DII Indoor Women’s Champ Central Missouri Moves to No. 1 Outdoors

NEW ORLEANS – Mid-March saw the Central Missouri women claim their first NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field team title, and already on the third month’s final day the Jennies are already positioning themselves for an outdoor repeat.

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UCM moved up to No. 1 in the week three edition of the National Team Computer Rankings released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), while the Chico State men held on to their top spot by the slimmest of margins.

Unlike the NCAA Division I and III rankings (which include 2014 marks from returning athletes), Division II only includes marks from the current 2015 season in its rankings formula. In the early section of this outdoor season, the rankings function more as a display of who’s performed the best to date this year and not necessarily who will be contending for the NCAA titles Memorial Day weekend in Allendale, Michigan.

Only USTFCCCA member programs are eligible to be ranked.

Central Missouri took over the top women’s spot on a week in which each top-five spot was occupied by a new team. Azusa Pacific moved up two positions to No. 2, Saint Augustine’s moved up three to No. 3, Angelo State dropped two to No. 4 and Lewis improved two positions to No. 5.

For the men, Chico State was just able to hold off No. 2 Minnesota State, which made its outdoor debut this past weekend. No. 3 Texas A&M-Commerce held steady, checking in just ahead of the No. 4 GVSU men making their season debut. Angelo State moved up a spot to No. 5 to round out the top five.

Leading the charge for the Central Missouri women was thrower Heavin Warner. The junior is the top-ranked hammer thrower in Division II, the No. 3 discus thrower and the No. 5 shot putter. Heptathlete Madison Smith also played a big role, notching the top heptathlon and the top high jump.

Giving the Minnesota State men a big push were seven performances ranked among the top five nationally in their respective events. Emmanuel Matadi turned in the No. 2 run at 200 meters and the No. 3 sprint at 100, while Nathan Hancock scored the No. 2 decathlon.

At the regional level, Ashland took over atop the Midwest Region and the Nova Southeastern claimed the top spot in the South on the men’s side. Three new women’s teams ascended to the top of their regions: Central Missouri in the Central, Lewis in the Midwest, and Chico State in the West.

The NCAA Division II Championships will be contested May 21-23 at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Michigan.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division II
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2015 Week #3 — March 31
next ranking: April 7

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Chico State	140.84	CCAA	Oliver Hanf (3rd)	1
2	Minnesota State	132.43	NSIC	Jim Dilling (2nd)	73
3	Texas A&M-Commerce	131.97	Lone Star	Tom Dibbern (2nd)	3
4	Grand Valley State	128.11	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (16th)	NR
5	Angelo State	127.19	Lone Star	James Reid (16th)	6
6	Colorado Mines	126.23	RMAC	Matt Sparks (2nd)	15
7	Cal Poly Pomona	117.06	CCAA	Octavious Gillespie-Bennett (3rd)	2
8	Pittsburg State	113.62	MIAA	Russ Jewett (27th)	NR
9	Saint Augustine’s	110.26	CIAA	George Williams (39th)	4
10	West Texas A&M	104.58	Lone Star	Darren Flowers (6th)	NR
11	Alaska Anchorage	91.71	GNAC	Michael Friess (25th)	5
12	Ashland	88.61	GLIAC	Jud Logan (12th)	42
13	Texas A&M-Kingsville	88.58	Lone Star	Ryan Dall (7th)	22
14	Academy of Art	80.20	PacWest	Charles Ryan (5th)	12
15	Findlay	75.13	GLIAC	Marc Arce (27th)	NR
16	UC San Diego	70.45	CCAA	Tony Salerno (16th)	8
17	Azusa Pacific	68.96	PacWest	Kevin Reid (20th)	11
18	Tarleton State	66.63	Lone Star	Patrick Ponder (9th)	13
19	Nova Southeastern	65.28	Peach Belt	Bryan Hagopian (6th)	14
20	Western Washington	64.80	GNAC	Pee Wee Halsell (28th)	10
21	Malone	56.89	GLIAC	Mark McClure (7th)	25
22	Mount Olive	56.54	Conf. Carolinas	Matt Van Lierop (7th)	20
23	Emporia State	56.07	MIAA	Steve Blocker (4th)	NR
24	Cal State Stanislaus	54.39	CCAA	Diljeet Taylor (3rd)	9
25	Hillsdale	52.29	GLIAC	Andrew Towne (1st)	NR
dropped out: No. 7 UPR Rio Piedras, No. 16 Johnson C. Smith, No. 17 Central Washington, No. 18 Albany State (Ga.), No. 19 Virginia Union, No. 23 Stillman, No. 24 Tiffin
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	Lone Star	543.04	5
2	GLIAC	461.19	5
3	CCAA	432.55	4
4	MIAA	324.95	2
5	GNAC	257.11	2
6	CIAA	210.05	1
7	RMAC	202.44	1
8	PacWest	175.68	2
9	NSIC	144.08	1
10	Peach Belt	125.37	1

Men’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	Slippery Rock	409.03	1
Central	Pittsburg State	467.69	NR
East	Franklin Pierce	546.56	1
Midwest	Ashland	373.68	2
South	Nova Southeastern	296.15	2
South Central	Texas A&M-Commerce	499.19	1
Southeast	Mount Olive	462.52	1
West	Chico State	474.29	1
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USTFCCCA NCAA Division II
Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2015 Week #3 — March 31
next ranking: April 7

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Central Missouri	142.62	MIAA	Kirk Pedersen (19th)/Kip Janvrin (17th)	15
2	Azusa Pacific	128.69	PacWest	Preston Grey (1st)	4
3	Saint Augustine’s	116.53	CIAA	George Williams (39th)	6
4	Angelo State	110.16	Lone Star	James Reid (16th)	2
5	Lewis	95.83	GLVC	Dana Schwarting (10th)	7
6	West Texas A&M	87.70	Lone Star	Darren Flowers (6th)	NR
7	Humboldt State	83.65	CCAA	Scott Pesch (5th)	10
8	Wayne State (Neb.)	82.05	NSIC	Marlon Brink (15th)	NR
9	Winona State	76.76	NSIC	Mason Rebarchek (11th)	NR
10	Alaska Anchorage	76.49	GNAC	Michael Friess (25th)	37
11	Chico State	68.94	CCAA	Robert Nooney (2nd)	3
12	Hillsdale	68.44	GLIAC	Andrew Towne (4th)	NR
13	Winston-Salem State	63.95	CIAA	Inez Turner (6th)	13
14	U-Mary	62.92	NSIC	Mike Thorson (21st)	NR
15	Western State	62.35	RMAC	Chris Bradford (6th)	17
16	Cal Poly Pomona	62.12	CCAA	Octavious Gillespie-Bennett (3rd)	5
17	Nova Southeastern	61.34	Peach Belt	Bryan Hagopian (6th)	11
18	Chadron State	60.41	RMAC	Brad Gamble (1st)	NR
19	Northwest Missouri	56.69	MIAA	Scott Lorek (11th)	NR
20	Grand Valley State	54.63	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (16th)	NR
21	Pittsburg State	52.08	MIAA	Russ Jewett (29th)	NR
22	Saint Martin’s	49.47	GNAC	Jim Brewer (2nd)	29
23	Tarleton State	48.61	Lone Star	Patrick Ponder (9th)	31
24	Academy of Art	46.71	PacWest	Charles Ryan (5th)	34
25	Colorado Mesa	46.38	RMAC	Matt Canterbury (3rd)	106
dropped out: No. 1 UC San Diego, No. 8 Cal State Stanislaus, No. 9 Fresno Pacific, No. 12 Tiffin, No. 14 UPR Rio Piedras, No. 16 Central Washington, No. 18 Concordia (Ore.), No. 19 Texas A&M-Kingsville, No. 20 Slippery Rock, No. 21 Florida Tech, No. 22 New Haven, No. 23 Western Washington, No. 24 Lindenwood, No. 25 Queens (N.C.)
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	MIAA	418.66	3
2	GLIAC	313.95	2
3	Lone Star	313.46	3
4	GNAC	278.14	2
5	CCAA	274.95	3
6	CIAA	253.00	2
7	NSIC	244.83	3
8	RMAC	239.77	3
9	PacWest	199.42	2
10	GLVC	166.05	1

Women’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	Slippery Rock	383.52	1
Central	Central Missouri	368.61	3
East	Roberts Wesleyan	417.72	1
Midwest	Lewis	304.25	2
South	Nova Southeastern	467.33	1
South Central	Angelo State	546.59	1
Southeast	Queens (N.C.)	356.01	1
West	Chico State	377.77	2
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Team	Week #1	Week #2	Week #3	Week #4	Week #5	Week #6	Week #7	FINAL
Southern California	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	1
Georgia	75	58	67	27	27	13	12	2
Auburn	20	25	27	7	7	6	4	3
Arkansas	18	1	2	1	1	1	1	4
Oklahoma State	22	22	25	31	14	14	10	5
Mississippi State	24	34	16	13	15	19	14	6
Virginia	17	27	15	17	8	9	18	6
Texas Tech	3	7	4	3	5	5	6	8
North Carolina	10	8	5	6	3	4	7	8
Texas A&M	1	2	3	5	4	3	3	10
Ole Miss	13	10	13	16	17	18	16	10
Oklahoma	4	6	8	8	9	8	9	12
Nebraska	12	13	11	18	18	22	21	12
BYU	74	52	36	25	28	29	25	14
Oregon	87	36	55	57	54	51	50	15
Georgetown	59	82	49	26	19	25	17	16
Kentucky	31	40	44	33	34	26	23	16
Wisconsin	27	41	34	53	24	27	26	16
Washington	5	4	7	4	6	7	5	19
Villanova	11	15	9	10	11	10	8	19
South Carolina	33	28	32	60	75	46	48	21
South Florida	38	30	30	30	33	42	74	21
Baylor	81	33	24	22	25	24	20	23
Arizona State	15	19	21	32	35	20	19	24
Missouri	35	17	20	19	23	31	28	24
New Mexico	29	20	23	15	16	15	11	26
Purdue	23	31	35	34	39	35	30	26
Texas	7	14	26	37	38	39	37	26
Wyoming	63	44	42	40	44	40	38	26
Duke	45	77	63	43	46	49	51	26
Iowa	34	23	19	23	22	33	33	31
LSU	73	74	73	74	72	38	36	32
CSUN	36	37	33	39	40	43	43	32
Northern Colorado	47	70	74	76	59	67	64	32
Wake Forest	101	66	66	48	32	34	32	35
Cal Poly	132	72	70	61	63	36	40	36
Akron	42	43	41	41	43	44	44	36
Miami (Fla.)	53	84	100	97	99	73	72	36
Boston University	88	87	92	101	94	90	78	36
Illinois	8	9	12	9	10	12	13	40
Virginia Tech	9	12	10	14	20	16	22	41
Cincinnati	79	90	59	21	21	32	27	41
South Alabama		56	54	72	69	48	49	41
Northern Iowa	43	59	69	69	67	75	71	41
Colorado	30	38	51	86	89	93	85	41
Harvard	16	16	22	24	26	21	42	46
Tarleton State	71	91	88	47	49	54	54	46
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	76	64	46	63	61	64	62	46
Utah State	68	55	53	64	62	65	63	46
Iowa State	6	21	17	35	37	41	41	50
Louisville	129	71	86	85	83	57	52	50
Boston College		101	106	68	64	66	56	50
Kent State	49	61	58	59	57	61	58	50
Alabama	37	35	40	49	55	68	65	50
UCLA	61	95	52	56	58	70	67	50
Penn State	14	11	14	20	13	23	15	56
Florida	21	5	6	11	12	11	29	56
Northern Arizona	64	32	38	36	36	30	31	56
Houston	39	46	60	28	31	17	35	56
Texas State	56	63	37	29	30	28	24
California	19	18	18	12	29	37	34
Princeton	26	47	61	65	42	45	39
Washington State	48	42	50	50	45	50	45
Arizona	41	51	39	44	48	47	46
Montana State	146	119	112	72	56	56	47
Clemson	40	26	29	38	50	53	53
Alabama State	83	86	93	99	41	58	55
Kansas	109	83	82	89	87	55	57
Air Force	62	69	77	58	60	62	59
North Carolina A&T	46	48	47	54	52	60	60
Southeastern Louisiana			122	80	82	63	61
Connecticut	32	39	48	75	71	72	66
Florida State	70	67	79	66	66	69	68
High Point	28	45	43	55	53	71	69
Furman	60	73	72	77	74	74	70
Ohio State	82	54	64	67	68	76	73
Tennessee	25	24	28	45	47	59	75
TCU	58	29	31	46	76	84	76
Rutgers	52	53	62	81	79	77	77
Indiana State	84	93	96	83	84	80	79
North Texas	67	68	68	79	80	87	79
Cal State Fullerton	123	121	65	71	70	81	81
Portland	90	105	108	78	77	79	82
Samford	80	94	85	92	90	82	83
Penn	85	112	113	115	113	86	84
Syracuse		150		91	98	96	85
Grand Canyon	72	98	97	62	65	78	87
Norfolk State		102	110		73	97	87
South Dakota	55	62	75	84	78	83	89
DePaul	69	78	83	82	81	89	90
Southeast Missouri	78	80	80	87	91	92	91
East Texas A&M	127	88	94	52	51	52
Stanford	44	49	56	42	86	85
Arkansas State	51	79	81	88	85	88
NC State	96	89	89	104	102	91
Cornell	86	111	114	121	97	94
Eastern Kentucky	94	76	84	94	96	95
Southern Miss	65	57	71	93	92	98
Kansas State	121	114	101	105	107	99
Indiana	112	130		111	100	100
Sacramento State	56	64	76	95	93	101
Louisiana	146	127	139	124	126	102
Eastern Washington	115	132	105	108	108	103
Columbia	120	141	91	96	95	104
Georgia Tech	54	96	99	102	105	105
Notre Dame	98	97	102	109	101	106
Incarnate Word		75	95	90	88	107
Youngstown State	102	85	87	103	104	108
Michigan	92	114	90	100	103	109
Boise State		123	137	133	126	110
Sam Houston State	114	137				111
Wichita State	100	147			109	112
Kennesaw State	128	139	134			113
Holy Cross	76	92	98	106	106	114
Lamar	132	125	130	118	118	115
UTEP	129	141	139			115
ULM	105	147		117	116	117
Louisiana Tech	115	132	134	135		117
Colorado State	91	103	111	114	112	119
Binghamton	137	123	130	130	117	119
Eastern Illinois	104	145	139	111	110	121
UTSA	110	147		111	110	121
George Mason	132	145	119	116	115	121
Bradley		136		120	122	124
Middle Tennessee	93	134	132	132		125
Western Kentucky						125
UNC Asheville						125
Michigan State	97	99	103	107	119	128
Florida A&M	136	144			113	129
Appalachian State	103	107	120	119	121	129
Liberty			129	124	123	129
Little Rock	113	60	57	51		129
Marshall	95	104	107	122	119	133
Idaho			139			133
North Dakota State						133
Rhode Island	106	108	115	127	123
Utah Valley	106	108	115	127	123
UT Arlington		119	128	130	126
Albany	108	117	124	133	126
Long Beach State			134		126
UMBC	118	50	45	70
Pittsburgh	89	81	78	98
Charleston Southern	50	100	104	110
Drake				123
Kansas City	111	126	121	126
San Jose State		141	139	129
Monmouth	66	106	109
Yale	146	110	117
Northeastern	99	113	118
Loyola-Chicago		122	123
Saint Louis		127	124
Houston Christian		116	126
Tulane		129	127
Coppin State		134	132
Charlotte	139	131	138
Lipscomb	132	118	139
Northwestern State	129	138	139
Memphis	117	140
Illinois State	121	151
Queens (N.C.)	118
Dartmouth	124
Maine	125
Navy	126
William & Mary	137
Eastern Michigan	139
North Florida	141
Stephen F. Austin	142
Howard	142
Army West Point	144
UMES	144
Jackson State	146

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