MIT Women Join North Central Men as Top Teams in Latest DIII National Poll
NEW ORLEANS – The latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) poll of the nation’s coaches in NCAA Division III cross country has the men of North Central College holding to the No. 1 spot and the women’s squad at MIT leaping from No. 5 a week ago to a selection as a newly anointed top team. The top seven teams on the men’s side remained unchanged, whereas, the week-two women’s poll had many changes. MIT, No. 2 Washington (Mo.), and No. 3 Middlebury – last week’s No. 1 – now head the women’s poll.
In the last five years, MIT’s women was most highly ranked as the No. 3 team on October 5, 2011. The team’s best NCAA cross country finish was in 2010 where they finished third.
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USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll |
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2012 Week #2 — September 19 |
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| next poll: September 26 | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last
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| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (8) | 280 | Midwest | CCIW | Al Carius (47th) |
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| 2 | Haverford | 272 | Mideast | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (38th) |
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| 3 | Washington (Mo.) | 262 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (12th) |
3
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| 4 | SUNY Geneseo | 253 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (21st) |
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| 5 | Bates | 249 | New England | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (18th) |
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| 6 | Calvin | 241 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Brian Diemer (27th) |
6
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| 7 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 233 | Midwest | CCIW | Scott Bradley (11th) |
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| 8 | Tufts | 225 | New England | NESCAC | Ethan Barron (8th) |
7
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| 9 | Middlebury | 211 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (2nd) |
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| 10 | UW-La Crosse | 207 | Midwest | WIAC | Derek Stanley (1st) |
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| 11 | Williams | 187 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (34th) |
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| 12 | Rochester | 183 | Atlantic | UAA | John Izzo (13th) |
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| 13 | Augustana (Ill.) | 172 | Midwest | CCIW | Paul Olsen (47th) |
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| 14 | SUNY Cortland | 167 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (5th) |
9
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| 15 | Chicago | 163 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (12th) |
11
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| 16 | Allegheny | 161 | Mideast | NCAC | Brent Wilkerson (3rd) |
15
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| 17 | St. Olaf | 150 | Central | MIAC | Phil Lundin (5th) |
16
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| 18 | Wabash | 145 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Roger Busch (7th) |
17
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| 19 | NYU | 134 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (15th) |
12
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| 20 | Dickinson | 125 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (23rd) |
21
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| 21 | Loras | 122 | Central | IIAC | Bob Schultz (8th) |
18
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| 22 | Amherst | 115 | New England | NESCAC | Ned Nedeau (16th) |
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| 23 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 110 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (29th) |
22
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| 24 | UW-Stevens Point | 92 | Midwest | WIAC | Rick Witt (34th) |
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| 25 | Central (Iowa) | 87 | Central | IIAC | Joe Dunham (5th) |
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| 26 | Bowdoin | 83 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Slovenski (27th) |
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| 27 | Johns Hopkins | 77 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (14th) |
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| 28 | St. Lawrence | 69 | Atlantic | Liberty League | John Newman (12th) |
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| 29 | Pomona-Pitzer | 65 | West | SCIAC | Tony Boston (5th) |
32
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| 30 | RPI | 50 | Atlantic | Liberty League | John Lynch (2nd) |
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| 31 | Willamette | 40 | West | Northwest | Matt McGuirk (9th) |
28
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| 32 | Luther | 34 | Central | IIAC | Steve Pasche (8th) |
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| 33 | UW-Eau Claire | 26 | Midwest | WIAC | Dan Schwamberger (6th) |
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| 34 | Manchester | 16 | Great Lakes | HCAC | Brian Cashdollar (15th) |
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| 35 | MIT | 14 | New England | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (31st) |
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| Others Receiving Votes: UW-Platteville 7, Wartburg 4, Carnegie Mellon 4, TCNJ 3, UW-Oshkosh 2. | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 35 Oberlin | ||||||
| (* 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 #2 — September 19 |
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| next poll: September 26 | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last
Week |
| 1 | MIT (6) | 277 | New England | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (6th) |
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| 2 | Washington (Mo.) (2) | 266 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (12th) |
3
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| 3 | Middlebury | 257 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (2nd) |
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| 4 | Johns Hopkins | 255 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (14th) |
6
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| 5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 249 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (29th) |
7
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| 6 | St. Lawrence | 240 | Atlantic | Liberty League | Mike Howard (14th) |
10
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| 7 | Williams | 237 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (13th) |
2
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| 8 | Calvin | 226 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Brian Diemer (7th) |
8
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| 9 | SUNY Geneseo | 219 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (21st) |
4
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| 10 | Wartburg | 214 | Central | IIAC | Steve Johnson (24th) |
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| 11 | Amherst | 190 | New England | NESCAC | Cassie Funke-Harris (1st) |
11
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| 11 | St. Olaf | 190 | Central | MIAC | Chris Daymont (32nd) |
12
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| 13 | Dickinson | 186 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (23rd) |
16
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| 14 | UW-Eau Claire | 175 | Midwest | WIAC | Dan Schwamberger (6th) |
13
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| 15 | Case Western Reserve | 168 | Great Lakes | UAA | Kathy Lanese (15th) |
15
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| 16 | Rochester | 153 | Atlantic | UAA | Barbara Hartwig (24th) |
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| 17 | Hope | 147 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Mark Northuis (25th) |
17
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| 18 | Tufts | 139 | New England | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (13th) |
14
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| 19 | Ohio Northern | 132 | Great Lakes | OAC | Jason Maus (7th) |
20
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| 20 | Chicago | 131 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (12th) |
21
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| 21 | Carleton | 122 | Central | MIAC | Donna Ricks (20th) |
25
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| 22 | Haverford | 111 | Mideast | Centennial | Fran Rizzo (22nd) |
22
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| 23 | Emory | 97 | South/Southeast | UAA | John Curtin (28th) |
24
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| 24 | Lewis & Clark | 93 | West | Northwest | Keith Woodard (6th) |
27
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| 25 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 89 | Central | MIAC | Joe Sweeney (33rd) |
18
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| 26 | Rowan | 82 | Atlantic | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (6th) |
26
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| 27 | NYU | 68 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (15th) |
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| 28 | Luther | 51 | Central | IIAC | Yarrow Pasche (8th) |
28
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| 29 | Gettysburg | 49 | Mideast | Centennial | Aubrey Shenk (3rd) |
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| 30 | Willamette | 45 | West | Northwest | Matt McGuirk (9th) |
30
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| 31 | Illinois Wesleyan | 42 | Midwest | CCIW | Greg Huffaker (8th) |
32
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| 32 | Plattsburgh State | 33 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Nick Jones (2nd) |
33
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| 33 | Carnegie Mellon | 29 | Mideast | UAA | Dario Donatelli (20th) |
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| 34 | John Carroll | 19 | Great Lakes | OAC | Dara Ford (4th) |
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| 35 | Oberlin | 17 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Ray Appenheimer (7th) |
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| Others Receiving Votes: Wellesley 15, TCNJ 11, Elizabethtown 6, Nebraska Wesleyan 5, St. Benedict 3, Pomona-Pitzer 1, Rhodes 1. | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 28 Grove City, No. 31 TCNJ, No. 33 Nebraska Wesleyan, No. 35 Rhodes | ||||||
| (* year as head coach of that team in women’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed) | ||||||
