Release courtesy of the USTFCCCA
NEW ORLEANS – With the final weekend of competition in NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field's regular season upon us, the races for the national team titles remain much the same – for now. Four Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) teams are ranked inside the Top 5 of their respective rankings heading into the 2016 GLIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships at Tiffin University this upcoming Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 27-28).
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Ahead of conference championships weekend, Adams State's men and Hillsdale's women remained atop the National Team Computer Rankings announced Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
The National Team Computer Rankings are a projection of how teams might fare at the March 11-12 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas, and are not indicative of how teams could perform at smaller conference championship meets. Only USTFCCCA member programs are eligible for the rankings.
While the defending national men's champion Grizzlies with 222.36 points and the Chargers with 145.08 maintain healthy leads in their respective rankings, their challengers are lining up in clusters behind them.
For the men, GLIAC rivals No. 2 Grand Valley State (158.04) and No. 3 Tiffin (156.43) both moved up one spot each to leapfrog multiple-time defending outdoor national champ No. 4 Saint Augustine's (154.47). While the defending national men's champion Grizzlies with 222.36 points and the Chargers with 145.08 maintain healthy leads in their respective rankings, their challengers are lining up in clusters behind them.
For the men, GLIAC rivals No. 2 Grand Valley State (158.04) and No. 3 Tiffin (156.43) both moved up one spot each to leapfrog multiple-time defending outdoor national champ No. 4 Saint Augustine's (154.47).
| USTFCCCA Men's Indoor Track & Field National Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Adams State | 222.36 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | 158.04 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 3 |
| 3 | Tiffin | 156.43 | GLIAC | Jeremy Croy (16th) | 4 |
| 4 | Saint Augustine's | 154.47 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 2 |
| 5 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 121.20 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 7 |
| 6 | Academy of Art | 115.13 | PacWest | Kevin LaSure (1st) | 5 |
| 7 | Colorado Mines | 96.45 | RMAC | Matt Sparks (3rd) | 8 |
| 8 | Minnesota State | 89.91 | NSIC | Jim Dilling (3rd) | 6 |
| 9 | Western State | 77.07 | RMAC | Chris Bradford (7th) | 9 |
| 10 | Azusa Pacific | 75.86 | PacWest | Kevin Reid (21st) | 13 |
| 11 | Ashland | 64.72 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (13th) | 15 |
| 12 | Alaska Anchorage | 62.77 | GNAC | Michael Friess (26th) | 10 |
| 13 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 57.19 | Lone Star | Ross Smithey (1st) | 21 |
| 14 | Pittsburg State | 57.13 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (28th) | 12 |
| 15 | West Texas A&M | 51.39 | Lone Star | Darren Flowers (7th) | 23 |
| 16 | Missouri Southern | 50.48 | MIAA | Bryan Schiding (3rd) | 14 |
| 17 | Shorter | 45.89 | Gulf South | Scott Byrd (9th) | 16 |
| 18 | Central Missouri | 42.43 | MIAA | Pedersen (20th)/Janvrin (18th) | 17 |
| 19 | Southern Connecticut | 41.19 | Northeast-10 | John Wallin (6th) | 22 |
| 20 | Chadron State | 40.32 | RMAC | Brad Gamble (2nd) | 18 |
| 21 | MSU Moorhead | 33.42 | NSIC | Darren Schneider (3rd) | 25 |
| 22 | Saginaw Valley State | 33.31 | GLIAC | Rod Cowan (7th) | 20 |
| 23 | Lewis | 32.43 | GLVC | Dana Schwarting (11th) | 19 |
| 24 | Johnson C. Smith | 28.52 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | 27 |
| 25 | Black Hills State | 27.94 | RMAC | Seth Mischke (5th) | 26 |
| USTFCCCA Women's Indoor Track & Field National Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Hillsdale | 145.08 | GLIAC | Andrew Towne (5th) | 1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | 124.90 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburg State | 121.65 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (30th) | 4 |
| 4 | Lewis | 111.06 | GLVC | Dana Schwarting (11th) | 6 |
| 5 | Alaska Anchorage | 110.91 | GNAC | Michael Friess (26th) | 5 |
| 6 | Johnson C. Smith | 107.63 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | 8 |
| 7 | New Mexico Highlands | 98.17 | RMAC | Bob DeVries (24th) | 7 |
| 8 | Minnesota Duluth | 78.88 | NSIC | Joanna Warmington (5th) | 15 |
| 9 | Saint Augustine's | 76.55 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 9 |
| 10 | Shorter | 70.84 | Gulf South | Scott Byrd (9th) | 10 |
| 11 | Ashland | 60.45 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (13th) | 13 |
| 12 | Central Missouri | 59.60 | MIAA | Pedersen (20th)/Janvrin (18th) | 11 |
| 13 | Seattle Pacific | 58.41 | GNAC | Karl Lerum (11th) | 23 |
| 14 | Merrimack | 48.24 | Northeast-10 | Jacky Mendes (2nd) | 18 |
| 15 | U-Mary | 47.93 | NSIC | Mike Thorson (22nd) | 16 |
| 16 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 47.30 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 29 |
| 17 | Winona State | 46.64 | NSIC | Mason Rebarchek (12th) | 19 |
| 18 | Findlay | 45.41 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (28th) | 12 |
| 19 | Angelo State | 42.26 | Lone Star | James Reid (17th) | 20 |
| 20 | Southern Connecticut | 41.96 | Northeast-10 | Melissa Stoll (4th) | 17 |
| 21 | Minnesota State | 40.14 | NSIC | Jen Blue (16th) | 22 |
| 22 | Adams State | 40.10 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 14 |
| 23 | Missouri Southern | 37.96 | MIAA | Patty Vavra (22nd) | 21 |
| 24 | Cedarville | 34.91 | G-MAC | Jeff Bolender (13th) | 31 |
| 25 | Azusa Pacific | 33.12 | PacWest | Preston Grey (4th) | 36 |
