The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released its Division III Swimming & Diving Top 25 Poll today. Kenyon men and women are both are number one heading into the Thanksgiving holiday.
Kenyon men tallied eight of the possible 15 first place votes and 362 total points, pushing them up one spot to first. Johns Hopkins took home the remaining 7 top votes, moving them into second with 362 points. Emory is third (345). Denison slides out of first to fourth (341) and Chicago (316) retains their position at fifth on the men’s side. In all, 30 men’s teams received votes.
The top three spots from the women’s preseason poll go unchanged. Kenyon earned 372 points and collected 12 number one votes. Emory owns the remaining three votes for first and is second with 358 points. Eight points behind Emory is Denison (350). Johns Hopkins (323) is up three positions to fourth and NYU slides down one to round out the top five at 317 points. Thirty-two women’s teams received votes.
You can find a complete list of the rankings at: www.cscaa.org/top25
The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and select media. The committee ranks the top 25 teams in the nation based on dual meet strength.
The men’s committee chair is Sean Tedesco (USMMA). Regional chairs include: Brad Bowser (Rowan, Northeast South), Paul Bennett (WPI, Northeast North), Brent Summers (Willamette, Midwest South) and Keith Crawford (Rose Hulman, Central).
The women’s committee chair is Jake Taber (Hope). Regional chairs include: Ben Delia (Franklin & Marshall, Northeast South), Brad Burnham (Bowdoin, Northeast North), Jon Duncan (Southwestern, Midwest South) and Justin Zook (St. Kates, Central).
The remaining polls are scheduled for release on December 9, January 19, and February 9 and March 4. These dates are subject to change.
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| Division III Women Rk Prv Team Points 1 1 Kenyon 372 2 2 Emory 358 3 3 Denison 350 4 7 Johns Hopkins 323 5 4 NYU 317 6 6 Williams 296 7 5 Chicago 287 8 13 Pomona-Pitzer 270 9 8 MIT 261 10 9 Tufts 239 11 18 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 207 12 14 Saint Kate’s 194 13 11 WashU 193 14 12 Amherst 179 15 10 Carnegie Mellon 178 16 16 Swarthmore 156 17 NR Case Western Reserve 140 18 NR Wheaton (MA) 112 19 21 Bates 102 20 17 Hope 86 21 NR Trinity (TX) 73 22 24 Calvin 58 23 20 Washington & Lee 35 24 NR Albion 23 25 25 Bowdoin 17 Also Receiving Votes Gettysburg (14), Rowan (11), Mary Washington (9) Coast Guard (6), Gustavus (5), Saint Olaf (3), Westminster (1) |
Men’s Regional Rankings
Central: 1. Kenyon 2. Denison 3. Chicago 4. Case Western 5. Calvin 6. Hope 7. UW-Eau Claire 8. John Carroll 9. Rose-Hulman 10. UW-Stevens Point
Northeast-North: 1.New York University 2 MIT 3. Williams 4. Tufts 5. Amherst 6. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 7. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 8. Bates 9.WPI 10. Colby
Northeast-South: 1. Carnegie Mellon 2. Franklin & Marshall 3. Swarthmore 4. TCNJ 5. SUNY-Geneseo 6. Rowan 7. RIT 8. Gettysburg 9. Ithaca 10.Rochester
West Midwest: 1. Johns Hopkins 2. Emory 3. Washington University 4. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 5. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 6. California Institute of Techonology 7. Trinity University (TX) 8. Roanoke 9. California Lutheran 10. Birmingham Southern
Women’s Regional Rankings
Central: 1. Kenyon 2. Denison 3. Chicago 4. Saint Catherine 5. Case Western 6. Hope 7. Calvin 8. Albion 9. DePauw 10. UW-Eau Clair
Northeast-North: 1.New York University 2. Williams 3. MIT 4. Tufts 5. Amherst 6. Wheaton College 7. Bates 8. Bowdoin 9. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 10. Springfield
Northeast-South: 1. Carnegie Mellon 2. Swarthmore 3. Gettysburg 4. Franklin & Marshall 5. SUNY-Geneseo 6. RIT 7. TCNJ 8. Rowan 9. Ursinus 10. Drew
West Midwest: 1. Emory 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 4. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5. Washington University 6. Trinity University (TX) 7. Washington & Lee 8. Mary Washington 9. UC-Santa Cruz 10. Rhodes
Men’s Poll Committee
Justin Anderson, Mary Washington; Erica Belcher, NYU; Paul Bennett, WPI; Brad Bowser, Rowan; Peter Casares, Bates; Jennifer Cournoyer, Norwich; Keith Crawford, Rose Hulman; Paul Dotterweich, SUNY Geneseo; David Dow, TCNJ; Rob Harrington, Wooster; Gwynn Harrison, Bridgewater; Sarah James, Southwestern; Michael Kroll, Buffalo State; Pat Smith, Westminster; Brent Summers, Willamette; Sean Tedesco, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Jason Weber, Chicago; Seth Weidmann, Carthage; Braden Keith, SwimSwam; David Rieder, Swimming World.
Women’s Poll Committee
Greg Brown, Gettysburg; Brad Burnham, Bowdoin; Jay Daniels, Kalamazoo; Ben Delia, Franklin & Marshall; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; Paul Flinchbauch, Berry; John Geissinger, Hamilton; Katie McArdle, Dickinson; Chris Mhyre, Puget Sound; Shannon O’Brien, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Anne Ryder, Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Meg Sisson French, MIT; Jake Taber, Hope; Mike Tubb, Susquehanna; Jason Weber, Chicago; Toby Wilcox, Birmingham Southern; Justin Zook, St. Kate’s; Braden Keith, SwimSwam; David Rieder, Swimming World.
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