Angelo State Leads 2nd NCAA DII Outdoor National Team Rankings
NEW ORLEANS – Spring has officially arrived, as has the second edition of the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings, announced Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
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Based only on marks that have been achieved during the early goings of this 2016 season, the Angelo State men and women moved up to No. 1 for their respective genders. Both Angelo teams were No. 2 a week ago.
Last week’s No. 1 UC San Diego men and women dropped to No. 5 and No. 3, respectively.
Texas A&M-Kingsville’s men moved up to No. 2, followed by No. 3 Cal State Stanislaus and three-time defending national champion No. 4 Saint Augustine’s.
Grand Valley State’s women debuted at No. 2 in the rankings, followed by No. 3 UCSD, No. 4 Johnson C. Smith and No. 5 Chico State.
Qualifying for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, to be held May 26-28 in Bradenton, Florida, began February 18. These rankings do not serve as a projection for how those Championships could play out, but rather as an indicator of how well teams have performed up to this point in the season.
No preseason marks were included in these rankings, and more teams will be added as they open their outdoor campaigns in the coming weeks.
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Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2016 Week #2 — March 22 |
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| next ranking: March 29 | ||||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week | |
| 1 | Angelo State | 178.02 | Lone Star | James Reid (17th) | 2 | |
| 2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 157.38 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 12 | |
| 3 | Cal State Stanislaus | 151.02 | CCAA | Diljeet Taylor (4th) | 8 | |
| 4 | Saint Augustine’s | 146.65 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | NR | |
| 5 | UC San Diego | 135.25 | CCAA | Tony Salerno (17th) | 1 | |
| 6 | Chico State | 130.68 | CCAA | Oliver Hanf (4th) | 4 | |
| 7 | Cal State LA | 115.10 | CCAA | Tina Fernandes (3rd) | 9 | |
| 8 | Benedict | 113.42 | SIAC | Frank Hyland (9th) | 16 | |
| 9 | Nova Southeastern | 100.98 | Peach Belt | Bryan Hagopian (7th) | 10 | |
| 10 | Western Washington | 98.14 | GNAC | Pee Wee Halsell (29th) | 18 | |
| 11 | Azusa Pacific | 92.61 | PacWest | Kevin Reid (21st) | 5 | |
| 12 | Academy of Art | 89.56 | PacWest | Kevin LaSure (1st) | 34 | |
| 13 | Johnson C. Smith | 84.13 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | NR | |
| 14 | Fresno Pacific | 75.81 | PacWest | Ray Winter (2nd) | 11 | |
| 15 | Grand Valley State | 72.77 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | NR | |
| 16 | Adams State | 69.22 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 40 | |
| 17 | Alaska Anchorage | 61.07 | GNAC | Michael Friess (26th) | 6 | |
| 18 | Eastern New Mexico | 59.80 | Lone Star |
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| 19 | East Central (Okla.) | 54.00 | Great American | Steve Sawyer (9th) | 21 | |
| 20 | Central Washington | 52.74 | GNAC | Kevin Adkisson (3rd) | 20 | |
| 21 | Wingate | 48.67 | SAC | Travis LeFlore (1st) | NR | |
| 22 | Carson-Newman | 48.38 | SAC | David Needs (17th) | NR | |
| 23 | Western Oregon | 45.95 | GNAC | Mike Johnson (12th) | 25 | |
| 24 | Shorter | 42.83 | Peach Belt | Scott Byrd (9th) | 54 | |
| 25 | Minnesota State | 39.65 | NSIC | Jim Dilling (3rd) | NR | |
| dropped out: No. 3 Cal Poly Pomona [NM], No. 7 UPR Rio Piedras [NM], No. 13 Stillman, No. 14 Tarleton State, No. 17 UPR Bayamon [NM], No. 19 Slippery Rock, No. 22 Humboldt State, No. 23 UPR Mayauez, No. 24 Lee (Tenn.) | ||||||
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| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | CCAA | 589.22 | 4 |
| 2 | Lone Star | 489.92 | 3 |
| 3 | GNAC | 308.52 | 4 |
| 4 | PacWest | 284.18 | 3 |
| 5 | CIAA | 246.78 | 2 |
| 6 | Peach Belt | 189.65 | 2 |
| 7 | SAC | 161.42 | 2 |
| 8 | RMAC | 140.20 | 1 |
| 9 | SIAC | 135.20 | 1 |
| 10 | GLIAC | 134.15 | 1 |
| Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Atlantic | West Virginia Wesleyan | 359.63 | 2 |
| Central | Harding | 780.24 | NR |
| East | Assumption | 514.11 | 1 |
| Midwest | Michigan Tech | 499.31 | 3 |
| South | Nova Southeastern | 411.13 | 2 |
| South Central | Angelo State | 814.32 | 1 |
| Southeast | Mount Olive | 360.82 | 9 |
| West | UC San Diego | 422.14 | 1 |
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Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2016 Week #2 — March 22 |
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| next ranking: March 29 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Angelo State | 197.85 | Lone Star | James Reid (17th) | 2 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | 158.94 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | NR |
| 3 | UC San Diego | 141.34 | CCAA | Darcy Ahner (9th) | 1 |
| 4 | Johnson C. Smith | 128.91 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | NR |
| 5 | Chico State | 126.18 | CCAA | Robert Nooney (3rd) | 6 |
| 6 | Western Washington | 125.07 | GNAC | Pee Wee Halsell (29th) | 18 |
| 7 | Cal State Stanislaus | 122.82 | CCAA | Diljeet Taylor (4th) | 13 |
| 8 | Humboldt State | 115.48 | CCAA | Scott Pesch (6th) | 5 |
| 9 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 109.16 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 10 |
| 10 | Shorter | 102.74 | Peach Belt | Scott Byrd (9th) | 30 |
| 11 | Azusa Pacific | 101.39 | PacWest | Preston Grey (4th) | 8 |
| 12 | Fresno Pacific | 101.35 | PacWest | Ray Winter (2nd) | NR |
| 13 | Saint Augustine’s | 98.19 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | NR |
| 14 | Findlay | 94.59 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (28th) | NR |
| 15 | Nova Southeastern | 90.03 | Peach Belt | Bryan Hagopian (7th) | 9 |
| 16 | Tarleton State | 86.72 | Lone Star | Patrick Ponder (10th) | 4 |
| 17 | Academy of Art | 63.08 | PacWest | Kevin LaSure (1st) | 43 |
| 18 | SF State | 61.51 | CCAA | Terry Burke (11th) | 11 |
| 19 | Claflin | 61.35 | SIAC | Lincoln London (3rd) | 12 |
| 20 | West Georgia | 53.12 | Gulf South | Tim Brooks (6th) | 15 |
| 21 | Adams State | 51.08 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 26 |
| 22 | Central Washington | 45.10 | GNAC | Kevin Adkisson (3rd) | 20 |
| 23 | Queens (N.C.) | 40.95 | SAC | Jim Vahrenkamp (4th) | NR |
| 24 | East Stroudsburg | 36.31 | PSAC | Chris Merli (19th) | NR |
| 25 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 36.14 | Mountain East | Jesse Skiles (24th) | 47 |
| dropped out: No. 3 UPR Rio Piedras [NM], No. 7 Cal Poly Pomona [NM], No. 14 Cal State LA, No. 16 Central Oklahoma, No. 17 Cal Baptist, No. 19 Slippery Rock, No. 21 UPR Mayaguez, No. 22 Western Oregon, No. 23 Albany State (Ga.), No. 24 Paine, No. 25 Saint Martin’s | |||||
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| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | CCAA | 629.72 | 5 |
| 2 | Lone Star | 407.84 | 3 |
| 3 | PacWest | 331.95 | 3 |
| 4 | GNAC | 296.09 | 2 |
| 5 | GLIAC | 290.72 | 2 |
| 6 | Peach Belt | 275.34 | 2 |
| 7 | CIAA | 249.04 | 2 |
| 8 | PSAC | 176.10 | 1 |
| 9 | SIAC | 94.76 | 1 |
| 10 | SAC | 94.64 | 1 |
| Women’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Atlantic | West Virginia Wesleyan | 361.89 | 4 |
| Central | Minot State | 582.34 | NR |
| East | Assumption | 815.03 | 1 |
| Midwest | Wayne State (Mich.) | 423.52 | NR |
| South | Nova Southeastern | 406.27 | 2 |
| South Central | Angelo State | 1038.42 | 1 |
| Southeast | Queens (N.C.) | 343.98 | NR |
| West | UC San Diego | 388.00 | 1 |
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