USTFCCCA DIII National Cross Country Coaches' Poll -- Week 5

USTFCCCA DIII National Cross Country Coaches' Poll -- Week 5

Oct 12, 2011 by USTFCCCA (Coaches Association)
USTFCCCA DIII National Cross Country Coaches' Poll -- Week 5

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DIII National XC Poll — Williams’ Women Takes Over as Top-Ranked Team

 

October 12, 2011

 

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday the week five results of the national cross country coaches’ poll for NCAA Division III. While the top three men’s teams are still the same after three weeks, Williams College took over the No. 1 spot on the women’s side after a strong showing at last weekend’s NEICAAA Championships.

 

AROUND THE POLLS

* On the men’s side, the top three positions remain unchanged for the third-straight week. Middlebury (No. 6) and Bates (No. 9) surge into the national top ten for the first time this year. At No. 35 Willamette returns to the ranks.

* Williams is the new No. 1 women’s team, leaping from fifth, a position they’ve held since September 21. Williams’ women finished fourth overall last weekend at the NEICAAA Championships, losing out only to Division I programs Boston College, Boston University, and Vermont. In the process, Williams bettered three top-ten teams from Division III including then-No. 1 Middlebury, then-No. 3 MIT, and then-No. 9 Amherst.

* Nearly every ranked team will be in action this weekend as teams gear up for the championship season. … The largest contingent of ranked teams will be at UW-Oshkosh’s Brooks Invitational, with many getting experience on this year’s NCAA Championship course … at UW-Oshkosh will be men’s teams (12 ranked) including No. 1 North Central, No. 3 Calvim, No. 5 Washington (Mo.), No. 7 MIT, and No. 8 UW-Oshkosh; ranked women’s teams (12 ranked) include No. 3 Washington (Mo.), No. 5 MIT, and No. 7 Calvin …

 

USTFCCCA

 

NCAA Division III

 

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

 

2011 Week #5, October 12

 

next poll: October 19

 
               

Rank

Institution (FPV)

Points

Region

Conference

Head Coach (Yr*)

Last Week

 

1

North Central (Ill.) (5)

277

Midwest

CCIW

Al Carius (46th)

1

 

2

Haverford (3)

274

Mideast

Centennial

Tom Donnelly (37th)

2

 

3

Calvin

265

Great Lakes

MIAA

Brian Diemer (26th)

3

 

4

Dickinson

245

Mideast

Centennial

Don Nichter (22nd)

6

 

5

Washington (Mo.)

242

Midwest

UAA

Jeff Stiles (11th)

4

 

6

Middlebury

238

New England

NESCAC

Nicole Wilkerson (1st)

13

 

7

MIT

230

New England

NEWMAC

Halston Taylor (5th)

7

 

8

UW-Oshkosh

225

Midwest

WIAC

Paul Brown (1st)

7

 

9

Bates

220

New England

NESCAC

Al Fereshetian (17th)

22

 

10

St. Lawrence

203

Atlantic

Liberty League

John Newman (4th)

11

 

11

SUNY Geneseo

190

Atlantic

SUNYAC

Mike Woods (20th)

5

 

12

Augustana (Ill.)

176

Midwest

CCIW

Paul Olsen (46th)

10

 

13

NYU

173

Atlantic

UAA

Nick McDonough (14th)

12

 

13

Williams

173

New England

NESCAC

Peter Farwell (33rd)

9

 

15

Wabash

169

Great Lakes

NCAC

Roger Busch (6th)

14

 

16

UW-La Crosse

163

Midwest

WIAC

Don Fritsch (14th)

15

 

17

Tufts

156

New England

NESCAC

Ethan Barron (7th)

18

 

18

Chicago

147

Midwest

UAA

Chris Hall (11th)

16

 

19

Elizabethtown

140

Mideast

Middle Atlantic

Brian Falk (1st)

17

 

20

UW-Stevens Point

124

Midwest

WIAC

Rick Witt (33rd)

19

 

21

UW-Platteville

108

Midwest

WIAC

Tom Antczak (19th)

20

 

22

Nebraska Wesleyan

106

Central

Great Plains

Ted Bulling (22nd)

21

 

23

Hamline

96

Central

MIAC

Paul Schmaedeke (21st)

23

 

24

Carnegie Mellon

95

Mideast

UAA

Dario Donatelli (11th)

24

 

25

Rochester

88

Atlantic

UAA

John Izzo (12th)

26

 

26

St. Olaf

86

Central

MIAC

Phil Lundin (4th)

25

 

27

Pomona-Pitzer

80

West

SCIAC

Tony Boston (4th)

27

 

28

Johns Hopkins

64

Mideast

Centennial

Bobby Van Allen (13th)

28

 

29

Wheaton (Ill.)

59

Midwest

CCIW

Scott Bradley (10th)

29

 

30

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

54

West

SCIAC

John Goldhammer (28th)

30

 

31

SUNY Cortland

47

Atlantic

SUNYAC

Steve Patrick (5th)

31

 

32

Allegheny

39

Mideast

NCAC

Brent Wilkerson (2nd)

33

 

33

Bowdoin

28

New England

NESCAC

Peter Slovenski (26th)

32

 

34

Albion

21

Great Lakes

MIAA

Hayden Smith (11th)

34

 

35

Willamette

16

West

Northwest

Matt McGuirk (8th)

RV

 

Others Receiving Votes: Brandeis 9, Loras 5, UW-Stout 5, Manchester 3, Whitworth 1.

 
 
 

Dropped Out: No. 35 Brandeis

 

(* 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

 

2011 Week #5, October 12

 

next poll: October 19

 
               

Rank

Institution (FPV)

Points

Region

Conference

Head Coach (Yr*)

Last Week

 

1

Williams (5)

277

New England

NESCAC

Peter Farwell (12th)

5

 

2

Middlebury

264

New England

NESCAC

Nicole Wilkerson (1st)

1

 

3

Washington (Mo.)

264

Midwest

UAA

Jeff Stiles (11th)

2

 

4

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3)

262

West

SCIAC

John Goldhammer (28th)

4

 

5

MIT

248

New England

NEWMAC

Halston Taylor (5th)

3

 

6

SUNY Geneseo

242

Atlantic

SUNYAC

Mike Woods (20th)

6

 

7

Calvin

230

Great Lakes

MIAA

Brian Diemer (6th)

7

 

8

Rowan

221

Atlantic

NJAC

Derick "Ringo" Adamson (5th)

8

 

9

Amherst

213

New England

NESCAC

John Adamson (1st)

9

 

10

UW-Eau Claire

210

Midwest

WIAC

Dan Schwamberger (5th)

10

 

11

Johns Hopkins

197

Mideast

Centennial

Bobby Van Allen (13th)

12

 

12

St. Lawrence

193

Atlantic

Liberty League

Mike Howard (13th)

26

 

13

St. Olaf

187

Central

MIAC

Chris Daymont (31st)

14

 

14

Plattsburgh State

175

Atlantic

SUNYAC

Nick Jones (1st)

11

 

15

Carleton

163

Central

MIAC

Donna Ricks (17th)

16

 

16

Hope

158

Great Lakes

MIAA

Mark Northuis (24th)

15

 

17

Emory

154

South/Southeast

UAA

John Curtin (27th)

17

 

18

Lewis & Clark

144

West

Northwest

Keith Woodard (5th)

18

 

19

NYU

141

Atlantic

UAA

Nick McDonough (14th)

13

 

20

Dickinson

131

Mideast

Centennial

Don Nichter (22nd)

19

 

21

Colby

117

New England

NESCAC

Deb Aitken (27th)

29

 

22

SUNY Cortland

111

Atlantic

SUNYAC

Steve Patrick (5th)

20

 

23

Oberlin

108

Great Lakes

NCAC

Ray Appenheimer (6th)

21

 

24

Haverford

95

Mideast

Centennial

Fran Rizzo (21st)

22

 

25

Ohio Northern

90

Great Lakes

OAC

Jason Maus (6th)

24

 

26

Whitman

81

West

Northwest

Scott Shields (2nd)

25

 

27

Nebraska Wesleyan

64

Central

Great Plains

Ted Bulling (17th)

27

 

27

Tufts

64

New England

NESCAC

Kristen Morwick (12th)

23

 

29

Luther

49

Central

IIAC

Yarrow Pasche (7th)

28

 

30

UW-La Crosse

46

Midwest

WIAC

Pat Healy (21st)

30

 

31

Whittier

35

West

SCIAC

Greg Phillips (26th)

31

 

32

Chicago

31

Midwest

UAA

Chris Hall (11th)

32

 

33

Trinity (Texas)

28

South/Southeast

SCAC

Jennifer Breuer (13th)

33

 

34

North Central (Ill.)

18

Midwest

CCIW

Mahesh Narayanan (11th)

33

 

35

Keene State

10

New England

Little East

Peter Thomas (29th)

35

 

Others Receiving Votes: Rhodes 7, St. Thomas (Minn.) 7, TCNJ 4, Wartburg 1.

 
 
 

Dropped Out: none

 

(* year as head coach of that team in women's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)