NAIA ITF Rankings Come Into Focus In Final Month
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NEW ORLEANS — We’re just about one month away from the 2017 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Johnson City, Tennessee and if the National Team Computer Rankings hold, it’s looking like a sweep for Indiana Tech.
The Warriors extended their lead in the rankings in the men’s version and still hold a commanding edge in the women’s billing despite losing 35.93 points from last week.
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Looking first at the men’s rankings, Indiana Tech is the overwhelming No. 1 at 553.80 points. The Warriors pushed ahead from Week 1 to Week 2 behind a strong effort by Wayne Sharbahn in the 60 (2nd, 6.76) and their 4×400 relay (1st, 3:17.54).
No. 2 Siena Heights (Mich.) and No. 3 Doane (Neb.) are incredibly close. The Huskies and Tigers are separated by 0.07 points, the closest out of any two teams in the men’s rankings this week.
Wayland Baptist (Texas) surged from No. 9 to No. 4 after gaining 83.1 points. The Pioneers were propelled forward by Leon Boyd and Tre Hinds, as the former is currently ranked No. 1 in the NAIA in the triple jump and the latter is No. 1 in the 600 and 3rd in the 800.
Five other men’s teams jumped four or more spots this week. Marian (Ind.) went from No. 26 to No. 14, St. Ambrose (Iowa) went from No. 24 to No. 15, Columbia (Mo.) went from No. 29 to No. 16, Northwestern (Iowa) went from No. 23 to No. 19 and Madonna (Mich.) went from No. 37 to No. 25.
Over in the women’s rankings, Indiana Tech and Siena Heights (Mich.) are No. 1 and No. 2, as they have been for quite some time.
Hastings (Neb.) and Doane (Neb.) swapped spots as the former went from No. 4 to No. 3 and the latter fell from No. 3 to No. 4.
Wayland Baptist (Texas) worked its way back inside the top-10 this week. The Pioneers jumped to No. 8 from No. 14 and that improvement was spurred by Telecia Briscoe’s NAIA-leading time in the 60 hurdles (8.67).
Two teams had some huge jumps from Week 1 to Week 2: Oklahoma City and St. Ambrose (Iowa). The former vaulted from No. 31 to No. 17, while the latter went from No. 37 to No. 20.
Business is picking up and should continue to do so as the season hits the home stretch. The 2017 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held March 2-4 on the campus of East Tennessee State University.
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Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2017 Week #2 — February 1 |
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| next ranking: February 8 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 553.80 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (8th) | 1 |
| 2 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 231.29 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Tim Bauer (33rd) | 2 |
| 3 | Doane (Neb.) | 231.22 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (15th) | 3 |
| 4 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 197.80 | Sooner Athletic | Brian Whitlock (2nd) | 9 |
| 5 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 194.89 | Chicagoland | Joel Pearson (3rd) | 5 |
| 6 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 189.53 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Rod Wortley (19th) | 7 |
| 7 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 181.98 | Chicagoland | Jeff Barker (5th) | 6 |
| 8 | Concordia (Neb.) | 178.54 | Great Plains | Matt Beisel (1st) | 4 |
| 9 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 104.60 | Heart of America | Nate Wiens (2nd) | 12 |
| 10 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 96.95 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (4th) | 10 |
| 11 | Midland (Neb.) | 94.61 | Great Plains | Mark Kostek (4th) | 11 |
| 12 | Bethel (Ind.) | 94.34 | Crossroads | Tony Natali (19th) | 8 |
| 13 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 89.94 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Dave Wood (21st) | 13 |
| 14 | Marian (Ind.) | 83.86 | Crossroads | Mike Holman (5th) | 26 |
| 15 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 83.65 | Chicagoland | Dan Tomlin (10th) | 24 |
| 16 | Columbia (Mo.) | 76.10 | American Midwest | Tracy Jex (1st) | 29 |
| 17 | Dordt (Iowa) | 74.70 | Great Plains | Craig Heynen (9th) | 14 |
| 18 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 69.37 | Crossroads | Jeremy Smith (3rd) | 18 |
| 19 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 69.27 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (5th) | 23 |
| 20 | William Penn (Iowa) | 67.38 | Heart of America | Allen Friesen (7th) | 19 |
| 21 | York (Neb.) | 59.38 | Kansas Collegiate | Justin Carver (6th) | 21 |
| 22 | Hastings (Neb.) | 55.54 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (4th) | 22 |
| 23 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 45.99 | Frontier | Mike Collins (20th) | 17 |
| 24 | Keiser (Fla.) | 45.42 | Sun Conference | Kent Baker (5th) | 27 |
| 25 | Madonna (Mich.) | 45.12 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Patrick Daugherty (1st) | 37 |
| Dropped out: No. 15 Tennessee Wesleyan*, No. 16 Eastern Oregon*, No. 20 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)*, No. 25 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) * current non-members |
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| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 1149.45 | 5 |
| 2 | Great Plains | 724.10 | 6 |
| 3 | Chicagoland | 505.61 | 3 |
| 4 | Crossroads | 316.49 | 3 |
| 5 | Heart of America | 279.83 | 2 |
| 6 | Sooner Athletic | 274.57 | 1 |
| 7 | Sun Conference | 100.10 | 1 |
| 8 | Gulf Coast | 96.95 | 1 |
| 9 | American Midwest | 78.12 | 1 |
| 10 | Kentucky Intercollegiate | 70.49 | |
| Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Great Lakes | Indiana Tech | 874.52 | 1 |
| Midwest | Doane (Neb.) | 534.02 | 1 |
| South | Webber International (Fla.) | 394.92 | 5 |
| South Central | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 454.59 | 1 |
| West | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 754.34 | 1 |
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| Men’s #EventSquad Leaders (Best Foursome in the Country By Event) | ||||||
| Event | Institution | Squad Average | Squad Total | |||
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| 60 Meters | Indiana Tech | 6.82 | 27.26 | |||
| 200 Meters | Indiana Tech | 22.15 | 1:28.59 | |||
| 400 Meters | Indiana Tech | 49.21 | 3:16.82 | |||
| 600 Meters | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 1:20.53 | 5:22.14 | |||
| 800 Meters | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 1:54.99 | 7:39.97 | |||
| 1000 Meters | St. Francis (Ill.) | 2:35.19 | 10:20.75 | |||
| Columbia (Mo.) | 4:22.16 | 17:28.65 | ||||
| St. Francis (Ill.) | 8:39.76 | 34:39.05 | ||||
| Siena Heights (Mich.) | 15:39.66 | 1:02:38.62 | ||||
| 60 Meter Hurdles | Concordia (Neb.) | 8.65 | 34.60 | |||
| High Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 2.03m | 6-7¾ | 8.10m | 26-6¾ | |
| Pole Vault | Doane (Neb.) | 4.65m | 15-3 | 18.59m | 60-11¾ | |
| Long Jump | Indiana Tech | 7.31m | 23-11¾ | 29.22m | 95-10½ | |
| Triple Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 13.90m | 45-7¼ | 55.59m | 182-4 | |
| Shot Put | Doane (Neb.) | 15.91m | 52-2¼ | 63.63m | 208-9 | |
| Weight Throw | Concordia (Neb.) | 17.93m | 58-9¾ | 71.70m | 235-3 | |
| Heptathlon | Doane (Neb.) | 3,912 | 15,646 | |||
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2017 Week #2 — February 1 |
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| next ranking: February 8 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 531.59 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (8th) | 1 |
| 2 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 238.04 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Kirk Richards (5th) | 2 |
| 3 | Hastings (Neb.) | 217.40 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (4th) | 4 |
| 4 | Doane (Neb.) | 197.26 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (15th) | 3 |
| 5 | Friends (Kan.) | 188.36 | Kansas Collegiate | Cole Davis (6th) | 5 |
| 6 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 187.21 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (4th) | 6 |
| 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 177.18 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Dave Wood (21st) | 9 |
| 8 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 163.55 | Sooner Athletic | Brian Whitlock (2nd) | 14 |
| 9 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 138.60 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Rod Wortley (19th) | 11 |
| 10 | Concordia (Neb.) | 124.58 | Great Plains | Matt Beisel (1st) | 12 |
| 11 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 119.90 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (5th) | 16 |
| 12 | Davenport (Mich.) | 106.06 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Scott Cook (10th) | 17 |
| 13 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 105.24 | Chicagoland | Jeff Barker (5th) | 10 |
| 14 | Oklahoma City | 99.72 | Sooner Athletic | Matt Aguero (1st) | 31 |
| 15 | Point Park (Pa.) | 94.50 | River States | Jim Irvin | 15 |
| 16 | Dordt (Iowa) | 89.70 | Great Plains | Craig Heynen (9th) | 19 |
| 17 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 82.10 | Heart of America | Nate Wiens (2nd) | 7 |
| 18 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 80.57 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (16th) | 21 |
| 19 | Carroll (Mont.) | 68.76 | Frontier | Harry Clark (4th) | 8 |
| 20 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 67.67 | Chicagoland | Dan Tomlin (10th) | 37 |
| 21 | Westmont (Calif.) | 61.80 | Golden State | Russell Smelley (38th) | NR |
| 22 | Clarke (Iowa) | 58.73 | Heart of America | Mason Tangen (2nd) | 20 |
| 23 | Columbia (Mo.) | 55.63 | American Midwest | Tracy Jex (1st) | 28 |
| 24 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 46.81 | Kansas Collegiate | Mike Kirkland (4th) | 32 |
| 25 | Concordia (Mich.) | 45.59 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Andrew Tirmenstein (3rd) | 22 |
| Dropped out: No. 13 Milligan (Tenn.)*, No. 18 Missouri Baptist*, No. 23 Rio Grande (Ohio)*, No. 24 Morningside (Iowa)*, No. 25 Bethel (Ind.) * current non-members |
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| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 1253.72 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Plains | 781.41 | 5 |
| 3 | Sooner Athletic | 296.39 | 2 |
| 4 | Chicagoland | 282.91 | 3 |
| 5 | Kansas Collegiate | 248.90 | 2 |
| 6 | Heart of America | 204.64 | 2 |
| 7 | Gulf Coast | 187.21 | 1 |
| 8 | Frontier | 98.09 | 1 |
| 9 | Crossroads | 97.41 | |
| 10 | Kentucky Intercollegiate | 95.44 | 1 |
| Women’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Great Lakes | Indiana Tech | 1012.35 | 1 |
| Midwest | Doane (Neb.) | 667.28 | 1 |
| South | Webber International (Fla.) | 334.38 | 4 |
| South Central | Friends (Kan.) | 704.62 | 1 |
| West | Carroll (Mont.) | 640.75 | 2 |
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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 | Indiana Tech | 7.60 | 30.40 | |||
| 200 Meters | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 25.13 | 1:40.53 | |||
| 400 Meters | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 56.45 | 3:45.80 | |||
| 600 Meters | Friends (Kan.) | 1:41.47 | 6:45.89 | |||
| 800 Meters | Aquinas (Mich.) | 2:18.84 | 9:15.38 | |||
| 1000 Meters | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 3:08.91 | 12:35.63 | |||
| Aquinas (Mich.) | 5:18.92 | 21:15.69 | ||||
| MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 10:49.88 | 43:19.51 | ||||
| Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 18:11.15 | 1:12:44.59 | ||||
| 60 Meter Hurdles | Indiana Tech | 8.88 | 35.50 | |||
| High Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 1.64m | 5-4½ | 6.57m | 21-6½ | |
| Pole Vault | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 3.59m | 11-9¼ | 14.35m | 47-1 | |
| Long Jump | Indiana Tech | 5.70m | 18-8½ | 22.80m | 74-9¾ | |
| Triple Jump | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 10.35m | 33-11¾ | 41.41m | 135-10 | |
| Shot Put | Hastings (Neb.) | 14.03m | 46-¼ | 56.10m | 184-0 | |
| Weight Throw | Hastings (Neb.) | 16.83m | 55-2½ | 67.31m | 220-10 | |
| Pentathlon | Columbia (Mo.) | 2,438 | 9,753 | |||
