Week 2 Division III Indoor Rankings Stay Stable

By Dennis Young, USTFCCCA

February 3, 2015

NEW ORLEANS—The second set of the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer rankings came out Tuesday, featuring remarkably few changes in the top ten for either gender. They were released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday afternoon.

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For the second straight week, the men’s top seven was ranked in this order: No. 1 North Central (Ill.), No. 2 UW-Eau Claire, No. 3UW-La Crosse, No. 4 UW-Whitewater, No. 5 Mount Union, No. 6Central (Iowa), and No. 7 MIT.

The top women’s teams are similiarly calcified right now: No. 1UW-La Crosse, No. 2 UW-Oshkosh, No. 3 MIT, No. 4 UW-Whitewater, No. 5 Illinois Wesleyan, No. 6 Wartburg, No. 7 Stevens Institute, and No. 8 Johns Hopkins came in at that order for the second straight week.

Both genders’ only top-ten switches were minor moves right at the bottom. The No. 8 Haverford men climbed two spots, and No. 10Buffalo State moved up one. On the women’s side, No. 9 Baldwin Wallace and No. 10 Carleton flip-flopped places from a week ago.

There were four new top 25 teams this week.

NCAA DIVISION III COMPUTER RANKINGS TOP 5 – MEN
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
North Central (Ill.)	UW-Eau Claire	UW-La Crosse	UW-Whitewater	Mount Union
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Two Pennsylvania teams from the same conference were the only two men’s teams to join the top 25. Nos. 23 and 25 Messiah andWidener–both no strangers to the national rankings–climbed into the top 25 on the basis of strong field event performances.

Messiah’s Tim Moses and Trevor Stutzman turned nationally elite marks in the vault and shot put, respectively, while Widener grabbed the majority of their ranking points from sprinter Gavin Colley and weight thrower
Tyler Williams.

NCAA DIVISION III COMPUTER RANKINGS TOP 5 – WOMEN
1)	2)	3)	4)	4)
UW-La Crosse	UW-Oshkosh	MIT	UW-Whitewater	Illinois Wesleyan
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No. 20 St. Lawrence and No. 25Emory were the two new women’s teams. The Saints got most of their points from fast 3ks byMegan Kellogg and Cassia Hamline, while the Eagles made their move thanks to posting the nation’s second fastest 4×400.

The strength of the WIAC is particularly evident during track season. The Wisconsin state schools have six men’s and six women’s teams ranked in the top 25; no other conference has more than two top-25 teams for both genders, and only one conference (the SUNYAC men) has even three for either.

Three new teams took over the top spot in their respective regions: the SUNY Oneonta men in the Atlantic, the Christopher Newport men in the South/Southeast, and Mount Union women in the Great Lakes.

The Division III team rankings will be released every Tuesday (except for February 18, a Wednesday) between now and the beginning of the NCAA Championships on March 13.

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION III
MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2015 Week #2 — February 3
next ranking: February 10

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	North Central (Ill.)	164.32	CCIW	Frank Gramarosso (5th)	1
2	UW-Eau Claire	163.88	WIAC	Chip Schneider (13th)	2
3	UW-La Crosse	154.95	WIAC	Josh Buchholtz (7th)	3
4	UW-Whitewater	150.75	WIAC	Mike Johnson (6th)	4
5	Mount Union	132.50	OAC	Kevin Lucas (5th)	5
6	Central (Iowa)	82.71	IIAC	Joe Dunham (7th)	6
7	MIT	71.37	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (25th)	7
8	Haverford	66.00	Centennial	Tom Donnelly (40th)	10
9	Tufts	64.51	NESCAC	Ethan Barron (10th)	9
10	Buffalo State	63.69	SUNYAC	Eugene Lewis (15th)	11
11	UW-Oshkosh	57.93	WIAC	Eamon McKenna (3rd)	17
12	SUNY Oneonta	57.69	SUNYAC	Angelo Posillico (2nd)	12
13	St. Olaf	57.61	MIAC	Phil Lundin (7th)	13
14	Bridgewater State	56.12	MASCAC	T.J. Smith (8th)	16
15	Bates	52.83	NESCAC	Al Fereshetian (20th)	14
16	UW-Stout	49.26	WIAC	Kyle Steiner (2nd)	15
17	Worcester State	41.40	MASCAC	Alan Halper (13th)	23
18	UW-Platteville	39.01	WIAC	Chris Rotzenberg (3rd)	18
19	Wartburg	38.67	IIAC	Marcus Newsom (17th)	19
20	Salisbury	38.54	CAC	Jim Jones (16th)	20
21	Greenville	38.06	SLIAC	Brian Patton (21st)	21
22	SUNY Cortland	36.24	SUNYAC	Steve Patrick (8th)	22
23	Messiah	32.88	Middle Atlantic	Dale Fogelsanger (21st)	26
24	Ohio Wesleyan	32.69	NCAC	Kris Boey (13th)	25
25	Widener	31.23	Middle Atlantic	Vince Touey (28th)	27
dropped out: No. 8 Southern Maine, No. 24 Wabash
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	WIAC	625.12	6
2	NESCAC	221.52	2
3	CCIW	213.20	1
4	OAC	183.34	1
5	SUNYAC	169.94	3
6	IIAC	146.98	2
7	MASCAC	97.52	2
8	Centennial	95.91	1
9	NEWMAC	91.94	1
10	MIAC	89.73	1

Men’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	SUNY Oneonta	352.43	2
Central	Central (Iowa)	336.02	1
Great Lakes	Mount Union	374.40	1
Mideast	Salisbury	321.20	1
Midwest	North Central (Ill.)	372.37	1
New England	MIT	363.83	1
South/Southeast	Christopher Newport	464.70	2
West	Whitworth	512.15	1
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USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION III
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2015 Week #2 — February 3
next ranking: February 10

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	UW-La Crosse	214.35	WIAC	Pat Healy (24th)	1
2	UW-Oshkosh	167.80	WIAC	Ben Dorsey (3rd)	2
3	MIT	167.09	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (8th)	3
4	UW-Whitewater	115.19	WIAC	Mike Johnson (4th)	4
5	Illinois Wesleyan	108.10	CCIW	Chris Schumacher (18th)	5
6	Wartburg	78.58	IIAC	Marcus Newsom (17th)	6
7	Stevens	70.37	Empire 8	Justin Wood (3rd)	7
8	Johns Hopkins	66.05	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (16th)	8
9	Baldwin Wallace	62.12	OAC	Bill Taraschke (30th)	10
10	Carleton	60.03	MIAC	Donna Ricks (22nd)	9
11	UW-Platteville	55.45	WIAC	Chris Rotzenberg (3rd)	11
12	North Central (Ill.)	55.31	CCIW	Kari Kluckhohn (12th)	13
13	UW-Eau Claire	54.17	WIAC	Chip Schneider (9th)	15
14	Westminster (Pa.)	51.68	PAC	Tim McNeil (8th)	14
15	Lehman	50.63	CUNYAC	Pete Charles (3rd)	17
16	Washington (Mo.)	50.26	UAA	Jeff Stiles (14th)	12
17	Luther	45.54	IIAC	Jeffrey Wettach (9th)	16
18	Rowan	43.77	NJAC	Derick “Ringo” Adamson (8th)	18
19	Ithaca	43.72	Empire 8	Jennifer Potter (12th)	19
20	St. Lawrence	39.62	Liberty League	Kate Curran (7th)	27
21	UW-Stout	37.29	WIAC	Kyle Steiner (2nd)	22
22	Williams	36.71	NESCAC	Nate Hoey (2nd)	20
23	Nebraska Wesleyan	36.50	Great Plains	Ted Bulling (28th)	21
24	Middlebury	35.71	NESCAC	Martin Beatty (27th)	24
25	Emory	34.02	UAA	John Curtin (30th)	26
dropped out: No. 23 Chicago, No. 25 UMass Boston
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	WIAC	667.53	6
2	NEWMAC	200.27	1
3	CCIW	194.08	2
4	NESCAC	171.67	2
5	IIAC	159.68	2
6	MIAC	151.10	1
7	Empire 8	136.80	2
8	UAA	118.95	2
9	Centennial	90.25	1
10	SUNYAC	85.03

Women’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	Ithaca	317.48	1
Central	Wartburg	352.33	1
Great Lakes	Mount Union	287.01	2
Mideast	Johns Hopkins	408.55	1
Midwest	Illinois Wesleyan	354.10	1
New England	MIT	503.22	1
South/Southeast	Emory	431.52	1
West	Whitworth	556.05	1
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