Courtesy: CSCAA
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released its Division III Swimming & Diving Top 25 Poll today. Emory University takes first on the men side while Kenyon College remains the top women’s team.
Emory men tallied ten of the possible 15 first-place votes and 367 total points, moving them into first. Denison (360 points) takes the 5 remaining top votes and climbs two positions to second. Johns Hopkins (342) is third. Kenyon (341) moves to fourth after holding first last month. Chicago (312) retains their position at fifth on the men’s side. In all, thirty-one men’s teams received votes.
The women’s top five rankings remain unchanged from the November poll. Kenyon earned 372 points and collected 12 top votes. Emory owns the remaining first-place votes and is second with 360 points. Denison (348), Johns Hopkins (326) and NYU (318) are third, fourth and fifth, respectively. Twenty-eight women’s teams received votes.
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 January 19, and February 9 and March 4.
Division III Men
| Rk | Prv | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Emory | 367 |
| 2 | 4 | Denison | 360 |
| 2 | 2 | Johns Hopkins | 342 |
| 4 | 1 | Kenyon | 341 |
| 5 | 5 | Chicago | 312 |
| 6 | 10 | MIT | 299 |
| 7 | 6 | WashU | 278 |
| 8 | 7 | NYU | 276 |
| 9 | 8 | Carnegie Mellon | 254 |
| 10 | 12 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 246 |
| 11 | 17 | Tufts | 222 |
| 12 | 16 | Calvin | 194 |
| 13 | 19 | TCNJ | 192 |
| 14 | 9 | Pomona-Pitzer | 179 |
| 15 | 11 | Franklin & Marshall | 165 |
| 16 | 14 | Case Western Reserve | 162 |
| 17 | 20 | Hope | 111 |
| 18 | 25 | Trinity (TX) | 99 |
| 19 | 23 | Rowan | 92 |
| 20 | NR | UW-Eau Claire | 86 |
| 21 | 21 | Caltech | 75 |
| 22 | NR | UW-Stevens Point | 63 |
| 23 | NR | Bowdoin | 61 |
| 24 | 13 | Williams | 40 |
| 25 | NR | Birmingham Southern | 27 |
Also Receiving Votes
SUNY Geneseo (16), Colby (8), Amherst (4), Bates (2), Swarthmore (1), Rose-Hulman (1)
Division III Women
| Rk | Prv | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kenyon | 372 |
| 2 | 2 | Emory | 360 |
| 3 | 3 | Denison | 348 |
| 4 | 4 | Johns Hopkins | 326 |
| 5 | 5 | NYU | 318 |
| 6 | 10 | Tufts | 293 |
| 7 | 8 | Pomona-Pitzer | 277 |
| 8 | 9 | MIT | 271 |
| 9 | 7 | Chicago | 268 |
| 10 | 11 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 223 |
| 11 | 19 | Bates | 217 |
| 12 | 13 | WashU | 204 |
| 13 | 6 | Williams | 201 |
| 14 | 15 | Carnegie Mellon | 192 |
| 15 | 12 | Saint Kate’s | 166 |
| 16 | 21 | Trinity (TX) | 143 |
| 17 | 18 | Wheaton (MA) | 122 |
| 18 | 20 | Hope | 120 |
| 19 | 17 | Case Western Reserve | 109 |
| 20 | 16 | Swarthmore | 84 |
| 21 | 23 | Washington & Lee | 76 |
| 22 | 25 | Bowdoin | 68 |
| 23 | 14 | Amherst | 45 |
| 24 | NR | Mary Washington | 33 |
| 25 | 24 | Albion | 19 |
Also Receiving Votes
Gettysburg (9), DePauw (6), SUNY Geneseo (5)
Men’s Regional Rankings:
Central: 1. Denison 2. Kenyon 3. Chicago 4. Calvin 5. Case Western 6. Hope 7. UW-Eau Claire 8. UW-Stevens Point 9. Rose-Hulman 10. John Carroll
Northeast-North: 1. MIT 2. New York University 3. Tufts 4. Bowdoin 5. Williams 6. Colby 7. Amherst 8. Bates 9. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 10. RPI
Northeast-South: 1. Carnegie Mellon 2. TCNJ 3. Franklin & Marshall 4. Rowan 5. SUNY-Geneseo 6. Swarthmore 7. RIT 8. Ithaca 9. Gettysburg 10.Rochester
West Midwest: 1. Emory 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Washington University (MA) 4. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 6. Trinity University (TX) 7. California Institute of Technology 8. Birmingham Southern 9. California Lutheran 10. UC-Santa Cruz
Women’s Regional Rankings:
Central: 1. Kenyon 2. Denison 3. Chicago 4. Saint Catherine 5. Hope 6. Case Western 7. Albion 8. DePauw 9. Calvin 10. UW-Eau Clair
Northeast-North: 1.New York University 2. Tufts 3. MIT 4. Bates 5. Williams 6. Wheaton College (MA) 7. Bowdoin 8. Amherst 9. Colby 10. Springfield
Northeast-South: 1. Carnegie Mellon 2. Swarthmore 3. Gettysburg 4. SUNY-Geneseo 5. Franklin & Marshall 6. Ursinus 7. TCNJ 8. Ithaca 9. Rochester 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. Birmingham Southern
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.
About The CSCAA
Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the first 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.
Blugolds over Point hehhehheh
I took an hour to take a rough look at the the DIII database as of yesterday (December 9th):
Blocking into A, B, and C finals (I put C so that SwimSwam fans can see that there are lots of opportunities to move up):
Kenyon has 12 A, 12 B, and 13 C.
This is 17 swimmers for Kenyon. Notably Fitch has 4 A’s (so scratch down one A), Fitzgerald has 2 A’s and 2 B’s (so scratch down one B) and Hargrove has 1 A and 3 C’s (so scratch down 1 C).
Denison has 18 A, 10 B, and 10 C.
This is 17 swimmers for Denison. Picozzi has 4 A’s, and Kurlich has 3 A’s… Read more »
While this is an interesting stat I have a hard time seeing the relevance when so many D3 teams don’t do a midseason taper meet like these four teams.
I invite you to take a good, in depth, look at the database. These are the top 4 teams and (barring illness or a rash of injuries) no one else is going to come close to them.
NYU, Wash U, Chicago, MIT … they all put up great times at the end of November and the beginning of December.
I’m not saying that Williams won’t put swimmers in finals, they almost certainly will. I’ve roughed out the database so that people can see what the top four teams look like compared to each other at this point in the season.
This is for the men’s meet.
The next tier for men is Wash U, NYU, Chicago, MIT, and perhaps Williams. Williams hasn’t really raced yet this season (you all know that), and with the pandemic and missed seasons we don’t have any info yet.
Wash U 7 A, 7 B, 4 C
NYU 6 A, 2 B, 8 C
Chicago. 5 A, 1 B, 7 C
MIT 3 A, 3 B, 8 C
I invite someone to rough out the women’s meet. I think there is a lot of separation between the top 3 and everyone else.
Women’s is Kenyon v Denison v Emory. Haven’t done the math but that much is clear. Though I will say Tufts is a dark horse to totally make top 3. Their times after training for ****only a month*** were crazy good
Awesome research! 100% those are the clear top 4 barring a huge surprise. Emory having 30 swimmers in there is crazy but not even helpful lol. But that level of depth is still valuable because some of those guys could surprise at conference in feb and they’ll have pick of the litter. I think it’s JHU vs Emory, with Emory as the narrow favorite.
Stop wasting time doing all this, you still haven’t attacked in the Clan War
emory for the win
These polls are silly… Williams at 24th?? Bah! They just don’t taper until February along w basically all Nescac teams.
but I appreciate any d3 coverage we can find. Many records could be broken this year and it’ll be a great team race. I’m so glad D3 isn’t just Kenyon winning every year anymore. Much to be excited about and I’m happy for all these swimmers to have the big meet this year after such a long hiatus (KNOCK ON WOOD)
I think JHU can win the men’s meet. But the 4-way battle is looking really good. (Disclaimer: I know nothing about diving)
Why would you think this? Hopkins hasn’t gotten top 3 in over a decade and in 2019 they were over 100 points away from 3rd, nevertheless 1st. Kenyon, Denison, and Emory have established a top 3 that is very hard to even break into to. And you’re saying Hopkins is going to win? I don’t see it.
To me, JHU doesn’t looks strong as Denison and Emory on the relays. But where JHU looks really strong is swimmers 7 through 12 on their roster.
Kenyon’s first 6 is something like Fitch, Brooks, Dobric, Kosian, Pruett, Fitzgerald, maybe Weekes.
Denison’s first 6 is something like Ike, Picozzi, Verstandig, Kurlich, Housekeeper, maybe Gately, Daly, or Landis. Relays are great.
Emory’s first 6 is something like Goudie, Lafave, Soh, Pema, Hamilton, Meyer. Relays are great.
Hopkins’ first 6 is something like Chen, Davenport, Rua, Vitek, Wu, Corbitt. That leaves swimmers like Roddy (4:25.2/15:16), Wachenfeld (1:45.9 2BK, 1:50.3 2IM), Limberg (55.0/1:59.9 BR), Ji (2:00.8 2BR, 3:55.5 4IM), Castagno (2:00.5 2BR, 3:57.4 4IM), Stride (1:59.2 2 BR), Surprenant, Hughes, and Seymour… Read more »
Why do you know so much about D3 swimming?
Why? I’m interested in swimming, but I am particularly interested in DIII men’s, ACC men’s and women’s, and Olympic men’s and women’s swimming.
I have some proficiency with slicing and dicing the database, and I am interested enough in DIII to take the time to look at the database.
I think this because I have looked realllly closely at the data from this fall, and JHU has an incredible team, better and deeper than Kenyon and Denison, though maybe not Emory. JHU could conceivably land 4-6 guys in the A final of the 200 breast.
Breaking the database down a little farther:
Hopkins has 20 swims in the top 8 at this point in the season. Six swimmers have 12 swims in the top 4 (Roddy, Wachenfeld, Chen, Wu, Vitek and Rua.) Rua has 2 swims 5-8, and Corbitt, Stride, Limberg, Davenport, Seymour and Ji have 1 apiece.
Compare with Kenyon: 12 swims in the top 8.
3 swimmers (Fitch, Kosian, and Fitzgerald) with 7 swims in the top 4, but four of them are Fitch, so effectively 6 for the team. Fitzgerald, Dobric, Pruett and Tong combine for 6 swims 5-8.
Things move around a lot, but I think that the swimmers ranked in the top four so far are much… Read more »
We do not care
Looks like the meets will both be very competitive come March! Excited to follow the meet.