2020 NCAA DIII Women’s Indoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 5

NEW ORLEANS – Welcome to the new normal in the NCAA Division III Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Rating Index, where the only constant is the need for absolute chaos in the rankings.

Nothing remained the same in the top-10 from Week 4 to Week 5 as the National Rating Index played a calculated game of Boggle with the teams.

NCAA Division III — Women's Indoor Track & Field
This Week's National Top Five
Ithaca
Williams
Chicago
UW-La Crosse
Loras
1
Ithaca
2
Williams
3
Chicago
4
UW-La Crosse
5
Loras
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Ithaca continued its remarkable rise up the chart as it ranked No. 1 for the first time in program history. The Bombers have leveled the competition with an array of national-leading marks in a number of events. While three-time national leader Parley Hannan gets her share of headlines – and justifiably so – Ithaca has two other national leaders in Katelyn Hutchison (400) and Meghan Matheny (pole vault), not to mention the three other women on the national-leading DMR team with Hannan (Hutchison, Maggie Nickerson and Lindsay Scott).

If you’re wondering about the next six teams, take a look at the Week 4 iteration and follow this pattern: Down one, up one, down one, up one, down one, up one. It might look like an old school video game code, but it’s how the National Rating Index shook out this week.

That means former No. 1 Williams slipped to No. 2, former No. 4 UChicago is up to No. 3, former No. 3 UW-La Crosse is down to No. 4, former No. 6 Loras is up to No. 5, former No. 5 Johns Hopkins is down to No. 6 and former No. 8 Washington (Mo.) is up to No. 7.

UChicago might only have six top-10 marks on the Descending Order List at the moment, but two of them are incredible – historically so. Just this past weekend, Isabel Maletich improved her season best mark in the triple jump to 12.58m (41-3¼), which slots in as the fifth best performance in NCAA DIII history. Don’t forget about Laura Darcey, either, who put up the fourth best pentathlon performance in NCAA DIII history earlier this season.

Loras helped its cause this past weekend at the Spartan Invitational. Terrianna Black cemented her spots as the No. 3 performer on the Descending Order List in the 60, while Gabrielle Noland did the same in the 200. Noland is actually ranked in the top-3 of each of the three sprints. Then Kassie Rosenbum moved up to No. 6 on the Descending Order List in the mile with her effort of 4:58.50.

Carthage made the biggest move in the top-10 as it jumped four spots from No. 12 to No. 8. The Lady Reds are led by Sarah Schmidt and Elizabeth Willis, who are ranked in the top-5 nationally in both the shot put and weight throw. Willis is billed second in each with marks on back-to-back weeks, while Schmidt is fourth and fifth, respectively, with the former coming this past weekend at the UW Oshkosh Titan Challenge.

There was just one new addition the top-25 in Week 5, but it was a big one. Bethel (Minn.) soared 21 spots from No. 41 to No. 20. The most notable performance for the Royals this past weekend was their 4×400 relay team taking over the top time in the nation at 3:51.81.

Be sure to check back next week as the National Rating Index will continue to evolve ahead of the 2020 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, set to take place on March 13-14 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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2020 Checkpoint #5 - February 25th

Top 25 Teams
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National
Rank
 TeamPointsConferenceRegionCHANGE
1ithacaITHACA159.98Liberty League (1)Atlantic▲1
(LW: 2)
2williamsWILLIAMS154.73NESCACNew England▼1
(LW: 1)
3chicagoCHICAGO141.55UAAMidwest▲1
(LW: 4)
4uw-la-crosseUW-LA CROSSE122.82WIAC (1)Midwest▼1
(LW: 3)
5lorasLORAS108.05American Rivers (2)Central▲1
(LW: 6)
6johns-hopkinsJOHNS HOPKINS104.06Centennial (1)Mideast▼1
(LW: 5)
7washington-moWASHINGTON (MO.)71.98UAA (1)Midwest▲1
(LW: 8)
8carthageCARTHAGE71.33CCIWMidwest▲4
(LW: 12)
9suny-geneseoSUNY GENESEO69.97SUNYAC (1)Atlantic▼2
(LW: 7)
10dubuqueDUBUQUE68.99American RiversCentral▲1
(LW: 11)
11tcnjTCNJ64.01NJAC (1)Atlantic▼2
(LW: 9)
12mitMIT61.77IndependentNew England▼2
(LW: 10)
13messiahMESSIAH60.37MACMideast◀▶
(LW: 13)
14tuftsTUFTS54.01NESCACNew England▲1
(LW: 15)
15redlands-califREDLANDS (CALIF.)47.38IndependentWest▲2
(LW: 17)
16wheaton-illWHEATON (ILL.)47.29CCIWMidwest◀▶
(LW: 16)
17wpiWPI47.06IndependentNew England▼3
(LW: 14)
18john-carrollJOHN CARROLL46.06OACGreat Lakes▲3
(LW: 21)
19trineTRINE44.24MIAAGreat Lakes▼1
(LW: 18)
20bethel-minnBETHEL (MINN.)43.74MIACCentral▲21
(LW: 41)
21wittenbergWITTENBERG39.56NCACGreat Lakes▼2
(LW: 19)
22rochester-n-yROCHESTER (N.Y.)37.39Liberty LeagueAtlantic▼2
(LW: 20)
23wartburgWARTBURG35.46American Rivers (1)Central▼1
(LW: 22)
24wesleyan-connWESLEYAN (CONN.)34.31NESCACNew England▼1
(LW: 23)
25north-central-illNORTH CENTRAL (ILL.)33.71CCIW (1)Midwest▼1
(LW: 24)


Week-by-Week Ranking

Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.
TeamPreseasonWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4Week #5Week #6Week #7
UW-La Crosse89743431
Ithaca64462112
Chicago45524343
Williams11111224
Loras97876555
MIT36681012126
Johns Hopkins53235667
Carthage10131410128108
Washington (Mo.)22358789
Wheaton (Ill.)1617181616161610
Wartburg2814122122233211
SUNY Geneseo2110111479912
TCNJ789119111113
Tufts3931431915141314
Dubuque252423241110715
Messiah1819101313131416
Rochester (N.Y.)1118202520221817
Redlands (Calif.)4247302917151918
Bethel (Minn.)3739424241201719
St. Thomas (Minn.)3841454325282820
North Central (Ill.)2928323824253021
John Carroll9180535021182022
WPI202122914171523
Eastern (Pa.)2623252853582424
Wittenberg9093212319212325
Nebraska Wesleyan3334363729313826
Wesleyan (Conn.)3637393923242527
Dickinson5557555134342128
Beloit4042444758422729
UW-Stout4146505887502630
Mount St. Joseph1409564716931
Hamline8292918657764132
Colby5251524638333733
Moravian1001031049133383334
Trine3235382618192235
Rhode Island College2427313031303636
Mount Holyoke11912112512584869737
SUNY Brockport4332373237323538
Concordia Chicago7074757232353939
Connecticut College8184838048544240
SUNY Oswego1261331184846374341
Southern Maine4843473326263142
Stevens1720171849617343
Mount Union4944294454626844
UW-Oshkosh54545956101747745
RPI6875807940415146
Emory11390787545596247
Oberlin1311131730445248
Baldwin Wallace4655656665364749
St. Norbert8789628151273450
Ohio Wesleyan3029333660554451
Millikin9497959356685452
Gustavus Adolphus11510511410992905653
Suffolk6468716450494954
UW-Eau Claire2222273136394055
Middlebury2325261228434656
Swarthmore6967514942455557
Ripon7777666866726358
George Fox6571737055475059
Brandeis1291291381291231318360
Bates7138243435465361
Illinois College11011410910782996062
Aurora5656566359605963
Stockton11911711711344515864
Springfield (Mass.)6664676591756665
Hope9710610866
Carroll (Wis.)7869797773676467
Marietta4748496186899568
Rhodes1429462658169
Heidelberg94969863668169
CCNY11411911511668567971
Bridgewater (Va.)35364041809310072
UW-Stevens Point1515162227292973
Bowdoin92989499931009474
Stevenson6779485252576775
Amherst8570647443536576
Carleton13188858747484577
Buffalo State595254551171217078
Augsburg8491909079737879
La Verne10911312011896637180
St. Olaf6362747361647281
UW-Whitewater272628271021108682
Central (Iowa)4465848288807583
Utica901038584
UW-Platteville53536159115819385
Ohio Northern3130354072828786
Calvin929987
Pacific (Ore.)128698088
Illinois Wesleyan7576817667526189
Westminster (Pa.)5150585494919190
Augustana (Ill.)1416192069707491
Virginia Wesleyan92
Rowan5758636083838493
Carnegie Mellon96959910178889294
Coast Guard121215159810410695
Lynchburg1041121071051089410796
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps117751099097
Trinity (Conn.)10810410310310010711698
Otterbein131135134134778510599
Concordia Moorhead1231301311251298796100
Wheaton (Mass.)106118101
North Park1391271281221137998102
RIT83878988124129112103
Westfield State14383929281102103104
NYU61606057898489105
Susquehanna1111091081087096102105
SUNY Cortland736670697497117107
Salisbury889599102126108110108
Colorado College98101109
Hanover103106110112112117118110
Bryn Mawr117123124122104111
WebsterRV112
Berry7278828995111111113
Ramapo50495753394048
Grinnell106737778717857
Trinity (Texas)14313814310911976
Rose-Hulman1271281221137788
Whitworth7695108
Elmhurst131103113113
Anderson (Ind.)101110110110104113113
Allegheny (Pa.)137140140129105112115
Albion951009897110116118
Piedmont6061767185105120
Capital86858683111120121
Fredonia122
Wellesley123
SUNY Oneonta99115124
Penn State Behrend107101125
SUNY Plattsburgh19404145118130126
Gwynedd Mercy62636967122124127
Rutgers-Newark128
Linfield119124129
UW-River Falls119124129
Case Western Reserve105116116115129
Wooster129
Manchester79828784133
Christopher Newport123134
Olivet93999796134
Wesley454546RVRVRVRV
Penn State Harrisburg808193RVRVRVRV
Defiance (Ohio)130118102RVRVRVRV
Saint Mary's (Minn.)124131125RVRV
Smith116122
Texas Lutheran58596862127
Monmouth (Ill.)128
Misericordia142142142126131
Washington and Lee125133
Rutgers-Camden133
SUNY DelhiRV
Alvernia119
St. Catherine (Minn.)131138134131129
Southern Virginia127134130128131
Keene State98102106106132
Roanoke34333435
Shenandoah76868885
St. Lawrence97101101100
Puget Sound107108105104
Pacific Lutheran101110110110
Knox118122119114
Coe89106121119
Bluffton119124121119
Elizabethtown124131125121
Chatham119124131125
Concordia Wisconsin99120133129
Lebanon Valley131138134131
Muhlenberg137137134134
Emmanuel (Mass.)127135135135
Oglethorpe136141138136
Houghton143143143143
Scranton747272RV
Eastern Connecticut State112115110RV
Rockford116124121RV
St. Scholastica131
York (Pa.)140
UT Tyler143

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