UW-La Crosse Women Emerge from Division III National Team Rankings Shakeup at No. 1

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UW-La Crosse Women Emerge from Division III National Team Rankings Shakeup at No. 1
April 23, 2014

NEW ORLEANS – The dust has cleared from the removal of preseason marks from the outdoor track & field Division III National Team Computer Rankings, with both the UW-La Crosse men and women left standing tallest in Wednesday’s week four edition released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

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The defending national men’s champion Eagles maintained their significant edge in the men’s rankings while the women reclaimed the top spot after a brief one week respite from No. 1.

Each and every team in the women’s top 25 came in at a different spot from a week ago, while only No. 1 UW-La Crosse, No. 3 UW-Oshkosh, No. 6 North Central (Ill.) and No. 20 Moravian held firm in the men’s rankings.

Marks from the preseason may be gone, but the tight race for the top spot in the women’s rankings remained very much alive and well.

UW-La Crosse (172.95 team rankings score) moved up one position to No. 1 with two-time defending indoor team champion No. 2 UW-Oshkosh (161.74) following right behind with its own one-spot improvement.

WOMEN’S TOP FIVE
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
UW-La Crosse
172.95 pts UW-Oshkosh
161.74 pts Wartburg
147.95 pts Wheaton (Mass.)
119.61 pts Cal Lutheran
100.37 pts
View Complete Women’s Rankings

Two-time defending outdoor team champion Wartburg (147.95) was among the hardest hit with a nearly 30-point drop from a week ago to fall from the top spot to No. 3.

No. 4 Wheaton (Mass.) (119.61) and No. 5 Cal Lutheran (100.37) rounded out the top five with improvements of two and five positions, respectively.

Two-time defending cross country team champion No. 6 Johns Hopkins (91.70) fell two positions, as did Rowan (90.99) at No. 7.

No. 8 La Verne (82.70) and No. 9 Rhodes (81.88) both leapt up 17 positions from a week ago, while Baldwin Wallace (81.11) improved four positions to complete the top 10.

MEN’S TOP FIVE
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
UW-La Crosse
233.83 pts Mount Union
132.60 pts UW-Oshkosh
122.60 pts Augustana (Ill.)
118.50 pts UW-Eau Claire
104.43 pts
View Complete Men’s Rankings

The top of the men’s rankings held its shape slightly better than the women’s with No. 1 UW-La Crosse (233.83 team rankings score) maintaining an approximately 100-point lead over the next-best ranked team.

Mount Union (132.60) is that team this week after climbing three positions from a week ago, bypassing No. 3 UW-Oshkosh (122.60).

Augustana (Ill.) (118.50) burst into the top five at No. 4 after a 10-spot gain, while UW-Eau Claire (104.43) fell three from a week ago.

Behind stationary No. 6 North Central (Ill.) (81.66) were No. 7 UW-Whitewater (78.62) down three spots, No. 8 Haverford (78.55) – powered by National Athlete of the Week Avi Bregman – up 26 spots, No. 9 Wabash (78.20) up 10 and No. 10 Wartburg (75.20) down two.

The No. 18 Washington and Lee men’s 66-position jump was the biggest of the week, while the top women’s move was made by No. 13 Ohio Wesleyan with a 46-spot increase.

The purpose and methodology of the rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national team race. Rankings points do not equate with NCAA Championships team points. A full description of the rankings can be found here.

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION III
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2014 Week #4 — April 23
next ranking: April 30

Rank School Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 UW-La Crosse 233.83 WIAC Josh Buchholtz (6th) 1
2 Mount Union 132.60 OAC Kevin Lucas (4th) 5
3 UW-Oshkosh 122.60 WIAC Eamon McKenna (2nd) 3
4 Augustana (Ill.) 118.50 CCIW Paul Olsen (45th) 14
5 UW-Eau Claire 104.43 WIAC Chip Schneider (12th) 2
6 North Central (Ill.) 81.66 CCIW Frank Gramarosso (4th) 6
7 UW-Whitewater 78.62 WIAC Mike Johnson (5th) 4
8 Haverford 78.55 Centennial Tom Donnelly (39th) 34
9 Wabash 78.20 NCAC Clyde Morgan (6th) 19
10 Wartburg 75.20 IIAC Marcus Newsom (16th) 8
11 Whitworth 72.16 Northwest Conference Toby Schwarz (18th) 10
12 Greenville 71.24 SLIAC Brian Patton (20th) 15
13 Carthage 69.98 CCIW Brett Witt (9th) 18
14 Baldwin Wallace 68.73 OAC Bill Taraschke (29th) 25
15 Johns Hopkins 68.71 Centennial Bobby Van Allen (15th) 13
16 UW-Stout 66.55 WIAC Kyle Steiner (1st) 23
17 Washington (Mo.) 62.34 UAA Jeff Stiles (13th) 22
18 Washington and Lee 61.75 ODAC Brandon Uhl (3rd) 84
19 MIT 59.93 NEWMAC Halston Taylor (24th) 16
20 Moravian 56.75 Landmark Jesse Baumann (3rd) 20
21 La Verne 50.97 SCIAC Pat Widolff (22nd) 35
22 Nebraska Wesleyan 50.73 Great Plains Ted Bulling (29th) 69
23 Redlands 49.14 SCIAC Mike Schmidt (7th) 43
24 Monmouth (Ill.) 48.44 Midwest Conference Roger Haynes (31st) 56
25 Tufts 48.34 NESCAC Ethan Barron (9th) 31
Dropped out: No. 7 Whittier, No. 9 Central (Iowa), No. 11 Christopher Newport, No. 12 Bates, No. 17 Salisbury, No. 21 SUNY Cortland, No. 24 Buffalo State
View All Teams Beyond the Top 25



Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 WIAC 647.86 5
2 CCIW 282.31 3
3 OAC 264.66 2
4 Centennial 200.68 2
5 SCIAC 192.33 2
6 IIAC 167.14 1
7 NCAC 165.03 1
8 Northwest Conference 132.81 1
9 UAA 125.64 1
10 ODAC 124.19 1



USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION III
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2014 Week #4 — April 23
next ranking: April 30

Rank School Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 UW-La Crosse 172.95 WIAC Pat Healy (23rd) 2
2 UW-Oshkosh 161.74 WIAC Ben Dorsey (2nd) 3
3 Wartburg 147.95 IIAC Marcus Newsom (16th) 1
4 Wheaton (Mass.) 119.61 NEWMAC Dave Cusano (3rd) 6
5 Cal Lutheran 100.37 SCIAC Matt Lea (6th) 10
6 Johns Hopkins 91.70 Centennial Bobby Van Allen (15th) 4
7 Rowan 90.99 NJAC Derick “Ringo” Adamson (7th) 5
8 La Verne 82.70 SCIAC Pat Widolff (22nd) 25
9 Rhodes 81.88 SAA Robert Shankman (23rd) 26
10 Baldwin Wallace 81.11 OAC Bill Taraschke (29th) 14
11 UW-Whitewater 78.70 WIAC Mike Johnson (3rd) 8
12 Williams 76.66 NESCAC Nate Hoey (1st) 11
13 Ohio Wesleyan 75.24 NCAC Kris Boey (12th) 59
14 Washington (Mo.) 69.61 UAA Jeff Stiles (13th) 7
15 Amherst 67.35 NESCAC Cassie Funke-Harris (2nd) 50
16 MIT 67.09 NEWMAC Halston Taylor (7th) 9
17 North Central (Ill.) 64.44 CCIW Kari Kluckhohn (11th) 12
18 George Fox 63.62 Northwest Conference John Smith (8th) 37
19 UW-Stout 56.03 WIAC Kyle Steiner (1st) 36
20 Carthage 53.08 CCIW Stephanie Domin (13th) 61
21 St. Lawrence 49.71 Liberty League Kate Curran (6th) 22
22 Illinois Wesleyan 45.42 CCIW Chris Schumacher (17th) 19
23 St. Thomas (Minn.) 44.66 MIAC Joe Sweeney (34th) 17
24 Denison 44.12 NCAC Mark FitzPatrick (3rd) 53
25 Westminster (Pa.) 43.48 PAC Tim McNeil (7th) 64
Dropped out: No. 13 Buffalo State, No. 15 Rampao, No. 16 Birmingham-Southern, No. 18 Oberlin, No. 20 Concordia Moorhead, No. 21 WPI, No. 23 Monmouth (Ill.), No. 24 Washington and Jefferson
View All Teams Beyond the Top 25



Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 WIAC 530.10 4
2 NESCAC 249.74 2
3 SCIAC 241.34 2
4 NEWMAC 212.06 2
5 IIAC 202.25 1
6 NCAC 187.27 2
7 CCIW 184.08 3
8 Northwest Conference 165.27 1
9 OAC 156.58 1
10 Centennial 149.61 1




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