USTFCCCA ::: DIII National Cross Country Coaches Poll - Week 2

Sep 21, 2011 by FloTrack Staff

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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday the week two results of the national cross country coaches’ poll for NCAA Division III. North Central's men and Middlebury's women remain the No. 1 teams in the nation according to the nation's coaches. The men of Washington (Mo.) and the women's team of MIT moved to the nation's top three for the first time this season.

AROUND THE POLLS

MEN

-- No. 5 SUNY Geneseo is in the nation's top five for the first time this season, as is No. 9 MIT to the top ten.

-- No. 16 Chicago and No. 19 Tufts also reached season-best posts in the poll this week

-- New to the top 35 are No. 25 St. Olaf, No. 26 Pomona-Pitzer, No. 31 Albertus Magnus, No. 32 Allegheny, and No. 35 Emory

-- Again, the UAA leads with seven conference members in the top 35. The NESCAC follows with five.

WOMEN

-- No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps made a move from seventh to No. 4 this week, a season-high listing on the poll.

-- No. 9 Calvin was 15th last week and now are in the top ten for the first time this year.

-- Making their season debut to the poll this week are No. 24 Tufts, No. 32 Case Western, No. 33 Whitman, and No. 35 Chicago.

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #2, September 21
next poll: September 28

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	Location	Last Week
1	North Central (Ill.) (8)	280	Midwest	CCIW	Naperville, Ill.	1
2	Haverford	270	Mideast	Centennial	Haverford, Pa.	2
3	Washington (Mo.)	256	Midwest	UAA	St. Louis, Mo.	4
4	Calvin	254	Great Lakes	Michigan Intercollegiate	Grand Rapids, Mich.	5
5	SUNY Geneseo	248	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Geneseo, N.Y.	8
6	St. Lawrence	242	Atlantic	Liberty League	Canton, N.Y.	3
7	Dickinson	235	Mideast	Centennial	Carlisle, Pa.	6
8	UW-La Crosse	220	Midwest	WIAC	La Crosse, Wis.	9
9	MIT	219	New England	NEWMAC	Cambridge, Mass.	11
10	Williams	201	New England	NESCAC	Williamstown, Mass.	7
11	NYU	195	Atlantic	UAA	New York, N.Y.	10
12	Augustana (Ill.)	174	Midwest	CCIW	Rock Island, Ill.	12
13	Elizabethtown	172	Mideast	Middle Atlantic	Elizabethtown, Pa.	14
14	Middlebury	171	New England	NESCAC	Middlebury, Vt.	15
15	UW-Oshkosh	168	Midwest	WIAC	Oshkosh, Wis.	13
16	Chicago	165	Midwest	UAA	Chicago, Ill.	21
17	Wabash	158	Great Lakes	NCAC	Crawfordsville, Ind.	16
18	UW-Stevens Point	142	Midwest	WIAC	Stevens Point, Wis.	17
19	Hamline	137	Central	MIAC	Saint Paul, Minn.	18
19	Tufts	137	New England	NESCAC	Medford, Mass.	24
21	Nebraska Wesleyan	116	Central	Great Plains	Lincoln, Neb.	20
22	Bates	100	New England	NESCAC	Lewiston, Maine	19
23	Carnegie Mellon	99	Mideast	UAA	Pittsburgh, Pa.	23
24	Wheaton (Ill.)	88	Midwest	CCIW	Wheaton, Ill.	26
25	St. Olaf	84	Central	MIAC	Northfield, Minn.	NR
26	Pomona-Pitzer	74	West	SCIAC	Claremont, Calif.	NR
27	Rochester	67	Atlantic	UAA	Rochester, N.Y.	25
28	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	59	West	SCIAC	Claremont, Calif.	27
29	Brandeis	50	New England	UAA	Waltham, Mass.	33
30	Johns Hopkins	47	Mideast	Centennial	Baltimore, Md.	28
31	Albertus Magnus	41	New England	Great Northeast	New Haven, Conn.	NR
32	Allegheny	36	Mideast	NCAC	Meadville, Pa.	RV
32	Bowdoin	36	New England	NESCAC	Brunswick, Maine	29
34	UW-Platteville	17	Midwest	WIAC	Platteville, Wis.	32
35	Emory	15	South/Southeast	UAA	Atlanta, Ga.	RV
Others Receiving Votes: Willamette 14, Saint John's (Minn.) 14, Rowan 9, Hope 9, Whitworth 6, St. Thomas (Minn.) 5, Lynchburg 3, Saint Vincent 3, UW-Eau Claire 2, TCNJ 2.


Dropped Out: No. 22 Willamette, No. 30 Albion, No. 31 Saint John's (Minn.), No. 34 Whitworth, No. 35 Rowan

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #2, September 21
next poll: September 28

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	Location	Last Week
1	Middlebury (8)	280	New England	NESCAC	Middlebury, Vt.	1
2	Washington (Mo.)	265	Midwest	UAA	St. Louis, Mo.	2
3	MIT	264	New England	NEWMAC	Cambridge, Mass.	5
4	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	248	West	SCIAC	Claremont, Calif.	7
5	UW-Eau Claire	245	Midwest	WIAC	Eau Claire, Wis.	3
5	Williams	245	New England	NESCAC	Williamstown, Mass.	4
7	SUNY Geneseo	237	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Geneseo, N.Y.	6
8	Amherst	222	New England	NESCAC	Amherst, Mass.	8
9	Calvin	216	Great Lakes	Michigan Intercollegiate	Grand Rapids, Mich.	15
10	NYU	204	Atlantic	UAA	New York, N.Y.	12
11	Johns Hopkins	198	Mideast	Centennial	Baltimore, Md.	11
12	Plattsburgh State	191	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Plattsburgh, N.Y.	10
13	Hope	179	Great Lakes	Michigan Intercollegiate	Holland, Mich.	13
14	Nebraska Wesleyan	175	Central	Great Plains	Lincoln, Neb.	9
15	St. Olaf	169	Central	MIAC	Northfield, Minn.	16
16	Luther	155	Central	IIAC	Decorah, Iowa	17
17	St. Lawrence	146	Atlantic	Liberty League	Canton, N.Y.	19
18	Lewis & Clark	127	West	Northwest Conference	Portland, Ore.	19
19	Dickinson	118	Mideast	Centennial	Carlisle, Pa.	14
20	Emory	100	South/Southeast	UAA	Atlanta, Ga.	22
21	Rowan	97	Atlantic	NJAC	Glassboro, N.J.	29
22	Haverford	92	Mideast	Centennial	Haverford, Pa.	18
22	Carleton	92	Central	MIAC	Northfield, Minn.	24
24	Tufts	90	New England	NESCAC	Medford, Mass.	NR
25	Ohio Northern	85	Great Lakes	OAC	Ada, Ohio	35
26	SUNY Cortland	84	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Cortland, N.Y.	26
27	Colby	82	New England	NESCAC	Waterville, Maine	21
28	Elizabethtown	77	Mideast	Middle Atlantic	Elizabethtown, Pa.	23
29	UW-La Crosse	76	Midwest	WIAC	La Crosse, Wis.	25
30	Whittier	73	West	SCIAC	Whittier, Calif.	31
31	Wartburg	58	Central	IIAC	Waverly, Iowa	27
32	Case Western Reserve	30	Great Lakes	UAA	Cleveland, Ohio	NR
33	Whitman	27	West	Northwest Conference	Walla Walla, Wash.	NR
34	Keene State	24	New England	Little East	Keene, N.H.	29
35	Chicago	22	Midwest	UAA	Chicago, Ill.	RV
Others Receiving Votes: Swarthmore 10, Rhodes 8, Vassar 8, Marywood 7, UW-Stevens Point 5, Bowdoin 5, St. Thomas (Minn.) 4.


Dropped Out: No. 28 Linfield, No. 32 Oberlin, No. 33 UW-Stevens Point, No. 34 Marywood, No. 35 Rhodes

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Tom Lewis

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