Courtesy By Dennis Young, USTFCCCA
May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015
NEW ORLEANS –Indiana Tech’s men and women are No. 1 in the NAIA track & field team rankings for the second straight week. The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released the rankings on Wednesday morning
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Both Baptist schools are No. 2 for the second straight week; they’re trailed by Nebraska schools at No. 3 for the second straight week as well. The men of Concordia and the women of Doane are both ranked third.
These are the final rankings based on the national descending order lists. The national championship fields will be announced Friday, May 15 at 10:00 AM Central time, and rankings based on entries will be released next Monday.
No. 4 Southern Oregon, No. 5 Concordia (Ore.), No. 6 Eastern Oregon, No. 7 Wayland Baptist, No. 8 British Columbia, No. 9 Doane, and No. 10 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) comprised the rest of the men’s top ten.
Their female counterparts were No. 4 Concordia (Neb.), No. 5 British Columbia, No. 6 Oklahoma Baptist, No. 7 Westmont, No. 8 Embry-Riddle, No. 9 Cornerstone, and No. 10 Aquinas.
The men’s top ten teams have been the same–if in a slightly different order–for three straight weeks, while that’s true for the last two weeks for the women’s rankings.
One men’s team joined the top twenty-five this week. No. 25 Bethel (Ind.) replaced Cumberlands after one week out of the rankings. No. 22 St. Ambrose (Iowa) was the lone women’s team to crack the rankings this week; the Bees are making their season debut in the top twenty-five.
The final NAIA rankings before the May 21-23 championships will be released Monday, May 18.
USTFCCCA NAIA | |||||
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
2015 Week #7 — May 13 | |||||
| next ranking: MONDAY, May 18 (pre-championships) | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 461.03 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (6th) | 1 |
| 2 | Oklahoma Baptist | 410.17 | Sooner Athletic | Ford Mastin (19th) | 2 |
| 3 | Concordia (Neb.) | 306.73 | Great Plains | Kregg Einspahr (23rd) | 3 |
| 4 | Southern Oregon | 290.27 | Cascade | Grier Gatlin (4th) | 4 |
| 5 | Concordia (Ore.) | 285.09 | Cascade | Jerret Mantalas (1st) | 6 |
| 6 | Eastern Oregon | 279.47 | Cascade | Ben Welch (11th) | 7 |
| 7 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 276.32 | Sooner Athletic | Rohan Thompson (4th) | 5 |
| 8 | British Columbia | 275.67 | Independent (NAIA) | Marek Jedrzejek (14th) | 8 |
| 9 | Doane (Neb.) | 242.17 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (13th) | 9 |
| 10 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 189.82 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (14th) | 10 |
| 11 | Oklahoma City | 183.04 | Sooner Athletic | Conor Holt (4th) | 12 |
| 12 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 179.42 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Tim Bauer (31st) | 11 |
| 13 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 171.76 | Great Plains | Nate Treinen (8th) | 13 |
| 14 | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | 160.55 | Sun Conference | Michael Rosolino (12th) | 14 |
| 15 | Carroll (Mont.) | 140.82 | Frontier | Harry Clark (2nd) | 17 |
| 16 | Wiley (Texas) | 140.80 | Red River | Micah Tirop (2nd) | 15 |
| 17 | Indiana Wesleyan | 130.81 | Crossroads | John Foss (28th) | 16 |
| 18 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 126.86 | Heart of America | Mark Nelson (4th) | 19 |
| 19 | Cal State San Marcos | 118.31 | Independent (NAIA) | Steve Scott (16th) | 20 |
| 20 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 116.67 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (3rd) | 18 |
| 21 | Park (Mo.) | 107.19 | American Midwest | Brian Renshaw (23rd) | 21 |
| 22 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 104.62 | Frontier | Mike Collins (18th) | 23 |
| 23 | William Carey (Miss.) | 104.26 | Southern States | Ben Smith (3rd) | 22 |
| 24 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 104.17 | Appalachian | Shawn Jakubowski (3rd) | 24 |
| 25 | Bethel (Ind.) | 95.98 | Crossroads | Tony Natali (17th) | 26 |
| dropped out: No. 25 Cumberlands (Ky.) | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Cascade | 1022.37 | 3 |
| 2 | Great Plains | 1008.02 | 4 |
| 3 | Sooner Athletic | 879.37 | 3 |
| 4 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 820.84 | 2 |
| 5 | Independent (NAIA) | 430.51 | 2 |
| 6 | Crossroads | 357.81 | 2 |
| 7 | Chicagoland | 343.39 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun Conference | 332.93 | 1 |
| 9 | Heart of America | 326.88 | 1 |
| 10 | Frontier | 262.68 | 2 |
USTFCCCA NAIA | |||||
Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
2015 Week #7 — May 13 | |||||
| next ranking: MONDAY, May 18 (pre-championships) | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 493.50 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (6th) | 1 |
| 2 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 461.61 | Sooner Athletic | Rohan Thompson (4th) | 2 |
| 3 | Doane (Neb.) | 371.18 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (13th) | 3 |
| 4 | Concordia (Neb.) | 349.61 | Great Plains | Kregg Einspahr (23rd) | 5 |
| 5 | British Columbia | 338.63 | Independent (NAIA) | Marek Jedrzejek (14th) | 4 |
| 6 | Oklahoma Baptist | 297.14 | Sooner Athletic | Ford Mastin (19th) | 6 |
| 7 | Westmont (Calif.) | 253.81 | Golden State | Russell Smelley (36th) | 7 |
| 8 | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | 228.32 | Sun Conference | Michael Rosolino (12th) | 8 |
| 9 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 208.77 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Paul Koutz (3rd) | 9 |
| 10 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 201.33 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Dave Wood (19th) | 10 |
| 11 | Carroll (Mont.) | 160.53 | Frontier | Harry Clark (2nd) | 13 |
| 12 | Concordia (Ore.) | 157.83 | Cascade | Jerret Mantalas (1st) | 11 |
| 13 | Cal State San Marcos | 148.82 | Independent (NAIA) | Steve Scott (16th) | 17 |
| 14 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 141.00 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (14th) | 16 |
| 15 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 140.36 | Kansas Collegiate | Mike Kirkland (2nd) | 12 |
| 16 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 134.42 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (2nd) | 15 |
| 17 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 130.25 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Kirk Richards (3rd) | 14 |
| 18 | Hastings (Neb.) | 113.20 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (2nd) | 18 |
| 19 | Indiana Wesleyan | 104.04 | Crossroads | John Foss (28th) | 19 |
| 20 | Missouri Baptist | 103.55 | American Midwest | Patricia Hanna (5th) | 20 |
| 21 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 95.45 | Golden State | Zach Schroeder (7th) | 22 |
| 22 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 91.57 | Midwest Collegiate | Dan Tomlin (8th) | 32 |
| 23 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 91.55 | Chicagoland | Jeff Barker (3rd) | 24 |
| 24 | Grand View (Iowa) | 90.19 | Midwest Collegiate | Jerry Monner (9th) | 25 |
| 25 | Dordt (Iowa) | 89.61 | Great Plains | Craig Heynen (7th) | 21 |
| dropped out: No. 23 Wiley (Texas) | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Great Plains | 1093.77 | 4 |
| 2 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 1040.17 | 4 |
| 3 | Sooner Athletic | 858.94 | 2 |
| 4 | Cascade | 518.42 | 1 |
| 5 | Independent (NAIA) | 490.44 | 2 |
| 6 | Golden State | 464.73 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun Conference | 395.75 | 1 |
| 8 | Kansas Collegiate | 318.29 | 1 |
| 9 | Crossroads | 302.74 | 1 |
| 10 | Frontier | 296.25 | 1 |
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