Denison Men and Kenyon Women Top Fourth Division III Swimming & Diving Poll
January 29, 2019 - The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) have released their third TYR Top 25 Dual Meet Swimming and Diving Poll of the 2018-19 season. The Denison men and Kenyon women claimed the number one spot.
On the women's side Kenyon moved up after two polls ahead of Denison and Emory. Emory, Denison, Williams, and Johns Hopkins complete the top 5. On the men's side Kenyon, Emory, Johns Hopkins, and MIT complete the top five. In total, twenty-nine men's and thirty women's teams earned votes.
The poll aims to measure the top teams in head-to-head competition.
The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and the next polls are scheduled for release on February 27th.
Division III Women
| Rank | Prev | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Kenyon | 398 |
| 2 | 3 | Emory | 373 |
| 3 | 1 | Denison | 372 |
| 4 | 6 | Williams | 354 |
| 5 | 5 | Johns Hopkins | 341 |
| 6 | 4 | NYU | 317 |
| 7 | 7 | MIT | 296 |
| 8 | 9 | Chicago | 289 |
| 9 | 8 | WashU | 280 |
| 10 | 17 | Amherst | 244 |
| 11 | 13 | SUNY Geneseo | 230 |
| 12 | 10 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 202 |
| 13 | 15 | Carnegie Mellon | 191 |
| 14 | 11 | Tufts | 177 |
| 15 | 20 | Saint Catherine's | 165 |
| 16 | 12 | Pomona-Pitzer | 159 |
| 17 | 21 | Rowan | 152 |
| 18 | 23 | Bowdoin | 124 |
| 19 | 14 | Washington & Lee | 115 |
| 20 | 16 | Case Western Reserve | 100 |
| 21 | 18 | Ursinus | 84 |
| 22 | 25 | Bates | 68 |
| 23 | 24 | Saint Thomas | 56 |
| 24 | NR | Conn College | 43 |
| 25 | NR | Hope | 34 |
Also Receiving Votes:
RIT (28), Birmingham Southern (5), Albion/Coast Guard/Trinity (TX) (1)Division III Men
| Rank | Prev | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Denison | 298 |
| 2 | 2 | Kenyon | 284 |
| 3 | 3 | Emory | 280 |
| 4 | 4 | Johns Hopkins | 260 |
| 5 | 6 | MIT | 250 |
| 6 | 5 | WashU | 246 |
| 7 | 7 | Chicago | 227 |
| 8 | 8 | Carnegie Mellon | 193 |
| 8 | 10 | Pomona-Pitzer | 193 |
| 10 | 9 | NYU | 180 |
| 11 | 14 | Amherst | 173 |
| 12 | 11 | Calvin | 163 |
| 13 | 12 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 160 |
| 14 | 24 | Swarthmore | 137 |
| 14 | 13 | Rowan | 137 |
| 16 | 16 | Coast Guard | 121 |
| 17 | 18 | WPI | 96 |
| 18 | 15 | UW-Stevens Point | 93 |
| 19 | 19 | Williams | 88 |
| 20 | 22 | Tufts | 80 |
| 21 | 17 | Case Western Reserve | 63 |
| 22 | 23 | Trinity (TX) | 62 |
| 23 | 21 | Birmingham Southern | 49 |
| 24 | 20 | Stevens | 27 |
| 25 | NR | Albion | 14 |
Also Receiving Votes:
Gettysburg (11), UW-La Crosse (7), RPI (6), Wabash (2)Regional Rankings
Women
Central
| 1 | Kenyon |
| 2 | Denison |
| 3 | Chicago |
| 4 | Saint Catherine |
| 5 | Case Western |
| 6 | Saint Thomas |
| 7 | Hope |
| 8 | Albion |
| 9 | Franklin |
| 10 | Calvin |
Northeast North
| 1 | Williams |
| 2 | NYU |
| 3 | MIT |
| 4 | Amherst |
| 5 | Tufts |
| 6 | Bowdoin |
| 7 | Bates |
| 8 | Connecticut College |
| 9 | U.S. Coast Guard Academy |
| 10 | RPI |
Northeast South
| 1 | SUNY Geneseo |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon |
| 3 | Rowan |
| 4 | Ursinus |
| 5 | RIT |
| 6 | Swarthmore |
| 7 | Gettysburg |
| 8 | Rochester |
| 9 | Allegheny |
| 10 | Ithaca |
West-Midwest-South
| 1 | Emory | ||
| 2 | Johns Hopkins | ||
| 3 | Washington University (Mo) | ||
| 4 |
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| 5 | Pomona Pitzer Colleges | ||
| 6 | Washington and Lee | ||
| 7 | Birmingham Southern | ||
| 8 | Trinity University (TX) | ||
| 9 | Mary Washington | ||
| 10 | Rhodes |
Men
Central
| 1 | Denison |
| 2 | Kenyon |
| 3 | Chicago |
| 4 | Calvin |
| 5 | UW-Stevens Point |
| 6 | Case Western |
| 7 | Albion |
| 8 | UW-La Crosse |
| 9 | John Carroll |
| 10 | Carthage |
Northeast North
| 1 | MIT |
| 2 | NYU |
| 3 | Amherst |
| 4 | US Coast Guard Academy |
| 5 | WPI |
| 6 | Williams |
| 7 | Tufts |
| 8 | RPI |
| 9 | Roger Williams |
| 10 | Bowdoin |
Northeast South
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon |
| 2 | Swarthmore |
| 3 | Rowan |
| 4 | Stevens |
| 5 | Gettysburg |
| 6 | TCNJ |
| 7 | Ursinus |
| 8 | Franklin & Marshall |
| 9 | SUNY-Geneseo |
| 10 | Nazareth |
West-Midwest-South
| 1 | Emory |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins |
| 3 | Washington University (Mo) |
| 4 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
| 5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| 6 | Trinity University (TX) |
| 7 | Birmingham Southern |
| 8 | Mary Washington |
| 9 | Whitworth |
| 10 | Washington and Lee |
Women's Poll Committee
Jake Taber, Hope (Chair); Dean Brownley, Centre; Jay Daniels, Kalmazoo; Beth DeLaRosby, Carthage; Ben Delia, Franklin & Marshall; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; Dani Korman, MIT; Meg French, Pomona-Pitzer; Brad Burnham, Bowdoin; Jay Daniels, Kalmazoo; Kyle Garase, Hope; Shannon O'Brien, Rensselaer Poly Tech; Bob Rueppel, Middlebury; Paul Waas, Catholic; Jason Weber Chicago; Scott Whitbeck, Nazareth, St. Kate's
Men's Poll Committee
Sean Tedesco, USMMA (Chair); Justin Anderson, Mary Washington; Paul Bennett, WPI; Brad Bowser, Rowan; Peter Casares, Bates; Karin Colby, Swarthmore; Keith Crawford, Rose-Hulman; David Dow, TCNJ; Matt Emmert, Roger Williams; Mark Fino, John Carrol; Jean-Paul Gowdy, Pomona-Pitzer; Kyle Kimball, Linfield; Nate Parsley, Arcadia; Juliet Suess, CMS; Jason Weber, Chicago .
About the CSCAA
Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the oldest organization of college coaches in America -is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming & diving at the collegiate level.
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