USTFCCCA ::: XC Poll: North Central, Middlebury Takes Top Preseason Billing in

Aug 22, 2012 by FloTrack Staff

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NEW ORLEANS – Hot off the presses, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) preseason coaches' poll results for the 2012 NCAA Division III cross country season are here. The men of North Central College (Ill.) are the nation's top-ranked team, sweeping all first-place votes, holding serve as the NCAA's defending champions. Middlebury is the preseason No. 1 team on the women's side, with seven of eight FPVs. Defending national women's champion Washington (Mo.) is No. 4 in the poll with the other first-place vote.

The men's top five is rounded out by No. 2 Haverford, No. 3 SUNY Geneseo, No. 4 Washington (Mo.), and No. 5 Wheaton (Ill.). Haverford won the NCAA crown in 2010 and finished second at the national championships last year. SUNY Geneseo is enjoying their highest national ranking since at least 2006 after recording their first-ever trophy finish in 2011 (fourth). Also notching their best national team ranking (since at least 2006) include No. 6 Tufts, No. 8 Bates, No. 14 St. Olaf, No. 16 Loras, No. 23 Johns Hopkins, and No. 25 Rochester.

The remainder of the women's top five includes No. 2 Williams, No. 3 SUNY Geneseo, No. 4 Washington (Mo.), and No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The top four teams have won NCAA titles within the last ten years (last titles: Middlebury, 2010; Williams, 2004; SUNY Geneseo, 2005; Washington (Mo.), 2011). Middlebury finished runner-up last year while Williams and CMS placed third and fourth, respectively, to jump on the award stand. No. 13 Oberlin and No. 25 Occidental are enjoying their highest team ranking since at least 2006.

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2012 Preseason, August 22
next poll: Wed., September 12

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	2011 FINAL
1	North Central (Ill.) (8)	280	Midwest	CCIW	Al Carius (47th)	1
2	Haverford	268	Mideast	Centennial	Tom Donnelly (38th)	2
3	SUNY Geneseo	247	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Mike Woods (21st)	4
4	Washington (Mo.)	246	Midwest	UAA	Jeff Stiles (12th)	3
5	Wheaton (Ill.)	244	Midwest	CCIW	Scott Bradley (11th)	12
6	Tufts	240	New England	NESCAC	Ethan Barron (8th)	9
7	Calvin	222	Great Lakes	MIAA	Brian Diemer (27th)	11
8	Bates	218	New England	NESCAC	Al Fereshetian (18th)	7
9	Middlebury	203	New England	NESCAC	Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)	13
9	UW-La Crosse	203	Midwest	WIAC	Derek Stanley (1st)	14
11	SUNY Cortland	200	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Steve Patrick (5th)	20
12	NYU	180	Atlantic	UAA	Nick McDonough (15th)	19
13	Williams	167	New England	NESCAC	Peter Farwell (34th)	6
14	St. Olaf	160	Central	MIAC	Phil Lundin (5th)	23
15	Allegheny	159	Mideast	NCAC	Brent Wilkerson (3rd)	24
16	Loras	131	Central	IIAC	Bob Schultz (8th)	25
17	Wabash	126	Great Lakes	NCAC	Roger Busch (7th)	16
18	Augustana (Ill.)	123	Midwest	CCIW	Paul Olsen (47th)	NR
19	RPI	115	Atlantic	Liberty League	John Lynch (2nd)	NR
20	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	113	West	SCIAC	John Goldhammer (29th)	29
21	Bowdoin	111	New England	NESCAC	Peter Slovenski (27th)	15
22	Luther	90	Central	IIAC	Steve Pasche (8th)	NR
23	Johns Hopkins	89	Mideast	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (14th)	26
24	UW-Stevens Point	81	Midwest	WIAC	Rick Witt (34th)	NR
25	Rochester	80	Atlantic	UAA	John Izzo (13th)	22
26	Amherst	79	New England	NESCAC	Ned Nedeau (16th)	NR
27	Dickinson	74	Mideast	Centennial	Don Nichter (23rd)	10
28	Willamette	71	West	Northwest	Matt McGuirk (9th)	NR
29	UW-Oshkosh	67	Midwest	WIAC	Eamon McKenna (1st)	5
30	St. Lawrence	65	Atlantic	Liberty League	John Newman (12th)	8
31	Pomona-Pitzer	54	West	SCIAC	Tony Boston (5th)	NR
32	UW-Platteville	47	Midwest	WIAC	Tom Antczak (20th)	NR
33	Manchester	46	Great Lakes	HCAC	Brian Cashdollar (15th)	30
34	Occidental	37	West	SCIAC	Robert Bartlett (8th)	27
35	UW-Eau Claire	33	Midwest	WIAC	Dan Schwamberger (6th)	NR
Others Receiving Votes: Elizabethtown 26, Hamline 25, Chicago 24, Carnegie Mellon 20, Oberlin 17, Nebraska Wesleyan 14, TCNJ 9, Ohio Northern 9, Centre 9, Lynchburg 8, Wesleyan (Conn.) 5, Bethel (Minn.) 2, MIT 1, Colorado College 1, Case Western Reserve 1.



( 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 Preseason, August 22
next poll: Wed., September 12

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	2011 FINAL
1	Middlebury (7)	279	New England	NESCAC	Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)	2
2	Williams	267	New England	NESCAC	Peter Farwell (13th)	3
3	SUNY Geneseo	253	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Mike Woods (21st)	12
4	Washington (Mo.) (1)	251	Midwest	UAA	Jeff Stiles (12th)	1
5	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	245	West	SCIAC	John Goldhammer (29th)	4
6	MIT	244	New England	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (6th)	5
7	Johns Hopkins	230	Mideast	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (14th)	14
8	St. Lawrence	220	Atlantic	Liberty League	Mike Howard (14th)	8
9	Wartburg	219	Central	IIAC	Steve Johnson (24th)	6
10	Calvin	204	Great Lakes	MIAA	Brian Diemer (7th)	13
11	Amherst	203	New England	NESCAC	Cassie Funke-Harris (1st)	11
12	St. Olaf	187	Central	MIAC	Chris Daymont (32nd)	10
13	Oberlin	183	Great Lakes	NCAC	Ray Appenheimer (7th)	15
14	UW-Eau Claire	182	Midwest	WIAC	Dan Schwamberger (6th)	17
15	Tufts	157	New England	NESCAC	Kristen Morwick (13th)	20
16	Ohio Northern	151	Great Lakes	OAC	Jason Maus (7th)	19
17	Rowan	147	Atlantic	NJAC	Derick "Ringo" Adamson (6th)	26
18	Dickinson	137	Mideast	Centennial	Don Nichter (23rd)	25
19	St. Thomas (Minn.)	133	Central	MIAC	Joe Sweeney (33rd)	NR
20	Elizabethtown	123	Mideast	Middle Atlantic	Brian Falk (5th)	22
21	Chicago	116	Midwest	UAA	Chris Hall (12th)	27
22	Hope	110	Great Lakes	MIAA	Mark Northuis (25th)	21
23	Emory	109	South/Southeast	UAA	John Curtin (28th)	24
24	TCNJ	101	Atlantic	NJAC	Phil Jennings (10th)	NR
25	Occidental	85	West	SCIAC	Robert Bartlett (8th)	NR
26	Haverford	73	Mideast	Centennial	Fran Rizzo (22nd)	28
27	Case Western Reserve	69	Great Lakes	UAA	Kathy Lanese (15th)	NR
28	Grove City	66	Mideast	PAC	Sean Severson (9th)	NR
29	Luther	50	Central	IIAC	Yarrow Pasche (8th)	23
30	Rhodes	38	South/Southeast	SAA	Robert Shankman (22nd)	32
31	Illinois Wesleyan	36	Midwest	CCIW	Greg Huffaker (8th)	NR
31	Vassar	36	Atlantic	Liberty League	James McCowan (8th)	NR
33	Baldwin-Wallace	32	Great Lakes	OAC	Bill Taraschke (21st)	NR
34	Lewis & Clark	27	West	Northwest	Keith Woodard (6th)	NR
34	NYU	27	Atlantic	UAA	Nick McDonough (15th)	30
Others Receiving Votes: Carleton 18, Allegheny 12, Nebraska Wesleyan 10, SUNY Cortland 7, Wellesley 2, UW-La Crosse 1.



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