2017 NAIA Outdoor Team Rankings – Week 6
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NEW ORLEANS – There are just two weekends left until the 2017 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships take place in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Between now and then, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) will have three more rankings – including this one – for athletes, coaches and fans to sink their teeth into so they can prepare for another exciting championship season.
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Not too much changed between Week 5 and Week 6 in the men’s rankings as the top-7 remained the same for the 2nd week in a row. Indiana Tech is still the overwhelming favorite with 473.37 points (up 20.35 from last week) followed by 2nd-ranked British Columbia, 3rd-ranked Wiley (Texas), 4th-ranked Wayland Baptist (Texas), 5th-ranked Doane (Neb.), 6th-ranked Concordia (Neb.) and 7th-ranked Lindsey Wilson (Ky.).
The biggest jump of any men’s team in the rankings belonged to Siena Heights (Mich.) as it went from No. 13 in Week 5 to No. 8 in Week 6. The Huskies received strong efforts from the likes of Torin Anderson (now ranked 6th nationally at 400 hurdles) and Devonte Johnson (now ranked 4th nationally in the pole vault).
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Over in the women’s rankings, the top-3 remained the same as Wayland Baptist (Texas) still holds a 96-point lead over Indiana Tech. Concordia (Neb.) follows both of those teams, while Doane (Neb.) moved up to 4th after holding down 6th last week.
There were two new additions in the women’s top-10 in Week 6 – No. 9 Siena Heights (Mich.) and No. 10 Aquinas (Mich.). The former was propelled by Asia Gardner’s effort in the 100 (now ranked 5th nationally) and Marissa Johnson’s clearance in the high jump (now ranked 3rd nationally at 1.74m/5-8½). The latter brought home two top-5 marks in the 100 hurdles thanks to Alex King (2nd, 14.13) and Tori Desira (5th, 14.22).
Looking further down either set of rankings we find two teams joined the top-25 for the first time this week and that’s the men of Northwestern (Iowa), who are ranked 25th, and the women of Dordt (Iowa), who are ranked 20th.
The next NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings come out May 17, followed by the final batch on May 23 in anticipation of the national championships. Be sure to check back on USTFCCCA.org throughout the month to find out how they shake out.
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Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2017 Week #6 — May 10 |
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| next ranking: May 17 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 473.37 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (8th) | 1 |
| 2 | British Columbia | 409.54 | Independent (NAIA) | Laurier Primeau (2nd) | 2 |
| 3 | Wiley (Texas) | 387.51 | Red River | Marlon Baugh (2nd) | 3 |
| 4 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 326.89 | Sooner Athletic | Brian Whitlock (2nd) | 4 |
| 5 | Doane (Neb.) | 292.61 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (15th) | 5 |
| 6 | Concordia (Neb.) | 264.51 | Great Plains | Matt Beisel (1st) | 6 |
| 7 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 193.21 | Mid-South | Jamaine Gordon (4th) | 7 |
| 8 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 174.42 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Tim Bauer (33rd) | 13 |
| 9 | Southern Oregon | 158.51 | Cascade | Grier Gatlin (6th) | 9 |
| 10 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 153.44 | Chicagoland | Jeff Barker (5th) | 8 |
| 11 | Bethel (Ind.) | 146.42 | Crossroads | Tony Natali (19th) | 11 |
| 12 | Carroll (Mont.) | 131.54 | Frontier | Harry Clark (4th) | 10 |
| 13 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 128.36 | Heart of America | Nate Wiens (2nd) | 15 |
| 14 | Marian (Ind.) | 126.08 | Crossroads | Mike Holman (5th) | 18 |
| 15 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 124.62 | Chicagoland | Dan Tomlin (10th) | 12 |
| 16 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 112.65 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Rod Wortley (19th) | 14 |
| 17 | William Penn (Iowa) | 110.47 | Heart of America | Allen Friesen (7th) | 17 |
| 18 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 108.22 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Dave Wood (21st) | 19 |
| 19 | Midland (Neb.) | 105.58 | Great Plains | Mark Kostek (4th) | 20 |
| 20 | William Carey (Miss.) | 105.50 | Southern States | Ben Smith (5th) | 22 |
| 21 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 104.78 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (4th) | 16 |
| 22 | Dordt (Iowa) | 104.70 | Great Plains | Grier Gatlin (6th) | 23 |
| 23 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 101.50 | Chicagoland | Joel Pearson (3rd) | 21 |
| 24 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 101.34 | Golden State | Zach Schroeder (9th) | 25 |
| 25 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 100.36 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (5th) | 26 |
| dropped out: No. 24 Westmont (Calif.) | |||||
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| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Great Plains | 948.11 | 5 |
| 2 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 917.49 | 4 |
| 3 | Crossroads | 581.73 | 2 |
| 4 | Chicagoland | 496.52 | 3 |
| 5 | Red River | 459.64 | 1 |
| 6 | Heart of America | 434.49 | 2 |
| 7 | Sooner Athletic | 413.09 | 1 |
| 8 | Independent (NAIA) | 410.29 | 1 |
| 9 | Cascade | 340.38 | 1 |
| 10 | Mid-South | 276.42 | 1 |
| Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Great Lakes | Indiana Tech | 1314.43 | 1 |
| Midwest | Doane (Neb.) | 774.58 | 1 |
| South | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 578.67 | 1 |
| South Central | Wiley (Texas) | 654.57 | 1 |
| West | British Columbia | 956.64 | 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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| 100 Meters | Indiana Tech | 10.38 | 41.52 | |||
| 200 Meters | Indiana Tech | 21.17 | 1:24.67 | |||
| 400 Meters | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 47.22 | 3:08.86 | |||
| 800 Meters | Wiley (Texas) | 1:52.26 | 7:29.06 | |||
| 1500 Meters | British Columbia | 3:51.77 | 15:27.09 | |||
| Steeplechase | British Columbia | 9:20.61 | 37:22.43 | |||
| 5000 Meters | British Columbia | 14:32.67 | 58:10.67 | |||
| 10,000 Meters | Indiana Tech | 31:55.69 | 2:7:42.77 | |||
| 110 Meter Hurdles | Marian (Ind.) | 15.11 | 1:00.44 | |||
| 400 Meter Hurdles | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 55.84 | 3:43.36 | |||
| 5000m Race Walk | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 25:27.07 | 1:41:48.26 | |||
| High Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 2.04m | 6-8¼ | 8.17m | 26-9½ | |
| Pole Vault | Doane (Neb.) | 4.75m | 15-7 | 19.00m | 62-4 | |
| Long Jump | Indiana Tech | 7.30m | 23-11¼ | 29.18m | 95-9 | |
| Triple Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 14.32m | 46-11¾ | 57.27m | 187-10 | |
| Shot Put | Doane (Neb.) | 16.20m | 53-1¾ | 64.79m | 212-6 | |
| Discus | Concordia (Neb.) | 49.47m | 162-3 | 197.86m | 649-1 | |
| Hammer | Concordia (Neb.) | 60.38m | 198-1 | 241.51m | 792-4 | |
| Javelin | Eastern Oregon | 57.84m | 189-9 | 231.36m | 759-0 | |
| Decathlon | Corban (Ore.) | 5,758 | 23,033 | |||
| Half-Marathon | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 1:11:41.25 | 4:46:45.00 | |||
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Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2017 Week #6 — May 10 |
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| next ranking: May 17 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 473.94 | Sooner Athletic | Brian Whitlock (2nd) | 1 |
| 2 | Indiana Tech | 377.57 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (8th) | 2 |
| 3 | Concordia (Neb.) | 310.34 | Great Plains | Matt Beisel (1st) | 3 |
| 4 | Doane (Neb.) | 288.77 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (15th) | 6 |
| 5 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 283.68 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (4th) | 4 |
| 6 | Hastings (Neb.) | 276.73 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (4th) | 5 |
| 7 | British Columbia | 270.80 | Independent (NAIA) | Laurier Primeau (2nd) | 8 |
| 8 | Wiley (Texas) | 238.51 | Red River | Marlon Baugh (2nd) | 7 |
| 9 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 225.84 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Kirk Richards (5th) | 12 |
| 10 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 197.93 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Dave Wood (21st) | 16 |
| 11 | Carroll (Mont.) | 182.02 | Frontier | Harry Clark (4th) | 13 |
| 12 | Northwest Christian (Ore.) | 180.21 | Cascade | George Walcott (4th) | 9 |
| 13 | Friends (Kan.) | 180.00 | Kansas Collegiate | Cole Davis (6th) | 10 |
| 14 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 168.76 | Sun Conference | Bernard Gather (1st) | 11 |
| 15 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 155.97 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (16th) | 15 |
| 16 | Westmont (Calif.) | 135.82 | Golden State | Russell Smelley (38th) | 14 |
| 17 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 133.78 | Chicagoland | Jeff Barker (5th) | 19 |
| 18 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 130.41 | Chicagoland | Dan Tomlin (10th) | 17 |
| 19 | Biola (Calif.) | 124.16 | Golden State | Sean Henning (2nd) | 18 |
| 20 | Dordt (Iowa) | 108.84 | Great Plains | Craig Heynen (9th) | 29 |
| 21 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 102.81 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (5th) | 22 |
| 22 | Southern Oregon | 97.16 | Cascade | Grier Gatlin (6th) | 20 |
| 23 | College of Idaho | 85.36 | Cascade | Austin Basterrechea (1st) | 21 |
| 24 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 80.09 | Appalachian | Chris Layne (13th) | 24 |
| 25 | Point Park (Pa.) | 75.38 | River States | Kelly Parsley (3rd) | 25 |
| dropped out: No. 23 Dillard (La.) | |||||
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| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Great Plains | 1109.01 | 5 |
| 2 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 896.27 | 3 |
| 3 | Sooner Athletic | 571.48 | 1 |
| 4 | Chicagoland | 538.66 | 3 |
| 5 | Cascade | 431.28 | 3 |
| 6 | Gulf Coast | 396.54 | 1 |
| 7 | Kansas Collegiate | 340.56 | 1 |
| 8 | Golden State | 315.83 | 2 |
| 9 | Red River | 311.07 | 1 |
| 10 | Heart of America | 282.11 | |
| Women’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Great Lakes | Indiana Tech | 1250.45 | 1 |
| Midwest | Doane (Neb.) | 1021.53 | 1 |
| South | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 902.61 | 1 |
| South Central | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 882.33 | 1 |
| West | British Columbia | 853.09 | 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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| 100 Meters | Indiana Tech | 11.85 | 47.40 | |||
| 200 Meters | Indiana Tech | 24.54 | 1:38.15 | |||
| 400 Meters | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 54.56 | 3:38.24 | |||
| 800 Meters | British Columbia | 2:13.86 | 8:55.45 | |||
| 1500 Meters | British Columbia | 4:32.00 | 18:07.98 | |||
| Steeplechase | Biola (Calif.) | 11:10.59 | 44:42.35 | |||
| 5000 Meters | Northwest Christian (Ore.) | 17:29.28 | 1:9:57.12 | |||
| 10,000 Meters | Aquinas (Mich.) | 39:41.29 | 2:38:45.15 | |||
| 400 Meter Hurdles | Doane (Neb.) | 1:03.58 | 4:14.33 | |||
| 5000m Race Walk | Missouri Baptist | 30:14.74 | 2:0:58.96 | |||
| High Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 1.69m | 5-6½ | 6.76m | 22-2 | |
| Pole Vault | Concordia (Neb.) | 3.62m | 11-10¼ | 14.46m | 47-5¼ | |
| Long Jump | Indiana Tech | 5.72m | 18-9¼ | 22.87m | 75-½ | |
| Triple Jump | British Columbia | 11.21m | 36-9½ | 44.85m | 147-1 | |
| Shot Put | Hastings (Neb.) | 14.17m | 46-5¾ | 56.67m | 185-11 | |
| Discus | Concordia (Neb.) | 45.77m | 150-2 | 183.09m | 600-8 | |
| Hammer | Concordia (Neb.) | 53.80m | 176-6 | 215.19m | 706-0 | |
| Javelin | Concordia (Neb.) | 39.67m | 130-1 | 158.67m | 520-7 | |
| Heptathlon | Friends (Kan.) | 4,123 | 16,492 | |||
