

2017 NCAA DII Women’s Outdoor Team Rankings – Week 6
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NEW ORLEANS — What does the model of consistency look like?
How about the 6th week of the NCAA Division II Women’s Computer Team Rankings, released on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
In the newest batch of rankings, the top-10 teams from a week ago did not shift at all. Last week, 2 new teams creep into the top-10, with 5 others moving around within the confines of 1st and 10th. But another mass shuffling was not to be the case this week.
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West Texas A&M, Pittsburg State, Angelo State, Adams State and Western State own the top-5 spots, respectively, with Grand Valley State (6th), Texas A&M-Kingsville (7th), Chadron State (8th), Chico State (9th) and Johnson C. Smith (10th) holding down the bottom half of the top-10.
West Texas A&M was able to keep its stranglehold atop the rankings thanks in large part to a 4×100 relay team that ran the fastest time in NCAA Division II this year over the weekend. The Lady Buffs posted an altitude-converted time of 45.45 at the West Texas A&M Invitational. Fatim Affessi also notched an NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark in the long jump, as well, leaping 6.38m (20-11¼) for the 2nd-best jump in the country this year.
Western State got a little boost in the points thanks to a pair of hammer throwers in Ashley Long and Hannah Erickson. Each recorded new season-bests, while Katie Weber’s time of 1:01.43 in the 400 hurdles also gave a little bit of steam to the Mountaineers.
GVSU was the only team in the top-10 to see a double-digit point increase from last week to now, as the Lakers picked up 11.46 points behind Chant’e Roberts and the 4×400 relay team at the GVSU Al Owens Open. Roberts ran a 54.65 in the 400 meters, good or 9th on the descending order list, while the relay squad ran a 3:43.31, placing them in 8th in NCAA Division II this year.
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Pittsburg State’s Emilyn Dearman (58.61 in the 400 hurdles) and the Gorilla’s 4×400 relay team (3:44.24) posted the 2nd and 8th-best marks in their respective events on the year, while Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Kaina Martinez ran the nation’s fastest time in the 200 meters (23.43, wind-aided) this past weekend. Despite this, every team in the top-10 other than West Texas A&M, Western State and GVSU lost points in the computer rankings from last week to today.
After the top-10, it was a different story. From 11th to 22nd, each team either moved up or down at least one spot in the rankings from a week ago.
The biggest movers were San Francisco State and Alaska Anchorage, who each jumped 4 spots to 13th and 18th, respectively.
Atiya Harvey scored 2 top-10 descending order list marks at the Bulldog Invitational over the weekend, running a wind-aided 11.65 in the 100 meters (7th) and a wind-aided 23.88 in the 200 meters (9th). Courtney Massengale also recorded a mark of 49.37m (162-0) in the discus throw, good for 9th in NCAA Division II this season.
Alaska Anchorage saw Danielle McCormick run a 2:07.60 in the 800 meters, placing her 4th on the descending order list this year. Additionally, Karolin Anders leapt 1.73m (5-8) in the high jump, good for 8th on the season.
Fort Hays State was the only new team to crack the top-25 this week. The Tigers have sat on the cusp of the top-25 for the last 3 weeks.
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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Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
1 | West Texas A&M | 215.17 | Lone Star | Darren Flowers (8th) | 1 |
2 | Pittsburg State | 181.75 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (31st) | 2 |
3 | Angelo State | 136.84 | Lone Star | Tom Dibbern (1st) | 3 |
4 | Adams State | 122.65 | RMAC | Rock Light (4th) | 4 |
5 | Western State | 122.25 | RMAC | Chris Bradford (8th) | 5 |
6 | Grand Valley State | 112.57 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (18th) | 6 |
7 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 89.66 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (9th) | 7 |
8 | Chadron State | 88.02 | RMAC | Brad Gamble (3rd) | 8 |
9 | Chico State | 81.87 | CCAA | Robert Nooney (4th) | 9 |
10 | Johnson C. Smith | 80.45 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (10th) | 10 |
11 | Minnesota Duluth | 74.97 | NSIC | Joanna Warmington (6th) | 12 |
12 | Saint Augustine’s | 74.47 | CIAA | George Williams (41st) | 11 |
13 | SF State | 74.33 | CCAA | Kendra Reimer (3rd) | 17 |
14 | Humboldt State | 71.78 | CCAA | Scott Pesch (7th) | 15 |
15 | Findlay | 70.21 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (29th) | 14 |
16 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 66.36 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (16th) | 13 |
17 | Shippensburg | 66.16 | PSAC | Dave Osanitsch (12th) | 20 |
18 | Alaska Anchorage | 62.75 | GNAC | Michael Friess (27th) | 22 |
19 | U-Mary | 60.86 | NSIC | Mike Thorson (23rd) | 16 |
20 | Wayne State (Neb.) | 57.81 | NSIC | Marlon Brink (17th) | 21 |
21 | Academy of Art | 57.00 | PacWest | Kevin LaSure (2nd) | 18 |
22 | Minnesota State | 53.29 | NSIC | Jim Dilling (1st) | 19 |
23 | Cedarville | 48.94 | G-MAC | Jeff Bolender (14th) | 23 |
24 | Fort Hays State | 48.75 | MIAA | Dennis Weber (24th) | 27 |
25 | New Mexico Highlands | 47.26 | RMAC | Bob DeVries (25th) | 25 |
dropped out: No. 24 Southwest Baptist | |||||
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
1 | Lone Star | 490.79 | 3 |
2 | MIAA | 462.62 | 3 |
3 | RMAC | 409.54 | 4 |
4 | NSIC | 354.22 | 4 |
5 | GLIAC | 312.90 | 2 |
6 | CCAA | 279.98 | 3 |
7 | CIAA | 199.68 | 2 |
8 | GNAC | 194.54 | 1 |
9 | PSAC | 149.05 | 1 |
10 | PacWest | 123.85 | 1 |
Women’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
Atlantic | Shippensburg | 471.81 | 1 |
Central | Pittsburg State | 515.65 | 1 |
East | Stonehill | 400.71 | 2 |
Midwest | Grand Valley State | 620.56 | 1 |
South | Nova Southeastern | 406.86 | 1 |
South Central | Angelo State | 514.71 | 1 |
Southeast | Wingate | 418.25 | 1 |
West | Chico State | 317.72 | 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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100 Meters | Minnesota State | 11.91 | 47.62 | |||
200 Meters | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 24.36 | 1:37.43 | |||
400 Meters | Johnson C. Smith | 55.37 | 3:41.47 | |||
800 Meters | Simon Fraser | 2:09.14 | 8:36.55 | |||
1500 Meters | Simon Fraser | 4:29.37 | 17:57.46 | |||
Steeplechase | Cal Baptist | 10:40.63 | 42:42.52 | |||
5000 Meters | Western State | 16:46.12 | 1:7:04.49 | |||
10,000 Meters | Cal Baptist | 36:40.86 | 2:26:43.42 | |||
100 Meter Hurdles | Angelo State | 14.04 | 56.17 | |||
400 Meter Hurdles | UC San Diego | 1:02.79 | 4:11.16 | |||
High Jump | Angelo State | 1.69m | 5-6½ | 6.75m | 22-1¾ | |
Pole Vault | Sioux Falls | 3.80m | 12-5¾ | 15.21m | 49-10¾ | |
Long Jump | West Texas A&M | 6.03m | 19-9¼ | 24.10m | 79-1 | |
Triple Jump | Nova Southeastern | 11.91m | 39-1 | 47.65m | 156-4 | |
Triple Jump | Shippensburg | 11.91m | 39-1 | 47.65m | 156-4 | |
Shot Put | Findlay | 14.26m | 46-9½ | 57.05m | 187-2 | |
Discus | Findlay | 48.50m | 159-1 | 193.98m | 636-5 | |
Hammer | Findlay | 57.60m | 188-11 | 230.39m | 755-10 | |
Javelin | Fort Hays State | 43.73m | 143-5 | 174.91m | 573-10 |