2024 NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country Regional Rankings – Week 3

NEW ORLEANS – Here is the Week 3 edition of the NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country Regional Rankings for the 2024 season, as released on Tuesday by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Regional rankings are determined subjectively by a single member coach in each respective region. The regional representative is tasked with weighing returning teams’ strength with current season results (if applicable) in determining a rank-order of squad potential. Only USTFCCCA member programs are eligible to receive a ranking. Teams with provisional status within the region may be ranked.

Regional Championships Saturday is set for November 16.

EAST REGION

Projected AQ: No. 1 MIT

Next in Line: No. 2 Tufts

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Bates, No. 4 Bowdoin, No. 5 Wellesley

Notes: There were no changes to the top-5 in Week 3.

GREAT LAKES REGION

Projected AQ: No. 1 Calvin

Next in Line: No. 2 Depauw

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 John Carroll, No. 4 Trine, No. 5 Ohio Wesleyan

Notes: There were no changes to the top-5 in Week 3. However, it is worth mentioning Calvin placed third at the Calvin Knight Invite. The Knights were led by fifth-year Jenna Allman’s individual win. Allman cruised to a victory, running 21:49 over the 6k course.

METRO REGION

Projected AQ: No. 1 Rowan

Next in Line: No. 2 TCNJ

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Stockton, No. 4 Moravian, No. 5 Widener

Notes: There were no changes to the top-5 in Week 3.

MID-ATLANTIC REGION

Projected AQ: No. 1 Johns Hopkins

Next in Line: No. 2 Carnegie Mellon

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Misericordia, No. 4 Gettysburg, No. 5 Dickinson

Notes: There were no changes to the top-5 in Week 3. Dickinson hosted the Dickinson Long/Short Invitational, where they placed first as a team in the 6k race and fifth as a team in the 4k race.

MIDEAST REGION

Projected AQ: No. 1 Amherst

Next in Line: No. 2 Middlebury

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Williams, No. 4 Connecticut College, No. 5 Vassar

Notes: There were no changes to the top-5 in Week 3. Williams placed second as a team at the RPI Harvest Classic, led by junior Kate Swann and sophomore Helen Hurden, who placed fourth and fifth respectively.

MIDWEST REGION

Projected AQ: No. 1 UChicago

Next in Line: No. 2 Washington (Mo.)

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Central (Iowa), No. 4 Wartburg, No. 5 Loras

Notes: There were no changes to the top-5 in Week 3.

NIAGARA REGION

Projected AQ: No. 1 NYU

Next in Line: No. 2 SUNY Geneseo

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Hamilton, No. 4 Rochester, No. 5 RIT

Notes: RIT cracks into the top-5 after a magnificent third place team finish at the Harry F. Anderson Cross Country Invitational (NCAA DI Cornell won the meet with NCAA DII Roberts Wesleyan in second). The Tigers had a 1:39 spread between their first and fifth runners.

NORTH REGION

Projected AQ: No. 1 Carleton

Next in Line: No. 2 UW-La Crosse

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 St. Olaf, No. 4 UW-Eau Claire, No. 5 UW-Oshkosh

Notes: There were no changes to the top-5 in Week 3.

SOUTH REGION

Projected AQ: No. 1 Emory

Next in Line: No. 2 Lynchburg

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Washington and Lee, No. 4 Catholic, No. 5 Shenandoah

Notes: There were no changes to the top-5 in Week 3. Washington and Lee finished first as a team in the 4k race at the Dickinson Long-Short Invitational for the second consecutive year.

WEST REGION

Projected AQ: Colorado College

Next in Line: No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 George Fox, No. 4 UC-Santa Cruz, No. 5 Pomona Pitzer

Notes: There were no changes to the top-5 in Week 3.

Gwyneth Young is a junior studying criminal justice and communications at Elizabethtown College. She is a distance runner on the Blue Jays cross country and track and field teams, where her main events are the 1500 and the 5000. She is originally from Lebanon, Pennsylvania and graduated from Cedar Crest High School, where she ran cross country and track and field as well.