GLIAC Has Three Teams Ranked in the USTFCCCA Men's Indoor Track and Field Top 25

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) has 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

Saint Augustine’s takes over the top spot of the men’s poll for the first time since week three of the 2011 season, and while the Grand Valley State women remain No. 1 for the 20th consecutive edition of the rankings, their hold on the top spot is significantly looser.

Though the Falcons of Saint Augustine’s were idle this past weekend, they were the beneficiaries of the removal of preseason times, marks and scores from the rankings calculations. They made a net gain of 27.21 points for a total of 203.33.

Ashland jumped two spots to No. 2 behind the combination of three top-five times/marks this past weekend and the absence of preseason data to make a net gain of 56.62 points for a total of 188.07. Drew Windle ran the Division’s best 800 at 1:49.36, the 4×400 relay team posted the second-best time at 3:12.16, and vaulter Eric Klucar ranks fourth nationally at 16-4¾ (5.00m).

Defending National Champion Grand Canyon slipped 13.02 points and a spot to No.3 with 170.03, but it was No. 4 Adams State that took the largest hit, losing 81.15 points to slide from No. 1 a week ago with a total of 128.70. Grand Valley State moved up two spots to No. 5 with 127.29 to round out the top ten.

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.

The next round of computer rankings will be released February 12. 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	Saint Augustine’s	203.23	CIAA	George Williams (37th)	3
2	Ashland	188.07	GLIAC	Jud Logan (10th)	4
3	Grand Canyon	170.03	PacWest	Tom Flood (3rd)	2
4	Adams State	128.70	RMAC	Damon Martin (18th)	1
5	Grand Valley State	127.29	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (14th)	7
6	Minnesota State	102.78	NSIC	Mark Schuck (31st)	9
7	Western State	81.90	RMAC	Chris Bradford (4th)	18
8	Shippensburg	75.54	PSAC	Dave Osanitsch (8th)	21
9	Indianapolis	68.88	GLVC	Scott Fangman (16th)	14
10	Lincoln (Mo.)	65.70	MIAA	Victor Thomas (12th)	10
11	American International	60.26	Northeast-10	Leo Mayo (7th)	8
12	Findlay	59.40	GLIAC	Marc Arce (25th)	15
13	Johnson C. Smith	58.15	CIAA	Lennox Graham (6th)	16
14	Academy of Art	57.69	PacWest	Charles Ryan (3rd)	22
15	Pittsburg State	54.88	MIAA	Russ Jewett (25th)	20
16	Texas A&M-Kingsville	53.69	Lone Star	Ryan Dall (5th)	12
17	Emporia State	51.21	MIAA	Steve Blocker (2nd)	17
18	Central Missouri	51.20	MIAA	Kirk Pedersen (17th)/Kip Janvrin (15th)	13
19	Southern Connecticut	48.91	Northeast-10	John Wallin (3rd)	11
20	West Texas A&M	45.50	Lone Star	Darren Flowers (4th)	36
21	UMass Lowell	44.53	Northeast-10	Gary Gardner (11th)	5
22	Alaska Anchorage	42.28	GNAC	Michael Friess (23rd)	34
23	Stonehill	40.02	Northeast-10	Karen Boen (15th)	24
24	Southern Indiana	36.56	GLVC	Mike Hillyard (15th)	37
25	Missouri Southern	35.68	MIAA	Tom Rutledge (24th)	23

 

Dropped out: No. 6 MSU Moorhead*, No. 19 Augustana (S.D.), No. 25 Colorado Mines

 

Men’s Conference Index Top 10
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