2017 NCAA DII Men’s Outdoor Team Rankings – Week 3

By Curtis Akey, USTFCCCA

April 4, 2017

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NEW ORLEANS — Tiffin’s men’s squad made a big push into the top-5 of this week’s NCAA Division II Outdoor Team Rankings, as released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday, but it was not enough to supplant the top-2 teams who have held strong through the first three weeks of the season.
Chico State and Ashland continued their stranglehold on the 1st and 2nd spots in the rankings, respectively, while Texas A&M-Commerce (4th) and Shorter (5th) each dropped a spot from a week ago.

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Not a single one of Tiffin’s competitors from a week ago was laughing at the Dragons during the Otterbein University April Fool’s Invitational, where Jeremy Croy’s men pulled off 3 top-10 NCAA Division II marks among other solid performances. Senior Coy Blair led the way with an NCAA Division II Automatic Qualifying mark in the shot put with a throw of 19.23m (63-1¼) that currently sits atop the descending order list. Dylan Cornwell (5.11m/16-9¼) and Cameron Burrows (2.10m/6-10¾) were sound in the pole vault and high jump, respectively, as each posted the 3rd-best mark in their event in NCAA Division II on the season.
While the Dragons were firing on all cylinders, so too were Chico State and Ashland.
Chico State benefited greatly from a pair of meets out in California in the San Francisco State Distance Carnival and the Stanford Invitational. In the former of the two, Kyle Medina (13:54.87), Will Reyes (14:01.50) and Connor Fisher (14:14.16) recorded the 2nd, 4th and 9th-best times in NCAA Division II this year in the 5000 meters, respectively. Derek Morton also flashed his skills in the 1500 meters, running at 3:46.81 for the 2nd-fastest time on the season by any NCAA Division II men’s athlete. The Wildcats field athletes were strong at the Stanford Invitational, led by Phill Bailey in the pole vault (4.90m/16-0¾).
Ashland got 5 top-10 outings out of its trip to the Miami Duals in Oxford, Ohio. Myles Pringle continued his torrid start to the season, running the 4th-fastest 200 meter time in NCAA Division II this year at 21.30. But it was the throwers who paced the way for the Eagles over the weekend, as Jordan Crayon hit an NCAA Division II Automatic Qualifying mark in the hammer throw at 67.09m (220-1) that sits behind only his teammate, Daniel Roberts, in all of NCAA Division II this year. Bryn Campbell was right behind Crayon at the meet with a toss of 63.91m (209-8), good for 3rd in all of NCAA Division II, while Jason Zahn posted the 4th-best discus throw (54.10m/177-6) and the 10th-best shot put mark (16.74m/54-11¼) this year.

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Texas A&M-Commerce was led at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays by Florian Obst, a freshman who recorded the top decathlon point total in NCAA Division II so far this season at 7235. Shorter posted some respectable marks at the Florida Relays, with DeAngelo Harris running the 4th-fastest time in NCAA Division II this year in the 400 meters at 47.09 Christian Smith recorded a 51.07 in the 400 hurdles – 3rd-best in NCAA Division II – while a quartet of Hawks posted the 2nd-best time in NCAA Division II in the 4×400 relay at 3:07.99.
Saint Augustine’s (6th), Academy of Art (7th), Adams State (8th), Central Missouri (9th) and Limestone (10th) round out the top-10. Adams State and Limestone each made tremendous leaps into the rankings, as the Grizzlies jumped from 52nd a week ago, while the Saints were just on the outside of the top-25 a week ago at 28th.
Five other teams made double-digit jumps this week in Lincoln (Mo.) (35th to 12th), Alaska Anchorage (26th to 16th), West Texas A&M (36th to 19th), Grand Valley State (42nd to 21st) and Western Oregon (88th to 25th).
The biggest leap of the week, however, belonged to Fresno Pacific who jumped from 129th to 20th, a whopping 109 spots.
The 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, from May 25-27. Check back at www.USTFCCCA.org each week throughout the season for updated rankings.

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2017 Week #3 — April 4
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Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Chico State	204.71	CCAA	Oliver Hanf (5th)	1
2	Ashland	170.76	GLIAC	Jud Logan (14th)	2
3	Tiffin	124.11	GLIAC	Jeremy Croy (17th)	7
4	Texas A&M-Commerce	123.09	Lone Star	George Pincock (1st)	3
5	Shorter	116.19	Gulf South	Scott Byrd (10th)	4
6	Saint Augustine’s	113.67	CIAA	George Williams (41st)	8
7	Academy of Art	99.49	PacWest	Kevin LaSure (2nd)	6
8	Adams State	97.68	RMAC	Rock Light (4th)	52
9	Central Missouri	95.93	MIAA	Kirk Pedersen (21st)/Kip Janvrin (19th)	12
10	Limestone	94.04	Conf. Carolinas	Joseph Wassink (3rd)	28
11	Angelo State	75.02	Lone Star	Tom Dibbern (1st)	5
12	Lincoln (Mo.)	74.47	MIAA	Victor Thomas (16th)	35
13	Eastern New Mexico	70.71	Lone Star	Danielle Kcholi (3rd)	11
14	Texas A&M-Kingsville	68.66	Lone Star	Ryan Dall (9th)	9
15	Minnesota State	65.03	NSIC	Jim Dilling (4th)	15
16	Alaska Anchorage	62.43	GNAC	Michael Friess (27th)	26
17	West Texas A&M	62.09	Lone Star	Darren Flowers (8th)	36
18	Mount Olive	59.02	Conf. Carolinas	Matt Van Lierop (9th)	16
19	Shippensburg	57.51	PSAC	Dave Osanitsch (12th)	18
20	Fresno Pacific	56.48	PacWest	Ray Winter (3rd)	NR
21	Grand Valley State	52.56	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (18th)	42
22	Pittsburg State	51.70	MIAA	Russ Jewett (29th)	19
23	Cal Poly Pomona	49.95	CCAA	Octavious Gillespie-Bennett (5th)	14
24	Florida Tech	49.49	Sunshine	Jason Munsch (2nd)	13
25	Western Oregon	47.57	GNAC	Mike Johnson (13th)	88
dropped out: No. 10 Lee (Tenn.), No. 17 Johnson C. Smith, No. 20 Slippery Rock, No. 21 Edinboro, No. 22 Azusa Pacific, No. 23 UC San Diego, No. 24 CSU-Pueblo, No. 25 Cal State LA
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	GLIAC	439.03	3
2	Lone Star	421.82	5
3	CCAA	344.66	2
4	MIAA	337.26	3
5	RMAC	258.87	1
6	PacWest	190.80	2
7	Conf. Carolinas	172.53	2
8	GNAC	170.87	2
9	PSAC	162.04	1
10	Gulf South	155.17	1

Men’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	Shippensburg	430.61	2
Central	Pittsburg State	389.19	2
East	St. Thomas Aquinas	379.18	1
Midwest	Ashland	431.84	1
South	Shorter	351.74	1
South Central	Angelo State	459.34	1
Southeast	Mount Olive	518.78	1
West	Chico State	584.94	1
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Men’s #EventSquad Leaders (Best Foursome in the Country By Event)

Event	Institution	Squad Average		Squad Total
100 Meters	Lincoln (Mo.)	10.55		42.18
200 Meters	Texas A&M-Commerce	21.66		1:26.65
400 Meters	Minnesota State	48.78		3:15.11
800 Meters	Western Oregon	1:52.53		7:30.13
1500 Meters	Adams State	3:52.88		15:31.51
Steeplechase	Mount Olive	9:34.80		38:19.22
5000 Meters	Chico State	14:08.46		56:33.84
10,000 Meters	West Texas A&M	30:50.69		2:3:22.78
110 Meter Hurdles	Chico State	14.92		59.66
400 Meter Hurdles	Slippery Rock	54.84		3:39.36
High Jump	Angelo State	1.99m	6-6¼	7.95m	26-1
Pole Vault	Chico State	4.83m	15-10	19.30m	63-3¾
Long Jump	Chico State	7.11m	23-4	28.44m	93-3¾
Triple Jump	Minnesota State	14.84m	48-8¼	59.34m	194-8
Shot Put	Tiffin	16.84m	55-3	67.36m	221-0
Discus	Ashland	51.30m	168-3	205.18m	673-2
Hammer	Ashland	64.40m	211-3	257.61m	845-2
Javelin	Pittsburg State	63.06m	206-10	252.22m	827-6
Decathlon	Chico State	7,077		28,309