Week One Division III Outdoor National Team Rankings See Little Movement

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Week One Division III Outdoor National Team Rankings See Little Movement
April 2, 2014

NEW ORLEANS – With a light weekend slate of Division III action and a number of teams yet to open up the 2014 outdoor season in earnest, the week one edition of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Computer Rankings underwent little change.

MEN’S TOP FIVE
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
UW-La Crosse
227.66 pts UW-Eau Claire
147.86 pts UW-Oshkosh
139.90 pts UW-Whitewater
124.48 pts Whittier
85.97 pts
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Each of the top seven women’s teams and the top four men’s teams remained steady from last week’s preseason rankings, with the UW-La Crosse men and women again topping both genders.

Preseason data is still being used to calculate the rankings, and will continue to be included through week three.

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A top-10 shuffle of sorts took place on the men’s side as Whitworth and Mount Union both slid back two positions to No. 7 and No. 8, respectively, while No. 5 Whitter and No. 6 Central (Iowa) both moved up two spots to fill the void.

MIT jumped five spots to No. 9, while Christopher Newport remained steady at No. 10. MIT and No. 22 Widener both improved five spots to mark the week’s best improvement for any top-25 team.

Men’s National Athlete of the Week Chancise Watkins led his La Verne squad to a top-25 breakthrough at No. 25.

The women’s top 10 added No. 8 Washington (Mo.), which improved a women’s top-25 best four positions behind National Athlete of the Week Lucy Cheadle. Dropping down two positions to No. 10 was Williams.

WOMEN’S TOP FIVE
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
UW-La Crosse
169.55 pts Wartburg
166.84 pts Rowan
126.31 pts UW-Oshkosh
116.52 pts Johns Hopkins
101.45 pts
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Also up four spots on the women’s side was No. 22 Whitworth.

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 #1 — April 2
next ranking: April 9

Rank School Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 UW-La Crosse 227.66 WIAC Josh Buchholtz (6th) 1
2 UW-Eau Claire 147.86 WIAC Chip Schneider (12th) 2
3 UW-Oshkosh 139.90 WIAC Eamon McKenna (2nd) 3
4 UW-Whitewater 124.48 WIAC Mike Johnson (5th) 4
5 Whittier 85.97 SCIAC Dave Hogan (7th) 7
6 Central (Iowa) 85.90 IIAC Joe Dunham (6th) 8
7 Whitworth 85.90 Northwest Toby Schwarz (18th) 5
8 Mount Union 79.49 OAC Kevin Lucas (4th) 6
9 MIT 78.76 NEWMAC Halston Taylor (24th) 14
10 Christopher Newport 78.59 CAC Tyler Wingard (8th) 10
11 Salisbury 78.31 CAC Jim Jones (15th) 9
12 Wartburg 74.13 IIAC Marcus Newsom (16th) 11
13 SUNY Cortland 71.28 SUNYAC Steve Patrick (7th) 12
14 North Central (Ill.) 69.55 CCIW Frank Gramarosso (4th) 13
15 Carthage 67.34 CCIW Brett Witt (9th) 15
16 Bates 64.01 NESCAC Al Fereshetian (19th) 16
17 Greenville 63.61 SLIAC Brian Patton (20th) 17
18 Buffalo State 59.34 SUNYAC Eugene Lewis (14th) 19
19 Augustana (Ill.) 59.07 CCIW Paul Olsen (45th) 22
20 UW-Stout 58.94 WIAC Kyle Steiner (1st) 18
21 Coast Guard 55.99 NEWMAC Ethan Brown (3rd) 20
22 Widener 55.90 Middle Atlantic Vince Touey (27th) 27
23 SUNY Oneonta 54.38 SUNYAC Angelo Posillico (1st) 21
24 Moravian 48.59 Landmark Jesse Baumann (3rd) 23
25 La Verne 48.02 SCIAC Pat Widolff (22nd) 28
Dropped out: No. 24 Wabash, No. 25 Haverford
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 WIAC 779.56 5
2 CCIW 215.97 3
3 SUNYAC 213.66 3
4 IIAC 197.96 2
5 SCIAC 197.23 2
6 CAC 197.18 2
7 NESCAC 188.24 1
8 Northwest Conference 148.20 1
9 NEWMAC 141.74 2
10 OAC 138.77 1



USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION III
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2014 Week #1 — April 2
next ranking: April 9

Rank School Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 UW-La Crosse 169.55 WIAC Pat Healy (23rd) 1
2 Wartburg 166.84 IIAC Marcus Newsom (16th) 2
3 Rowan 126.31 NJAC Derick “Ringo” Adamson (7th) 3
4 UW-Oshkosh 116.52 WIAC Ben Dorsey (2nd) 4
5 Johns Hopkins 101.45 Centennial Bobby Van Allen (15th) 5
6 Wheaton (Mass.) 99.75 NEWMAC Dave Cusano (3rd) 6
7 Cal Lutheran 94.79 SCIAC Matt Lea (6th) 7
8 Washington (Mo.) 92.52 UAA Jeff Stiles (13th) 12
9 UW-Whitewater 87.94 WIAC Mike Johnson (3rd) 9
10 Williams 86.54 NESCAC Nate Hoey (1st) 8
11 MIT 77.90 NEWMAC Halston Taylor (7th) 10
12 Buffalo State 74.50 SUNYAC Eugene Lewis (14th) 11
13 North Central (Ill.) 66.71 CCIW Kari Kluckhohn (11th) 13
14 Ramapo 60.83 NJAC Mike Jackson (10th) 14
15 Lehman 58.78 CUNYAC Lesleigh Hogg (18th) 15
16 Birmingham-Southern 58.75 SAA Kenneth Cox (5th) 16
17 Concordia Moorhead 55.73 MIAC Marv Roeske (19th) 17
18 Monmouth (Ill.) 53.46 Midwest Roger Haynes (14th) 18
19 Washington and Jefferson 48.19 PAC Dale Boring (1st) 19
20 La Verne 46.89 SCIAC Pat Widolff (22nd) 21
21 WPI 45.63 NEWMAC Brian Chabot (6th) 20
22 Whitworth 44.81 Northwest Toby Schwarz (18th) 26
23 SUNY Cortland 43.41 SUNYAC Steve Patrick (7th) 23
24 Illinois Wesleyan 42.96 CCIW Chris Schumacher (17th) 22
25 UW-Eau Claire 42.93 WIAC Chip Schneider (8th) 24
Dropped out: No. 25 Calvin
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 WIAC 483.91 4
2 NEWMAC 277.77 3
3 IIAC 237.32 1
4 NJAC 221.80 2
5 NESCAC 203.45 1
6 SCIAC 181.00 2
7 UAA 177.49 1
8 CCIW 165.28 2
9 SUNYAC 154.43 2
10 Northwest Conference 143.85 1


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