Haverford Breaks the Streak in DIII as the New Top-Ranked Team
NEW ORLEANS – The streak has been broken. For the 24 previous voting weeks, the men’s team at North Central (Ill.) has been ranked No. 1 by the nation’s coaches in NCAA Division III cross country. Now, the top-ranked spot goes to the Haverford Fords according to the latest poll of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Calvin’s men slides up from No. 6 to No. 2 while North Central slips to No. 3 – their lowest spot on the poll since 2008.
Haverford spoiled North Central’s long-running No. 1 ranking in 2010 as they captured the NCAA title from the Cardinals. North Central came back to win the national crown last season.
In the women’s poll, MIT retains their top spot. In fact, the top five teams – No. 2 Johns Hopkins, No. 3 Williams, No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, and No. 5 Middlebury – held their ground from last week’s poll.
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The Fords of Haverford have competed mostly against Division I competition in the last few weeks and have earned five of eight first-place votes. Last weekend, the crew placed fourth among many DI schools at the Princeton Invitational. A couple weeks before, Haverford was placed in elite “Gold” division of the Paul Short Run and held their own.
No. 2 men’s team Calvin has three first-place votes and scored the largest victory of the past weekend, knocking off then-No. 1 North Central at the UW-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational. With senior Dan Kerr leading the way, the Knights, then ranked No. 6, scored 52 points to the Cardinals’ 58. The head-to-head victory for Calvin was enough for the voters to rank the Knights ahead of North Central.
This upcoming weekend will be light in Division III as teams gear up for conference championships that begin on October 27.
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll |
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2012 Week #6 — October 17 |
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| next poll: October 31 (next week off) | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last
Week |
| 1 | Haverford (5) | 276 | Mideast | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (38th) |
2
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| 2 | Calvin (3) | 274 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Brian Diemer (27th) |
6
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| 3 | North Central (Ill.) | 264 | Midwest | CCIW | Al Carius (47th) |
1
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| 4 | Bates | 254 | New England | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (18th) |
4
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| 5 | SUNY Geneseo | 251 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (21st) |
5
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| 6 | UW-La Crosse | 240 | Midwest | WIAC | Derek Stanley (1st) |
7
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| 7 | Tufts | 232 | New England | NESCAC | Ethan Barron (8th) |
8
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| 8 | UW-Eau Claire | 218 | Midwest | WIAC | Dan Schwamberger (6th) |
25
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| 9 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 207 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (29th) |
10
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| 10 | Washington (Mo.) | 206 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (12th) |
3
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| 11 | Bowdoin | 202 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Slovenski (27th) |
11
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| 12 | NYU | 200 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (15th) |
17
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| 13 | Williams | 178 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (34th) |
13
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| 14 | UW-Stevens Point | 176 | Midwest | WIAC | Rick Witt (34th) |
15
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| 15 | SUNY Cortland | 164 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (5th) |
12
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| 16 | Augustana (Ill.) | 161 | Midwest | CCIW | Paul Olsen (47th) |
13
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| 17 | Middlebury | 141 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (2nd) |
17
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| 18 | Allegheny | 139 | Mideast | NCAC | Brent Wilkerson (3rd) |
20
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| 19 | Carnegie Mellon | 129 | Mideast | UAA | Dario Donatelli (20th) |
16
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| 20 | UW-Platteville | 122 | Midwest | WIAC | Tom Antczak (20th) |
22
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| 21 | Dickinson | 109 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (23rd) |
26
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| 22 | Rochester | 106 | Atlantic | UAA | John Izzo (13th) |
21
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| 22 | Chicago | 106 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (12th) |
19
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| 24 | Central (Iowa) | 92 | Central | IIAC | Joe Dunham (5th) |
30
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| 25 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 83 | Midwest | CCIW | Scott Bradley (11th) |
9
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| 26 | Wabash | 80 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Roger Busch (7th) |
23
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| 27 | Johns Hopkins | 77 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (14th) |
24
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| 28 | St. Lawrence | 70 | Atlantic | Liberty League | John Newman (12th) |
27
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| 29 | Pomona-Pitzer | 66 | West | SCIAC | Tony Boston (5th) |
28
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| 30 | Amherst | 52 | New England | NESCAC | Ned Nedeau (16th) |
30
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| 31 | UW-Oshkosh | 39 | Midwest | WIAC | Eamon McKenna (1st) |
29
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| 32 | Case Western Reserve | 35 | Great Lakes | UAA | Kathy Lanese (12th) |
32
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| 33 | St. Olaf | 28 | Central | MIAC | Phil Lundin (5th) |
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| 34 | UW-Stout | 17 | Midwest | WIAC | Matt Schauf (6th) |
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| 35 | Loras | 14 | Central | IIAC | Bob Schultz (8th) |
33
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| Others Receiving Votes: Willamette 10, RPI 10, TCNJ 4, MIT 4, Saint John’s (Minn.) 2, Wartburg 1, Ohio Northern 1. | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 33 Loras, No. 34 RPI, No. 35 Wartburg | ||||||
| (* 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 #6 — October 17 |
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| next poll: October 31 (next week off) | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
Last
Week |
| 1 | MIT (5) | 277 | New England | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (6th) |
1
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| 2 | Johns Hopkins (3) | 275 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (14th) |
2
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| 3 | Williams | 262 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (13th) |
3
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| 4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 257 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (29th) |
4
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| 5 | Middlebury | 249 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (2nd) |
5
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| 6 | Calvin | 239 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Brian Diemer (7th) |
8
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| 7 | St. Lawrence | 230 | Atlantic | Liberty League | Mike Howard (14th) |
7
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| 8 | Chicago | 221 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (12th) |
15
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| 9 | Oberlin | 219 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Ray Appenheimer (7th) |
14
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| 10 | UW-Eau Claire | 210 | Midwest | WIAC | Dan Schwamberger (6th) |
10
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| 11 | Wartburg | 201 | Central | IIAC | Steve Johnson (24th) |
11
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| 12 | SUNY Geneseo | 188 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (21st) |
9
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| 13 | St. Olaf | 182 | Central | MIAC | Chris Daymont (32nd) |
12
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| 14 | Haverford | 172 | Mideast | Centennial | Fran Rizzo (22nd) |
16
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| 15 | Dickinson | 161 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (23rd) |
13
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| 16 | NYU | 159 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (15th) |
25
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| 17 | Tufts | 154 | New England | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (13th) |
17
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| 18 | Case Western Reserve | 145 | Great Lakes | UAA | Kathy Lanese (15th) |
18
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| 19 | Luther | 135 | Central | IIAC | Yarrow Pasche (8th) |
RV
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| 19 | Hope | 135 | Great Lakes | MIAA | Mark Northuis (25th) |
20
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| 21 | Amherst | 117 | New England | NESCAC | Cassie Funke-Harris (1st) |
21
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| 22 | Lewis & Clark | 100 | West | Northwest | Keith Woodard (6th) |
22
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| 23 | Carleton | 98 | Central | MIAC | Donna Ricks (20th) |
19
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| 24 | Illinois Wesleyan | 90 | Midwest | CCIW | Greg Huffaker (8th) |
31
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| 25 | Trinity (Texas) | 85 | South/Southeast | SCAC | Derick Lawrence (1st) |
23
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| 26 | Rowan | 82 | Atlantic | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (6th) |
24
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| 27 | Washington (Mo.) | 80 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (12th) |
6
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| 28 | Bates | 60 | New England | NESCAC | Jay Hartshorn (8th) |
27
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| 29 | UW-Oshkosh | 47 | Midwest | WIAC | Drew Ludtke (1st) |
NR
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| 30 | Kenyon | 42 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Duane Gomez (30th) |
26
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| 31 | Rochester | 40 | Atlantic | UAA | Barbara Hartwig (24th) |
31
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| 32 | Willamette | 30 | West | Northwest | Matt McGuirk (9th) |
34
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| 33 | SUNY Plattsburgh | 22 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Andrew Krug (1st) |
RV
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| 34 | Ohio Northern | 19 | Great Lakes | OAC | Jason Maus (7th) |
29
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| 35 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 17 | Central | MIAC | Joe Sweeney (33rd) |
33
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| Others Receiving Votes: Wellesley 16, Emory 7, Elizabethtown 5, SUNY Cortland 4, UW-La Crosse 4, St. Benedict 3, Vassar 1. | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 28 Wesleyan (Conn.), No. 30 Carnegie Mellon, No. 35 Emory | ||||||
| (* year as head coach of that team in women’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed) | ||||||
