Parts of this release courtesy of Tom Lewis, U.S. Track
& Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, Communications
Manager
NEW ORLEANS – The regular season is over in Division II, and with all the marks in, Grand Canyon’s men are still the No. 1 team in the country. Southern Connecticut jumped four spots to No. 3 after a massive flurry of season-best marks grabbed at the New England Championships last weekend.
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) as a whole was ranked as the third strongest conference behind the Northeast 10 and the Rocky Mountain Conference. The GLIAC teams ranked in this weeks poll are:
- Ashland University dropped two places to No. 5
- The University of Findlay remained No. 9
- Grand Valley State University dropped two places to No. 14
- Lake Superior State University three places to No. 25
The NCAA will release the list of those accepted into the national championships today (Feb. 28). Next week’s national team rankings, released next Monday, will contain only marks from those declared and accepted into the national meet. The latest regional index is the final release of the indoor season.
The 2012 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held in Mankato, Minn., on March 9-10.
Click here for the release on the USTFCCCA website
| USTFCCCA Men's Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Grand Canyon | 180.84 | PacWest | Tom Flood (2nd) | 1 |
| 2 | Adams State | 161.15 | RMAC | Damon Martin (17th) | 2 |
| 3 | Southern Connecticut | 131.50 | Northeast-10 | John Wallin (2nd) | 7 |
| 4 | Saint Augustine’s | 123.55 | CIAA | George Williams (36th) | 4 |
| 5 | Ashland | 116.17 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (9th) | 3 |
| 6 | UMass Lowell | 110.60 | Northeast-10 | Gary Gardner (10th) | 5 |
| 7 | Central Missouri | 95.91 | MIAA | Pedersen (16th)/Janvrin (14th) | 6 |
| 8 | American International | 89.16 | Northeast-10 | Leo Mayo (6th) | 11 |
| 9 | Findlay | 86.88 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (24th) | 9 |
| 10 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 71.44 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (11th) | 8 |
| 11 | Abilene Christian | 69.05 | Lone Star | Roosevelt Lofton (3rd) | 14 |
| 12 | Western State | 68.83 | RMAC | Chris Bradford (3rd) | 10 |
| 13 | Neb.-Kearney | 68.80 | RMAC | Brady Bonsall (4th) | 13 |
| 14 | Grand Valley State | 67.42 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (13th) | 12 |
| 15 | Minnesota State | 64.49 | NSIC | Mark Schuck (30th) | 15 |
| 16 | MSU Moorhead | 63.29 | NSIC | Keith Barnier (10th) | 16 |
| 17 | Johnson C. Smith | 45.67 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (5th) | 17 |
| 18 | Shippensburg | 44.26 | PSAC | Dave Osanitsch (7th) | 18 |
| 19 | Chadron State | 42.70 | RMAC | Ryan Baily (3rd) | 20 |
| 20 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 39.89 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (4th) | 26 |
| 21 | Missouri Southern | 38.92 | MIAA | Tom Rutledge (23rd) | 27 |
| 22 | Emporia State | 35.22 | MIAA | Steve Blocker (1st) | 21 |
| 23 | Colorado Mines | 32.15 | RMAC | Art Siemers (7th) | 19 |
| 24 | Pittsburg State | 31.42 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (24th) | 24 |
| 25 | Lake Superior State | 31.38 | GLIAC | Matt Sparks (2nd) | 22 |
Dropped Out: No. 23 Adelphi, No. 25 New Haven
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Northeast-10 | 407.18 | 3 |
| 2 | RMAC | 382.98 | 5 |
| 3 | GLIAC | 379.99 | 4 |
| 4 | MIAA | 285.16 | 5 |
| 5 | CIAA | 209.51 | 2 |
| 6 | PacWest | 180.84 | 1 |
| 7 | NSIC | 172.47 | 2 |
| 8 | Lone Star | 120.53 | 2 |
| 9 | PSAC | 71.49 | 1 |
| 10 | GLVC | 42.02 | |