UW-La Crosse Continues to Lead DIII Outdoor Rankings

By Dennis Young, USTFCCCA

April 7, 2015

NEW ORLEANS – The UW-La Crosse Eagles rule the NCAA Division III roost for the third straight week.
Their men and women have been ranked No. 1 in every 2015 edition of the DIII Outdoor National Team Computer Rankings. The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released the rankings on Tuesday.

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Stability was the story in both polls. The top ten teams–in a slightly different order–remained the same for both sexes. No new men’s teams entered the top 23, and no women’s teams entered the top 24.
Four-time national champion thrower Sean Donnelly left No. 4 Mount Union to try his hand at the Division I level. He’ll sit out this spring and compete for Minnesota in 2016. That was the biggest development in the men’s poll, as it caused his former team to slide from second to fourth in the rankings. No. 2 UW-Eau Claire and No. 3 North Central (Ill.) were the biggest beneficiaries of Donnelly’s departure, as both teams moved up to their highest ranking of the year.
No. 5 UW-Whitewater, No. 6 UW-Oshkosh, No. 7 Augustana (Ill.), No. 8 MIT, No. 9 Washington (Mo.), and No. 10 SUNY Oneonta filled out the rest of the men’s top ten. Oshkosh, Augie, and MIT each moved up one spot at WashU’s expense.
That’s the highest ranking ever for the MIT Engineers. Two men’s teams joined the top twenty-five for the first time ever: No. 24 Messiah climbed six ranks, while No. 25 Spalding moved up one.
Tim Moses literally vaulted Messiah into the rankings, as he cleared a season-best 5.11m (16-9.25) for the Falcons at the Millersville Metrics. And Spalding scooted up the rankings thanks to thrower Kyle Jenkins adding a nationally elite discus mark to his already points-rich performances in the shot and hammer.

NCAA Division III Computer Rankings Top 5 – Men
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
UW-La Crosse	UW-Eau Claire	North Central (Ill.)	Mount Union	UW-Whitewater
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NCAA Division III Computer Rankings Top 5 – Women
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
UW-La Crosse	UW-Oshkosh	UW-Whitewater	Johns Hopkins	MIT
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In the women’s rankings, No. 2 Oshkosh and No. 3 Whitewater flip-flopped. Behind the three WIAC schools that lead the nation, No. 4 Johns Hopkins, No. 5 MIT, No. 6 Wartburg, and No. 7 George Fox held down their respective spots from a week ago; new No. 8 Cal Lutheran jumped over No. 9 Baldwin Wallace and No. 10 Illinois Wesleyan.
The Athenas of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps were the biggest movers of the week, as they went from No. 22 to No. 13 mostly thanks to a stellar 400 from Alyanna Cameron-Lewis and a quick 800 from Carmen Mejia.
No. 25 UW-Platteville moved up from No. 26; that marks the first time that the Pioneers have explored the territory of the regular season top 25.
Four new men’s teams and five new women’s teams rose to No. 1 rankings in their respective regions. They were the men from Loras, Wabash, Augustana (Ill.), and MIT and the women from Wartburg, Ohio Wesleyan, Salisbury, La Crosse, and MIT. Five programs have the regional No. 1 men’s and women’s team: Rowan in the Atlantic, Salisbury in the Mideast, MIT in New England, Emory in the South/Southeast, and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the West.
The DIII rankings will be released on Tuesdays between now and outdoor nationals.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division III
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2015 Week #2 — April 7
next ranking: April 14

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	UW-La Crosse	192.68	WIAC	Josh Buchholtz (7th)	1
2	UW-Eau Claire	142.38	WIAC	Chip Schneider (13th)	3
3	North Central (Ill.)	128.08	CCIW	Frank Gramarosso (5th)	4
4	Mount Union	98.78	OAC	Kevin Lucas (5th)	2
5	UW-Whitewater	98.58	WIAC	Mike Johnson (6th)	5
6	UW-Oshkosh	89.25	WIAC	Eamon McKenna (3rd)	7
7	Augustana (Ill.)	88.18	CCIW	Paul Olsen (46th)	8
8	MIT	86.04	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (25th)	9
9	Washington (Mo.)	85.33	UAA	Jeff Stiles (14th)	6
10	SUNY Oneonta	84.30	SUNYAC	Angelo Posillico (2nd)	10
11	Salisbury	73.94	CAC	Jim Jones (16th)	12
12	Wabash	73.45	NCAC	Clyde Morgan (7th)	11
13	Greenville	72.70	SLIAC	Brian Patton (21st)	13
14	Widener	68.87	Middle Atlantic	Vince Touey (28th)	14
15	UW-Stout	64.37	WIAC	Kyle Steiner (2nd)	15
16	St. Olaf	59.16	MIAC	Phil Lundin (7th)	16
17	Bates	57.53	NESCAC	Al Fereshetian (20th)	19
18	Haverford	56.43	Centennial	Tom Donnelly (40th)	24
19	Southern Maine	54.06	Little East	Ryan Harkleroad (1st)	18
20	Whitworth	51.39	Northwest Conference	Toby Schwarz (19th)	21
21	Central (Iowa)	50.77	IIAC	Joe Dunham (7th)	20
22	Johns Hopkins	49.63	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (16th)	17
23	Buffalo State	47.67	SUNYAC	Eugene Lewis (15th)	22
24	Messiah	46.17	Middle Atlantic	Dale Fogelsanger (21st)	30
25	Spalding	44.91	SLIAC	(0th)	26
dropped out: No. 23 Williams, No. 25 Baldwin Wallace
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	WIAC	662.48	5
2	CCIW	260.56	2
3	SUNYAC	199.32	2
4	OAC	183.60	1
5	NESCAC	160.99	1
6	IIAC	159.35	1
7	NCAC	153.64	1
8	Middle Atlantic	135.94	2
9	Centennial	134.16	2
10	UAA	131.57	1

Men’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	Rowan	367.36	1
Central	Loras	323.57	6
Great Lakes	Wabash	394.49	3
Mideast	Salisbury	466.67	1
Midwest	Augustana (Ill.)	348.31	2
New England	MIT	439.34	2
South/Southeast	Emory	387.70	1
West	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	519.16	1
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USTFCCCA NCAA Division III
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2015 Week #2 — April 7
next ranking: April 14

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	UW-La Crosse	194.66	WIAC	Pat Healy (24th)	1
2	UW-Oshkosh	135.62	WIAC	Ben Dorsey (3rd)	3
3	UW-Whitewater	135.51	WIAC	Mike Johnson (4th)	2
4	Johns Hopkins	130.64	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (16th)	4
5	MIT	96.95	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (8th)	5
6	Wartburg	95.29	IIAC	Marcus Newsom (17th)	6
7	George Fox	89.62	Northwest Conference	John Smith (9th)	7
8	Cal Lutheran	88.64	SCIAC	Matt Lea (7th)	10
9	Baldwin Wallace	88.02	OAC	Bill Taraschke (30th)	8
10	Illinois Wesleyan	84.31	CCIW	Chris Schumacher (18th)	9
11	North Central (Ill.)	80.62	CCIW	Kari Kluckhohn (12th)	11
12	UW-Eau Claire	71.93	WIAC	Chip Schneider (9th)	12
13	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	65.47	SCIAC	Kelly Beck (1st)	22
14	Rowan	59.67	NJAC	Derick “Ringo” Adamson (8th)	13
15	Washington (Mo.)	57.08	UAA	Jeff Stiles (14th)	15
16	Mount Union	55.95	OAC	Kevin Lucas (6th)	14
17	Westminster (Pa.)	54.69	PAC	Tim McNeil (8th)	16
18	Central (Iowa)	54.57	IIAC	Joe Dunham (7th)	17
19	Willamette	51.93	Northwest Conference	Matt McGuirk (11th)	19
20	St. Lawrence	51.60	Liberty League	Kate Curran (7th)	18
21	Nebraska Wesleyan	49.45	Great Plains	Ted Bulling (28th)	21
22	Carleton	48.24	MIAC	Donna Ricks (22nd)	23
23	Whitworth	45.24	Northwest Conference	Toby Schwarz (19th)	20
24	Luther	44.68	IIAC	Jeffrey Wettach (9th)	24
25	UW-Platteville	44.15	WIAC	Chris Rotzenberg (3rd)	26
dropped out: No. 25 St. Thomas (Minn.)
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	WIAC	641.25	5
2	IIAC	235.08	3
3	Northwest Conference	211.25	3
4	CCIW	209.08	2
5	SCIAC	194.73	2
6	Centennial	169.51	1
7	OAC	168.09	2
8	NEWMAC	165.47	1
9	SUNYAC	160.17
10	MIAC	156.16	1

Women’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	Rowan	320.94	1
Central	Wartburg	317.90	NR
Great Lakes	Ohio Wesleyan	344.25	3
Mideast	Salisbury	289.31	2
Midwest	UW-La Crosse	385.76	NR
New England	MIT	478.12	2
South/Southeast	Emory	458.48	1
West	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	636.14	1
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