2018 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Rankings – Pre-Championships
NEW ORLEANS – The time is here.
Three days from now the 2018 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships will get underway in Pittsburg, Kansas at the Robert W. Plaster Center.
Before that, though, it’s prudent to see what the final NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Team Rankings – released Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) have to say about the proceedings.
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Men’s Story
Indiana Tech is the odds-on favorite to win yet another crown – and justifiably so. The Warriors have the most entries into the championships (24) and cover the most ground with them. Indiana Tech has nine entries in sprint/hurdles, two in the mid-distance, three in relays, eight in jumps and two in throws.
Wayland Baptist (Texas) and Doane (Neb.) are both tied for the second most entries into the championships with 18. The Pioneers are ranked second nationally thanks to more athletes ranked in the top-10 of their respective events than the third-ranked Tigers. Wayland Baptist (Texas) has 14 entries ranked in the top-10 of their respective events and eight in the top-3 compared to 11 and two from Doane (Neb.), respectively.
Despite only having eight entries into the championships, Hastings (Neb.) is ranked fourth in the pre-championship index. Six of the Broncos’ eight entries are ranked in the top-10 nationally with three of those coming in the top-3.
Bethel (Ind.) – with four entries to the championships that are all ranked in the top-3 in the nation – rounds out the top-5. The Pilots don’t have much breathing room, however, as the difference between them and seventh-ranked Central Christian (Kan.) is less than one point.
Women’s Story
Indiana Tech is stacked going into the championships this weekend.
The top-ranked Warriors have 32 entries ready to go in Pittsburg, Kansas, with 15 of them in the sprints/hurdles and another 12 in the jumps. Twenty of Indiana Tech’s entries rank in the top-10 nationally and eight of those fall in the top-3.
Wayland Baptist (Texas) and Friends (Kan.) are second and third in the rankings behind the Warriors. The Pioneers and Falcons both have 18 entries into the championships with eight of the former’s being ranked in the top-3 and four of the latter’s in the same realm.
Fifth-ranked Hastings (Neb.) will rely heavily on the strength of its field events. Fifteen of the Broncos’ 18 entries into the championships are in jumps and throws.
Seven other programs have double-digit entries into the championships, including fourth-ranked Southern-New Orleans (La.). Doane (Neb.) has the most out of any team not ranked in the top-5 with 16. The Tigers are ranked right outside the top-5 in sixth.
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Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2017 Week #6 — February 26 |
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| next ranking: none, NAIA Championships, March 1-3 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 332.68 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (9th) | 1 |
| 2 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 286.64 | Sooner Athletic | Brian Whitlock (3rd) | 2 |
| 3 | Doane (Neb.) | 187.87 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (16th) | 3 |
| 4 | Hastings (Neb.) | 131.95 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (5th) | 5 |
| 5 | Bethel (Ind.) | 118.58 | Crossroads | Tony Natali (20th) | 10 |
| 6 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 118.47 | Chicagoland | Jeff Barker (6th) | 8 |
| 7 | Central Christian (Kan.) | 117.87 | A.I.I. (NAIA Independents) | Mike Anderson (2nd) | 6 |
| 8 | Keiser (Fla.) | 113.69 | Sun Conference | Marc Small (2nd) | 11 |
| 9 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 97.10 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Rod Wortley (20th) | 4 |
| 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 94.29 | Mid-South | Randy Greer (3rd) | 12 |
| 11 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 92.60 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (6th) | 14 |
| 12 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 91.81 | Mid-South | Jamaine Gordon (5th) | 19 |
| 13 | William Carey (Miss.) | 90.42 | Southern States | Blake Hegstrom (5th) | 21 |
| 14 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 89.10 | Chicagoland | Dan Tomlin (11th) | 20 |
| 15 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 86.85 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Dave Wood (22nd) | 9 |
| 16 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 82.85 | Appalachian | Sam Roberts (1st) | 22 |
| 17 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 80.58 | Frontier | Mike Collins (21st) | 18 |
| 18 | Columbia (Mo.) | 79.36 | American Midwest | Tracy Jex (2nd) | 17 |
| 19 | Westmont (Calif.) | 79.26 | Golden State | Russell Smelley (39th) | 7 |
| 20 | West Virginia Tech | 77.21 | River States | 23 | |
| 21 | Eastern Oregon | 73.30 | Cascade | Ben Welch (14th) | 16 |
| 22 | Indiana Wesleyan | 73.26 | Crossroads | Caleb Snyder (2nd) | 26 |
| 23 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 68.21 | Heart of America | Nate Wiens (3rd) | 24 |
| 24 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 67.85 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (5th) | 28 |
| 25 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 67.40 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Tim Bauer (34th) | 25 |
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| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Great Plains | 668.69 | 3 |
| 2 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 613.88 | 4 |
| 3 | Sooner Athletic | 342.08 | 1 |
| 4 | Crossroads | 334.41 | 2 |
| 5 | Chicagoland | 272.10 | 2 |
| 6 | Heart of America | 223.30 | 1 |
| 7 | Mid-South | 195.56 | 2 |
| 8 | Kansas Collegiate | 185.33 | |
| 9 | Sun Conference | 169.55 | 1 |
| 10 | Appalachian | 162.83 | 1 |
| Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Great Lakes | Indiana Tech | 691.82 | 1 |
| Midwest | Doane (Neb.) | 637.88 | 1 |
| South | Milligan (Tenn.) | 485.13 | 2 |
| South Central | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 519.28 | 1 |
| West | Westmont (Calif.) | 764.27 | 2 |
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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 | 6.81 | 27.24 | |||
| 200 Meters | Indiana Tech | 22.02 | 1:28.06 | |||
| 400 Meters | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 48.77 | 3:15.07 | |||
| 600 Meters | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 1:20.54 | 5:22.17 | |||
| 800 Meters | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 1:55.65 | 7:42.61 | |||
| 1000 Meters | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 2:33.58 | 10:14.32 | |||
| Mile | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 4:20.94 | 17:23.76 | |||
| 3000 Meters | St. Francis (Ill.) | 8:43.14 | 34:52.56 | |||
| 5000 Meters | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 15:17.49 | 1:1:09.97 | |||
| 60 Meter Hurdles | Tennessee Wesleyan | 8.55 | 34.19 | |||
| 3000m Race Walk | West Virginia Tech | 13:25.17 | 53:40.67 | |||
| High Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 2.00m | 6-6½ | 7.98m | 26-2¼ | |
| Pole Vault | Aquinas (Mich.) | 4.75m | 15-7 | 19.00m | 62-4 | |
| Long Jump | Bethel (Ind.) | 7.25m | 23-9½ | 29.00m | 95-1¾ | |
| Triple Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 14.29m | 46-10¾ | 57.17m | 187-6 | |
| Shot Put | Doane (Neb.) | 16.23m | 53-3 | 64.91m | 212-11 | |
| Weight Throw | Hastings (Neb.) | 18.36m | 60-3 | 73.45m | 240-11 | |
| Heptathlon | Westmont (Calif.) | 4,687 | 18,749 | |||
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2017 Week #6 — February 26 |
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| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 408.89 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (9th) | 1 |
| 2 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 298.70 | Sooner Athletic | Brian Whitlock (3rd) | 2 |
| 3 | Friends (Kan.) | 242.75 | Kansas Collegiate | Cole Davis (7th) | 4 |
| 4 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 205.31 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (5th) | 3 |
| 5 | Hastings (Neb.) | 203.04 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (5th) | 5 |
| 6 | Doane (Neb.) | 143.91 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (16th) | 6 |
| 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 140.08 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Dave Wood (22nd) | 7 |
| 8 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 131.79 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Kirk Richards (6th) | 9 |
| 9 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 117.21 | Chicagoland | Dan Tomlin (11th) | 12 |
| 10 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 106.47 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (6th) | 8 |
| 11 | Concordia (Neb.) | 103.48 | Great Plains | Matt Beisel (2nd) | 11 |
| 12 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 102.75 | Chicagoland | Jeff Barker (6th) | 10 |
| 13 | Point Park (Pa.) | 100.70 | River States | Kelly Parsley (4th) | 13 |
| 14 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 87.57 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (17th) | 17 |
| 15 | Taylor (Ind.) | 79.55 | Crossroads | Ted Bowers (12th) | 15 |
| 16 | Carroll (Mont.) | 71.58 | Frontier | Harry Clark (5th) | 14 |
| 17 | Oklahoma City | 69.29 | Sooner Athletic | Matt Aguero (2nd) | 25 |
| 18 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 68.20 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Rod Wortley (20th) | 20 |
| 19 | Columbia (Mo.) | 67.32 | American Midwest | Tracy Jex (2nd) | 22 |
| 20 | Grand View (Iowa) | 59.94 | Heart of America | Jerry Monner (12th) | 18 |
| 21 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 58.79 | Mid-South | Jamaine Gordon (5th) | 27 |
| 22 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 58.64 | Appalachian | Chris Layne (14th) | 23 |
| 23 | Morningside (Iowa) | 55.70 | Great Plains | Dave Nash (15th) | 16 |
| 24 | Dordt (Iowa) | 55.62 | Great Plains | Craig Heynen (10th) | 21 |
| 25 | Clarke (Iowa) | 52.02 | Heart of America | Mason Tangen (3rd) | 24 |
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| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 776.31 | 4 |
| 2 | Great Plains | 691.85 | 6 |
| 3 | Chicagoland | 379.61 | 3 |
| 4 | Sooner Athletic | 368.00 | 2 |
| 5 | Kansas Collegiate | 338.20 | 1 |
| 6 | Heart of America | 220.50 | 2 |
| 7 | Gulf Coast | 205.31 | 1 |
| 8 | Crossroads | 184.06 | 1 |
| 9 | Cascade | 173.09 | |
| 10 | Kentucky Intercollegiate | 127.19 | 1 |
| Women’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Great Lakes | Indiana Tech | 868.50 | 1 |
| Midwest | Doane (Neb.) | 533.39 | 1 |
| South | Columbia (S.C.) | 493.94 | 1 |
| South Central | Friends (Kan.) | 744.17 | 1 |
| West | Westmont (Calif.) | 759.79 | 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 | 7.68 | 30.73 | |||
| 200 Meters | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 25.29 | 1:41.17 | |||
| 400 Meters | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 56.65 | 3:46.61 | |||
| 600 Meters | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 1:38.25 | 6:32.99 | |||
| 800 Meters | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 2:16.77 | 9:07.09 | |||
| 1000 Meters | Aquinas (Mich.) | 3:03.04 | 12:12.15 | |||
| Mile | Aquinas (Mich.) | 5:11.46 | 20:45.86 | |||
| 3000 Meters | Taylor (Ind.) | 10:30.17 | 42:00.69 | |||
| 5000 Meters | Milligan (Tenn.) | 18:10.18 | 1:12:40.72 | |||
| 60 Meter Hurdles | Indiana Tech | 8.77 | 35.09 | |||
| 3000m Race Walk | Grand View (Iowa) | 22:16.71 | 1:29:06.85 | |||
| High Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 1.69m | 5-6½ | 6.76m | 22-2 | |
| Pole Vault | Doane (Neb.) | 3.57m | 11-8½ | 14.28m | 46-10¼ | |
| Long Jump | Indiana Tech | 5.88m | 19-3¾ | 23.53m | 77-2½ | |
| Triple Jump | Indiana Tech | 11.50m | 37-9 | 46.01m | 150-11 | |
| Shot Put | Concordia (Neb.) | 14.11m | 46-3¾ | 56.45m | 185-2 | |
| Weight Throw | Hastings (Neb.) | 17.74m | 58-2¼ | 70.94m | 232-9 | |
| Pentathlon | Friends (Kan.) | 3,223 | 12,893 | |||
