Ashland Men Move to No. 1 in NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field

By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA

February 24, 2015

NEW ORLEANS – It took a couple weeks longer than their female teammates, but the Ashland men have joined the AU women atop the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings, which were announced Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

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Ashland took over the top spot in the men’s top 25 from GLIAC rivalGrand Valley State, which dropped from the top spot to No. 3 behind another GLIAC opponent in No. 2 Findlay. This is the fourth week in a row a new men’s team has taken over the top spot.

The three, along with No. 9 Tiffin, will square off Saturday and Sunday at GVSU for the GLIAC Championship.

Rounding out the static top five were 2014 runner-up No. 4 Adams State and No. 5 Minnesota State. Two-time defending national champion Saint Augustine’s checked it at No. 6, two spots better than a week ago.

Each of the top six women’s teams remained constant from last week. Ashland remained No. 1, followed by No. 2 Central Missouri, No. 3 Grand Valley State, No. 4 New Mexico Highlands, No. 5Hillsdale and No. 6 Simon Fraser.

Defending women’s national champion Adams State fell one spot to No. 13, while Academy of Art, which won the national title two seasons ago, climbed up five spots to No. 19. Defending outdoor national champion Lincoln (Mo.) also fell one spot to No. 8.

As exceptional marks from around the country continue to flow in as athletes hit their peaks, each of the top five teams in the men’s rankings saw their team rankings scores decline from the week before. GVSU was hit hardest, allowing Ashland and Findlay to slide past them at the top – though all three remain exceptionally close.

NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL COACHES’ POLL TOP 5 – MEN
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
Ashland	Findlay	Grand Valley St.	Adams St.	Minnesota St.
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NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL COACHES’ POLL TOP 5 – WOMEN
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
Central Missouri	Ashland	Grand Valley St.	N.M. Highlands.	Hillsdale
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Where’d most of those points go? To twp-time defending national champ Saint Augustine’s, which won the CIAA league title early last week after the publication of the rankings. The Falcons scored four top-10 marks at the meet, including a No. 3 rank at 200 meters forDaniel Jameison.

Making the biggest move of the week were the women of No. 14Augustana (S.D.), who improved 24 spots from last time. Also making significant jumps in the women’s rankings were No. 22Bellarmine up 18 spots and No. 25 Winston-Salem State up 17.

The biggest top-25 gainer for the men was No. 24 Azusa Pacific with a much more modest four-position improvement.

At the regional level, a slew of new women’s teams took over at No. 1. Lincoln (Mo.) in the Central Region.Adams State in the South Central, Wingate in the Southeast and Seattle Pacific in the West all ascended to the top of their respective regions – a feat matched among men’s teams by only Alaska Anchorage in the West.

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION II
MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2015 Week #5 — February 24
next ranking: March 3

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Ashland	144.88	GLIAC	Jud Logan (12th)	2
2	Findlay	137.51	GLIAC	Marc Arce (27th)	3
3	Grand Valley State	136.89	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (16th)	1
4	Adams State	120.98	RMAC	Rock Light (2nd)	4
5	Minnesota State	116.33	NSIC	Jim Dilling (2nd)	5
6	Saint Augustine’s	113.26	CIAA	George Williams (39th)	8
7	Colorado Mines	107.01	RMAC	Matt Sparks (2nd)	6
8	Central Missouri	92.35	MIAA	Kirk Pedersen (19th)/Kip Janvrin (17th)	7
9	Tiffin	84.56	GLIAC	Jeremy Croy (15th)	10
10	Western State	75.01	RMAC	Chris Bradford (6th)	9
11	Texas A&M-Kingsville	63.80	Lone Star	Ryan Dall (7th)	11
12	American International	59.78	Northeast-10	Leo Mayo (9th)	15
13	Shippensburg	58.44	PSAC	Dave Osanitsch (10th)	12
14	Missouri Southern	57.86	MIAA	Bryan Schiding (2nd)	13
15	Academy of Art	56.78	PacWest	Charles Ryan (5th)	17
16	Pittsburg State	56.31	MIAA	Russ Jewett (27th)	14
17	Lewis	55.61	GLVC	Dana Schwarting (10th)	16
18	CSU-Pueblo	52.01	RMAC	Matt Morris (2nd)	18
19	Neb.-Kearney	49.81	MIAA	Brady Bonsall (7th)	22
20	Southern Indiana	49.30	GLVC	Mike Hillyard (17th)	20
21	Emporia State	46.12	MIAA	Steve Blocker (4th)	19
22	Sioux Falls	45.42	NSIC	Reid Ehrisman (3rd)	21
23	West Texas A&M	35.71	Lone Star	Darren Flowers (6th)	24
24	Azusa Pacific	34.34	PacWest	Kevin Reid (20th)	28
25	Texas A&M-Commerce	31.45	Lone Star	Tom Dibbern (2nd)	25
dropped out: No. 23 Hillsdale
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	GLIAC	584.33	4
2	RMAC	426.56	4
3	MIAA	358.65	5
4	NSIC	188.62	2
5	Lone Star	143.38	3
6	CIAA	142.79	1
7	GLVC	139.81	2
8	Northeast-10	124.29	1
9	GNAC	116.57
10	PacWest	91.12	2

Men’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	Shippensburg	568.38	1
Central	Minnesota State	315.45	1
East	Southern Connecticut	418.94	1
Midwest	Grand Valley State	438.75	1
South	Shorter	740.79	1
South Central	Texas A&M-Commerce	363.02	1
Southeast	Mount Olive	467.14	1
West	Alaska Anchorage	387.57	5
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USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION II
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2015 Week #5 — February 24
next ranking: March 3

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Ashland	154.65	GLIAC	Jud Logan (12th)	1
2	Central Missouri	130.42	MIAA	Kirk Pedersen (19th)/Kip Janvrin (17th)	2
3	Grand Valley State	128.65	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (16th)	3
4	New Mexico Highlands	114.36	RMAC	Bob DeVries (23rd)	4
5	Hillsdale	109.71	GLIAC	Andrew Towne (4th)	5
6	Simon Fraser	101.64	GNAC	Brit Townsend (15th)	6
7	Johnson C. Smith	76.74	CIAA	Lennox Graham (8th)	8
8	Lincoln (Mo.)	72.00	MIAA	Victor Thomas (14th)	7
9	Lewis	59.09	GLVC	Dana Schwarting (10th)	13
10	Pittsburg State	58.33	MIAA	Russ Jewett (29th)	9
11	U-Mary	57.74	NSIC	Mike Thorson (21st)	11
12	New Haven	57.48	Northeast-10	Shaunnaya Williams (4th)	10
13	Adams State	52.46	RMAC	Rock Light (2nd)	12
14	Augustana (S.D.)	51.37	NSIC	Tracy Hellman (15th)	38
15	Livingstone	50.19	CIAA	Justin Davis (6th)	22
16	Azusa Pacific	50.15	PacWest	Preston Grey (1st)	20
17	Harding	50.02	Great American	Steve Guymon (12th)	14
18	Minnesota Duluth	47.70	NSIC	Joanna Warmington (4th)	18
19	Academy of Art	46.49	PacWest	Charles Ryan (5th)	24
20	Southern Connecticut	45.54	Northeast-10	Melissa Stoll (3rd)	17
21	West Texas A&M	44.60	Lone Star	Darren Flowers (6th)	21
22	Bellarmine	44.27	GLVC	Jim Vargo (15th)	40
23	Findlay	42.68	GLIAC	Marc Arce (27th)	15
24	Chadron State	41.46	RMAC	Brad Gamble (1st)	27
25	Winston-Salem State	41.40	CIAA	Inez Turner (6th)	42
dropped out: No. 16 Sioux Falls, No. 19 Stonehill, No. 23 Shorter, No. 25 Wayne State (Neb.)
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	GLIAC	472.12	4
2	MIAA	314.51	3
3	NSIC	307.10	3
4	RMAC	280.09	3
5	CIAA	233.65	3
6	Northeast-10	197.32	2
7	GNAC	163.38	1
8	GLVC	130.02	2
9	Lone Star	101.82	1
10	PacWest	96.64	2

Women’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	Winston-Salem State	281.58	1
Central	Lincoln (Mo.)	290.37	2
East	Southern Connecticut	519.47	1
Midwest	Grand Valley State	536.03	1
South	Alabama-Huntsville	628.46	1
South Central	Adams State	340.76	2
Southeast	Wingate	290.79	2
West	Seattle Pacific	359.67	4
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