Kenyon Women, Denison Men Retain Top Spots in NCAA Division III Poll

PHOENIX, Arizona, December 12. IN the latest CollegeSwimming.com/College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division III Dual Meet Poll, no changes occurred. However, there was a tightening of the ranks throughout the top 25.

Kenyon College, winners of 21 NCAA titles and undefeated against Division III programs retained their lead in the women's poll, picking up 22 of the 24 first-place votes cast. Emory University, winners of two of the past three national championships, ranked second following an impressive weekend at the Miami Invitational. Denison, Amherst and Williams rounded out a top five that was unchanged from the previous poll.

For the men, Denison University retained the top spot, but saw its lead erode, claiming half of the 28 first place votes. Gaining ground were Kenyon College and Johns Hopkins University, which both enjoyed successful weekends at the Kenyon Invitational. The Lords, picked up eight first-place votes to finish eight points behind the Big Red. Johns Hopkins, with six first-place votes moved up a spot to displace Emory University for third. Emory retained the fourth spot just ahead of Williams College.

The Amherst men, following their 193-98 win over 22nd ranked Middlebury made the biggest move of the poll. They jumped up seven spots to 17th. The UW-Stevens Point, powered by sprinter Chase Gross moved up six spots to 13th. On the women's side, Calvin cracked the top ten, up three spots from the previous poll.

The CollegeSwimming.com/CSCAA Division III Dual Meet Poll is voted on by members of the Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America and released four times throughout the season – November 21 (pre-invitational, December 12 (post-invitational), February 6 (pre-conference) and March 6 (post-conference).

Special thanks to CollegeSwimming.com for contributing this report.

Full text of CollegeSwimming.com article.

Women
1 Kenyon 598.00
2 Emory 562.00
3 Denison 551.00
4 Amherst 490.00
5 Williams 443.00
6 Middlebury College 419.00
7 Johns Hopkins 404.00
8 Wheaton (IL) 376.00
9 Washington University 370.00
10 Calvin College 355.00
11 Hope 322.00
12 C-M-S 254.00
13 Carnegie Mellon 246.00
14 De Pauw 226.00
15 Mary Washington 217.00
16 Washington & Jefferson 182.00
17 UW-Stevens Point 177.00
18 New York University 156.00
19 UW-La Crosse 133.00
20 M. I. T. 127.00
21 UC Santa Cruz 97.00
22 Colby College 71.00
23 Carthage 66.00
24 Gustavus Adolphus 62.00
25 SUNY-New Paltz 49.00

Men
1 Denison 680
2 Kenyon 672
3 Johns Hopkins 638
4 Emory 605
5 Williams 527
6 Washington University 517
7 St. Olaf 468
8 Washington & Lee 433
9 De Pauw 413
10 Carthage 343
11 Gustavus Adolphus 327
12 Kalamazoo 319
13 UW-Stevens Point 282
14 Carnegie Mellon 271
15 M. I. T. 270
16 New York University 264
17 Amherst 229
18 Wabash College 221
19 Grove City 173
20 The College of New Jersey 156
21 UC Santa Cruz 155
22 Middlebury College 145
23 Hope 143
24 Chicago 107
25 Wheaton (IL) 61

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