

Winds Of Change Impact NCAA DIII Women’s ITF Rankings
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NEW ORLEANS — The winds of change swept through the NCAA Division III Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings on Tuesday.
There was a changing of the guard on top and a new team in the top-5 when the most recent rankings were released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Washington (Mo.) ousted MIT as the No. 1 team in the nation. The Bears had been ranked No. 2 since Week 1 when they fell from the No. 1 spot, but return to the top spot for the second time in program history.
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Washington (Mo.) | MIT | Williams | Ithaca | Bates |
After the UAA Indoor Championships, Washington (Mo.) has five athletes ranked in the top-5 of seven events and two top-billed relay teams. Those athletes are Daisy Ogede (60, 3rd; 200, 3rd; 60 hurdles, 3rd), Rebecca Ridderhoff (400, 3rd), Annalise Wagner (800, 4th), Ashley Knudson (800, 5th) and Alison Lindsay (3000, 2nd). The Bears have the No. 1 4×400 team and the best DMR in the nation.
The formerly top-ranked Engineers dropped one spot to No. 2 and are followed by Williams and Ithaca in their customary spots at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Bates moved up four spots from No. 9 to No. 5 to join the top-5.
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The Bobcats were buoyed by Allison Hill and their DMR team. Hill is now the top-ranked woman in the 60 hurdles (8.67) and the DMR squad moved up to 3rd in the nation after this past weekend (11:48.59).
Two teams climbed 10 or more spots to join the top-15 – UW-Stevens Point (No. 21 to No. 10) and St. Norbert (No. 22 to No. 12). The Pointers matched their best ranking in program history (10th in Week 4 of 2010), while the Green Knights were ranked this high back in Week 5 of last year.
Big jumps were the buzz word in the rankings as four others moved up more than 10 spots in the bottom of the top-25.
Colby went from No. 31 to a program record No. 19.
UMass Boston went from No. 33 to a program record No. 20 after Wadeline Jonathas notched the nation’s best time over 400 meters (55.18).
Dubuque went from No. 38 to a program record No. 21 and is led by junior thrower Tanasha Atwater (2nd, shot put; 3rd, weight throw).
Chicago went from No. 40 to No. 23.
Many of these aforementioned athletes and teams will be competing at the 2017 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in Naperville, Illinois from March 10-11 on the campus of North Central (Ill.).
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2017 Week #6 — February 28 |
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next ranking: MONDAY, March 6 (pre-championships) | |||||
Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
1 | Washington (Mo.) | 173.55 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (16th) | 2 |
2 | MIT | 105.91 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (10th) | 1 |
3 | Williams | 87.69 | NESCAC | Nate Hoey (4th) | 3 |
4 | Ithaca | 87.38 | Empire 8 | Jennifer Potter (14th) | 4 |
5 | Bates | 86.57 | NESCAC | Jay Hartshorn (12th) | 9 |
6 | Ohio Northern | 79.15 | OAC | Jason Maus (11th) | 6 |
7 | SUNY Geneseo | 71.82 | SUNYAC | Chris Popovici (3rd) | 7 |
8 | UW-Whitewater | 68.78 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (6th) | 5 |
9 | UW-Platteville | 67.73 | WIAC | Chris Rotzenberg (5th) | 13 |
10 | UW-Stevens Point | 61.77 | WIAC | Brett Witt (3rd) | 21 |
11 | George Fox | 59.21 | Northwest | John Smith (11th) | 11 |
12 | St. Norbert | 57.21 | Midwest | Don Augustine (10th) | 22 |
13 | Johns Hopkins | 55.81 | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (18th) | 10 |
14 | Otterbein | 53.84 | OAC | Dara Ford (3rd) | 12 |
15 | Bridgewater (Va.) | 52.99 | ODAC | Brian Flynn (2nd) | 14 |
16 | Misericordia | 45.53 | Middle Atlantic | Chris Wadas (11th) | 17 |
17 | Carthage | 43.48 | CCIW | Stephanie Domin (16th) | 24 |
18 | UW-Oshkosh | 43.44 | WIAC | Mary Theisen (1st) | 8 |
19 | Colby | 41.77 | NESCAC | Dave Cusano (2nd) | 31 |
20 | UMass Boston | 41.53 | Little East | Consandria Walker (7th) | 33 |
21 | Dubuque | 41.33 | IIAC | Chad Gunnelson (5th) | 38 |
22 | Middlebury | 40.39 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (29th) | 28 |
23 | Chicago | 40.19 | UAA | Chris Hall (16th) | 40 |
24 | UW-Stout | 39.97 | WIAC | Kyle Steiner (4th) | 32 |
25 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 39.86 | IIAC | Ted Bulling (30th) | 20 |
dropped out: No. 15 Illinois Wesleyan, No. 16 UW-Eau Claire, No. 18 Aurora, No. 19 Loras, No. 23 Oberlin, No. 25 Greenville | |||||
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
1 | WIAC | 329.31 | 5 |
2 | UAA | 318.79 | 2 |
3 | NESCAC | 302.43 | 4 |
4 | OAC | 165.70 | 2 |
5 | IIAC | 165.17 | 2 |
6 | NEWMAC | 141.30 | 1 |
7 | SUNYAC | 113.36 | 1 |
8 | CCIW | 96.17 | 1 |
9 | MIAC | 92.28 | |
10 | Empire 8 | 88.25 | 1 |
Women’s Regional Ranking Leaders | |||
Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
Atlantic | SUNY Geneseo | 360.80 | 2 |
Central | Wartburg | 344.44 | 2 |
Great Lakes | Mount Union | 292.30 | 1 |
Mideast | Johns Hopkins | 392.53 | 1 |
Midwest | Washington (Mo.) | 368.12 | 1 |
New England | MIT | 447.28 | 1 |
South/Southeast | Emory | 467.94 | 1 |
West | George Fox | 614.77 | 1 |
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Women’s #EventSquad Leaders (Best Foursome in the Country By Event) | ||||||
Event | Institution | Squad Average | Squad Total | |||
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60 Meters | Mount Union | 7.87 | 31.46 | |||
200 Meters | Mount Union | 25.76 | 1:43.05 | |||
400 Meters | Nebraska Wesleyan | 57.69 | 3:50.75 | |||
800 Meters | UW-La Crosse | 2:17.57 | 9:10.27 | |||
Mile | MIT | 4:59.99 | 19:59.95 | |||
3000 Meters | Johns Hopkins | 9:56.99 | 39:47.98 | |||
5000 Meters | Johns Hopkins | 17:25.22 | 1:9:40.88 | |||
60 Meter Hurdles | Washington (Mo.) | 9.09 | 36.37 | |||
High Jump | Williams | 1.71m | 5-7¼ | 6.84m | 22-5¼ | |
Pole Vault | UW-La Crosse | 3.56m | 11-8 | 14.24m | 46-8½ | |
Long Jump | SUNY Geneseo | 5.57m | 18-3¼ | 22.27m | 73-¾ | |
Triple Jump | Williams | 11.47m | 37-7½ | 45.87m | 150-6 | |
Shot Put | Oberlin | 13.57m | 44-6¼ | 54.28m | 178-1 | |
Weight Throw | Carthage | 16.70m | 54-9½ | 66.79m | 219-1 | |
Pentathlon | SUNY Geneseo | 2,870 | 11,480 |