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New England Championships Shake Up Men’s Division III National Coaches Poll
By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA
October 16, 2013
NEW ORLEANS – It’s a tale of two polls in week’s five edition of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III National Coaches Polls, as all but five teams moved in the men’s poll and all but six teams stayed put in the women’s.
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The NEICAAA New England Championships this past weekend caused a lot of big movement in the men’s poll. A fifteen-spot jump to No. 9 for Middlebury, combined with an 11-spot slide to No. 15 for MIT and a 12-position increase to No. 18 by Tufts, caused most teams in the poll to shift from last week’s positions.
NCAA Division III National Coaches Poll Top 5 – Men |
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| North Central (Ill.). | UW-La Crosse | Washington (Mo.) | Williams (+1) | St. Olaf (+1) |
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Middlebury finished fifth at New Englands ahead of a host of other New England Region squads to jump to the top spot in the Regional Rankings, but the No. 9 Panthers find themselves second among region teams in the National Poll.
That honor goes to Williams, which improved one spot to No. 4, taking the spot previously held by MIT. St. Olaf also moved up one spot to No. 5 as a resul, marking its highest position since USTFCCCA records began in 2006..
No. 6 NYU is up two spots from a tied at No. 8 last week following a team title at the Metropolitan Championships. UW-Oshkosh, the team with which NYU was tied at No. 8, moved one spot to No. 7, displacing Dickinson to No. 8.
Middlebury took the No. 9 spot, and Central (Iowa) improved one spot to No. 10.
The top three of unanimous No. 1 and defending champ North Central (Ill.), No. 2 UW-La Crosse and No. 3 Washington (Mo.) remained the same.
NCAA Division III National Coaches Poll Top 5 – Women |
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| Johns Hopkins | Wartburg | Middlebury | MIT | Williams |
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New to the rankings this week is No. 33 Colby, ranked in the National Coaches Poll for the first time since USTFCCCA records began in 2006.
In the women’s poll, the top 21 teams remained stationary from a week ago. Defending champion and unanimous No. 1 Johns Hopkins top the poll, followed by No. 2 Wartburg and No. 3 Middlebury.
New to the poll is No. 35 Hamilton, ranked for the first time since the beginning of USTFCCCA records in 2006.
The 2013 NCAA Division III National Championships will be contested November 23 in Hanover, Ind., and will be broadcast on NCAA.com.
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Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll |
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2013 Week #5 — October 16 |
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| next poll: October 23 | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
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| 1 | North Central (Ill.) (8) | 280 | Midwest | CCIW | Al Carius (48th) |
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| 2 | UW-La Crosse | 272 | Midwest | WIAC | Derek Stanley (2nd) |
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| 3 | Washington (Mo.) | 264 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (13th) |
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| 4 | Williams | 249 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (35th) |
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| 5 | St. Olaf | 240 | Central | MIAC | Phil Lundin (6th) |
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| 6 | NYU | 224 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (16th) |
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| 7 | UW-Oshkosh | 222 | Midwest | WIAC | Eamon McKenna (2nd) |
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| 8 | Dickinson | 221 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (24th) |
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| 9 | Middlebury | 212 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (3rd) |
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| 10 | Central (Iowa) | 210 | Central | IIAC | Joe Dunham (6th) |
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| 11 | Haverford | 201 | Mideast | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (39th) |
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| 12 | Bates | 188 | New England | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (19th) |
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| 13 | Wabash | 181 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Roger Busch (8th) |
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| 14 | UW-Eau Claire | 178 | Midwest | WIAC | Dan Schwamberger (7th) |
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| 15 | MIT | 174 | New England | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (32nd) |
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| 16 | SUNY Cortland | 151 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (6th) |
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| 17 | Chicago | 145 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (13th) |
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| 18 | Tufts | 138 | New England | NESCAC | Ethan Barron (9th) |
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| 19 | SUNY Geneseo | 134 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (22nd) |
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| 20 | Allegheny (Pa.) | 130 | Mideast | NCAC | Brent Wilkerson (4th) |
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| 21 | Wartburg | 122 | Central | IIAC | Steve Johnson (25th) |
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| 22 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 115 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (30th) |
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| 23 | Carnegie Mellon | 102 | Mideast | UAA | Dario Donatelli (21st) |
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| 24 | Calvin | 100 | Great Lakes | Michigan Intercollegiate | Brian Diemer (28th) |
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| 25 | Bowdoin | 93 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Slovenski (28th) |
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| 26 | UW-Platteville | 79 | Midwest | WIAC | Tom Antczak (21st) |
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| 27 | Loras | 72 | Central | IIAC | Bob Schultz (9th) |
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| 28 | Pomona-Pitzer | 62 | West | SCIAC | Tony Boston (6th) |
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| 29 | Augustana (Ill.) | 52 | Midwest | CCIW | Paul Olsen (48th) |
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| 30 | Johns Hopkins | 51 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (15th) |
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| 31 | Rochester | 50 | Atlantic | UAA | John Izzo (14th) |
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| 32 | Manchester | 40 | Great Lakes | HCAC | Brian Cashdollar (16th) |
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| 33 | Colby | 21 | New England | NESCAC | Jared Beers (8th) |
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| 34 | Luther | 20 | Central | IIAC | Steve Pasche (9th) |
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| 35 | St. Lawrence | 13 | Atlantic | Liberty League | John Newman (13th) |
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| Others Receiving Votes: Carleton 11, Case Western Reserve 6, Wheaton (Ill.) 5, UW-Stout 4, Willamette 4, Vassar 3 | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 35 Carleton | ||||||
| (* 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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2013 Week #5 — October 16 |
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| next poll: October 23 | ||||||
| Rank | Institution (FPV) | Points | Region | Conference | Head Coach (Yr*) |
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| 1 | Johns Hopkins (8) | 280 | Mideast | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (15th) |
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| 2 | Wartburg | 270 | Central | IIAC | Steve Johnson (25th) |
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| 3 | Middlebury | 266 | New England | NESCAC | Nicole Wilkerson (3rd) |
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| 4 | MIT | 255 | New England | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (7th) |
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| 5 | Williams | 240 | New England | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (14th) |
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| 6 | Chicago | 235 | Midwest | UAA | Chris Hall (13th) |
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| 7 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 229 | West | SCIAC | John Goldhammer (30th) |
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| 8 | Calvin | 224 | Great Lakes | Michigan Intercollegiate | Brian Diemer (8th) |
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| 9 | Trinity (Texas) | 222 | South/Southeast | SCAC | Derick Lawrence (2nd) |
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| 10 | SUNY Geneseo | 204 | Atlantic | SUNYAC | Mike Woods (22nd) |
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| 11 | Oberlin | 202 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Ray Appenheimer (8th) |
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| 12 | Tufts | 195 | New England | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (14th) |
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| 13 | Haverford | 182 | Mideast | Centennial | Fran Rizzo (23rd) |
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| 14 | St. Lawrence | 177 | Atlantic | Liberty League | Mike Howard (15th) |
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| 15 | NYU | 166 | Atlantic | UAA | Nick McDonough (7th) |
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| 16 | UW-La Crosse | 160 | Midwest | WIAC | Derek Stanley (2nd) |
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| 17 | Dickinson | 152 | Mideast | Centennial | Don Nichter (24th) |
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| 18 | St. Olaf | 146 | Central | MIAC | Chris Daymont (33rd) |
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| 19 | Bates | 143 | New England | NESCAC | Jay Hartshorn (9th) |
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| 20 | Hope | 127 | Great Lakes | Michigan Intercollegiate | Mark Northuis (26th) |
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| 21 | Carleton | 123 | Central | MIAC | Donna Ricks (21st) |
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| 22 | Vassar | 105 | Atlantic | Liberty League | James McCowan (9th) |
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| 23 | Aurora | 100 | Midwest | NACC | Ryan Chapman (6th) |
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| 24 | St. Scholastica | 99 | Central | UMAC | Steve Pfingsten (22nd) |
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| 25 | Willamette | 75 | West | Northwest Conference | Matt McGuirk (10th) |
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| 26 | Washington (Mo.) | 74 | Midwest | UAA | Jeff Stiles (13th) |
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| 27 | Case Western Reserve | 73 | Great Lakes | UAA | Kathy Lanese (16th) |
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| 28 | Rochester | 60 | Atlantic | UAA | Barbara Hartwig (25th) |
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| 29 | DePauw | 53 | Great Lakes | NCAC | Kori Stoffregen (18th) |
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| 30 | Colby | 46 | New England | NESCAC | Deb Aitken (29th) |
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| 31 | Elizabethtown | 37 | Mideast | Middle Atlantic | Brian Falk (6th) |
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| 32 | Mount Union | 23 | Great Lakes | OAC | Kevin Lucas (3rd) |
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| 33 | Amherst | 19 | New England | NESCAC | Cassie Funke-Harris (2nd) |
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| 33 | Whitworth | 19 | West | Northwest Conference | Toby Schwarz (18th) |
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| 35 | Hamilton | 17 | Atlantic | NESCAC | Ellen Hull (21st) |
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| Others Receiving Votes: TCNJ 16, St. Benedict 11, UW-Stevens Point 10, Emory 4, Kenyon 1 | ||||||
| Dropped Out: No. 33 TCNJ | ||||||
| (* year as head coach of that team in women’s cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed) | ||||||
