GLIAC Has Three Teams Ranked in the USTFCCCA Men's Outdoor Track & Field Top 25

GLIAC Has Three Teams Ranked in the USTFCCCA Men's Outdoor Track & Field Top 25

Release courtesy of Tom Lewis, U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, Communications Manager

NEW ORLEANS -- The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has three teams ranked in the men's preseason U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Poll, which is more than any other conference.

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Saint Augustine’s is no stranger to the top spot in the DII outdoor rankings, as the Falcons spent all but two weeks of last season at No. 1 before finishing third at the NCAA Championships. The Falcons gained 14.15 net points for a team score of 233.88 points. They reach the top spot for the first time this season behind a pair of performances ranked No. 3 in the event rankings, which include returners’ top 2012 times/marks, in 400  hurdler Elhadji Mbow’s 50.64 and a 39.75 from the 4×100 relay team.

Grand Canyon slipped a spot with a 7.48 net point loss for a 227.40 team score. Freshman sprinter Dario Horvat improved to No. 2 at 100 meters with a 10.18 at the Texas Relays, and Horvat and junior Fred Taylor are No. 1 and 2 in the event in 2013. Pole vaulters Vince and Eric Frawley moved to No. 1 and 6, respectively, in the event rankings.

Adams State, looking to repeat as national champions, had a strong opener at the Stanford Invitational to gain 17.22 team points for a team total of 203.79. the Grizzlies are atop the 2013 leaderboards in three of the four distance events, with the top three runners at 1500 meters in sophomores Kevin Batt (3:42.78) and Matt Daniels (3:45.45) and junior Stephen Emery (3:48.32); sophomore Tabor Stevens at 5000 meters (13:57.94) and David Sanchez at 10,000 (29:23.30).

Findlay remained at No. 4, gaining 9.25 net points for a 142.94 team score behind junior pole vaulter Corey Shank (16-4¾/5.00m) and junior shot putter Marcus Vicars (55-6¼/16.92m) making significant gains in the event rankings.

Texas A&M-Kingsville remained No. 5, dropping 2.41 net points to 130.24.

next ranking: April 9

MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)

Rank

School

Points

Conference

Head Coach (Yr)

Last Week

1

Saint Augustine’s

233.88

CIAA

George Williams (37th)

2

2

Grand Canyon

227.40

PacWest

Tom Flood (3rd)

1

3

Adams State

203.79

RMAC

Damon Martin (18th)

3

4

Findlay

142.94

GLIAC

Marc Arce (25th)

4

5

Texas A&M-Kingsville

130.24

Lone Star

Ryan Dall (5th)

5

6

Lincoln (Mo.)

120.57

MIAA

Victor Thomas (12th)

7

7

Chico State

115.43

CCAA

Oliver Hanf (1st)

8

8

Ashland

114.53

GLIAC

Jud Logan (10th)

6

9

Pittsburg State

104.52

MIAA

Russ Jewett (25th)

9

10

Abilene Christian

99.57

Lone Star

Roosevelt Lofton (4th)

10

11

Missouri Southern

90.67

MIAA

Tom Rutledge (24th)

12

12

Grand Valley State

84.71

GLIAC

Jerry Baltes (14th)

11

13

Johnson C. Smith

76.95

CIAA

Lennox Graham (6th)

15

14

Minnesota State

76.32

NSIC

Mark Schuck (31st)

13

15

Indianapolis

73.07

GLVC

Scott Fangman (16th)

18

16

Augustana (S.D.)

72.56

NSIC

Tracy Hellman (13th)

14

17

Shippensburg

70.68

PSAC

Dave Osanitsch (8th)

17

18

Western State

69.41

RMAC

Chris Bradford (4th)

16

19

Angelo State

68.66

Lone Star

James Reid (14th)

19

20

American International

65.99

Northeast-10

Leo Mayo (7th)

22

21

Southern Connecticut

59.40

Northeast-10

John Wallin (3rd)

21

22

Central Missouri

51.67

MIAA

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

24

23

Alaska Anchorage

51.17

GNAC

Michael Friess (23rd)

23

24

Colorado Mines

50.98

RMAC

Robert Nooney (1st)

20

25

West Texas A&M

50.68

Lone Star

Darren Flowers (4th)

30

Dropped out: No. 25 Cal State Stanislaus

Men's Conference Index Top 10 

Rank 

Conference

Points

Top 25 Teams

1

MIAA

463.79

4

2

GLIAC

424.17

3

3

Lone Star

391.08

4

4

RMAC

366.37

3

5

CIAA

345.92

2

6

PSAC

258.35

1

7

PacWest

248.38

1

8

CCAA

219.91

1

9

NSIC

214.03

2

10

Northeast-10

179.47

2