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 Saint Augustine’s men and Lincoln (Mo.) women retain their spots atop the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II National Team Computer Rankings released Tuesday.

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Saint Augustine’s was able to grow its lead over No. 2 Grand Canyon while defending champion No. 3 Adams State made gains toward the top, and the women’s top five all bridged the gap between themselves and Lincoln.

Preseason national team rankings are calculated using data from previous seasons as a base of evaluation. Marks gained in the early part of this season will supersede previous-year marks if they are superior. Read more about the process here. The "event rankings” referenced in this article include this season’s marks in addition to returners’ marks from 2012.

Saint Augustine’s Holds On to No. 1 with Defending Champ Adams State Getting Closer

The Falcons were able to gain 1.17 net points for a team total of 235.05 as a handful of student-athletes were able to improve their positions within the event rankings top 10, which include the top 2012 marks of returning student-athletes. Junior Elhadji Mbow moved to No. 1 in the 400 hurdles with a 50.53 at the Pepsi Florida Relays and junior Moussa Dembele improved to No. 4 in the 110 hurdles in 13.96.

No. 2 Grand Canyon slid 8.66 team points to a total of 218.74, despite a pair of strong performances in the sprints from junior Fred Taylor and freshman Dario Horvat. Taylor moved to No. 3 in the 200 meter event rankings with a 20.85 (converted for altitude to 20.92) and Horvat debuted at 15 with a 21.09 (21.16 with altitude) at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational.

Adams State took advantage of Grand Canyon’s slip to move within nine points of the second spot, gaining 6.83 net points for a total of 210.63. The biggest factor in the rankings was freshman sprinter Chaz Butler moving from 14th to seventh at 100 meters in the event rankings with a 10.36 (10.39 with altitude) at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational.

Findlay remained at No. 4 after an 8.47 point net loss to 134.48, while Ashland jumped three spots to No. 5 with a 16.31 net gain to 130.84.

next ranking: April 16

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

Rank

School

Points

Conference

Head Coach (Yr)

Last Week

1

Saint Augustine’s

235.05

CIAA

George Williams (37th)

1

2

Grand Canyon

218.74

PacWest

Tom Flood (3rd)

2

3

Adams State

210.63

RMAC

Damon Martin (18th)

3

4

Findlay

134.48

GLIAC

Marc Arce (25th)

4

5

Ashland

130.84

GLIAC

Jud Logan (10th)

8

6

Texas A&M-Kingsville

126.47

Lone Star

Ryan Dall (5th)

5

7

Lincoln (Mo.)

122.33

MIAA

Victor Thomas (12th)

6

8

Chico State

109.32

CCAA

Oliver Hanf (1st)

7

9

Pittsburg State

102.05

MIAA

Russ Jewett (25th)

9

10

Missouri Southern

91.32

MIAA

Tom Rutledge (24th)

11

11

Abilene Christian

90.88

Lone Star

Roosevelt Lofton (4th)

10

12

Minnesota State

84.72

NSIC

Mark Schuck (31st)

14

13

Western State

84.01

RMAC

Chris Bradford (4th)

18

14

Grand Valley State

81.10

GLIAC

Jerry Baltes (14th)

12

15

Angelo State

74.51

Lone Star

James Reid (14th)

19

16

Johnson C. Smith

69.80

CIAA

Lennox Graham (6th)

13

17

Augustana (S.D.)

68.13

NSIC

Tracy Hellman (13th)

16

18

Southern Connecticut

68.11

Northeast-10

John Wallin (3rd)

21

19

Indianapolis

67.21

GLVC

Scott Fangman (16th)

15

20

Shippensburg

63.50

PSAC

Dave Osanitsch (8th)

17

21

American International

60.53

Northeast-10

Leo Mayo (7th)

20

22

Alaska Anchorage

50.83

GNAC

Michael Friess (23rd)

23

23

Colorado Mines

48.68

RMAC

Robert Nooney (1st)

24

24

Central Missouri

48.61

MIAA

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

22

25

Academy of Art

47.20

PacWest

Charles Ryan (3rd)

45

Dropped out: No. 25 West Texas A&M

Men's Conference Index Top 10 

Rank 

Conference

Points

Top 25 Teams

1

MIAA

469.62

4

2

GLIAC

437.75

3

3

Lone Star

399.53

3

4

RMAC

384.27

3

5

CIAA

334.20

2

6

PacWest

265.94

2

7

PSAC

246.25

1

8

NSIC

209.65

2

9

CCAA

204.91

1

10

Northeast-10

172.31

2