USTFCCCA ::: DIII Regional Cross Country Preseason Rankings In for 2012 Season

Aug 21, 2012 by FloTrack Staff

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http://www.ustfccca.org/2012/08/featured/diii-regional-cross-country-preseason-rankings-complete-for-2012-season

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http://www.ustfccca.org/rankings/division-iii-rankings

National Preseason Poll for Division III Announced TOMORROW!

NCAA Division III Regional Championships will be held on Saturday, November 10. NCAA DIII Regional Championships Central .

USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Rankings are determined subjectively by either a single member coach or by polling the region’s coaches (each region varies).

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DIII Regional Cross Country Preseason Rankings Complete for 2012 Season

August 21, 2012

NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released preseason regional rankings for the 2012 NCAA Division III season on Tuesday.

Top regional men's teams include SUNY Geneseo (Atlantic), St. Olaf (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Haverford (Mideast), North Central (Ill.) (Midwest), Tufts (New England), Lynchburg (South/Southeast), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (West). No. 1-ranked women's teams in the preseason are SUNY Geneseo (Atlantic), Wartburg (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Johns Hopkins (Mideast), Washington (Mo.) (Midwest), Middlebury (New England), Emory (South/Southeast), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (West).

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Preseason -- August 21
national poll release: August 22
next regional release: Tuesday, September 11

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	2
2	SUNY Cortland	Cortland, N.Y.	SUNYAC	4
3	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	3
4	RPI	Troy, N.Y.	Liberty League	6
5	Rochester	Rochester, N.Y.	UAA	5
6	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	1
7	TCNJ	Ewing, N.J.	NJAC	7
8	SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta, N.Y.	SUNYAC	12
9	Ithaca	Ithaca, N.Y.	Empire 8	10
10	SUNY Fredonia	Fredonia, N.Y.	SUNYAC	10


CENTRAL Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	St. Olaf	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	2
2	Loras	Dubuque, Iowa	IIAC	4
3	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	5
4	Bethel (Minn.)	Arden Hills, Minn.	MIAC	8
5	Nebraska Wesleyan	Lincoln, Neb.	Great Plains	1
6	Central (Iowa)	Pella, Iowa	IIAC	9
7	Hamline	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	3
8	Saint John's (Minn.)	Collegeville, Minn.	MIAC	6
9	Carleton	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	12
10	Grinnell	Grinnell, Iowa	Midwest	14


GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Wabash	Crawfordsville, Ind.	NCAC	2
3	Manchester	North Manchester, Ind.	HCAC	3
4	Albion	Albion, Mich.	MIAA	5
5	Hope	Holland, Mich.	MIAA	6
6	Ohio Wesleyan	Delaware, Ohio	NCAC	4
7	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	7
8	John Carroll	University Heights, Ohio	OAC	8
9	Ohio Northern	Ada, Ohio	OAC	10
10	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	NCAC	9


MIDEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	1
2	Allegheny	Meadville, Pa.	NCAC	3
3	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	4
4	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	2
5	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	6
6	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	5
7	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, Pa.	Centennial	7
8	Gwynedd-Mercy	Gwynedd Valley, Pa.	Colonial States	8
9	York (Pa.)	York, Pa.	CAC	11
10	DeSales	Center Valley, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	14


MIDWEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	North Central (Ill.)	Naperville, Ill.	CCIW	1
2	Wheaton (Ill.)	Wheaton, Ill.	CCIW	5
3	Washington (Mo.)	St. Louis, Mo.	UAA	2
4	UW-La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	4
5	Augustana (Ill.)	Rock Island, Ill.	CCIW	7
6	UW-Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	6
7	UW-Platteville	Platteville, Wis.	WIAC	8
8	Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	UAA	9
9	UW-Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wis.	WIAC	11
10	UW-Oshkosh	Oshkosh, Wis.	WIAC	3


NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Tufts	Medford, Mass.	NESCAC	5
2	Bates	Lewiston, Maine	NESCAC	4
3	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	2
4	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	1
5	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	8
6	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	3
7	Wesleyan (Conn.)	Middletown, Conn.	NESCAC	10
8	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	6
9	Springfield (Mass.)	Springfield, Mass.	NEWMAC	9
10	Brandeis	Waltham, Mass.	UAA	7


SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Va.	ODAC	1
2	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	3
3	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SAA	2
4	Bridgewater (Va.)	Bridgewater, Va.	ODAC	5
5	UT Tyler	Tyler, Texas	ASC	7
6	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	11
7	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SAA	8
8	Christopher Newport	Newport News, Va.	USA South	14
9	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	9
10	Roanoke	Salem, Va.	ODAC	12


WEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	3
2	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	4
3	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	5
4	Occidental	Los Angeles, Calif.	SCIAC	1
5	Whitman	Walla Walla, Wash.	Northwest	8
6	La Verne	La Verne, Calif.	SCIAC	9
7	Pacific (Ore.)	Forest Grove, Ore.	Northwest	10
8	Whittier	Whittier, Calif.	SCIAC	11
9	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colo.	SCAC	1
10	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, Calif.	Independent	12

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Preseason -- August 21
national poll release: August 22
next regional release: Tuesday, September 11

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	2
2	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	1
3	Rowan	Glassboro, N.J.	NJAC	4
4	TCNJ	Ewing, N.J.	NJAC	7
5	Vassar	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.	Liberty League	6
6	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	5
7	SUNY Cortland	Cortland, N.Y.	SUNYAC	8
8	Plattsburgh State	Plattsburgh, N.Y.	SUNYAC	3
9	RPI	Troy, N.Y.	Liberty League	11
10	SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta, N.Y.	SUNYAC	9


CENTRAL Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Wartburg	Waverly, Iowa	IIAC	1
2	St. Olaf	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	3
3	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	6
4	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	5
5	Carleton	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	2
6	Nebraska Wesleyan	Lincoln, Neb.	Great Plains	4
7	Gustavus Adolphus	St. Peter, Minn.	MIAC	7
8	Grinnell	Grinnell, Iowa	Midwest	10
9	St. Benedict	St. Joseph, Minn.	MIAC	8
10	Loras	Dubuque, Iowa	IIAC	9


GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	NCAC	4
3	Ohio Northern	Ada, Ohio	OAC	2
4	Hope	Holland, Mich.	MIAA	3
5	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	5
6	Baldwin-Wallace	Berea, Ohio	OAC	7
7	Wittenberg	Springfield, Ohio	NCAC	11
8	Wilmington (Ohio)	Wilmington, Ohio	OAC	13
9	Manchester	North Manchester, Ind.	HCAC	24
10	Saint Mary's (Ind.)	Notre Dame, Ind.	MIAA	22


MIDEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	1
2	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	3
3	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	2
4	Grove City	Grove City, Pa.	PAC	5
5	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	4
6	Muhlenberg	Allentown, Pa.	Centennial	7
7	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	8
8	Gettysburg	Gettysburg, Pa.	Centennial	6
9	Marywood	Scranton, Pa.	Colonial States	9
10	Allegheny	Meadville, Pa.	NCAC	10
10	Penn State Behrend	Erie, Pa.	AMCC	19


MIDWEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Washington (Mo.)	St. Louis, Mo.	UAA	1
2	UW-Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wis.	WIAC	2
3	Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	UAA	3
4	Illinois Wesleyan	Bloomington, Ill.	CCIW	8
5	UW-La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	6
6	UW-Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	5
7	North Central (Ill.)	Naperville, Ill.	CCIW	4
8	Carthage	Kenosha, Wis.	CCIW	17
9	Monmouth (Ill.)	Monmouth, Ill.	Midwest	11
10	St. Norbert	De Pere, Wis.	Midwest	12


NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	1
2	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	2
3	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	3
4	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	4
5	Tufts	Medford, Mass.	NESCAC	5
6	Wellesley	Wellesley, Mass.	NEWMAC	6
7	Keene State	Keene, N.H.	Little East	7
8	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	8
9	Colby	Waterville, Maine	NESCAC	9
10	Brandeis	Waltham, Mass.	UAA	10


SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	1
2	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SAA	2
3	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	4
4	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SAA	3
5	Christopher Newport	Newport News, Va.	USA South	5
6	Bridgewater (Va.)	Bridgewater, Va.	ODAC	6
7	Washington and Lee	Lexington, Va.	ODAC	7
8	Univ. of the South	Sewanee, Tenn.	SAA	10
9	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	8
10	Concordia Texas	Austin, Texas	ASC	8


WEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	2011 Finish
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	1
2	Occidental	Los Angeles, Calif.	SCIAC	4
3	Lewis & Clark	Portland, Ore.	Northwest	7
4	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	2
5	Whitman	Walla Walla, Wash.	Northwest	6
6	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.	Northwest	5
7	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	10
8	Whittier	Whittier, Calif.	SCIAC	3
9	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, Calif.	Independent	8
10	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colo.	SCAC	9