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DII National Cross Country Rankings: Pre-NCAA Championships

DII National Cross Country Rankings: Pre-NCAA Championships

Nov 7, 2012 by FloTrack Staff
DII National Cross Country Rankings: Pre-NCAA Championships

 

DII National Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Pre-NCAA Championships

 

November 7, 2012   

 

NEW ORLEANS – The final regular-season rankings of the nation’s cross country squads in NCAA Division II keeps Adams State’s men and Augustana (S.D.)’s women as the top-ranked teams according to raters of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The men of Adams State is looking to win their fourth NCAA title in five years while Augustana stands as the reigning national champion.

 

The NCAA DII Cross Country Championships will be hosted by Missouri Southern on Saturday, November 17, in Joplin, Mo. NCAA.com will broadcast the meet online.

 

USTFCCCA

NCAA Division II

Men's Cross Country National Rankings

2012 Week #7 -- November 7 (pre-NCAA Championships)

next release: FINAL -- NCAA Championship results (November 17)

             

Rank

Institution

 

Region

Conference

Head Coach (Yr*)

Last Week

1

Adams State

 

South Central

RMAC

Damon Martin (18th)

1

2

Western State

 

South Central

RMAC

Jennifer Michel (6th)

5

3

Colorado Mines

 

South Central

RMAC

Chris Siemers (1st)

2

4

Chico State

 

West

CCAA

Gary Towne (17th)

3

5

Augustana (S.D.)

 

Central

NSIC

Tracy Hellman (12th)

4

6

Grand Valley State

 

Midwest

GLIAC

Jerry Baltes (14th)

6

7

Alaska Anchorage

 

West

GNAC

Michael Friess (23rd)

7

8

Edinboro

 

Atlantic

PSAC

Doug Watts (44th)

13

9

UC-Colorado Springs

 

South Central

RMAC

Mark Misch (6th)

9

10

Western Washington

 

West

GNAC

Pee Wee Halsell (26th)

10

11

American International

 

East

Northeast-10

Leo Mayo (7th)

16

12

Ashland

 

Midwest

GLIAC

Trent Mack (3rd)

19

13

Ferris State

 

Midwest

GLIAC

Steve Picucci (5th)

24

14

Missouri Southern

 

Central

MIAA

Tom Rutledge (24th)

23

15

Cedarville

 

Midwest

G-MAC

Paul Orchard (10th)

11

16

Southern Indiana

 

Midwest

GLVC

Mike Hillyard (15th)

8

17

Minnesota State

 

Central

NSIC

Mark Schuck (34th)

12

18

Eastern New Mexico

 

South Central

Lone Star

Casey Blevins (1st)

20

19

Southwest Baptist

 

Central

MIAA

Corey McElhaney (5th)

21

20

East Stroudsburg

 

Atlantic

PSAC

Joe Koch (24th)

22

21

Lock Haven

 

Atlantic

PSAC

Aaron Russell (15th)

26

22

San Francisco State

 

West

CCAA

Tom Lyons (8th)

NR

23

Bentley

 

East

Northeast-10

Kevin Curtin (2nd)

NR

24

Stonehill

 

East

Northeast-10

Karen Boen (15th)

15

25

Humboldt State

 

West

CCAA

Scott Pesch (3rd)

25

26

Fort Lewis

 

South Central

RMAC

Mark Dutro (1st)

NR

27

UMass Lowell

 

East

Northeast-10

Gary Gardner (11th)

18

28

UW-Parkside

 

Midwest

GLVC

Micah VanDenend (3rd)

29

29

Lewis

 

Midwest

GLVC

Dana Schwarting (7th)

14

30

Fort Hays State

 

Central

MIAA

Dennis Weber (20th)

17

31

Slippery Rock

 

Atlantic

PSAC

John Papa (26th)

NR

32

Sioux Falls

 

Central

NSIC

Grant Watley (1st)

NR

33

Cal Poly Pomona

 

West

CCAA

Octavious Gillespie-Bennett (1st)

NR

34

West Texas A&M

 

South Central

Lone Star

Darren Flowers (4th)

33

35

Columbus State

 

Southeast

Peach Belt

J.D. Evilsizer (8th)

NR

Dropped Out: No. 27 Neb.-Kearney, No. 28 UC San Diego, No. 30 Northwest Missouri, No. 31 Wayne State (Mich.), No. 32 Tiffin, No. 34 Montana St.-Billings, No. 35 Mount Olive

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

 
             

USTFCCCA

NCAA Division II

Women's Cross Country National Rankings

2012 Week #7 -- November 7 (pre-NCAA Championships)

next release: FINAL -- NCAA Championship results (November 17)

             

Rank

Institution

 

Region

Conference

Head Coach (Yr*)

Last Week

1

Augustana (S.D.)

 

Central

NSIC

Tracy Hellman (12th)

1

2

Adams State

 

South Central

RMAC

Damon Martin (25th)

2

3

Grand Valley State

 

Midwest

GLIAC

Jerry Baltes (14th)

3

4

Western State

 

South Central

RMAC

Jennifer Michel (6th)

4

5

Chico State

 

West

CCAA

Gary Towne (17th)

6

6

Alaska Anchorage

 

West

GNAC

Michael Friess (23rd)

5

7

Shippensburg

 

Atlantic

PSAC

Steve Spence (15th)

8

8

Tampa

 

South

Sunshine

Jarrett Slaven (14th)

11

9

Edinboro

 

Atlantic

PSAC

Doug Watts (44th)

9

10

Winona State

 

Central

NSIC

Adam Boothe (1st)

13

11

UC-Colorado Springs

 

South Central

RMAC

David Harmer (1st)

14

12

Stonehill

 

East

Northeast-10

Karen Boen (15th)

12

13

Colorado Mines

 

South Central

RMAC

Chris Siemers (1st)

20

14

Indiana (Pa.)

 

Atlantic

PSAC

Joey Zins (4th)

15

15

U-Mary

 

Central

NSIC

Dennis Newell (7th)

17

16

Saginaw Valley State

 

Midwest

GLIAC

Rod Cowan (3rd)

NR

17

Ferris State

 

Midwest

GLIAC

Steve Picucci (5th)

7

18

Missouri Southern

 

Central

MIAA

Patty Vavra (19th)

21

19

Humboldt State

 

West

CCAA

Scott Pesch (3rd)

28

20

Simon Fraser

 

West

GNAC

Brit Townsend (13th)

10

21

Pittsburg State

 

Central

MIAA

Russ Jewett (27th)

24

22

Southern Indiana

 

Midwest

GLVC

Mike Hillyard (16th)

18

23

West Texas A&M

 

South Central

Lone Star

Kimberly Dudley (15th)

19

24

Southwest Baptist

 

Central

MIAA

Corey McElhaney (5th)

22

25

Cal State Stanislaus

 

West

CCAA

Diljeet Taylor (6th)

27

26

Seattle Pacific

 

West

GNAC

Erika Daligcon (5th)

25

27

Kutztown

 

Atlantic

PSAC

Ray Hoffman (14th)

NR

28

Minnesota State

 

Central

NSIC

Jen Blue (13th)

29

29

Adelphi

 

East

Northeast-10

Katie Rees (3rd)

34

30

Bellarmine

 

Midwest

GLVC

Kris Horton (8th)

32

31

Midwestern State

 

South Central

Lone Star

Koby Styles (6th)

16

32

Hillsdale

 

Midwest

GLIAC

Andrew Towne (2nd)

NR

33

West Florida

 

South

Gulf South

John Bergen (5th)

35

34

Minnesota Duluth

 

Central

NSIC

Joanna Warmington (2nd)

31

35

Nova Southeastern

 

South

Sunshine

Bryan Hagopian (4th)

NR

Dropped Out: No. 23 Bloomsburg, No. 26 Wayne State (Mich.), No. 30 Western Washington, No. 33 Northern Michigan

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