Men's Swimming & Diving ranked No. 16 in CSCAA Division III Poll
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's swimming & diving team moved up nine spots to No. 16 in the second College Swimming Coaches Association of America Division III poll.
The Polar Bears 6-0 overall and lead the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season standings with a 3-0 mark.
The No. 16 ranking is the best-ever for the ONU Men's Swimming & Diving program in its history.
Northern as won seven consecutive OAC Championships titles under eighth-year head coach Peggy Ewald.
Kenyon is ranked No. 1, Denison is No. 2 and Emory (Ga.) is No. 3.
The Polar Bears are off for the Christmas holidays and will return to action Jan. 8 against NCAA Division II foe Shippensburg (Pa.) in Fort Myers, Fla.
CSCAA Men's Top 25
Dec. 20, 2011
| # | School (1st votes) |
| 1 | Kenyon |
| 2 | Denison |
| 3 | Emory (Ga.) |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins (Md.) |
| 6 | Stevens (N.Y.) |
| 7 | New Jersey |
| 8 | Williams (Mass.) |
| 9 | Chicago (Ill.) |
| 10 | Amherst (Mass.) |
| 11 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 12 | Case Western Reserve |
| 13 | DePauw (Ind.) |
| 14 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) |
| 15 | Washington (Mo.) |
| 16 | Ohio Northern |
| 17 | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) |
| 18 | Hartwick (N.Y.) |
| 19 | Washington & Lee (Va.) |
| 20 | New York U. |
| 21 | Rochester (N.Y.) |
| 22 | Staten Island (N.Y.) |
| 23 | Coast Guard (Conn.) |
| 24 | Keene State (N.J.) |
| 25 | Connecticut College |
Others receiving votes: Whitworth (Wash.), Kalamazoo (Mich.), Olivet (Mich.), Redlands (Calif.), Gettysburg (Pa.), Grove City (Pa.), Mary Washington, Calvin (Mich.), Ithaca (N.Y.)