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Emory Men, Kenyon Women Back On Top In Final CSCAA Division III Poll

Courtesy: CSCAA

March 8, 2024 – Lewisburg, PA – The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released the final edition of the Division III Top 25 dual meet poll. The Emory men and Kenyon women have claimed the top positions in this season’s final poll.

The committee, consisting of Division III coaches, assesses and ranks the nation’s top 25 dual meet teams. Their evaluation takes into account head-to-head dual meet outcomes, performances since the last rankings, season-long performances, dual meet records, roster changes (such as injuries), and data from the SwimCloud Simulator. It’s important to note that the poll’s objective is not to predict the top finishers in a championship meet format.

On the men’s side, the Emory Eagles (468) climb back to the top of our dual-meet polls for the first time since the season debut. Kenyon (451) comes in at second while Williams (442) makes their ascent up eight spots into the top three. NYU (425) and Tufts (391) round out the top 5. Aside from Williams, teams making the most significant leaps include Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, up six spots to ninth, and Pomona-Pitzer jumps four spots to 12th. Hope (17), Bates (20), and Colby (24) make their way from outside of last month’s poll into the top 25. In all, 27 programs received votes.

The Kenyon (422) women grab the top spot from rival Denison (409) on the back of an impressive conference championship weekend. Williams (390) comes in at third, while Emory (374) and NYU (358) round out the top 5.  The final poll of the season saw four different teams receive first-place votes, the most all season. Swarthmore made the biggest leap from 16th to 13th. While Amherst
(19) was the only women’s program who did not appear last month. Twenty-Six teams received votes.

*While the committee takes conference championship results into account, the poll is meant to rank teams based on how they might perform in a dual-meet setting.

You can find a complete list of the rankings at: www.cscaa.org/top25

Each committee includes representatives from the four Division III Regions. The women and men committee chairs are Jake Taber (Hope) and Sean Tedesco (USMMA).

Women’s Poll Committee

Chris Brown, Scranton; Greg Brown, Gettysburg; Brad Burnham, Bowdoin; Jay Daniels, Puget Sound; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; Brad Dunn, Lynchburg; John Geissinger, Hamilton; Logan LaBerge, Kalamazoo; Rich Munson, Drew; Shannon O’Brien, RPI; Brooke Plotz, Carleton; Cathleen Pruden, Trinity (TX); Annie Ryder, Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Meg Sisson-French, MIT; Jake Taber, Hope (National Chair); Jason Weber, Chicago; Mark Yankovich, Widener.

Men’s Poll Committee

Justin Anderson, Mary Washington; Phil Baratela, RIT. Andy Brabson, Cal Tech; Peter Casares, Bates; Jennifer Cournoyer, Norwich; Keith Crawford, Rose-Hulman; Sam Davy, Swarthmore;  Paul Dotterweich, SUNY Geneseo; David Dow, TCNJ; Astrid Escobar, Berry; Dan Forsythe, Amherst; Jim Halliburton, Washington-St. Louis; Rob Harrington, Wooster; Sarah James, Southwestern; Connor Rumpit, NYU; Brent Summers, Willamette; Sean Tedesco, USMMA (National Chair); Jason Weber, Chicago; Seth Weidmann, Carthage.

Division III Men

Rk Prv Team Points
1 2 Emory 468
2 1 Kenyon 451
3 11 Williams 442
4 7 NYU 425
5 4 Tufts 391
6 3 Chicago 388
7 10 MIT 361
8 6 Carnegie Mellon 342
9 15 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 323
10 5 Denison 304
11 7 Calvin 282
12 16 Pomona-Pitzer 263
13 12 TCNJ 253
14 14 WashU 228
15 9 Johns Hopkins 209
16 13 Case Western Reserve 190
17 NR Hope 171
18 19 RIT 147
19 17 Amherst 132
20 NR Bates 109
21 21 Swarthmore 101
22 25 Merchant Marine Academy 72
23 20 SUNY Geneseo 58
24 24 Colby 30
25 NR Washington & Lee 28
Also Receiving Votes:
Rowan (9) Trinity TX (1)

Division III Women

Rk Prv Team Points
1 3 Kenyon 422
2 1 Denison 409
3 4 Williams 390
4 2 Emory 374
5 6 NYU 358
6 5 MIT 342
7 7 Chicago 316
8 9 Tufts 300
9 10 Pomona-Pitzer 299
10 8 Johns Hopkins 268
11 12 Hope 248
12 11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 236
13 16 Swarthmore 229
14 13 Case Western Reserve 203
15 14 WashU 182
16 15 Calvin 151
17 17 Carnegie Mellon 149
18 18 Trinity U 146
19 NR Amherst 131
20 20 Gettysburg 102
21 19 Middlebury 89
22 22 SUNY Geneseo 56
23 21 Bates 48
24 25 UW-Eau Claire 36
25 24 Rhodes 33
Also Receiving Votes:
Franklin (8)

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