Lincoln (Mo.) Women Take Over Division II Outdoor T&F National Team Rankings

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Lincoln (Mo.) Women Take Over Division II Outdoor T&F National Team Rankings
May 6, 2014


NEW ORLEANS – The Lincoln (Mo.) women were firing on all cylinders at the MIAA Championships, driving them to the team title and on Monday the top spot in the week eight edition of the outdoor track & field Division II National Team Computer Rankings released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).



The Blue Tigers roared to the top past last week’s top-ranked Grand Valley State women, while the defending champion Saint Augustine’s men extended their advantage atop the men’s rankings.

Led by second-ranked Donna-Lee Hylton at 400 meters and third ranked Juneille Barker in the 400-meter hurdles among 11 top-10 sprinters, hurdles and mid-distance runners, Lincoln added more than 84 points to its team rankings score to top the list at 233.44.

The Blue Tigers had previously been No. 1 at least twice both in 2013 and 2011, ultimately finishing third and runner-up at NCAAs, respectively.

Team rankings scores do not mirror the points systems used at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, but rather measure team depth based on their student-athletes’ positioning on the national descending order lists.

That total was high enough to surge upward three positions past GLIAC champion Grand Valley State (225.14), which despite falling to No. 2 remained within nine points of Lincoln.

WOMEN’S TOP FIVE
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
Lincoln (Mo.)
233.44 pts GVSU
225.14 pts Adams St.
166.97 pts Johnson C. Smith
154.23 pts Ashland
151.62 pts
View Complete Women’s Rankings



Both No. 3 Adams State (166.97) and No. 4 Johnson C. Smith (154.23) dropped one position each, with Ashland (151.62) right behind to round out the top five. Adams State is competing at the RMAC Championships as of publication, which concludes Tuesday and will be included in next week’s rankings.

No. 25 Lindenwood made the biggest leap of any team in the rankings – men’s or women’s – with a 37-position improvement from last week.

MEN’S TOP FIVE
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
Saint Augustine’s
315.79 pts Adams State
218.32 pts Ashland
195.66 pts TAMU-Kingsville
190.32 pts Chico State
124.86 pts
View Complete Men’s Rankings



While none of the top five men’s teams changed position from a week ago, defending champion Saint Augustine’s was able to open up a nearly 100-point advantage over No. 2 Adams State.

The Falcons – propelled by top-ranked 200 meters defending national champion Jermaine Jones and three others in the top six after the Liberty Twilight – checked in with a team rankings score of 315.79 after a 40-point gain from last week.

Adams State (218.32) dropped 13 points, but the Grizzlies’ total does not include the RMAC Championships, which conclude Tuesday.

Ashland (195.66) finished runner-up at the GLIAC Championships but remained No. 3, while Lone Star Conference champion No. 4 Texas A&M-Kingsville (190.32) and CCAA champ No. 5 Chico State (124.26) rounded out the top five, just ahead of No. 6 Lincoln (Mo.) (124.26). The Blue Tigers rose five spots from a week ago.

Moving up the farthest on the men’s side was No. 10 Central Missouri, which improved seven spots from last week.

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 II
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2014 Week #8 — May 6
next ranking: May 13

Rank School Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 Saint Augustine’s 315.79 CIAA George Williams (38th) 1
2 Adams State 218.32 RMAC Rock Light (1st) 2
3 Ashland 195.66 GLIAC Jud Logan (11th) 3
4 Texas A&M-Kingsville 190.32 Lone Star Ryan Dall (6th) 4
5 Chico State 124.86 CCAA Oliver Hanf (2nd) 5
6 Lincoln (Mo.) 124.26 MIAA Victor Thomas (13th) 11
7 Grand Valley State 107.49 GLIAC Jerry Baltes (15th) 6
8 Pittsburg State 94.93 MIAA Russ Jewett (26th) 10
9 Alaska Anchorage 86.68 GNAC Michael Friess (24th) 7
10 Central Missouri 85.70 MIAA Kirk Pedersen (18th)/Kip Janvrin (16th) 17
11 Minnesota State 80.80 NSIC Jim Dilling (1st) 8
12 Academy of Art 76.96 PacWest Charles Ryan (4th) 9
13 Colorado Mines 71.74 RMAC Matt Sparks (1st) 13
14 Angelo State 71.37 Lone Star James Reid (15th) 12
15 Findlay 68.19 GLIAC Marc Arce (26th) 14
16 Tarleton State 58.54 Lone Star Patrick Ponder (8th) 15
17 Southern Indiana 56.15 GLVC Mike Hillyard (16th) 22
18 Texas A&M-Commerce 55.68 Lone Star Tom Dibbern (1st) 21
19 Cal State Stanislaus 54.47 CCAA Diljeet Taylor (2nd) 16
20 Johnson C. Smith 52.53 CIAA Lennox Graham (7th) 18
21 Lake Erie 51.38 GLIAC Ryan Rademacher (1st) 19
22 Shippensburg 50.83 PSAC Dave Osanitsch (9th) 24
23 Southern Connecticut 45.95 Northeast-10 John Wallin (4th) 20
24 Emporia State 40.17 MIAA Steve Blocker (3rd) 23
25 Indianapolis 40.02 GLVC Scott Fangman (17th) 25
dropped out: none
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 GLIAC 503.71 4
2 MIAA 485.14 4
3 Lone Star 448.82 4
4 CIAA 407.45 2
5 RMAC 351.41 2
6 CCAA 282.86 2
7 GLVC 148.52 2
8 PSAC 147.84 1
9 NSIC 121.58 1
10 GNAC 118.43 1



USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION II
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2014 Week #8 — May 6
next ranking: May 13

Rank School Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 Lincoln (Mo.) 233.44 MIAA Victor Thomas (13th) 4
2 Grand Valley State 225.14 GLIAC Jerry Baltes (15th) 1
3 Adams State 166.97 RMAC Rock Light (1st) 2
4 Johnson C. Smith 154.23 CIAA Lennox Graham (7th) 3
5 Ashland 151.62 GLIAC Jud Logan (11th) 5
6 Saint Augustine’s 133.38 CIAA George Williams (38th) 6
7 Central Missouri 132.00 MIAA Kirk Pedersen (18th)/Kip Janvrin (16th) 7
8 Angelo State 102.62 Lone Star James Reid (15th) 8
9 New Mexico Highlands 94.58 RMAC Bob DeVries (22nd) 9
10 Pittsburg State 88.15 MIAA Russ Jewett (28th) 10
11 Cal State Stanislaus 79.83 CCAA Diljeet Taylor (2nd) 14
12 Wayne State (Neb.) 75.29 NSIC Marlon Brink (14th) 11
13 Western State 71.45 RMAC Chris Bradford (5th) 16
14 Chico State 68.76 CCAA Robert Nooney (1st) 13
15 West Texas A&M 65.60 Lone Star Darren Flowers (5th) 12
16 Academy of Art 65.57 PacWest Charles Ryan (4th) 17
17 Alaska Anchorage 63.92 GNAC Michael Friess (24th) 15
18 Indianapolis 63.30 GLVC Scott Fangman (17th) 18
19 New Haven 61.51 Northeast-10 Shaunnaya Williams (3rd) 21
20 Western Washington 58.74 GNAC Pee Wee Halsell (27th) 19
21 Texas A&M-Kingsville 46.83 Lone Star Ryan Dall (6th) 20
22 Findlay 45.49 GLIAC Marc Arce (26th) 29
23 Tiffin 44.38 GLIAC Jeremy Croy (14th) 25
24 Livingstone 36.78 CIAA Justin Davis (5th) 23
25 Lindenwood 35.61 MIAA Scott Roberts (2nd) 62
Dropped out: No. 22 Lewis, No. 24 U-Mary
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 MIAA 641.97 4
2 GLIAC 583.28 4
3 RMAC 379.66 3
4 CIAA 346.48 3
5 Lone Star 251.47 3
6 NSIC 224.82 1
7 CCAA 191.30 2
8 GNAC 174.92 2
9 GLVC 149.58 1
10 PSAC 130.30





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