USTFCCCA: Williams Moves to No. 1 in Latest DIII National Poll

Sep 26, 2012 by FloTrack Staff

Williams Moves to No. 1 in Latest DIII National Poll

September 26, 2012

NEW ORLEANS – The women’s team at Williams College unanimously is the latest team to earn a No. 1 national poll position in NCAA Division III cross country by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). In the first three weeks of the national poll, three different teams – Middlebury, MIT, and Williams – have been voted the top teams in the land by coaches from around the country. North Central College is still the No. 1 men’s team in the country according to the poll.

Williams’ women vaulted from No. 7 in the previous poll after winning their home invitational, the Purple Valley Classic, last weekend. The Ephs (78 points) bested a 21-team field which included then-No. 1 MIT (83) and then-No. 3 Middlebury (87). Williams last won the NCAA women’s cross country title in 2004. It is their first No. 1 ranking since November 2nd of last year which was prior to the NCAA Championships where they finished third.

Looking at the travels of the top five men’s team this weekend, No. 1 North Central’s men travels to the Notre Dame Invite this weekend. No. 2 Haverford will compete in No. 20 Dickinson’s Long-Short Invitational, No. 3 Washington (Mo.) goes to the Greater Louisville Classic, No. 4 SUNY Geneseo hosts their own invitational, and No. 5 Bates will compete in Gordon’s Pop Crowell Invitational.

Among the top five women’s teams scheduled to compete this weekend, No. 2 Washington (Mo.) will join their male counterparts at the Greater Louisville Classic, No. 4 Johns Hopkins is slated to compete at Lehigh’s Paul Short Run, and No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps will split between Pomona-Pitzer’s and Stanford’s invites. No. 1 Williams hosts an alumni meet this weekend.

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2012 Week #3 -- September 26
next poll: October 3

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	North Central (Ill.) (8)	280	Midwest	CCIW	Al Carius (47th)	1
2	Haverford	272	Mideast	Centennial	Tom Donnelly (38th)	2
3	Washington (Mo.)	264	Midwest	UAA	Jeff Stiles (12th)	3
4	SUNY Geneseo	250	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Mike Woods (21st)	4
4	Bates	250	New England	NESCAC	Al Fereshetian (18th)	5
6	Calvin	241	Great Lakes	MIAA	Brian Diemer (27th)	6
7	Wheaton (Ill.)	233	Midwest	CCIW	Scott Bradley (11th)	7
8	Williams	221	New England	NESCAC	Peter Farwell (34th)	11
9	Tufts	211	New England	NESCAC	Ethan Barron (8th)	8
10	UW-La Crosse	209	Midwest	WIAC	Derek Stanley (1st)	10
11	Rochester	203	Atlantic	UAA	John Izzo (13th)	12
12	Middlebury	191	New England	NESCAC	Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)	9
13	Augustana (Ill.)	181	Midwest	CCIW	Paul Olsen (47th)	13
14	SUNY Cortland	171	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Steve Patrick (5th)	14
15	Allegheny	156	Mideast	NCAC	Brent Wilkerson (3rd)	16
16	UW-Stevens Point	152	Midwest	WIAC	Rick Witt (34th)	24
17	St. Olaf	145	Central	MIAC	Phil Lundin (5th)	17
18	Wabash	139	Great Lakes	NCAC	Roger Busch (7th)	18
19	NYU	137	Atlantic	UAA	Nick McDonough (15th)	19
20	Chicago	128	Midwest	UAA	Chris Hall (12th)	15
21	Dickinson	125	Mideast	Centennial	Don Nichter (23rd)	20
22	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	110	West	SCIAC	John Goldhammer (29th)	23
23	Bowdoin	103	New England	NESCAC	Peter Slovenski (27th)	26
24	Central (Iowa)	90	Central	IIAC	Joe Dunham (5th)	25
25	Amherst	88	New England	NESCAC	Ned Nedeau (16th)	22
26	Loras	74	Central	IIAC	Bob Schultz (8th)	21
27	St. Lawrence	71	Atlantic	Liberty League	John Newman (12th)	28
28	Pomona-Pitzer	64	West	SCIAC	Tony Boston (5th)	29
29	Johns Hopkins	58	Mideast	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (14th)	27
30	UW-Eau Claire	53	Midwest	WIAC	Dan Schwamberger (6th)	33
31	Luther	39	Central	IIAC	Steve Pasche (8th)	32
32	RPI	37	Atlantic	Liberty League	John Lynch (2nd)	30
33	Willamette	27	West	Northwest	Matt McGuirk (9th)	31
34	Carnegie Mellon	22	Mideast	UAA	Dario Donatelli (20th)	RV
35	Case Western Reserve	16	Great Lakes	UAA	Kathy Lanese (12th)	NR
Others Receiving Votes: MIT 15, Ohio Northern 5, TCNJ 4, Wartburg 3, Manchester 2.


Dropped Out: No. 34 Manchester, No. 35 MIT
( year as head coach of that team in men's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)*

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2012 Week #3 -- September 26
next poll: October 3

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Williams (8)	280	New England	NESCAC	Peter Farwell (13th)	7
2	MIT	267	New England	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (6th)	1
3	Washington (Mo.)	262	Midwest	UAA	Jeff Stiles (12th)	2
4	Middlebury	253	New England	NESCAC	Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)	3
5	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	249	West	SCIAC	John Goldhammer (29th)	5
6	Johns Hopkins	247	Mideast	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (14th)	4
7	St. Lawrence	232	Atlantic	Liberty League	Mike Howard (14th)	6
8	Calvin	222	Great Lakes	MIAA	Brian Diemer (7th)	8
9	SUNY Geneseo	215	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Mike Woods (21st)	9
10	Wartburg	213	Central	IIAC	Steve Johnson (24th)	10
11	St. Olaf	192	Central	MIAC	Chris Daymont (32nd)	11
12	Dickinson	190	Mideast	Centennial	Don Nichter (23rd)	13
13	UW-Eau Claire	188	Midwest	WIAC	Dan Schwamberger (6th)	14
14	Case Western Reserve	175	Great Lakes	UAA	Kathy Lanese (15th)	15
15	Rochester	164	Atlantic	UAA	Barbara Hartwig (24th)	16
16	Tufts	155	New England	NESCAC	Kristen Morwick (13th)	18
17	Hope	153	Great Lakes	MIAA	Mark Northuis (25th)	17
18	Oberlin	151	Great Lakes	NCAC	Ray Appenheimer (7th)	35
19	Amherst	125	New England	NESCAC	Cassie Funke-Harris (1st)	11
20	Carleton	124	Central	MIAC	Donna Ricks (20th)	21
21	Chicago	121	Midwest	UAA	Chris Hall (12th)	20
22	NYU	103	Atlantic	UAA	Nick McDonough (15th)	27
23	Haverford	101	Mideast	Centennial	Fran Rizzo (22nd)	22
24	Emory	91	South/Southeast	UAA	John Curtin (28th)	23
25	Ohio Northern	88	Great Lakes	OAC	Jason Maus (7th)	19
26	Lewis & Clark	85	West	Northwest	Keith Woodard (6th)	24
27	St. Thomas (Minn.)	81	Central	MIAC	Joe Sweeney (33rd)	25
28	Rowan	58	Atlantic	NJAC	Derick "Ringo" Adamson (6th)	26
29	Luther	54	Central	IIAC	Yarrow Pasche (8th)	28
30	Illinois Wesleyan	47	Midwest	CCIW	Greg Huffaker (8th)	31
31	Carnegie Mellon	39	Mideast	UAA	Dario Donatelli (20th)	33
32	Bates	37	New England	NESCAC	Jay Hartshorn (8th)	NR
33	Willamette	33	West	Northwest	Matt McGuirk (9th)	30
34	Plattsburgh State	17	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Nick Jones (2nd)	32
35	Gettysburg	14	Mideast	Centennial	Aubrey Shenk (3rd)	29
Others Receiving Votes: Wesleyan (Conn.) 5, TCNJ 4, John Carroll 3, Elizabethtown 1, Wellesley 1.


Dropped Out: No. 34 John Carroll
( year as head coach of that team in women's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)*