2018 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Rankings – Week 2
NEW ORLEANS – Numerous changes befell the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Team Rankings between Week 1 and Week 2.
Only four of the men’s teams in the top-25 remained in place compared to five women’s teams.
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REGIONAL PDFs Top 15 | By Team | By Event #EventSquad Rankings Top-16 Summary |
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The 2018 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held May 24-16 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Men’s Story
Indiana Tech and Wiley (Texas) sit No. 1 and No. 2 for the second week in a row. The Warriors and Wildcats don’t appear to be in any danger of losing those spots as they’re the only two teams with more than 300 points in the rankings.
The rest of the top-5 was mixed up as Westmont (Calif.) jumped one spot to No. 3, while Hastings (Neb.) and Doane (Neb.) both climbed three spots to No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.
Westmont (Calif.) received a boost from three athletes: Anthony Cota, Michael Oldach and Seth Wilmoth. Cota is now ranked fifth nationally in the high jump. Oldach is ranked fifth in the 1500, in addition to his No. 5 ranking in the 5000. Wilmoth improved his season best mark to 4.70m (15-5) in the pole vault to nab that fifth spot as well.
Hastings (Neb.) saw Alex Wellington step up in a big way this past weekend. Wellington recorded the second best shot put mark of the season and the fifth best hammer mark. He is also ranked seventh in the discus, so the Broncos are hoping for major points from him come May.
Doane (Neb.) pushed up thanks to Shingai Kusena and Henry Arnold in the triple jump. Kusena is now ranked third nationally, while Arnold moved up to sixth.
Women’s Story
Indiana Tech is still No. 1, but don’t look now: The Warriors have company.
Southern-New Orleans (La.) soared 33 spots between Week 1 and Week 2. The Knights went from No. 35 to No. 2 following a superb weekend. Argyana Bolton doubled down for SUNO this past weekend as she recorded nation-leading marks in the 100 and 200. Bolton is joined by Shadae Hylton (400) and Kimona Smikle (400 hurdles) atop the national leaderboard in their respective events.
Hastings (Neb.) improved three spots from No. 6 to No. 3. The Broncos received a top-10 national mark this past weekend from Shantinique Cunningham in the long jump, Reganne Markle in the long jump, Sara Olsen in the shot put and Kelbie Lyon in the hammer throw.
Wiley (Texas) and Friends (Kan.) both fell two spots to No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.
New additions to the women’s top-25 include William Carey (Miss.) and Northwest (Wash.) in addition to the aforementioned Knights.
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Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2017 Week #2 — April 11 |
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| next ranking: April 18 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 451.90 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (9th) | 1 |
| 2 | Wiley (Texas) | 423.16 | Red River | Marlon Baugh (3rd) | 2 |
| 3 | Westmont (Calif.) | 253.22 | Golden State | Russell Smelley (39th) | 4 |
| 4 | Hastings (Neb.) | 203.89 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (5th) | 7 |
| 5 | Doane (Neb.) | 202.10 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (16th) | 8 |
| 6 | Central Christian (Kan.) | 200.73 | A.I.I. (NAIA Independents) | Mike Anderson (2nd) | 5 |
| 7 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 178.31 | Appalachian | Sam Roberts (1st) | 6 |
| 8 | Oregon Tech | 177.01 | Cascade | Jack Kegg (5th) | 9 |
| 9 | Keiser (Fla.) | 176.27 | Sun Conference | Marc Small (2nd) | 19 |
| 10 | William Carey (Miss.) | 155.23 | Southern States | Blake Hegstrom (5th) | 11 |
| 11 | West Virginia Tech | 140.65 | River States | Bruce Cox (11th) | 12 |
| 12 | Indiana Wesleyan | 136.21 | Crossroads | Caleb Snyder (2nd) | 32 |
| 13 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 133.06 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (5th) | 51 |
| 14 | Southern Oregon | 129.79 | Cascade | Grier Gatlin (7th) | 15 |
| 15 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 128.58 | Mid-South | Randy Greer (3rd) | 10 |
| 16 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 106.30 | Kansas Collegiate | Alstin Benton (2nd) | 18 |
| 17 | Marian (Ind.) | 101.53 | Crossroads | Mike Holman (6th) | 28 |
| 18 | Bethel (Ind.) | 95.97 | Crossroads | Tony Natali (20th) | NR |
| 19 | Concordia (Neb.) | 93.44 | Great Plains | Matt Beisel (2nd) | 16 |
| 20 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 93.28 | Mid-South | Jamaine Gordon (5th) | 98 |
| 21 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 91.12 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (6th) | 17 |
| 22 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 88.29 | Mid-South | Eric Putnam (12th) | 21 |
| 23 | Grand View (Iowa) | 87.15 | Heart of America | Jerry Monner (12th) | 47 |
| 24 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 83.00 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Tim Bauer (34th) | NR |
| 25 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 82.92 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (17th) | 22 |
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| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Great Plains | 759.44 | 4 |
| 2 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 587.49 | 2 |
| 3 | Cascade | 510.74 | 2 |
| 4 | Red River | 510.34 | 1 |
| 5 | Crossroads | 429.84 | 3 |
| 6 | Appalachian | 408.10 | 1 |
| 7 | Golden State | 367.45 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun Conference | 356.41 | 1 |
| 9 | Heart of America | 346.47 | 1 |
| 10 | Mid-South | 338.38 | 3 |
| Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Great Lakes | Indiana Tech | 1149.20 | 1 |
| Midwest | Doane (Neb.) | 918.90 | 1 |
| South | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 571.29 | 2 |
| South Central | Wiley (Texas) | 707.07 | 1 |
| West | Westmont (Calif.) | 761.26 | 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 | Central Christian (Kan.) | 10.51 | 42.05 | |||
| 200 Meters | Wiley (Texas) | 21.23 | 1:24.93 | |||
| 400 Meters | Wiley (Texas) | 47.79 | 3:11.17 | |||
| 800 Meters | Westmont (Calif.) | 1:55.72 | 7:42.89 | |||
| 1500 Meters | British Columbia | 3:53.58 | 15:34.34 | |||
| Steeplechase | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 10:15.01 | 41:00.05 | |||
| 5000 Meters | British Columbia | 14:50.85 | 59:23.42 | |||
| 10,000 Meters | Indiana Wesleyan | 32:53.80 | 2:11:35.21 | |||
| 110 Meter Hurdles | Edward Waters (Fla.) | 15.50 | 1:02.01 | |||
| 400 Meter Hurdles | Doane (Neb.) | 56.38 | 3:45.51 | |||
| 5000m Race Walk | West Virginia Tech | 22:56.92 | 1:31:47.68 | |||
| High Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 1.91m | 6-3¼ | 7.64m | 25-¾ | |
| Pole Vault | Doane (Neb.) | 4.44m | 14-6¾ | 17.75m | 58-2¾ | |
| Long Jump | Texas College | 6.85m | 22-5¾ | 27.41m | 89-11¼ | |
| Triple Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 14.36m | 47-1½ | 57.45m | 188-6 | |
| Shot Put | Hastings (Neb.) | 15.67m | 51-5 | 62.67m | 205-7 | |
| Discus | Doane (Neb.) | 48.20m | 158-1 | 192.78m | 632-5 | |
| Hammer | Grand View (Iowa) | 52.25m | 171-5 | 209.01m | 685-8 | |
| Javelin | Baker (Kan.) | 51.93m | 170-4 | 207.72m | 681-6 | |
| Decathlon | Westmont (Calif.) | 6,173 | 24,692 | |||
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2017 Week #2 — April 11 |
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| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 406.63 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (9th) | 1 |
| 2 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 357.43 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (5th) | 35 |
| 3 | Hastings (Neb.) | 307.86 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (5th) | 6 |
| 4 | Wiley (Texas) | 296.68 | Red River | Marlon Baugh (3rd) | 2 |
| 5 | Friends (Kan.) | 288.91 | Kansas Collegiate | Cole Davis (7th) | 3 |
| 6 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 258.46 | Sooner Athletic | Brian Whitlock (3rd) | 4 |
| 7 | Doane (Neb.) | 256.37 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (16th) | 7 |
| 8 | Concordia (Neb.) | 233.12 | Great Plains | Matt Beisel (2nd) | 8 |
| 9 | Southern Oregon | 186.80 | Cascade | Grier Gatlin (7th) | 10 |
| 10 | Westmont (Calif.) | 174.86 | Golden State | Russell Smelley (39th) | 11 |
| 11 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 160.92 | Sun Conference | Bernard Gather (2nd) | 9 |
| 12 | William Carey (Miss.) | 150.91 | Southern States | Blake Hegstrom (5th) | 31 |
| 13 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 149.68 | Heart of America | Nate Wiens (3rd) | 13 |
| 14 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 117.55 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Kirk Richards (6th) | NR |
| 15 | Xavier (La.) | 113.52 | Gulf Coast | Joseph Moses (14th) | 12 |
| 16 | College of Idaho | 111.48 | Cascade | Austin Basterrechea (2nd) | 14 |
| 17 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 104.53 | Sun Conference | Patrick Reagan (6th) | 18 |
| 18 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 102.82 | Appalachian | Mike Caldwell (3rd) | 19 |
| 19 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 101.25 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (17th) | 16 |
| 20 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 98.81 | Mid-South | Eric Putnam (12th) | 15 |
| 21 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 98.21 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Rod Wortley (20th) | 17 |
| 22 | Columbia (Mo.) | 88.04 | American Midwest | Tracy Jex (2nd) | 21 |
| 23 | Point Park (Pa.) | 87.04 | River States | Kelly Parsley (4th) | 24 |
| 24 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 85.44 | Heart of America | Henry Brun (3rd) | 22 |
| 25 | Northwest (Wash.) | 82.57 | Cascade | Mark Mandi (9th) | 27 |
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| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Great Plains | 891.14 | 3 |
| 2 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 675.72 | 3 |
| 3 | Cascade | 566.29 | 3 |
| 4 | Heart of America | 516.40 | 2 |
| 5 | Gulf Coast | 470.95 | 2 |
| 6 | Kansas Collegiate | 435.15 | 1 |
| 7 | Sun Conference | 380.98 | 2 |
| 8 | Red River | 355.42 | 1 |
| 9 | Sooner Athletic | 314.04 | 1 |
| 10 | Appalachian | 277.95 | 1 |
| Women’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Great Lakes | Indiana Tech | 1352.34 | 1 |
| Midwest | Doane (Neb.) | 875.70 | 2 |
| South | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 734.39 | 1 |
| South Central | Friends (Kan.) | 854.53 | 1 |
| West | Southern Oregon | 810.32 | 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 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 11.81 | 47.23 | |||
| 200 Meters | Wiley (Texas) | 24.60 | 1:38.39 | |||
| 400 Meters | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 54.48 | 3:37.91 | |||
| 800 Meters | British Columbia | 2:12.69 | 8:50.74 | |||
| 1500 Meters | British Columbia | 4:31.76 | 18:07.06 | |||
| Steeplechase | Southwestern (Kan.) | 12:17.90 | 49:11.61 | |||
| 5000 Meters | St. Francis (Ill.) | 18:07.71 | 1:12:30.84 | |||
| 10,000 Meters | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 38:48.26 | 2:35:13.05 | |||
| 100 Meter Hurdles | Indiana Tech | 14.52 | 58.06 | |||
| 400 Meter Hurdles | Indiana Tech | 1:06.92 | 4:27.70 | |||
| High Jump | Doane (Neb.) | 1.67m | 5-5¾ | 6.69m | 21-11¼ | |
| Pole Vault | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 3.39m | 11-1¼ | 13.55m | 44-5½ | |
| Long Jump | Indiana Tech | 5.68m | 18-7¾ | 22.72m | 74-6½ | |
| Triple Jump | Keiser (Fla.) | 11.20m | 36-9 | 44.80m | 146-11 | |
| Shot Put | Concordia (Neb.) | 13.85m | 45-5½ | 55.41m | 181-9 | |
| Discus | Concordia (Neb.) | 44.36m | 145-6 | 177.45m | 582-2 | |
| Hammer | Hastings (Neb.) | 52.00m | 170-7 | 207.99m | 682-4 | |
| Javelin | Doane (Neb.) | 37.62m | 123-5 | 150.48m | 493-8 | |
| Heptathlon | Westmont (Calif.) | 3,505 | 14,020 | |||
| Half-Marathon | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 1:25:31.00 | 5:42:04.00 | |||
