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By Lauren Ellsworth, USTFCCCA May 4, 2021

2021 NCAA DII Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 6

NEW ORLEANS – We’ve made it to May!

As the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field season heads into the final month and post-season competition starts to ramp up, let’s take a look at the most recent installment of the NCAA Division II Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Rating Index, released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday.

NCAA Division II — Women's Outdoor Track & Field

This Week's National Top Five

1
Azusa Pacific

2
Grand Valley State

3
West Texas A&M

4
Missouri Southern

5
Adams State

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Azusa Pacific continues to headline the National TFRI after claiming the PacWest Championship, notching numerous new or improved season bests in the process. Elle Alexander picked up two of them herself in the discus (No. 3, 53.68m/176-2) and hammer throw (No. 9, 57.44m/188-6). Other top performers for the Cougars were Jaylah Walker in the 100H (No. 7, 13.86) and Nicole Warwick in the long jump (No. 8, 6.08m/19-11½). Walker also ran the second leg of the 4×100 that is now ranked No. 2 (45.34).

No. 2 Grand Valley State hosted the GVSU Extra Weekend Meet and picked up a handful of season bests. Judith Essemiah extended her national lead in the event to 64.21m (210-8) to become the No. 6 performer all-time in NCAA DII. Adding a new nationally ranked performance for the Lakers was Allie Ludge, running the 1500 (No. 5, 4:23.37) in her first race of the outdoor season.

While No. 3 West Texas A&M, No. 4 Missouri Southern and No. 5 Adams State have pulled away from the rest of the pack, they are only separated by a few points themselves.

The Lady Buffs gained a new top-10 nationally ranked performance after traveling to Allendale, Michigan for the GVSU Extra Weekend Meet. Eleonora Curtabbi clocked the ninth-fastest time in the steeplechase of 10:43.74.

For the fourth-ranked Lions, Kirsten Leisinger notched a season best in the hammer. Her throw of 60.81m (199-6) is the second-best throw of the year.

The Grizzlies saw two new or improved season bests that fall within the top-10 nationally at the RMAC Championships: Stephanie Cotter in the 1500 (No. 7, 4:23.93c/4:29.60A); Nicole Lawrence in the 800 (No. 9, 2:09.68c/2:10.37A).

Here are the rest of the top-10 teams in Week 6: No. 6 Saginaw Valley State, No. 7 Minnesota State, No. 8 Academy of Art, No. 9 U-Mary and No. 10 CSU Pueblo.

The 2021 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships are set for May 27-29 in Allendale, Michigan, hosted by Grand Valley State.

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National Rank	Team	Points	Conference	Region	CHANGE
1	AZUSA PACIFIC	302.45	PacWest (1)	West	◀▶ (LW: 1)
2	GRAND VALLEY STATE	243.28	GLIAC (1)	Midwest	◀▶ (LW: 2)
3	WEST TEXAS A&M	169.34	Lone Star (1)	South Central	◀▶ (LW: 3)
4	MISSOURI SOUTHERN	168.20	MIAA (1)	Central	◀▶ (LW: 4)
5	ADAMS STATE	161.93	RMAC	South Central	◀▶ (LW: 5)
6	SAGINAW VALLEY STATE	115.24	GLIAC	Midwest	◀▶ (LW: 6)
7	MINNESOTA STATE	109.50	NSIC	Central	▲4 (LW: 11)
8	ACADEMY OF ART	105.38	PacWest	West	▲5 (LW: 13)
9	U-MARY	103.29	NSIC (1)	Central	▼1 (LW: 8)
10	CSU PUEBLO	99.14	RMAC	South Central	▼3 (LW: 7)
11	CENTRAL MISSOURI	92.21	MIAA	Central	▲1 (LW: 12)
12	FORT HAYS STATE	85.01	MIAA	Central	▲5 (LW: 17)
13	QUEENS (N.C.)	77.63	SAC (1)	Southeast	▼4 (LW: 9)
14	LEWIS	77.23	GLVC (1)	Midwest	◀▶ (LW: 14)
15	PITTSBURG STATE	70.70	MIAA	Central	▼5 (LW: 10)
16	ANGELO STATE	68.56	Lone Star	South Central	▼1 (LW: 15)
17	UC-COLORADO SPRINGS	68.45	RMAC (1)	South Central	▲11 (LW: 28)
18	EAST TEXAS A&M	66.24	Lone Star	South Central	▼2 (LW: 16)
19	LINCOLN (MO.)	61.75	MIAA	Central	▲28 (LW: 47)
20	LEE (TENN.)	61.38	GSC (1)	South	▲2 (LW: 22)
21	HILLSDALE	60.83	G-MAC	Midwest	▼3 (LW: 18)
22	FRESNO PACIFIC	57.90	PacWest	West	▼2 (LW: 20)
23	WESTERN COLORADO	56.15	RMAC	South Central	▼2 (LW: 21)
24	NEB.-KEARNEY	55.89	MIAA	Central	▼5 (LW: 19)
25	COLORADO MESA	55.61	RMAC	South Central	▼2 (LW: 23)

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Week-by-Week Ranking

Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.

Team	Week #1	Week #2	Week #3	Week #4	Week #5	Week #6	Week #7	Week #8	Week #9	FINAL
Azusa Pacific	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Grand Valley State	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2
West Texas A&M	3	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	3
Adams State	14	7	11	15	5	5	4	4	5	4
Saginaw Valley State	57	77	15	12	6	6	6	6	12	5
Lewis	4	8	14	11	14	14	9	7	6	6
Missouri Southern	12	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	7
U-Mary	32	25	20	5	8	9	12	8	7	8
Queens (N.C.)	13	9	7	9	9	13	17	15	15	9
Central Missouri	59	12	6	8	12	11	14	14	14	10
Minnesota State	68	14	10	14	11	7	8	12	11	11
Academy of Art	24	15	21	7	13	8	10	11	8	12
Northwest Missouri	38	20	16	20	24	26	27	19	21	13
Tiffin	20	33	41	26	25	28	32	41	41	13
CSU Pueblo	6	5	5	6	7	10	13	16	20	15
Emmanuel (Ga.)	21	23	27	32	37	41	50	53	49	15
Western Colorado	11	18	24	21	21	23	22	23	19	17
Angelo State	7	6	8	10	15	16	7	9	9	18
Pittsburg State	49	11	17	22	10	15	18	10	10	19
East Texas A&M	10	10	9	13	16	18	16	17	17	19
North Georgia	62	65	65	48	49	29	30	31	28	19
Lincoln (Mo.)	36	22	33	45	47	19	15	18	16	22
Fresno Pacific	8	17	25	17	20	22	23	34	35	22
Wingate	27	30	22	30	35	37	41	42	42	22
Walsh	54	66	39	36	43	45	26	27	25	25
Slippery Rock	77	37	40	27	26	27	29	30	27	25
Black Hills State	34	42	45	52	51	42	53	63	61	25
Lee (Tenn.)	9	21	12	16	22	20	19	24	23	28
UC-Colorado Springs	18	19	18	23	28	17	20	21	18	29
Southern Wesleyan (S.C.)	22	29	30	33	31	33	35	28	24	29
Wayne State (Neb.)	28	31	38	35	38	39	40	40	39	29
Washburn	73	38	42	55	44	48	43	38	34	32
Southwest Baptist	110	47	31	38	36	40	34	26	37	32
Winona State		55	51	53	56	44	39	43	46	32
Colo. School of Mines	19	24	29	28	34	34	38	44	43	35
New Mexico Highlands	45	43	47	49	50	36	47	51	47	36
Emporia State	44	64	59	62	52	56	44	52	53	36
Christian Brothers	33	26	26	29	32	32	31	37	33	38
Ashland	26	39	46	47	48	54	52	45	48	38
Millersville	37	48	57	67	67	74	71	60	57	38
West Alabama	65	85	95	101	103	66	75	64	63	38
Colorado Christian	90	87	70	74	83	86	89	77	66	38
Lock Haven	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	38
Neb.-Kearney	70	54	48	19	19	24	25	22	26	44
Harding	5	13	23	25	27	38	42	46	50	44
Fort Hays State	30	16	19	24	17	12	11	13	13	46
Findlay	104	113	44	39	45	51	36	35	36	46
Kutztown	42	41	43	44	42	43	46	48	45	46
American International					69	71	72	68	70	46
Edinboro		RV	RV	RV	40	47	45	33	30	50
Minnesota Duluth			116		59	64	69	61	60	50
Hillsdale	78	35	32	41	18	21	21	20	22	52
Indianapolis	52	69	67	76	77	80	77	49	51	52
Southwest Minnesota State	76	70	79	84	86	63	73	57	56	52
Davenport (Mich.)		112		79	80	78	64	72	67	52
Missouri Western		57	82	72	79	83	80	74	78	52
Augustana (S.D.)	53	73	36	40	29	30	28	25	29
CUI	15	32	49	50	75	79	86	36	31
Southern Indiana	79	81	54	64	72	53	54	32	32
Sioux Falls	66	46	28	31	33	31	33	39	38
Colorado Mesa	17	27	13	18	23	25	24	29	40
UNC Pembroke	51	58	56	56	60	49	48	50	44
Biola (Calif.)	16	28	37	34	41	50	51	55	52
Concordia-St. Paul	116	97	55	46	53	55	57	58	54
Western Washington	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	55
Bemidji State	80	93	98	78	84	87	93	59	58
Lees-McRae	48	50	64	66	70	70	56	62	59
St. Cloud State	83	94	62	60	62	67	58	65	62
Malone	29	40	35	42	30	35	37	47	64
Northern State		62	60	51	54	52	55	56	65
California (Pa.)	84	82	93	102	55	57	59	71	68
Texas A&M-Kingsville	60	52	58	61	68	84	62	67	69
Maryville (Mo.)			68	68	66	65	63	69	71
Illinois-Springfield		116	61	70	76	61	60	70	72
Alabama-Huntsville	23	34	34	43	46	46	49	54	73
Cedarville	58	49	74	54	65	73	76	73	74
Mississippi College	35	45	77	83	57	59	74	75	75
Seattle Pacific	31	51	71	81	81	58	61	66	76
Northwood (Mich.)	61	79	75	80	90	91	65	78	77
Dallas Baptist	25	36	52	59	78	62	70	76	79
Wheeling	89	90	50	57	64	75	82	79	80
Truman	86	88	92	95	85	81	83	84	81
Benedict	39	56	63	63	71	72	66	80	82
Albany State (Ga.)	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Alaska Anchorage	96	100	111	123			90	81
Ferris State		116	123	73	63	60	68	82
Converse	99	116	99		112	112	67	83
Catawba	41	53	53	58	61	69	81	85
North Greenville	64	75	85	90	74	76	78	86
Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	RV	RV	66	71	73	77	84	87
Coker	103	121	114	118	58	68	79	88
Mount Olive	56	63	86	94	97	100	87	89
Shippensburg	98	107	88	96	98	101	85	90
Oklahoma Baptist	46	60	72	77	88	85	88	91
Eastern New Mexico	93	59	78	88	93	95	91	92
Georgian Court	81	92	99	105	106	89	96	93
Central Washington	43	68	87	92	96	88	95	94
Chadron State	108	108	97	104	112	112		95
Michigan Tech	RV	RV	110	119	92	92	94	96
Tusculum	67	78	80	85	89	93	97	97
Indiana (Pa.)	72	72	81	82	91	94	99	98
West Georgia	74	95	69	69	82	82	92	99
Carson-Newman	69	67	73	75	87	90	100	100
West Liberty State	107	107	117	86	95	98	101	101
MSU Moorhead			106	112				102
Saint Leo				65	94	96	98	103
Westminster (Utah)	50	74	94	93	104	97	102	103
Seton Hill			115			99	104	105
West Chester	88	84	83	91	100	102	106	105
St. Edward's	63	61	91	98	99	102	103	107
Franklin Pierce		122						107
Lindenwood	92	89	102	111	106	112	105	109
Shorter	113	83	101	99	111	104	109	109
Wayne State (Mich.)			122	97	102	106	111	109
Drury	75	71	84	89	101	105	108	112
Lake Erie	85	96	120				110	112
Northwest Nazarene	122	122	103	110	106	107	111	112
Tampa	112	112	106	112	106	107	111	112
Roberts Wesleyan								112
Adelphi	106	116	121	103	116		107	117
Spring Hill (Ala.)	55	86	103	112	117	111	115	117
Point Loma Nazarene	115	111	115	123		109	116	117
Lake Superior State	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Western Oregon	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Kentucky Wesleyan		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Bloomsburg					RV	RV	RV	RV
East Stroudsburg			RV	RV	RV	RV		RV
Simon Fraser				37	39	109	114
Southern Connecticut					118	112	116
Limestone	87	103	100	107	105	116
Southeastern Oklahoma State	109	109	112	100	110	117
Lenoir-Rhyne	40	44	76	87	112	117
Oklahoma Christian	100	122	96	112		117
Anderson (S.C.)	47	76	90	106	112
South Dakota Mines	118	122	117	121	119
Columbus State	124	124	89	108	120
Claflin	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Augusta	114	114	114	109
Southern Arkansas	91	104	106	112
Winston-Salem State	93	104	106	112
Central Oklahoma	97	106	105	119
Charleston (W.Va.)	82	110	82	121
Northern Michigan		102	113	123
Fort Lewis	95	99	95
Savannah State	101	116	101
Montevallo	102	98	102
Quincy (Ill.)	105	105	105
Southern Nazarene	111	111	111
MSU Denver	117	113	117
UW-Parkside			117
Cal Poly Humboldt	119	119	119
Missouri S&T	120	108	120
Florida Southern	120	113	120
Southern New Hampshire		80	123
West Virginia Wesleyan	71	101	123
Lincoln Memorial	123	123	123
Davis and Elkins	124	124	124
Glenville State	126	126	126
Saint Martin's	RV	RV	RV
Belmont Abbey	RV	RV	RV
Midwestern State	RV	RV	RV
New Haven			RV
Concord		91

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2021 Rankings Calendar

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Week 1	Tue 3/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 3/29 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Tue 4/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Tue 4/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Tue 4/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Tue 4/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Tue 5/4 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Tue 5/11 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Tue 5/18 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 9	Tue 5/25 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN	May 27-29: NCAA DII Champs (Allendale, Mich.)
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Week 1	Tue 3/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 3/29 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Tue 4/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Tue 4/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Tue 4/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Tue 4/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Tue 5/4 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Tue 5/11 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Tue 5/18 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 9	Tue 5/25 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN	May 27-29: NCAA DII Champs (Allendale, Mich.)
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN

2021 NCAA DII Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 6

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