Familiar Face Reclaims Top Spot in NCAA DII National Rankings
By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA
February 9, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – A new team ascended to the top of the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings, but by no means is that team unfamiliar with the view from above.
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Distance running is what Adams State is known for, and it’s precisely what boosted the Grizzlies to No. 1 this week with 193.73 points. Not only did Sydney Gidabuday, Dominic Cabada and Jackson Sayler overtake the top three spots on the 3000-meter qualifying (after altitude conversions), but ASU also took positions 21, 23, 24 and 30 in the event.
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And it wasn’t just the endurance athletes contributing to the 100-point improvement from a week ago; sprinter Jurgen Themen moved to No. 3 at 60 meters and Zach Baxter climbed to No. 6 in the shot put.
For its part, No. 2 GVSU also improved nearly 30 points from a week ago to 172.44 points, but it wasn’t enough to keep pace with the Grizzlies.
The National Team Computer Rankings formula works by assigning more points to higher-seeded athletes/relay teams in each event and sums the totals of all of each teams’ athletes (it is not analogous to the NCAA points scoring system). Only marks from the current season are included.
To make room for Adams State and Grand Valley, Tiffin (136.93) dropped a spot to No. 3, while No. 4 Saint Augustine’s (134.72) and No. 5 Minnesota State (116.76) held steady. Adams State’s distance runners displaced enough of No. 6 Colorado Mines’ (102.20) athletes in the rankings that the national cross country champion Orediggers dropped three spots from a week ago.
Meanwhile, the Lincoln (Mo.) women (165.27) were only able to maintain a marginal, three-point advantage over a surging No. 2 Grand Valley State squad (162.39) that rolled out a number of its top-flight distance runners. The Lakers got top-six efforts out of Kendra Foley, Gina Patterson and Amy Cymerman – as well as the No. 5 4×400 relay – to jump 42 points from a week ago.
GLIAC rival Hillsdale (129.45) also got great production out of its distance corps to move up four positions to No. 3. Emily Oren added a DII-leading mile to a collection that already included the fastest 3000 of the year, while Kristina Galat is close behind at No. 2 in both events. The duo combined to drive last year’s national runner-up Chargers a 35-point boost from last time.
No. 4 Pittsburg State fell two spots from last time but remains just behind Hillsdale at 128.40 points, and Lewis (105.65) just held off New Mexico Highlands (103.92) for the final spot in the top five. NMHU improved seven spots from last time with Salcia Slack taking the national leads in the triple jump and pentathlon, and the No. 3 rank in both the long jump and 60 hurdles.
Reigning national indoor and outdoor champion Central Missouri fell two spots to No. 11.
Central Missouri’s men made the biggest top-25 jump for either gender with a 16-place move to No. 16, while the Pittsburg State men improved 12 spots to No. 14.
New Mexico Highlands tied No. 24 Queens (N.C.) for the most significant move of the women’s ranking at seven spots.
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Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
2016 Week #3 — February 9 | |||||
| next ranking: February 16 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Adams State | 193.73 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 6 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | 172.44 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 1 |
| 3 | Tiffin | 136.93 | GLIAC | Jeremy Croy (16th) | 2 |
| 4 | Saint Augustine’s | 134.72 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 4 |
| 5 | Minnesota State | 116.76 | NSIC | Jim Dilling (3rd) | 5 |
| 6 | Colorado Mines | 102.20 | RMAC | Matt Sparks (3rd) | 3 |
| 7 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 88.07 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (15th) | 7 |
| 8 | Academy of Art | 83.95 | PacWest | Kevin LaSure (1st) | 8 |
| 9 | Western State | 83.59 | RMAC | Chris Bradford (7th) | 11 |
| 10 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 75.81 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 9 |
| 11 | Missouri Southern | 75.05 | MIAA | Bryan Schiding (3rd) | 17 |
| 12 | Azusa Pacific | 63.27 | PacWest | Kevin Reid (21st) | 12 |
| 13 | Ashland | 62.19 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (13th) | 10 |
| 14 | Pittsburg State | 48.53 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (28th) | 26 |
| 15 | Lewis | 47.85 | GLVC | Dana Schwarting (11th) | 15 |
| 16 | Central Missouri | 47.00 | MIAA | Kirk Pedersen (20th)/Kip Janvrin (18th) | 32 |
| 17 | Findlay | 46.41 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (28th) | 19 |
| 18 | Southern Connecticut | 45.91 | Northeast-10 | John Wallin (6th) | 13 |
| 19 | Chadron State | 45.55 | RMAC | Brad Gamble (2nd) | 14 |
| 20 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 40.93 | Lone Star | Ross Smithey (1st) | 24 |
| 21 | Southern Indiana | 39.90 | GLVC | Mike Hillyard (18th) | 16 |
| 22 | Saginaw Valley State | 33.17 | GLIAC | Rod Cowan (7th) | 21 |
| 23 | Johnson C. Smith | 32.86 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | 27 |
| 24 | Alaska Anchorage | 31.99 | GNAC | Michael Friess (26th) | 18 |
| 25 | Claflin | 31.88 | SIAC | Lincoln London (3rd) | 25 |
| Dropped out: No. 20 Simon Fraser, No. 22 Western Oregon, No. 23 American International | |||||
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| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | GLIAC | 497.62 | 5 |
| 2 | RMAC | 470.90 | 4 |
| 3 | MIAA | 302.29 | 4 |
| 4 | NSIC | 171.39 | 1 |
| 5 | CIAA | 168.96 | 2 |
| 6 | Lone Star | 161.90 | 2 |
| 7 | PacWest | 147.22 | 2 |
| 8 | GLVC | 114.92 | 2 |
| 9 | GNAC | 100.41 | 1 |
| 10 | Northeast-10 | 84.18 | 1 |
| Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Atlantic | Shippensburg | 495.42 | 1 |
| Central | Minnesota State | 327.34 | 1 |
| East | American International | 531.55 | 1 |
| Midwest | Grand Valley State | 458.03 | 1 |
| South | Shorter | 421.96 | 1 |
| South Central | Adams State | 381.31 | 5 |
| Southeast | Limestone | 401.05 | 1 |
| West | Alaska Anchorage | 402.20 | 1 |
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
2016 Week #3 — February 9 | |||||
| next ranking: February 16 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 165.27 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (15th) | 1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | 162.39 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 3 |
| 3 | Hillsdale | 129.45 | GLIAC | Andrew Towne (5th) | 7 |
| 4 | Pittsburg State | 128.40 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (30th) | 2 |
| 5 | Lewis | 105.65 | GLVC | Dana Schwarting (11th) | 4 |
| 6 | New Mexico Highlands | 103.92 | RMAC | Bob DeVries (24th) | 13 |
| 7 | Alaska Anchorage | 90.63 | GNAC | Michael Friess (26th) | 5 |
| 8 | Saint Augustine’s | 88.08 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 10 |
| 9 | Johnson C. Smith | 85.86 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | 6 |
| 10 | Shorter | 74.08 | Gulf South | Scott Byrd (9th) | 8 |
| 11 | Central Missouri | 68.00 | MIAA | Kirk Pedersen (20th)/Kip Janvrin (18th) | 9 |
| 12 | Minnesota Duluth | 60.31 | NSIC | Joanna Warmington (5th) | 16 |
| 13 | Ashland | 53.82 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (13th) | 15 |
| 14 | Findlay | 53.56 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (28th) | 12 |
| 15 | U-Mary | 53.23 | NSIC | Mike Thorson (22nd) | 11 |
| 16 | Minnesota State | 49.35 | NSIC | Jen Blue (16th) | 18 |
| 17 | Merrimack | 46.43 | Northeast-10 | Jacky Mendes (2nd) | 14 |
| 18 | Adams State | 44.28 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 25 |
| 19 | Winona State | 43.84 | NSIC | Mason Rebarchek (12th) | 19 |
| 20 | Sioux Falls | 36.30 | NSIC | Reid Ehrisman (4th) | 23 |
| 21 | Chadron State | 35.89 | RMAC | Brad Gamble (2nd) | 24 |
| 22 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 34.84 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 22 |
| 23 | Claflin | 34.59 | SIAC | Lincoln London (3rd) | 28 |
| 24 | Queens (N.C.) | 33.94 | SAC | Jim Vahrenkamp (4th) | 31 |
| 25 | Saginaw Valley State | 33.74 | GLIAC | Rod Cowan (7th) | 21 |
| Dropped out: No. 17 CSU-Pueblo, No. 20 Missouri Southern | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | GLIAC | 473.91 | 5 |
| 2 | MIAA | 462.51 | 3 |
| 3 | NSIC | 273.17 | 5 |
| 4 | RMAC | 252.09 | 3 |
| 5 | CIAA | 191.03 | 2 |
| 6 | GNAC | 157.27 | 1 |
| 7 | GLVC | 137.28 | 1 |
| 8 | Northeast-10 | 118.37 | 1 |
| 9 | Gulf South | 89.63 | 1 |
| 10 | Lone Star | 71.95 | 1 |
| Women’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Atlantic | Johnson C. Smith | 253.74 | 1 |
| Central | Lincoln (Mo.) | 391.54 | 1 |
| East | Stonehill | 378.72 | 1 |
| Midwest | Grand Valley State | 448.98 | 1 |
| South | Shorter | 552.32 | 1 |
| South Central | West Texas A&M | 323.98 | 1 |
| Southeast | Queens (N.C.) | 474.94 | 1 |
| West | Seattle Pacific | 395.58 | 1 |
| View All Regional Rankings | |||
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