USTFCCCA: Haverford Breaks the Streak in DIII as The New Top-Ranked Team

Oct 17, 2012 by FloTrack Staff

Haverford Breaks the Streak in DIII as the New Nationally Top-Ranked Team

October 17, 2012

NEW ORLEANS – The streak has been broken. For the 24 previous voting weeks, the men’s team at North Central (Ill.) has been ranked No. 1 by the nation’s coaches in NCAA Division III cross country. Now, the top-ranked spot goes to the Haverford Fords according to the latest poll of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Calvin’s men slides up from No. 6 to No. 2 while North Central slips to No. 3 – their lowest spot on the poll since 2008.

Haverford spoiled North Central’s long-running No. 1 ranking in 2010 as they captured the NCAA title from the Cardinals. North Central came back to win the national crown last season.

In the women’s poll, MIT retains their top spot. In fact, the top five teams – No. 2 Johns Hopkins, No. 3 Williams, No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, and No. 5 Middlebury – held their ground from last week’s poll.

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The Fords of Haverford have competed mostly against Division I competition in the last few weeks and have earned five of eight first-place votes. Last weekend, the crew placed fourth among many DI schools at the Princeton Invitational. A couple weeks before, Haverford was placed in elite “Gold” division of the Paul Short Run and held their own.

No. 2 men’s team Calvin has three first-place votes and scored the largest victory of the past weekend, knocking off then-No. 1 North Central at the UW-Oshkosh Brooks Invitational. With senior Dan Kerr leading the way, the Knights, then ranked No. 6, scored 52 points to the Cardinals’ 58. The head-to-head victory for Calvin was enough for the voters to rank the Knights ahead of North Central.

This upcoming weekend will be light in Division III as teams gear up for conference championships that begin on October 27.

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2012 Week #6 -- October 17
next poll: October 31 (next week off)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	Haverford (5)	276	Mideast	Centennial	Tom Donnelly (38th)	2
2	Calvin (3)	274	Great Lakes	MIAA	Brian Diemer (27th)	6
3	North Central (Ill.)	264	Midwest	CCIW	Al Carius (47th)	1
4	Bates	254	New England	NESCAC	Al Fereshetian (18th)	4
5	SUNY Geneseo	251	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Mike Woods (21st)	5
6	UW-La Crosse	240	Midwest	WIAC	Derek Stanley (1st)	7
7	Tufts	232	New England	NESCAC	Ethan Barron (8th)	8
8	UW-Eau Claire	218	Midwest	WIAC	Dan Schwamberger (6th)	25
9	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	207	West	SCIAC	John Goldhammer (29th)	10
10	Washington (Mo.)	206	Midwest	UAA	Jeff Stiles (12th)	3
11	Bowdoin	202	New England	NESCAC	Peter Slovenski (27th)	11
12	NYU	200	Atlantic	UAA	Nick McDonough (15th)	17
13	Williams	178	New England	NESCAC	Peter Farwell (34th)	13
14	UW-Stevens Point	176	Midwest	WIAC	Rick Witt (34th)	15
15	SUNY Cortland	164	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Steve Patrick (5th)	12
16	Augustana (Ill.)	161	Midwest	CCIW	Paul Olsen (47th)	13
17	Middlebury	141	New England	NESCAC	Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)	17
18	Allegheny	139	Mideast	NCAC	Brent Wilkerson (3rd)	20
19	Carnegie Mellon	129	Mideast	UAA	Dario Donatelli (20th)	16
20	UW-Platteville	122	Midwest	WIAC	Tom Antczak (20th)	22
21	Dickinson	109	Mideast	Centennial	Don Nichter (23rd)	26
22	Rochester	106	Atlantic	UAA	John Izzo (13th)	21
22	Chicago	106	Midwest	UAA	Chris Hall (12th)	19
24	Central (Iowa)	92	Central	IIAC	Joe Dunham (5th)	30
25	Wheaton (Ill.)	83	Midwest	CCIW	Scott Bradley (11th)	9
26	Wabash	80	Great Lakes	NCAC	Roger Busch (7th)	23
27	Johns Hopkins	77	Mideast	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (14th)	24
28	St. Lawrence	70	Atlantic	Liberty League	John Newman (12th)	27
29	Pomona-Pitzer	66	West	SCIAC	Tony Boston (5th)	28
30	Amherst	52	New England	NESCAC	Ned Nedeau (16th)	30
31	UW-Oshkosh	39	Midwest	WIAC	Eamon McKenna (1st)	29
32	Case Western Reserve	35	Great Lakes	UAA	Kathy Lanese (12th)	32
33	St. Olaf	28	Central	MIAC	Phil Lundin (5th)	RV
34	UW-Stout	17	Midwest	WIAC	Matt Schauf (6th)	NR
35	Loras	14	Central	IIAC	Bob Schultz (8th)	33
Others Receiving Votes: Willamette 10, RPI 10, TCNJ 4, MIT 4, Saint John's (Minn.) 2, Wartburg 1, Ohio Northern 1.


Dropped Out: No. 33 Loras, No. 34 RPI, No. 35 Wartburg
( 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 Week #6 -- October 17
next poll: October 31 (next week off)

Rank	Institution (FPV)	Points	Region	Conference	*Head Coach (Yr)**	Last Week
1	MIT (5)	277	New England	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (6th)	1
2	Johns Hopkins (3)	275	Mideast	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (14th)	2
3	Williams	262	New England	NESCAC	Peter Farwell (13th)	3
4	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	257	West	SCIAC	John Goldhammer (29th)	4
5	Middlebury	249	New England	NESCAC	Nicole Wilkerson (2nd)	5
6	Calvin	239	Great Lakes	MIAA	Brian Diemer (7th)	8
7	St. Lawrence	230	Atlantic	Liberty League	Mike Howard (14th)	7
8	Chicago	221	Midwest	UAA	Chris Hall (12th)	15
9	Oberlin	219	Great Lakes	NCAC	Ray Appenheimer (7th)	14
10	UW-Eau Claire	210	Midwest	WIAC	Dan Schwamberger (6th)	10
11	Wartburg	201	Central	IIAC	Steve Johnson (24th)	11
12	SUNY Geneseo	188	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Mike Woods (21st)	9
13	St. Olaf	182	Central	MIAC	Chris Daymont (32nd)	12
14	Haverford	172	Mideast	Centennial	Fran Rizzo (22nd)	16
15	Dickinson	161	Mideast	Centennial	Don Nichter (23rd)	13
16	NYU	159	Atlantic	UAA	Nick McDonough (15th)	25
17	Tufts	154	New England	NESCAC	Kristen Morwick (13th)	17
18	Case Western Reserve	145	Great Lakes	UAA	Kathy Lanese (15th)	18
19	Luther	135	Central	IIAC	Yarrow Pasche (8th)	RV
19	Hope	135	Great Lakes	MIAA	Mark Northuis (25th)	20
21	Amherst	117	New England	NESCAC	Cassie Funke-Harris (1st)	21
22	Lewis & Clark	100	West	Northwest	Keith Woodard (6th)	22
23	Carleton	98	Central	MIAC	Donna Ricks (20th)	19
24	Illinois Wesleyan	90	Midwest	CCIW	Greg Huffaker (8th)	31
25	Trinity (Texas)	85	South/Southeast	SCAC	Derick Lawrence (1st)	23
26	Rowan	82	Atlantic	NJAC	Derick "Ringo" Adamson (6th)	24
27	Washington (Mo.)	80	Midwest	UAA	Jeff Stiles (12th)	6
28	Bates	60	New England	NESCAC	Jay Hartshorn (8th)	27
29	UW-Oshkosh	47	Midwest	WIAC	Drew Ludtke (1st)	NR
30	Kenyon	42	Great Lakes	NCAC	Duane Gomez (30th)	26
31	Rochester	40	Atlantic	UAA	Barbara Hartwig (24th)	31
32	Willamette	30	West	Northwest	Matt McGuirk (9th)	34
33	SUNY Plattsburgh	22	Atlantic	SUNYAC	Andrew Krug (1st)	RV
34	Ohio Northern	19	Great Lakes	OAC	Jason Maus (7th)	29
35	St. Thomas (Minn.)	17	Central	MIAC	Joe Sweeney (33rd)	33
Others Receiving Votes: Wellesley 16, Emory 7, Elizabethtown 5, SUNY Cortland 4, UW-La Crosse 4, St. Benedict 3, Vassar 1.


Dropped Out: No. 28 Wesleyan (Conn.), No. 30 Carnegie Mellon, No. 35 Emory
( year as head coach of that team in women's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)*