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

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

The Falcons of Saint Augustine’s remain on top for the second consecutive week after a net gain of 7.08 points for a team total of 210.32, boosted by seven top-15 performances in the sprints and hurdles. CIAA 60 hurdles champion Moussa Dembele moved into the division-lead with a 7.75, while 2012 Jamaican Olympian Dane Hyatt extended his lead in the 400 with a 46.77.


Hot in pursuit of the top ranking is another bird of prey in the No. 2 Ashland Eagles, who improved 16.96 net points for a score of 205.03. Ashland’s big boost came from eight top-15 performances across the board, including the No. 2 time in the 4×400 relay (3:11.63), the second-best pole vault performance in DII by Eric Klucar (16-8¾/5.10m) and the No. 3 shot putter in Donald Duke (58-7¼/17.86m).


After a slight free-fall in the rankings a week ago due to the removal of preseason data, the Adams State Grizzlies are making a charge back toward the top on the strength of their distance crew. The Grizzlies, ranked No. 1 just two weeks ago, gained 48.99 points for a total of 177.69 and a jump to No. 3. Between the mile, the 3000 and the 5000, Adams State earned four DII top-four times, including the division-leader in the 3000, Tabor Stevens (7:57.56 OT) and No. 2 Kevin Batt just behind him (7:57.62 OT).


Defending national champion Grand Canyon slides one to No. 4 (153.34), and the Grand Valley State men round out the top five (127.89).

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 19. 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

210.32

CIAA

George Williams (37th)

1

2

Ashland

205.03

GLIAC

Jud Logan (10th)

2

3

Adams State

177.69

RMAC

Damon Martin (18th)

4

4

Grand Canyon

153.34

PacWest

Tom Flood (3rd)

3

5

Grand Valley State

127.89

GLIAC

Jerry Baltes (14th)

5

6

Western State

107.99

RMAC

Chris Bradford (4th)

7

7

Minnesota State

103.07

NSIC

Mark Schuck (31st)

6

8

Johnson C. Smith

77.26

CIAA

Lennox Graham (6th)

13

9

Shippensburg

67.53

PSAC

Dave Osanitsch (8th)

8

10

Academy of Art

64.97

PacWest

Charles Ryan (3rd)

14

11

Indianapolis

64.57

GLVC

Scott Fangman (16th)

9

12

Lincoln (Mo.)

63.08

MIAA

Victor Thomas (12th)

10

13

Findlay

56.37

GLIAC

Marc Arce (25th)

12

14

Emporia State

54.95

MIAA

Steve Blocker (2nd)

17

15

Central Missouri

53.88

MIAA

Kirk Pedersen (17th)/Kip Janvrin (15th)

18

16

Pittsburg State

53.30

MIAA

Russ Jewett (25th)

15

17

Abilene Christian

51.07

Lone Star

Roosevelt Lofton (4th)

29

18

Texas A&M-Kingsville

50.01

Lone Star

Ryan Dall (5th)

16

19

Southern Connecticut

49.37

Northeast-10

John Wallin (3rd)

19

20

Alaska Anchorage

46.54

GNAC

Michael Friess (23rd)

22

21

Colorado Mines

46.13

RMAC

Robert Nooney (1st)

26

22

MSU Moorhead

46.02

NSIC

Keith Barnier (11th)

90

23

West Texas A&M

43.38

Lone Star

Darren Flowers (4th)

20

24

Stonehill

38.46

Northeast-10

Karen Boen (15th)

23

25

American International

35.98

Northeast-10

Leo Mayo (7th)

11

 

Dropped out: No. 21 UMass Lowell, No. 24 Southern Indiana, No. 25 Missouri Southern

Men’s Conference Index Top 10

Rank

Conference

Points

Top 25 Teams

1

GLIAC

504.20

3

2

RMAC

372.64

3

3

MIAA

320.00

4

4

CIAA

296.07

2

5

PacWest

218.31

2

6

Northeast-10

162.46

3

7

NSIC

152.31

2

8

Lone Star

145.75

3

9

PSAC

124.40

1

10

PGLVC

101.11

1

 

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