USTFCCCA ::: DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Week #3

Sep 25, 2012 by FloTrack Staff

DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings: 2012 Week #3

September 25, 2012

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week three regional rankings for the 2012 NCAA Division III season on Tuesday. New to the No. 1 ranks this week is Emory’s men in the South/Southeast region and Williams’ women in the New England region.

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

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

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

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Week #3 -- September 25
national poll release: September 26
next regional release: October 2

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


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


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


MIDEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	1
2	Allegheny	Meadville, Pa.	NCAC	2
3	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	3
4	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	5
5	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	4
6	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	6
7	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, Pa.	Centennial	8
8	DeSales	Center Valley, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	7
9	Widener	Chester, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	NR
10	York (Pa.)	York, Pa.	CAC	NR


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


NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Bates	Lewiston, Maine	NESCAC	1
2	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	4
3	Tufts	Medford, Mass.	NESCAC	2
4	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	3
5	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	6
6	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	5
7	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	7
8	Wesleyan (Conn.)	Middletown, Conn.	NESCAC	9
9	Springfield (Mass.)	Springfield, Mass.	NEWMAC	8
10	Connecticut College	New London, Conn.	NESCAC	NR


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


WEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	1
2	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	2
3	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	3
4	Whitworth	Spokane, Wash.	Northwest	4
5	Puget Sound	Tacoma, Wash.	Northwest	5
6	Whittier	Whittier, Calif.	SCIAC	6
7	La Verne	La Verne, Calif.	SCIAC	7
8	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, Calif.	Independent	8
9	George Fox	Newberg, Ore.	Northwest	9
10	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colo.	SCAC	10

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Week #3 -- September 25
national poll release: September 26
next regional release: October 2

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	1
2	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	2
3	Rochester	Rochester, N.Y.	UAA	3
4	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	5
5	Rowan	Glassboro, N.J.	NJAC	4
6	Plattsburgh State	Plattsburgh, N.Y.	SUNYAC	6
7	TCNJ	Ewing, N.J.	NJAC	7
8	Ithaca	Ithaca, N.Y.	Empire 8	8
9	Vassar	Poughkeepsie, N.Y.	Liberty League	9
10	SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta, N.Y.	SUNYAC	10


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


GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	2
3	Hope	Holland, Mich.	MIAA	3
4	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	NCAC	6
5	Ohio Northern	Ada, Ohio	OAC	4
6	John Carroll	University Heights, Ohio	OAC	5
7	Alma	Alma, Mich.	MIAA	7
8	DePauw	Greencastle, Ind.	NCAC	8
9	Kenyon	Gambier, Ohio	NCAC	9
10	Albion	Albion, Mich.	MIAA	NR


MIDEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	1
2	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	2
3	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	3
4	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	5
5	Gettysburg	Gettysburg, Pa.	Centennial	4
6	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	Middle Atlantic	6
7	Muhlenberg	Allentown, Pa.	Centennial	8
8	Allegheny	Meadville, Pa.	NCAC	9
9	Grove City	Grove City, Pa.	PAC	7
9	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, Pa.	Centennial	NR


MIDWEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
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	4
5	UW-La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	5
6	UW-Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	7
7	Augustana (Ill.)	Rock Island, Ill.	CCIW	6
8	Carthage	Kenosha, Wis.	CCIW	10
9	Wheaton (Ill.)	Wheaton, Ill.	CCIW	NR
10	Monmouth (Ill.)	Monmouth, Ill.	Midwest	NR


NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	3
2	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	1
3	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	2
4	Tufts	Medford, Mass.	NESCAC	5
5	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	4
6	Bates	Lewiston, Maine	NESCAC	7
7	Wesleyan (Conn.)	Middletown, Conn.	NESCAC	NR
8	Wellesley	Wellesley, Mass.	NEWMAC	6
9	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	8
10	Colby	Waterville, Maine	NESCAC	9


SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	1
2	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SAA	2
3	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	3
4	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SAA	4
5	Christopher Newport	Newport News, Va.	USA South	5
6	Washington and Lee	Lexington, Va.	ODAC	6
7	Bridgewater (Va.)	Bridgewater, Va.	ODAC	7
8	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	8
9	Eastern Mennonite	Harrisonburg, Va.	ODAC	9
10	Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Va.	ODAC	10


WEST Region
Rank	Institution	Location	Conference	Last Week
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	1
2	Lewis & Clark	Portland, Ore.	Northwest	2
3	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	3
4	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	4
5	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.	Northwest	5
6	Whitman	Walla Walla, Wash.	Northwest	6
7	Occidental	Los Angeles, Calif.	SCIAC	7
8	Whitworth	Spokane, Wash.	Northwest	8
9	UC Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, Calif.	Independent	9
10	George Fox	Newberg, Ore.	Northwest	10