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It is officially invite season, but a majority of the best teams in Division III swimming will be taking this coming weekend off as they instead race after Thanksgiving. The new CSCAA Division III poll also came out on Wednesday and all the teams are receiving fresh new rankings with Emory women and Denison men sitting at the top.
There was not a lot of moving around in the new CSCAA poll as the biggest jump came from the Carnegie Mellon women from 14 to 8 and the Pomona Pitzer men from 20 to 10. Carthage also had a big jump going from 22 to 14 in the poll.
Only two of the teams currently ranked in the top ten will be swimming in invitationals this weekend. (#3/2) Kenyon will be staying in-state with the Ohio State Invite in Columbus where they will be the only Division III team in attendance alongside NC State, Notre Dame and Ohio State among others. The majority of Division III will be keeping their eyes peeled at what happens in Columbus. Kenyon is coming off a split with Denison, where the women came away with a win.
(#8/7) Chicago is the only other top ten team in an invite this weekend as they are hosting the Phoenix Fall Classic. They are favored to win ahead of NAIA Olive Nazarene, Division II William Jewell and Division III Wheaton.
Most of the other top ten teams will be having their invites after Thanksgiving. (#1/6) Denison and (#2/1) Emory will be at the Miami Invitational in Oxford starting November 30. (#4/8) MIT will be hosting their invitational December 1 where (#6/5) NYU will be making an appearance.
NYU will be hosting a duel this weekend against (#5/4) Johns Hopkins as one of the few duels going on this weekend.
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WashU will also be at Miami Invitational