Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Ranked in Mid-Major Poll
    Men Ranked 15th, Women Slotted 21st

    Dec. 16, 2011

    Contact: Tim Ertle

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    CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Cleveland State University men's and women's swimming and diving teams are each ranked in the CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Dual Meet Rankings that were released on Thursday (Dec. 15).

    The men's team is ranked 15th, while the women are slotted 19th.

    Milwaukee is ranked ninth on the men's side and 11th in the women's poll, making the Panthers the only Horizon League team ahead of Cleveland State in either poll.

    Now in its 10th year, the Mid-Major Rankings serve to provide an objective point system to compare teams' relative strength in a traditional dual meet lineup. The ranking is available to those institutions that a) are not members of a BCS conference or Mountain West Conference, or b) provide fewer than one-half of the allowable scholarships under the NCAA rules.

    The rankings will be released again on Feb. 3, 2012 before conference meets and again the final rankings will be issued on March 6, 2012.

    Both the CSU men and women are off from competition for the remainder of the calendar year. The Vikings will depart for their training trip to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Jan. 3rd and compete on Jan. 7th.

    Women's Mid-Major Division I Swimming Rankings
    1. San Jose State 256.61, 2. Harvard 253.83, 3. Miami Ohio 253.00, 4. Princeton 250.16, 5. Towson 246.96, 6. Denver 245.70, 7. North Texas 245.64, 8. Oakland 243.82, 9. Florida Gulf Coast 242.45, 10. UC-Santa Barbara 239.02, 11. UW Milwaukee 238.93, 12. New Mexico State 238.39, 13. Western Kentucky 237.74, 14. Cal Poly 236.17, 15. Buffalo 233.92, 16. James Madison 233.79, 17. UMBC 232.94, 18. Bucknell 232.36, 19. Cleveland State 229.85, 20. Missouri State 229.70, 21. Columbia 227.37, 22. William and Mary 226.70, 23. Illinois State 225.32, 24. Idaho 224.32, 25. Navy 222.94

     

     

    Men's Mid-Major Division I Swimming Rankings
    1. Princeton 251.35, 2. UC-Santa Barbara 243.23, 3. Navy 242.13, 4. Harvard 240.78, 5. Denver 234.63, 6. Army 231.85, 7. Oakland 231.66, 8. Cal Bakersfield 231.11, 9. UW Milwaukee 230.84, 10. Buffalo 230.32, 11. Missouri State 229.94, 12. Western Kentucky 229.79, 13. UMBC 227.82, 14. Columbia 227.16, 15. Cleveland State 225.02, 16. Bucknell 221.39, 17. North Dakota 219.35, 18. Rider 217.50, 19. Dartmouth 215.63, 20. Delaware 212.48, 21. Cal Poly 212.15, 22. U Mass 211.92, 23. St. Bonaventure 210.24, 24. Boston University 209.13, 25. South Dakota State 205.97