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

GLIAC Has Four 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 – Only one of the top-ranked teams from a week ago is still No. 1 after a rankings shake-up caused by the removal of preseason data from the equation of the Division II U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Computer Rankings released Tuesday.

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The only two teams in the men’s rankings that didn’t switch positions were the two at the top, indoor champion No. 1 Saint Augustine’s and No. 2 Grand Canyon. Saint Augustine emerged from the rankings shuffle with a 24.4 net point gain, giving them a team score of 259.44. Grand Canyon moved very little, adding just 0.15 net points for its team total of 218.89, but it was more than enough to hold off a strong charge toward the top by No. 3 Ashland.

Ashland was by far the biggest beneficiary of the removal of preseason data from the rankings formula, soaring two spots to No. 3 with a 79.64 net gain for a 210.48 team score. The Eagles occupy almost the exact same spot as defending champion and now-No. 4 Adams State did just one week ago as the challenger to the top two teams. Adams State’s  men –  who, like the women’s squad, is more distance-oriented than other teams in the top 10 — fell 45.41 net points to 165.22, but have a big weekend ahead with many top distance runners competing in their featured events at the Mt. SAC Relays.

Findlay rounded out the top five after sliding one spot, despite a modest 8.41 net gain to 142.89.

Among the teams making the biggest gains on the men’s side: No. 12 West Texas A&M (+16 spots), No. 11 Cal State Stanislaus (+11).

next ranking: April 23

 

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

Rank

School

Points

Conference

Head Coach (Yr)

Last Week

1

Saint Augustine’s

259.44

CIAA

George Williams (37th)

1

2

Grand Canyon

218.89

PacWest

Tom Flood (3rd)

2

3

Ashland

210.48

GLIAC

Jud Logan (10th)

5

4

Adams State

165.22

RMAC

Damon Martin (18th)

3

5

Findlay

142.89

GLIAC

Marc Arce (25th)

4

6

Chico State

124.53

CCAA

Oliver Hanf (1st)

8

7

Pittsburg State

119.89

MIAA

Russ Jewett (25th)

9

8

Lincoln (Mo.)

115.47

MIAA

Victor Thomas (12th)

7

9

Missouri Southern

90.00

MIAA

Tom Rutledge (24th)

10

10

Southern Connecticut

82.79

Northeast-10

John Wallin (3rd)

18

11

Johnson C. Smith

81.91

CIAA

Lennox Graham (6th)

16

12

West Texas A&M

76.15

Lone Star

Darren Flowers (4th)

28

13

Angelo State

76.02

Lone Star

James Reid (14th)

15

14

Texas A&M-Kingsville

69.15

Lone Star

Ryan Dall (5th)

6

15

Alaska Anchorage

65.31

GNAC

Michael Friess (23rd)

22

16

Academy of Art

65.16

PacWest

Charles Ryan (3rd)

25

17

Western State

63.01

RMAC

Chris Bradford (4th)

13

18

Emporia State

56.11

MIAA

Steve Blocker (2nd)

26

19

Cal State Stanislaus

55.35

CCAA

Diljeet Taylor (1st)

30

20

Abilene Christian

53.10

Lone Star

Roosevelt Lofton (4th)

11

21

Shippensburg

50.66

PSAC

Dave Osanitsch (8th)

20

22

Stillman

49.03

SIAC

Pierre Goode (5th)

27

23

Central Missouri

49.02

MIAA

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

24

24

Grand Valley State

47.06

GLIAC

Jerry Baltes (14th)

14

25

Lake Erie

45.59

GLIAC

Bryan Harmon (6th)

32

Dropped out: No. 12 Minnesota State, No. 17 Augustana (S.D.), No. 19 Indianapolis, No. 21 American International, No. 23 Colorado Mines

Men's Conference Index Top 10 

Rank 

Conference

Points

Top 25 Teams

1

GLIAC

524.36

4

2 MIAA 507.19 5

3

CIAA

369.87

2

4

Lone Stae

363.27

4

5

PacWest

284.05

2

6

CCAA

257.91

2

7

RMAC

255.31

2

8

PSAC

231.52

1

9

Northeast-10

150.19

1

10

GNAC

118.89

1