USTFCCCA

NCAA Division II

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Preseason, August 29

next poll: Wed., September 12

Rank

Institution

Region

Conference

Head Coach (Yr*)

2011 FINAL

1

Adams State

South Central

RMAC

Damon Martin (18th)

2

2

Western State

South Central

RMAC

Jennifer Michel (6th)

1

3

Chico State

West

CCAA

Gary Towne (17th)

4

4

Augustana (S.D.)

Central

NSIC

Tracy Hellman (12th)

6

5

Grand Valley State

Midwest

GLIAC

Jerry Baltes (14th)

3

6

Colorado Mines

South Central

RMAC

Art Siemers (11th)

5

7

Southern Indiana

Midwest

GLVC

Mike Hillyard (15th)

7

8

Alaska Anchorage

West

GNAC

Michael Friess (23rd)

8

9

Edinboro

Atlantic

PSAC

Doug Watts (44th)

12

10

Western Washington

West

GNAC

Pee Wee Halsell (26th)

10

11

UMass Lowell

East

Northeast-10

Gary Gardner (11th)

20

12

Lock Haven

Atlantic

PSAC

Aaron Russell (15th)

16

13

UC-Colorado Springs

South Central

RMAC

Mark Misch (6th)

19

14

Eastern New Mexico

South Central

Lone Star

Casey Blevins (1st)

15

15

Western Oregon

West

GNAC

Mike Johnson (9th)

14

16

East Central (Okla.)

Central

Great American

Steve Sawyer (4th)

11

17

Central Missouri

Central

MIAA

Kirk Pedersen (26th)

NR

18

New Mexico Highlands

South Central

RMAC

Bob DeVries (21st)

NR

19

Metro State

South Central

RMAC

John Supsic (3rd)

9

20

Ashland

Midwest

GLIAC

Trent Mack (3rd)

13

21

Humboldt State

West

CCAA

Scott Pesch

NR

22

East Stroudsburg

Atlantic

PSAC

Joe Koch (24th)

NR

23

Shippensburg

Atlantic

PSAC

Steve Spence (15th)

17

24

Minnesota State

Central

NSIC

Mark Schuck (31st)

NR

25

Stonehill

East

Northeast-10

Karen Boen (15th)

21

26

Missouri Southern

Central

MIAA

Tom Rutledge (24th)

NR

27

San Francisco State

West

CCAA

Tom Lyons (8th)

NR

28

Wayne State (Mich.)

Midwest

GLIAC

Rick Cummins (16th)

NR

29

Alabama-Huntsville

South

Gulf South

David Cain (15th)

23

30

Ferris State

Midwest

GLIAC

Steve Picucci (5th)

NR

31

Slippery Rock

Atlantic

PSAC

John Papa (26th)

NR

32

Bentley

East

Northeast-10

Kevin Curtin (2nd)

NR

33

American International

East

Northeast-10

Leo Mayo (7th)

NR

34

Florida Southern

South

Sunshine

Rebecca Marsh (1st)

NR

35

Hillsdale

Midwest

GLIAC

Jeff Forino (2nd)

NR

(* 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 Coaches' Poll

2012 Preseason, August 29

next poll: Wed., September 12

Rank

Institution

Region

Conference

Head Coach (Yr*)

2011 FINAL

1

Augustana (S.D.)

Central

NSIC

Tracy Hellman (12th)

1

2

Adams State

South Central

RMAC

Damon Martin (25th)

4

3

Grand Valley State

Midwest

GLIAC

Jerry Baltes (14th)

3

4

U-Mary

Central

NSIC

Dennis Newell (7th)

5

5

Western State

South Central

RMAC

Jennifer Michel (6th)

2

6

Alaska Anchorage

West

GNAC

Michael Friess (23rd)

6

7

Ferris State

Midwest

GLIAC

Steve Picucci (5th)

8

8

Chico State

West

CCAA

Gary Towne (17th)

7

9

Simon Fraser

West

GNAC

Brit Townsend

NR

10

Shippensburg

Atlantic

PSAC

Steve Spence (15th)

9

11

Midwestern State

South Central

Lone Star

Koby Styles (6th)

11

12

Pittsburg State

Central

MIAA

Russ Jewett (27th)

15

13

Western Washington

West

GNAC

Pee Wee Halsell (26th)

12

14

Bloomsburg

Atlantic

PSAC

Bernie Empie (4th)

14

15

Tampa

South

Sunshine

Jarrett Slaven (14th)

16

16

Ashland

Midwest

GLIAC

Trent Mack (3rd)

18

17

Saginaw Valley State

Midwest

GLIAC

Rod Cowan (3rd)

13

18

Minnesota Duluth

Central

NSIC

Joanna Warmington (3rd)

21

19

Edinboro

Atlantic

PSAC

Doug Watts (44th)

NR

20

Cal Poly Pomona

West

CCAA

Octavious Gillespie-Bennett (1st)

NR

21

Slippery Rock

Atlantic

PSAC

John Papa (26th)

NR

22

Northwest Missouri

Central

MIAA

Scott Lorek (9th)

NR

23

Stonehill

East

Northeast-10

Karen Boen (15th)

19

24

Mansfield

Atlantic

PSAC

Mike Rohl (10th)

NR

25

Missouri Southern

Central

MIAA

Patty Vavra (19th)

NR

26

Southern Indiana

Midwest

GLVC

Mike Hillyard (16th)

NR

27

Hillsdale

Midwest

GLIAC

Andrew Towne (2nd)

NR

28

Lock Haven

Atlantic

PSAC

Aaron Russell (15th)

20

29

Regis (Colo.)

South Central

RMAC

John Esquibel (7th)

NR

30

Seattle Pacific

West

GNAC

Erika Daligcon (4th)

NR

31

Nova Southeastern

South

Sunshine

Bryan Hagopian (4th)

NR

32

UW-Parkside

Midwest

GLVC

Micah VanDenend (3rd)

NR

33

Bentley

East

Northeast-10

Kevin Curtin (2nd)

22

34

Colorado Mines

South Central

RMAC

Art Siemers (11th)

NR

35

American International

East

Northeast-10

Leo Mayo (7th)

NR

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