Release Courtsey of Tom Lewis: U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, Communications Manager
NEW ORLEANS -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) have three teams ranked in the Computer Team Rankings released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Click here for the release on the USTFCCCA website
The Grizzlies of Adams State gained 39.47 points from last week’s rankings for a team score of 209.85 and their first No. 1 ranking since winning a national championship in 2010. The force behind the Grizzlies’ surge to the top was the mile run at this past weekend’s New Mexico Invitational. Tabor Stevens won the race with a DII-leading time of 4:04.90 (converted to 3:59.56 for altitude), while his teammates clocked the second-, third- and fourth-fastest times in DII this season. Carlton Lavong also landed DII’s fourth-best winning mark in the triple jump to boost the Grizzlies.
Defending champion Grand Canyon had been the top-ranked team for the past seven editions of the rankings, and the last time the Antelopes did not appear in the top spot was week two of the 2012 season – then also ranked No. 2. The Antelopes lost 17.02 points to fall to 183.05 total team points.
Though immobile in the rankings, No. 3 Saint Augustine’s made a 37.35-point jump behind impressive sprints and jumps to join the battle for the top spot in the division. Ashland remains at No. 4, while UMass Lowell completes the top five after moving up a spot.
The National Computer Team Rankings project how a team will finish in a National Championship Meet setting, rather than a triangular or dual. The rankings are compiled from meet data in the 2012-13 season, but also from returners from the 2011-12 to take into account what a roster might look like should all student-athletes perform at their top level.
The next round of computer rankings will be released February 5. The 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held in Birmingham, Ala., March 7-9.
| MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25) | |||||
|
Rank |
School |
Points |
Conference |
Head Coach (Yr) |
Last Week |
|
1 |
Adams State |
209.85 |
RMAC |
Damon Martin (18th) |
2 |
|
2 |
Grand Canyon |
183.05 |
PacWest |
Tom Flood (3rd) |
1 |
|
3 |
Saint Augustine’s |
176.03 |
CIAA |
George Williams (37th) |
3 |
|
4 |
Ashland |
131.44 |
GLIAC |
Jud Logan (10th) |
4 |
|
5 |
UMass Lowell |
100.12 |
Northeast-10 |
Gary Gardner (11th) |
6 |
|
6 |
MSU Moorhead |
98.44 |
NSIC |
Keith Barnier (11th) |
14 |
|
7 |
Grand Valley State |
93.80 |
GLIAC |
Jerry Baltes (14th) |
5 |
|
8 |
American International |
91.52 |
Northeast-10 |
Leo Mayo (7th) |
8 |
|
9 |
Minnesota State |
89.98 |
NSIC |
Mark Schuck (31st) |
7 |
|
10 |
Lincoln (Mo.) |
85.59 |
MIAA |
Victor Thomas (12th) |
9 |
|
11 |
Southern Connecticut |
75.89 |
Northeast-10 |
John Wallin (3rd) |
10 |
|
12 |
Texas A&M-Kingsville |
71.66 |
Lone Star |
Ryan Dall (5th) |
12 |
|
13 |
Central Missouri |
67.43 |
MIAA |
Kirk Pedersen (17th)/Kip Janvrin (15th) |
11 |
|
14 |
Indianapolis |
62.19 |
GLVC |
Scott Fangman (16th) |
13 |
|
15 |
Findlay |
58.70 |
GLIAC |
Marc Arce (25th) |
18 |
|
16 |
Johnson C. Smith |
54.17 |
CIAA |
Lennox Graham (6th) |
17 |
|
17 |
Emporia State |
52.93 |
MIAA |
Steve Blocker (2nd) |
16 |
|
18 |
Western State |
51.36 |
RMAC |
Chris Bradford (4th) |
15 |
|
19 |
Augustana (S.D.) |
47.16 |
NSIC |
Tracy Hellman (13th) |
19 |
|
20 |
Pittsburg State |
45.60 |
MIAA |
Russ Jewett (25th) |
21 |
|
21 |
Shippensburg |
44.61 |
PSAC |
Dave Osanitsch (8th) |
24 |
|
22 |
Academy of Art |
44.02 |
PacWest |
Charles Ryan (3rd) |
22 |
|
23 |
Missouri Southern |
37.41 |
MIAA |
Tom Rutledge (24th) |
20 |
|
24 |
Stonehill |
37.29 |
Northeast-10 |
Karen Boen (15th) |
26 |
|
25 |
Colorado Mines |
36.42 |
RMAC |
Robert Nooney (1st) |
23 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Abilene Christian
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10 |
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|
Rank |
Conference |
Points |
Top 25 Teams |
|
1 |
GLIAC |
378.06 |
3 |
|
2 |
MIAA |
349.11 |
5 |
|
3 |
Northeast-10 |
337.36 |
4 |
|
4 |
RMAC |
333.32 |
3 |
|
5 |
CIAA |
274.73 |
2 |
|
6 |
NSIC |
245.78 |
3 |
|
7 |
PacWest |
227.07 |
2 |
|
8 |
Lone Star |
125.29 |
1 |
|
9 |
GLVC |
97.94 |
1 |
|
10 |
PSAC |
97.40 |
1 |
