2018 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Rankings – Week 5
NEW ORLEANS – If we said the 2018 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships are less than three weeks from now, would you believe us?
Take one look at the calendar and then back here, because the newest NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Team Rankings were released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Wednesday.
The top-4 teams in each index remained the same, while a litany of changes were peppered throughout the rest of the top-25s.
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NATIONAL PDFs Top 25 | By Team | By Event Rankings History This Season By Rank | All-Time |
REGIONAL PDFs Top 10 | By Team | By Event #EventSquad Rankings Top-16 Summary |
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Remember: The 2018 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held March 1-3 in Pittsburg, Kansas at the Robert W. Plaster Center.
Men’s Story
Indiana Tech and Wayland Baptist (Texas) are still clear-cut favorites in the race for the men’s team title that will be handed out on March 3. The Warriors and the Pioneers are the only two men’s teams with more than 200 points in the men’s index.
It should be no surprise as to why Indiana Tech and Wayland Baptist (Texas) are where they are because they have the most and second-most performances ranked in the top-10 of the NAIA Descending Order List at 17 and 13, respectively.
Doane (Neb.) and Cornerstone (Mich.) come in at No. 3 and No. 4 again, while Hastings (Neb.) rounds out the top-5 – one week after being ranked No. 6. The Broncos jumped over Central Christian (Kan.) and have the fourth most top-3 performances in the nation on the Descending Order List with three.
The biggest gainer in the top-10 was Westmont (Calif.), which went from No. 18 to No. 7. The Warriors received top-6 marks this past weekend from Pieter Top in the 200 (sixth), Michael Oldach in the mile (fourth) and Seth Wilmoth in the pole vault (fifth).
Women’s Story
Indiana Tech might want to watch its back as Wayland Baptist (Texas) is gaining steam in the women’s rankings as the season draws to a close.
The Pioneers gained 37.1 points on the Warriors from Week 4 to Week 5. Wayland Baptist (Texas) saw five athletes notch top-5 performances this past weekend: Devin Johnson in the 60 (first), Ja’Ianna Williams in the 600 (second), Silvia Sosa in the 1000 (second), Telecia Briscoe in the 60 hurdles (fourth) and Tiona Owens in the triple jump (fourth).
Southern-New Orleans and Friends (Kan.) are third and fourth again, respectively, while Hastings (Neb.) is now ranked fifth. The Broncos were paced by Abigail Collingham, who got a top-5 mark in the pole vault this past weekend.
St. Francis (Ill.) continued its climb as it joined the top-10 this week. The Fighting Saints moved up five spots from No. 15 to No. 10 after its 4×400 relay notched a time of 3:59.46, the third best time in the nation this season.
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Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2017 Week #5 — February 21 |
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| next ranking: MONDAY, February 26 (pre-championships) | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 334.12 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (9th) | 1 |
| 2 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 294.20 | Sooner Athletic | Brian Whitlock (3rd) | 2 |
| 3 | Doane (Neb.) | 170.72 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (16th) | 3 |
| 4 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 154.56 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Rod Wortley (20th) | 4 |
| 5 | Central Christian (Kan.) | 140.85 | A.I.I. (NAIA Independents) | Mike Anderson (2nd) | 5 |
| 6 | Hastings (Neb.) | 132.42 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (5th) | 6 |
| 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 121.39 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Dave Wood (22nd) | 9 |
| 8 | Keiser (Fla.) | 121.03 | Sun Conference | Marc Small (2nd) | 7 |
| 9 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 110.21 | Chicagoland | Jeff Barker (6th) | 15 |
| 10 | Friends (Kan.) | 105.29 | Kansas Collegiate | Damian Smithhisler (6th) | 10 |
| 11 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 104.68 | Frontier | Mike Collins (21st) | 13 |
| 12 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 103.82 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (6th) | 20 |
| 13 | Bethel (Ind.) | 103.25 | Crossroads | Tony Natali (20th) | 12 |
| 14 | Eastern Oregon | 97.68 | Cascade | Ben Welch (14th) | 19 |
| 15 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 94.48 | Mid-South | Randy Greer (3rd) | 11 |
| 16 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 93.54 | Heart of America | Nate Wiens (3rd) | 17 |
| 17 | Columbia (Mo.) | 87.42 | American Midwest | Tracy Jex (2nd) | 8 |
| 18 | Westmont (Calif.) | 83.76 | Golden State | Russell Smelley (39th) | 14 |
| 19 | West Virginia Tech | 79.39 | River States | (0th) | 29 |
| 20 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 74.87 | Chicagoland | Dan Tomlin (11th) | 16 |
| 21 | Indiana Wesleyan | 72.37 | Crossroads | Caleb Snyder (2nd) | 18 |
| 22 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 71.58 | Appalachian | Sam Roberts (1st) | 26 |
| 23 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 71.01 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (17th) | 22 |
| 24 | Concordia (Neb.) | 70.77 | Great Plains | Matt Beisel (2nd) | 24 |
| 25 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 68.51 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Tim Bauer (34th) | 21 |
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| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 691.90 | 4 |
| 2 | Great Plains | 687.90 | 3 |
| 3 | Sooner Athletic | 334.12 | 1 |
| 4 | Crossroads | 304.48 | 1 |
| 5 | Chicagoland | 301.96 | 3 |
| 6 | Heart of America | 261.78 | 1 |
| 7 | Kansas Collegiate | 237.89 | 1 |
| 8 | Mid-South | 198.11 | 2 |
| 9 | Frontier | 161.50 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun Conference | 154.68 | 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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2017 Week #5 — February 21 |
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| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 380.31 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (9th) | 1 |
| 2 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 271.52 | Sooner Athletic | Brian Whitlock (3rd) | 4 |
| 3 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 227.10 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (5th) | 2 |
| 4 | Friends (Kan.) | 217.24 | Kansas Collegiate | Cole Davis (7th) | 3 |
| 5 | Doane (Neb.) | 200.60 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (16th) | 5 |
| 6 | Hastings (Neb.) | 187.24 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (5th) | 6 |
| 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 171.53 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Dave Wood (22nd) | 7 |
| 8 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 152.91 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (6th) | 9 |
| 9 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 141.14 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Kirk Richards (6th) | 8 |
| 10 | Concordia (Neb.) | 125.56 | Great Plains | Matt Beisel (2nd) | 10 |
| 11 | Carroll (Mont.) | 101.00 | Frontier | Harry Clark (5th) | 13 |
| 12 | Point Park (Pa.) | 94.31 | River States | Kelly Parsley (4th) | 12 |
| 13 | Taylor (Ind.) | 93.90 | Crossroads | Ted Bowers (12th) | 15 |
| 14 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 90.53 | Chicagoland | Dan Tomlin (11th) | 14 |
| 15 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 84.31 | Chicagoland | Jeff Barker (6th) | 18 |
| 16 | Morningside (Iowa) | 80.44 | Great Plains | Dave Nash (15th) | 19 |
| 17 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 79.21 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (17th) | 16 |
| 18 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 71.31 | Appalachian | Chris Layne (14th) | 11 |
| 19 | Grand View (Iowa) | 68.76 | Heart of America | Jerry Monner (12th) | 26 |
| 20 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 64.32 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Rod Wortley (20th) | 17 |
| 21 | Clarke (Iowa) | 63.72 | Heart of America | Mason Tangen (3rd) | 23 |
| 22 | Columbia (Mo.) | 63.41 | American Midwest | Tracy Jex (2nd) | 20 |
| 23 | College of Idaho | 63.17 | Cascade | Austin Basterrechea (2nd) | 53 |
| 24 | Dordt (Iowa) | 62.78 | Great Plains | Craig Heynen (10th) | 22 |
| 25 | Oklahoma City | 62.72 | Sooner Athletic | Matt Aguero (2nd) | 32 |
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| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Great Plains | 793.99 | 6 |
| 2 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 753.17 | 4 |
| 3 | Chicagoland | 367.98 | 3 |
| 4 | Sooner Athletic | 366.50 | 2 |
| 5 | Kansas Collegiate | 268.19 | 1 |
| 6 | Heart of America | 264.27 | 2 |
| 7 | Gulf Coast | 215.27 | 1 |
| 8 | Cascade | 175.74 | |
| 9 | Crossroads | 161.58 | 1 |
| 10 | Frontier | 147.27 | 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 | |||
