2017 NCAA DIII Outdoor Men’s Team Rankings – Week 5

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NEW ORLEANS – Three major jumps in the bottom half of the NCAA Division III Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings highlighted an otherwise slow time in the most recent rankings that were released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

The top-8 teams from the previous week remained the same as Rowan is No. 1, followed by UW-La Crosse, UW-Whitewater, North Central (Ill.), SUNY Cortland, UW-Stevens Point, Benedictine (Ill.) and Augustana (Ill.).

NCAA Division III National Team Rankings Top 5 – Men

1

Rowan

2

UW-La Crosse

3

UW-Whitewater

4

North Central (Ill.)

5

SUNY Cortland

Rowan UW-La Crosse UW-Whitewater North Central (Ill.) SUNY Cortland

Mount Union is the only team from outside the top-10 to join that bunch this week. The Purple Raiders pushed Tufts out and fell between Augustana (Ill.) and Aurora in 9th place.

The first notable jump belonged to Occidental. The Tigers went from No. 30 to No. 12 and did so after a strong outing at the SCIAC Championships. Hugh Pegan is now ranked 3rd on the NCAA DIII Descending Order List at 200 meters after a wind-legal 21.35. Pegan is joined in the top-10 by Jeh Johnson, who comes in at 10th at 21.57. Johnson and Pegan were already part of the 2nd fastest 4×100 team in the nation with their time of 41.21 from two weeks ago.

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Williams continued to climb the rankings as it went from No. 35 to No. 18. The Ephs were buoyed by Peter Hale and David Folsom, who went 1-2 in the 1500 at the NESCAC Championships. That’s all fine and dandy, but Hale and Folsom are now 5th and 6th on the NCAA DIII Descending Order List, which affected Williams’ position in the rankings.

No two athletes had more of an impact on their team’s ranking than Benjamin Fazio and Grant O’Connor. It was at the Penn Relays where Fazio clocked a time of 14:07.76 in the 5000 and O’Connor ran 29:51.15 in the 10000, which allowed RPI to vault from 131st to 23rd.

The 2017 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships will happen from May 25-27 in Geneva, Ohio. Be sure to check back on USTFCCCA.org throughout the month as you’ll see the rankings shift and find out which athletes and coaches are recognized by the Association.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division III

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)

2017 Week #5 — May 2

next ranking: May 9
Rank Institution Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 Rowan 153.45 NJAC Dustin Dimit (3rd) 1
2 UW-La Crosse 141.48 WIAC Josh Buchholtz (9th) 2
3 UW-Whitewater 116.17 WIAC Mike Johnson (8th) 3
4 North Central (Ill.) 112.07 CCIW Frank Gramarosso (7th) 4
5 SUNY Cortland 98.24 SUNYAC Steve Patrick (10th) 5
6 UW-Stevens Point 88.89 WIAC Brett Witt (3rd) 6
7 Benedictine (Ill.) 88.61 NACC Kevin Paterson (3rd) 7
8 Augustana (Ill.) 85.87 CCIW Paul Olsen (48th) 8
9 Mount Union 85.07 OAC Kevin Lucas (7th) 11
10 Aurora 77.34 NACC Brandon Sturman (1st) 9
11 Tufts 72.78 NESCAC Joel Williams (2nd) 10
12 Occidental 68.30 SCIAC Robert Bartlett (12th) 30
13 Texas Lutheran 66.05 SCAC Darlene Holland (2nd) 16
14 Pomona-Pitzer 57.85 SCIAC Tony Boston (9th) 12
15 UW-Eau Claire 57.24 WIAC Chip Schneider (15th) 13
16 St. John Fisher 57.15 Empire 8 Mike Henchen (5th) 20
17 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 54.53 SCIAC Glenn Stewart (3rd) 19
18 Williams 51.97 NESCAC Ethan Barron (2nd) 35
19 UW-Platteville 48.03 WIAC Chris Rotzenberg (5th) 15
20 Birmingham-Southern 47.49 SAA Kenneth Cox (8th) 14
21 Penn State Behrend 43.81 Colonial States Greg Cooper (10th) 27
22 Washington (Mo.) 42.25 UAA Jeff Stiles (16th) 18
23 RPI 41.62 Liberty League Colin Tory (17th) 131
24 Ohio Northern 41.18 OAC Jason Maus (11th) 29
25 George Fox 40.69 Northwest Conference John Smith (11th) 17
dropped out: No. 21 Case Western Reserve, No. 22 Simpson (Iowa), No. 23 Linfield, No. 24 SUNY Geneseo, No. 25 MIT
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 WIAC 533.12 5
2 CCIW 255.50 2
3 SCIAC 222.83 3
4 NESCAC 205.25 2
5 OAC 203.36 2
6 NJAC 188.62 1
7 SUNYAC 174.69 1
8 NACC 166.48 2
9 MIAC 157.33
10 IIAC 138.60

 

Men’s Regional Ranking Leaders
Region Institution Points Last Week
Atlantic Rowan 574.00 1
Central St. Thomas (Minn.) 380.20 1
Great Lakes Mount Union 533.84 1
Mideast Carnegie Mellon 341.93 1
Midwest UW-La Crosse 413.40 1
New England Williams 413.83 2
South/Southeast Christopher Newport 584.73 1
West George Fox 435.18 1
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Men’s #EventSquad Leaders (Best Foursome in the Country By Event)
Event Institution Squad Average Squad Total
100 Meters UW-La Crosse 10.70 42.81
200 Meters UW-La Crosse 21.71 1:26.83
400 Meters Mount Union 48.67 3:14.67
800 Meters Middlebury 1:53.95 7:35.82
1500 Meters Williams 3:53.97 15:35.89
Steeplechase Pomona-Pitzer 9:26.52 37:46.10
5000 Meters North Central (Ill.) 14:28.72 57:54.86
10,000 Meters UW-Eau Claire 30:20.90 2:1:23.61
110 Meter Hurdles SUNY Cortland 14.94 59.74
400 Meter Hurdles Rowan 54.67 3:38.68
High Jump Central (Iowa) 1.98m 6-6 7.92m 25-11¾
Pole Vault North Central (Ill.) 5.00m 16-4½ 19.98m 65-6½
Long Jump Benedictine (Ill.) 7.33m 24-½ 29.31m 96-2
Triple Jump Benedictine (Ill.) 14.62m 47-11½ 58.46m 191-9
Shot Put Hamline 15.87m 52-1 63.49m 208-3
Discus UW-Whitewater 48.06m 157-8 192.23m 630-8
Hammer UW-Stevens Point 54.10m 177-5 216.38m 709-11
Javelin Mount Union 55.91m 183-5 223.65m 733-9
Decathlon SUNY Cortland 6,396 25,582

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Week-by-Week Ranking

TeamPreseasonWeek #1
Iowa State11
New Mexico22
Oklahoma State33
BYU44
Wisconsin55
Virginia66
Stanford67
Notre Dame88
Wake Forest109
Oregon910
Alabama1111
Syracuse1212
Colorado1313
Northern Arizona1414
Butler1515
California Baptist1516
Eastern Kentucky1717
Washington State2218
North Carolina1819
Princeton1920
Arkansas2021
Washington2122
Tulane2523
Air Force2324
Harvard2425
Ole Miss2725
Michigan State3027
Furman3028
Tulsa2629
Georgetown2830
Oklahoma29RV
Boise StateRVRV
VillanovaRVRV
GeorgiaRVRV
PortlandRVRV
Virginia TechRVRV
TennesseeRVRV
GonzagaRVRV
MichiganRVRV
CharlotteRV
Weber StateRV
IonaRV
WyomingRV
MissouriRV

USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field

2017 Rankings Calendar
Weeks National TFRIRegional TFRIConference TFRI#EventSquad KEY DATES
PreseasonTue 3/21
MEN | WOMEN
Week 1Tue 4/4
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/4
MEN | WOMEN
Week 2Tue 4/11
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/11
MEN | WOMEN
Week 3Tue 4/18
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/18
MEN | WOMEN
Week 4Tue 4/25
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/25
MEN | WOMEN
Week 5Tue 5/2
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 5/2
MEN | WOMEN
Week 6Tue 5/9
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 5/9
MEN | WOMEN
Week 7Tue 5/16
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 5/16
MEN | WOMEN
Week 8Mon 5/22
MEN | WOMEN
Mon 5/22
MEN | WOMEN
FINAL Results
(official final ranking)
Sat 5/27
MEN | WOMEN