Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Men’s Team Battle Tightens in Week 7 DIII Rankings

 


By Dennis Young, USTFCCCA
May 12, 2015   



NEW ORLEANS – The final edition of the NCAA Division III track & field computer team rankings based on the descending order lists—next week’s will be based on the championship entries—look a lot like the first seven editions.

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UW-La Crosse’s men and women were ranked No. 1, as they have been in all eight rankings.   The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released today’s edition.
(Note: today’s rankings were compiled on Monday morning before the early-week last chance meets)
Ninety miles north of La Crosse, the men and women of UW-Eau Claire were perched at No. 2 for the second straight week. (The Blugold men have been ranked second or third all season.
UW-La Crosse’s grip on the women’s top spot loosened very slightly, but they still have nearly double the rankings points of any other team. But the men’s team battle is shaping up to be as spicy as it was at indoor nationals, where Eau Claire slipped by La Crosse by two points. La Crosse’s lead over the UWEC men was the narrowest it has been all season–just 7.06 points.
For the third straight week, the UW-Whitewater men filled out the top three.  The next four men’s teams shuffled around slightly: they were No. 4 Monmouth (Ill.), No. 5 Salisbury, No. 6 Augustana (Ill.), and No. 7 St. Olaf.
Joining them in the top ten for the first team in nearly a month was No. 8 North Central (Ill.). The Cardinals were ranked in the top four for the first three weeks of the season, before spending an unprecedented three straight weeks out of the top ten.

NCAA Division III Computer Rankings Top 5 – Men

1)UW-La Crosse2)UW-Eau Claire3)MIT4)Mount Union5)Salisbury
UW-La CrosseUW-Eau ClaireUW-WhitewaterMonmouth (Ill.)Salisbury
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NCAA Division III Computer Rankings Top 5 – Women

1)UW-La Crosse2)UW-Eau Claire3)MIT4)Johns Hopkins5)MIT
UW-La CrosseUW-Eau ClaireMITUW-OshkoshIllinois Wesleyan
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They picked up twelve points from Aron Sebhat slashing his 1500 PR from 3:52 to 3:47 on his home track.
Further down the men’s rankings, SUNY Oneonta rejoined the top ten after exactly one week away. The Red Dragons were ranked No. 10 for the fourth time in the last seven weeks.
No. 12 Wartburg, No. 19 UW-Platteville, and No. 25 Washington (Mo.) were the three teams to join the men’s top twenty-five this week.
WashU made the biggest leap of the week. The Bears clawed their way from No. 58 to No. 25 after Deko Ricketts (800), Josh Clark (1500), and Drew Padgett (5k) went for a whopping thirty-eight rankings points after posting nationally elite times at North Central’s Dr. Keeler Invitational.
In the women’s rankings:
Past La Crosse and Eau Claire, No. 3 MIT, No. 4 UW-Oshkosh, and No. 5 Illinois Wesleyan were the rest of the top five. All three of those schools have been ranked in the top five at least three times this year.
No. 6 WashU, No. 7 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, No. 8 Whitewater, No. 9 North Central, and No. 10 Baldwin Wallace all returned to the top ten for the second straight week.
Just one women’s team joined the rankings this week. That would be No. 25 Cornell College of Iowa, which moved up four slots. The two biggest moves came from national championship hosts St. Lawrence–up eight to No. 15 after Divya Biswal’s massive 5.80m long jump–and No. 12 Rhodes, also up eight slots. Rhodes and Cornell both made their moves thanks to other teams’ athletes sliding down the descending order lists, while their athletes held steady.
The DIII pre-championship rankings will be released Monday, May 18.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division III

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)

2015 Week #7 — May 12

next ranking: May 18 (pre-championships)
RankInstitutionPointsConferenceHead Coach (Yr)Last Week
1UW-La Crosse215.69WIACJosh Buchholtz (7th)1
2UW-Eau Claire185.14WIACChip Schneider (13th)2
3UW-Whitewater122.50WIACMike Johnson (6th)3
4Salisbury100.56CACJim Jones (16th)17
5Augustana (Ill.)93.81CCIWPaul Olsen (46th)5
6Monmouth (Ill.)90.74Midwest ConferenceRoger Haynes (32nd)4
7St. Olaf89.84MIACPhil Lundin (7th)6
8UW-Stout76.28WIACKyle Steiner (2nd)15
9Wabash71.91NCACClyde Morgan (7th)7
10Brockport69.67SUNYACEd Jaskulski (3rd)18
11Haverford67.08CentennialTom Donnelly (40th)13
12North Central (Ill.)66.74CCIWFrank Gramarosso (5th)16
13Mount Union63.97OACKevin Lucas (5th)8
14SUNY Oneonta63.34SUNYACAngelo Posillico (2nd)10
15Whitworth61.76Northwest ConferenceToby Schwarz (19th)9
16Central (Iowa)61.61IIACJoe Dunham (7th)12
17UW-Oshkosh58.49WIACEamon McKenna (3rd)11
18Redlands58.38SCIACMike Schmidt (8th)24
19Williams56.67NESCACDavid Thompson (2nd)14
20UW-Stevens Point55.94WIACRick Witt (36th)38
21Messiah52.73Middle AtlanticDale Fogelsanger (21st)22
22Widener50.52Middle AtlanticVince Touey (28th)19
23UW-River Falls47.80WIACMatthew Cole (2nd)27
24Occidental46.03SCIACRobert Bartlett (10th)56
25SUNY Cortland45.23SUNYACSteve Patrick (8th)32
dropped out: No. 22 Widener, No. 23 UW-River Falls, No. 24 Occidental
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
RankConferencePointsTop 25 Teams
1WIAC795.887
2CCIW218.802
3SUNYAC207.653
4IIAC182.211
5SCIAC172.612
6Middle Atlantic158.132
7NESCAC148.781
8NCAC143.761
9CAC142.621
10Midwest Conference141.961

Men’s Regional Index Leaders
RegionInstitutionPointsLast Week
AtlanticBrockport392.841
CentralCentral (Iowa)385.761
Great LakesWabash450.111
MideastWidener435.611
MidwestUW-La Crosse488.261
New EnglandMIT412.901
South/SoutheastChristopher Newport415.501
WestClaremont-Mudd-Scripps516.881
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USTFCCCA NCAA Division III

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)

2015 Week #7 — May 12

next ranking: May 18 (pre-championships)
RankInstitutionPointsConferenceHead Coach (Yr)Last Week
1UW-La Crosse283.87WIACPat Healy (24th)1
2UW-Eau Claire141.69WIACChip Schneider (9th)3
3UW-Oshkosh117.25WIACBen Dorsey (3rd)9
4MIT116.91NEWMACHalston Taylor (8th)5
5Claremont-Mudd-Scripps107.27SCIACKelly Beck (1st)2
6Washington (Mo.)105.55UAAJeff Stiles (14th)7
7Illinois Wesleyan102.89CCIWChris Schumacher (18th)4
8UW-Whitewater90.77WIACMike Johnson (4th)18
9Baldwin Wallace85.29OACBill Taraschke (30th)6
10North Central (Ill.)82.76CCIWKari Kluckhohn (12th)8
11Johns Hopkins74.65CentennialBobby Van Allen (16th)12
12UW-Stout68.58WIACKyle Steiner (2nd)29
13Rowan65.44NJACDerick “Ringo” Adamson (8th)41
14George Fox63.97Northwest ConferenceJohn Smith (9th)14
15Ohio Wesleyan62.07NCACKris Boey (13th)22
16Cal Lutheran61.07SCIACMatt Lea (7th)13
17UW-Platteville58.30WIACChris Rotzenberg (3rd)36
18UW-Stevens Point57.92WIACBrett Witt (1st)24
19Wartburg56.93IIACMarcus Newsom (17th)11
20Rhodes53.97SAARobert Shankman (24th)10
21Aurora51.92NACCRyan Chapman (7th)25
22SUNY Oneonta49.49SUNYACAngelo Posillico (2nd)17
23St. Lawrence48.57Liberty LeagueKate Curran (7th)21
24Lehman46.98CUNYACPete Charles (3rd)16
25Williams46.69NESCACNate Hoey (2nd)38
dropped out: No. 22 SUNY Oneonta
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
RankConferencePointsTop 25 Teams
1WIAC823.427
2SCIAC209.592
3CCIW190.412
4NEWMAC160.861
5NESCAC159.971
6Centennial150.711
7Northwest Conference147.551
8SUNYAC137.741
9MIAC136.00
10IIAC133.861

Women’s Regional Index Leaders
RegionInstitutionPointsLast Week
AtlanticIthaca274.781
CentralWartburg356.321
Great LakesCalvin377.212
MideastJohns Hopkins338.571
MidwestUW-La Crosse553.381
New EnglandMIT533.301
South/SoutheastEmory376.861
WestClaremont-Mudd-Scripps673.321
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