From: Jeff Febus (jfebus@calvin.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 22:27:10 EST
January 13,
2003
Calvin 15th in Latest NACDA Director's Cup Standings
Calvin College is in 15th place in the latest set of NACDA (National
Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) Director's Cup Division III
standings with 165 points. The latest standings reflect the final totals of the
recently completed fall sports season. The NACDA Director's Cup is based on
points earned by teams that compete in NCAA Championship events and is presented
annually by the National Association of Collegiate Director’s of Athletics
(NACDA) to the best overall collegiate athletics program in the country. The
NACDA Director's Cup race is held at the NCAA I, II and III levels and also for
NAIA institutions.
Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in NCAA III
Championship competition in up to 18 sports -- nine for men and nine for women.
Each national champion receives 100 points with a national runner-up finish
worth 90 points. Third place is worth 80 points and fourth place finishes count
for 75 points with a sliding point scale continuing on down by order of finish.
Williams of Massachusetts, a six-time champion, leads the standings with 376
points while Trinity (TX) is second with 339 points.
These are the final fall standings and include the sports of men’s and
women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer
and women’s volleyball. This past fall, the Calvin men’s cross country team
earned its second straight national runner-up berth, earning Calvin 90 points.
The Calvin women’s cross country team finished fifth at the recent NCAA III
Championships to earn 75 points.
Last year, Calvin finished 11th in the final Sears Director’s Cup standings
with 490 points – its fourth-highest finish ever.
This is the eighth year for the Sears Director's Cup chase at the NCAA III
level. Calvin finished 9th during the 2000-2001 season with 474 points; 6th
during the 1999-2000 season with 561 points; 7th during the 1998-99 season with
350 points; 25th during the 1997-98 season with 200 points; 22nd for the 1996-97
season with 321.5 points and 11th during the 1995-96 campaign with 425 points.
Since the Sears Director’s Cup was initiated at the NCAA Division III level
for the 1995-96 academic year, Calvin is one of only ten schools to finish in
the top-25 all seven previous years. Joining Calvin in the group are Williams,
College of New Jersey, Amherst (MA), Middlebury (VT), Ithaca (NY),
Wisconsin-LaCrosse, SUNY-Cortland, Emory (Ga.) and Rowan (N.J.).
Fall NCAA III Sears Director's Cup top-25 standings
1. Williams (MA), 376
2. Trinity (TX) 339
3. Messiah, (PA) 280
4. College of New Jersey 267
5. Wartburg (IA) 262
6. Rowan (NJ) 228
7. Nebraska Wesleyan 222
8. Puget Sound (WA) 203
9. Wheaton (IL) 199
10. Emory (GA) 180
11. Wittenberg (OH) 179
12. Washington (MO) 170
13. Wisconsin-LaCrosse 169
14. Keene State (N.H.) 168
15. Calvin 165
16. Ohio Wesleyan 164
16. Wisconsin-Whitewater 164
18. Cortland State (NY) 160
19. Ithaca (NY) 159
20. Salisbury (MD) 158
21. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 150
22. Mount Union (OH) 148
23. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CA) 131
24. Elmhurst (IL) 128.5
25. New York University 128
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