 33 | UW-Eau Claire | 24 | Midwest | WIAC | Dan Schwamberger (6th) |
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| 34 | Manchester | 15 | Great Lakes | HCAC | Brian Cashdollar (15th) |
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| 35 | Oberlin | 14 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Ray Appenheimer (7th) |
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| Others Receiving Votes: MIT 12, UW-Platteville 12, UW-Oshkosh 9, TCNJ 8, Carnegie Mellon 5, Elizabethtown 3, Occidental 2, Case Western Reserve 1, SUNY Fredonia 1 | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 29 UW-Oshkosh, No. 32 UW-Platteville, No. 34 Occidental | ||||||
| (* 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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2012 Week #1, September 12 |
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| next poll: September 19 | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last
Week |
| 1 | Middlebury (6) | 278 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (2nd) |
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| 2 | Williams | 268 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (13th) |
2
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| 3 | Washington (Mo.) | 265 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (12th) |
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| 4 | SUNY Geneseo | 252 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (21st) |
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| 5 | MIT | 246 | New England | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (6th) |
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| 6 | Johns Hopkins | 241 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (14th) |
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| 7 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 231 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (29th) |
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| 8 | Calvin | 222 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Brian Diemer (7th) |
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| 9 | Wartburg | 221 | Central | IIAC | Steve Johnson (24th) |
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| 10 | St. Lawrence | 215 | Atlantic | Liberty League | Mike Howard (14th) |
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| 11 | Amherst | 197 | New England | NESCAC | Cassie Funke-Harris (1st) |
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| 12 | St. Olaf | 195 | Central | MIAC | Chris Daymont (32nd) |
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| 13 | UW-Eau Claire | 181 | Midwest | WIAC | Dan Schwamberger (6th) |
14
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| 14 | Tufts | 168 | New England | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (13th) |
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| 15 | Case Western Reserve | 166 | Great Lakes | UAA | Kathy Lanese (15th) |
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| 16 | Dickinson | 149 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (23rd) |
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| 17 | Hope | 147 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Mark Northuis (25th) |
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| 18 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 141 | Central | MIAC | Joe Sweeney (33rd) |
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| 19 | NYU | 139 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (15th) |
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| 20 | Ohio Northern | 121 | Great Lakes | OAC | Jason Maus (7th) |
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| 21 | Chicago | 115 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (12th) |
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| 22 | Haverford | 103 | Mideast | Centennial | Fran Rizzo (22nd) |
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| 23 | Oberlin | 100 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Ray Appenheimer (7th) |
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| 24 | Emory | 96 | South/Southeast | UAA | John Curtin (28th) |
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| 25 | Carleton | 86 | Central | MIAC | Donna Ricks (18th) |
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| 26 | Rowan | 85 | Atlantic | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (6th) |
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| 27 | Lewis & Clark | 81 | West | Northwest | Keith Woodard (6th) |
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| 28 | Grove City | 65 | Mideast | PAC | Sean Severson (9th) |
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| 28 | Luther | 65 | Central | IIAC | Yarrow Pasche (8th) |
29
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| 30 | Willamette | 45 | West | Northwest | Matt McGuirk (9th) |
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| 31 | TCNJ | 40 | Atlantic | NJAC | Phil Jennings (10th) |
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| 32 | Illinois Wesleyan | 30 | Midwest | CCIW | Greg Huffaker (8th) |
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| 33 | Plattsburgh State | 19 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Nick Jones (2nd) |
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| 33 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 19 | Central | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (18th) |
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| 35 | Rhodes | 16 | South/Southeast | SAA | Robert Shankman (22nd) |
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| Others Receiving Votes: Wellesley 9, Gettysburg 9, Vassar 6, Baldwin-Wallace 4, UW-La Crosse 3, Alma 2. | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 20 Elizabethtown, No. 25 Occidental, No. 31 Vassar, No. 33 Baldwin-Wallace | ||||||
| (* year as head coach of that team in women’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed) | ||||||
