Iowa Central Women Ascend to No. 1 in NJCAA DI Rankings

Iowa Central Women Ascend to No. 1 in NJCAA DI Rankings

NEW ORLEANS – The South Plains women have won five of the past six NJCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field national team titles, and were the early-season week one favorites to do so again in last week’s inaugural U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Computer Rankings.

The key word in that sentence: “were”.

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Overtaking the defending champion Lady Texans for this week’s No. 1 spot was Iowa Central – the one team to upend SPC in the past six seasons with its 2013 title, and last year’s national runner-up. ICC’s title snapped a four-year winning streak for South Plains.

Whether the Tritons will nip another lengthy South Plains title streak in the bud later this spring at the NJCAA Championships May 14-16 in Hutchinson, Kansas, is still very much up in the air. After all, this is just the second set of rankings for the 2015 season and is based solely on marks from this current, young season. A clearer picture will emerge with each passing edition of the rankings as May approaches.

South Plains dropped to No. 2 for the time being, just ahead of a surging Central Arizona at No. 3. The Vaqueros (along with the No. 1 Tritons) surpassed New Mexico JC, which dropped two spots to No. 4. Rounding out the top five was Coffeyville, which made its season debut this past weekend.

Meanwhile on the men’s side, eight-time defending champion South Plains remained comfortably ahead of No. 2 Central Arizona. Central Arizona was also the last team to earn a share of an NJCAA DI national men’s title, sharing the trophy with South Plains in 2007 as the last chapter of its own three-peat from 2005 through 2007.

Like their female teammates, Iowa Central’s men made a strong move toward the top, jumping up three spots to No. 3. Barton County CC – the only other men’s team to win an NJCAA DI title since the organization split into smaller divisions in 1998 – moved up one spot to No. 4, and Mesa CC jumped seven spots to complete the top five.

At the regional level, Barton County’s men took over the top spot in the Central Region and Monroe‘s men debuted atop the Atlantic, while the Central Arizona women took over the West Region from South Plains and Coffeyville debuted atop the Central..

 

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

2015 Week #2 — April 1

next ranking: April 8
Rank School Points Region Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 South Plains 693.59 West Chris Beene (11th) 1
2 Central Arizona 569.25 West Tony Dougherty (15th) 2
3 Iowa Central CC 479.48 Midwest Denny Myers (6th) 6
4 Barton County CC 459.45 Central David Schenek (6th) 5
5 Mesa CC 361.69 West Steve Jacobs (27th) 12
6 Cloud County CC 338.44 Central Harry Kitchener (38th) 3
7 Southwestern Christian (Texas) 251.83 West Douglas McDuffie (7th) 9
8 Pima CC 247.29 West Greg Wenneborg (10th) 10
9 Iowa Western CC 246.70 Midwest Emmett Statzer (8th) NR
10 Cowley County CC 238.10 Central Mark Phillips (11th) 7
11 Butler (Kan.) CC 235.96 Central Ryan Turner (1st) 8
12 Hutchinson CC 218.07 Central Pat Becher (30th) 4
13 Coffeyville CC 198.15 Central Craig Perry (8th) NR
14 Western Texas 195.71 West James Williams (3rd) 11
15 Monroe 192.61 Atlantic Lesleigh Hogg (1st) NR
16 Paradise Valley CC 165.94 West Dave Barney (19th) 22
17 Allen County CC 149.20 Central Vince DeGrado (4th) 16
18 Glendale (Ariz.) CC 137.96 West Delawn Leggett (3rd) 14
19 Colby (Kan.) CC 137.30 Central James Ortiz (6th) NR
20 Meridian CC 114.66 Central Chip Gayden (2nd) 15
21 Neosho County CC 107.84 Central Clinton Fletcher (2nd) 13
22 Garden City CC 81.32 Central Douglas Marshall (1st) 19
23 Arkansas Baptist 78.55 Central Cedric Vaughn (6th) 17
24 North Iowa Area CC 66.54 Midwest Curtis Vais (10th) NR
25 Essex County (N.J.) 65.82 Atlantic Michael Smart (29th) NR
dropped out: No. 18 Dodge City CC, No. 20 Pratt CC, No. 21 Gillette, No. 23 Spartanburg Methodist, No. 24 Clarendon (Texas), No. 25 Odessa
View All Teams Beyond the Top 25

 

Men’s Regional Index Leaders
Region Institution Points Last Week
Atlantic Monroe 1084.81 NR
Central Barton County CC 733.63 3
Midwest Iowa Central CC 1361.45 1
West South Plains 1066.83 1
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USTFCCCA NJCAA

Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)

2015 Week #2 — April 1

next ranking: April 8
Rank School Points Region Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 Iowa Central CC 744.49 Midwest Denny Myers (6th) 3
2 South Plains 635.94 West Chris Beene (11th) 1
3 Central Arizona 609.35 West Kim Dismuke (5th) 4
4 New Mexico JC 542.50 West Keith Blackwill (10th) 2
5 Coffeyville CC 358.13 Central Craig Perry (8th) NR
6 Barton County CC 301.00 Central David Schenek (6th) 6
7 Cloud County CC 270.94 Central Ted Schmitz (34th) 5
8 Mesa CC 230.80 West Steve Jacobs (27th) 21
9 Iowa Western CC 211.60 Midwest Emmett Statzer (8th) NR
10 Paradise Valley CC 211.32 West Dave Barney (19th) 15
11 Cowley County CC 207.08 Central Mark Phillips (11th) 13
12 Western Texas 202.71 West James Williams (3rd) 14
13 Pima CC 188.24 West Greg Wenneborg (10th) 10
14 Cuyahoga CC 150.88 Atlantic Don Cox (23rd) 8
15 North Iowa Area CC 144.21 Midwest Curtis Vais (10th) NR
16 Neosho County CC 140.23 Central Clinton Fletcher (2nd) 9
17 Southwestern Christian (Texas) 133.61 West Douglas McDuffie (7th) 11
18 Garden City CC 126.28 Central Douglas Marshall (1st) 17
19 Dodge City CC 113.41 Central Cole Ballard (7th) 12
20 Hutchinson CC 112.99 Central Pat Becher (30th) 7
21 Butler (Kan.) CC 109.20 Central Ryan Turner (1st) 16
22 Colby (Kan.) CC 95.33 Central Crystal Bernett (8th) NR
23 Monroe 91.28 Atlantic Lesleigh Hogg (1st) NR
24 Essex County (N.J.) 64.71 Atlantic Michael Smart (29th) NR
25 Johnson County CC 62.60 Central Mike Bloemker (7th) NR
dropped out: No. 18 Pratt CC, No. 19 Glendale (Ariz.) CC, No. 20 Arkansas Baptist, No. 22 Allen County CC, No. 23 Gillette, No. 24 Meridian CC, No. 25 Clarendon (Texas)
View All Teams Beyond the Top 25

 

Women’s Regional Index Leaders
Region Institution Points Last Week
Atlantic Cuyahoga CC 1123.44 1
Central Coffeyville CC 693.82 NR
Midwest Iowa Central CC 1522.18 1
West Central Arizona 1022.88 2
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