USTFCCCA News & Notes
WEEKEND PREVIEW: 2019 NCAA DIII Cross Country Regional Championships
NCAA Division III Cross Country Regional Championships Saturday is upon us!
From The USTFCCCA InfoZone: Regional Championships Central
By the end of the day tomorrow, we’ll find out which 32 teams automatically punch tickets to the upcoming 2019 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, which will be held next Saturday at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Remember: The top-2 men’s and women’s teams in each region go into the express lane to Louisville.
Here is an alphabetical glance at each region and the ranked teams in each region.
2019 Atlantic Region Championships |
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Date: Saturday, November 16 | Location: Canton, New York
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Women’s 6K Race – 11 am ET | Men’s 8K Race – Noon ET
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No. 9 SUNY Geneseo
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No. 8 SUNY Geneseo
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No. 15 RPI
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No. 14 RPI
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No. 23 St. Lawrence
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No. 20 Rochester (N.Y.)
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No. 27 SUNY Oneonta
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No. 26 Ithaca
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No. 28 Ithaca
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No. 33 Vassar
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No. 35 Ramapo
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DID YOU KNOW: SUNY Geneseo, which has both the top-ranked men’s and women’s team in the field is looking to sweep the regional titles for the fourth time in the past five years. The Knight women have reeled off fourth consecutive regional titles, while RPI upeneded their male counterparts last year. The Engineers are SUNY Geneseo’s toughest competition on both sides in 2019, as they boast the 15th-ranked men and the 14th-ranked women.
2019 Central Region Championships |
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Date: Saturday, November 16 | Location: Waverly, Iowa
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Men’s 8K Race – 11 am CT | Women’s 6K Race – Noon CT
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No. 7 Wartburg
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No. 6 Carleton
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No. 19 Carleton
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No. 13 Wartburg
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No. 25 St. Thomas (Minn.)
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No. 16 St. Thomas (Minn.)
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No. 26 St. Olaf
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No. 24 St. Olaf
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DID YOU KNOW: Dating back to 2010, five different men’s programs and five different women’s programs have captured regional titles in the Central Region. St. Olaf has four of those on the men’s side, while Carleton and Wartburg are tied with three each on the women’s side. The men from Wartburg are looking to win back-to-back regional titles, while the women from Carleton could make it three in a row themselves.
2019 Great Lakes Region Championships |
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Date: Saturday, November 16 | Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Men’s 8K Race – 11 am ET | Women’s 6K Race – 12:15 pm ET
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No. 11 Calvin
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No. 12 Oberlin
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No. 15 Otterbein
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No. 21 John Carroll
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No. 18 John Carroll
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No. 23 Baldwin Wallace
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No. 20 Case Western Reserve
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No. 27 Hope
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No. 30 Kenyon
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No. 34 Allegheny (Pa.)
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DID YOU KNOW: Only one other region can boast having six nationally-ranked women’s teams in the field. Of the six that will compete in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday, Oberlin is the highest-ranked at No. 12 and could win its first regional title since at least 2005. Defending champion Baldwin Wallace, which comes in at No. 23 this week, is hoping to make things difficult, as is No. 21 John Carroll. On the men’s side, No. 11 Calvin has been the most dominant team as of late since it has won each of the past three regional titles.
2019 Mideast Region Championships |
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Date: Saturday, November 16 | Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Men’s 8K Race – 11 am ET | Women’s 6K Race – Noon ET
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No. 4 Carnegie Mellon
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No. 1 Johns Hopkins
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No. 6 Johns Hopkins
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No. 5 Dickinson
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No. 22 Haverford
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No. 25 Carnegie Mellon
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No. 32 Dickinson
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DID YOU KNOW: When Carnegie Mellon and John Hopkins race each other in men’s cross country, fireworks fly. Such was the case back in October when the Tartans outlasted the Blue Jays 51-54 for the team title at the Rowan Inter-Regional Border Battle. It should be just as closer or even closer this weekend. On the women’s side, Johns Hopkins should roll as it has eyes on reclaiming its spot atop the podium at the NCAA Championships.
2019 Midwest Region Championships |
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Date: Saturday, November 16 | Location: Winneconne, Wisconsin
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Women’s 6K Race – 11 am CT | Men’s 8K Race – Noon CT
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No. 1 North Central (Ill.)
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No. 2 Washington (Mo.)
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No. 8 Washington (Mo.)
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No. 7 UChicago
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No. 10 UChicago
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No. 11 UW-Eau Claire
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No. 13 UW-La Crosse
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No. 15 UW-La Crosse
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No. 31 UW-Stout
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No. 29 Wheaton (Ill.)
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No. 33 UW-Eau Claire
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DID YOU KNOW: Dating back to 2005, no teams have been more dominant in the Midwest Region than the North Central (Ill.) men and the Washington (Mo.) women. The Cardinals have won 10 regional titles, while the Bears have captured eight of their own. Just this past year, North Central (Ill.) posted the lowest score by a winning men’s team this decade and WashU notched the second lowest team score for a winning women’s program in the same time frame. Expect a great battle for second between No. 8 WashU, No. 10 UChicago and No. 13 UW-La Crosse on the men’s side and No. 7 UChicago and No. 11 UW-Eau Claire on the women’s side.
2019 New England Region Championships |
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Date: Saturday, November 16 | Location: Brunswick, Maine
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Men’s 8K Race – 11 am ET | Women’s 6K Race – 12:15 pm ET
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No. 2 Williams
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No. 3 MIT
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No. 12 MIT
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No. 4 Williams
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No. 17 Amherst
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No. 9 Tufts
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No. 21 Middlebury
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No. 18 Bates
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No. 24 Colby
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No. 22 Middlebury
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No. 28 Bates
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No. 32 Bowdoin
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DID YOU KNOW: No region has more nationally-ranked programs than the New England Region. There will be 12 of them in action on Saturday in Brunswick, Maine. Based on recent results, No. 2 Williams should roll to the team title in the men’s race, while a strong battle for the top-2 spots in the women’s race will wage on between No. 3 MIT, No. 4 Williams and No. 9 Tufts. No matter where a team finishes in the region, though, expect it to get a few through to the NCAA Championships.
2019 South/Southeast Region Championships |
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Date: Saturday, November 16 | Location: Memphis, Tennessee
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Men’s 8K Race – 11 am CT | Women’s 8K Race – 12:15 pm CT
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No. 14 Berea (Ky.)
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No. 19 Washington and Lee
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No. 30 Emory
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No. 28 Emory
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No. 35 Centre
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DID YOU KNOW: You could see the third regional champion in as many years for both genders. No. 14 Berea (Ky.) enters as the top-ranked men’s team in the field, while No. 19 Washington and Lee headlines the women’s field. Both the Mountaineers and the Generals haven’t won a regional title since at least 2005 and they’ll need to hold off strong squads from Emory to do so. Speaking of the Eagles, they have combined to win six of the past 10 regional titles.
2019 West Region Championships |
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Date: Saturday, November 16 | Location: Claremont, California
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Men’s 8K Race – 9 am PT | Women’s 6K Race – 10 am PT
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No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
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No. 10 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
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No. 5 Pomona-Pitzer
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No. 17 Pomona-Pitzer
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No. 34 UC Santa Cruz
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No. 31 UC Santa Cruz
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DID YOU KNOW: No other region can boast a top-5 matchup between two of its men’s teams. You don’t have to go back too far to know why we’re excited about this one. It was at the SCIAC Championships where a tiebreaker had to be used to decide the winner between No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and No. 5 Pomona-Pitzer. The women’s race should be a good one, too, between No. 10 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and No. 17 Pomona-Pitzer.