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By USTFCCCA Communications, USTFCCCA March 27, 2024

2024 NAIA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 1

NEW ORLEANS – Outdoor season is well underway!

Accordingly, the debut edition of the 2024 NAIA Women’s Outdoor National Track & Field Rating Index was released Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Only marks from the 2024 outdoor track & field season have been used for this objective list.

William Carey (Miss.) is No. 1 for second time in program history, matching their rating in Week 1 of 2022.

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This Week's National Top Five

1
William Carey (Miss.)

2
Vanguard (Calif.)

3
The Master's (Calif.)

4
Central Methodist (Mo.)

5
Southeastern (Fla.)

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No. 1 William Carey (Miss.)

National leaders: Fegor Clifford, 400 hurdles (59.07) and triple jump (12.39m/40-7¾); Salieci Myles, 100 hurdles (13.35); Machaeda Linton, long jump (6.05m/19-10¼)
National top-5 marks: 9
National top-10 marks: 12

No. 2 Vanguard (Calif.)

National leaders: Eryn Burke, 400 (55.39); 4×400 relay (3:44.32)
National top-5 marks: 7
National top-10 marks: 12

No. 3 The Master’s (Calif.)

National leaders: Ellen Palmgren, 800 (2:09.80); Hannah Fredericks, 5000 (17:06.57); 4×800 relay (9:10.70)
National top-5 marks: 7
National top-10 marks: 11

No. 4 Central Methodist (Mo.)

National leaders: Renee Finke, high jump (1.68m/5-6)
National top-5 marks: 6
National top-10 marks: 9

No. 5 Southeastern (Fla.)

National leaders: 0
National top-5 marks: 4
National top-10 marks: 10

Completing the top-10 teams in the National TFRI are No. 6 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas), No. 7 Dillard (La.), No. 8 Marian (Ind.), No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan and No. 10 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho). Dillard has two national-leading marks, and Indiana Wesleyan and Lewis-Clark State each have one. Defending champion British Columbia is outside the top-25.

All teams have the target dates of May 22-24, which is when the 2024 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships are scheduled at the Indiana Wesleyan Track Complex in Marion, Indiana.

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National Rank	Team	Points	Conference	Region	2023 FINAL
1	WILLIAM CAREY (MISS.)	363.52	SSAC (1)	South	2
2	VANGUARD (CALIF.)	349.90	GSAC (1)	West	18
3	THE MASTER'S (CALIF.)	329.79	GSAC (2)	West	17
4	CENTRAL METHODIST (MO.)	260.96	The Heart (3)	South Central	14
5	SOUTHEASTERN (FLA.)	230.18	Sun Conference (1)	South	8
6	OUR LADY OF THE LAKE (TEXAS)	220.97	Red River	South Central	---
7	DILLARD (LA.)	210.67	HBCUAC (1)	South	31
8	MARIAN (IND.)	196.25	Crossroads (1)	Great Lakes	4
9	INDIANA WESLEYAN	193.64	Crossroads (2)	Great Lakes	11
10	LEWIS-CLARK STATE (IDAHO)	190.41	Cascade (4)	West	18
11	COLLEGE OF IDAHO	180.50	Cascade (3)	West	8
12	CUMBERLANDS (KY.)	177.21	Mid-South (1)	Great Lakes	---
13	CUMBERLAND (TENN.)	170.34	Mid-South (2)	South	7
14	SAINT MARY (KAN.)	152.87	KCAC (1)	South Central	16
15	MULTNOMAH (ORE.)	144.15	Cascade (7)	West	54
16	JESSUP (CALIF.)	141.99	GSAC (3)	West	---
17	XAVIER (LA.)	126.71	Red River (1)	South	37
18	ST. THOMAS (FLA.)	120.48	Sun Conference (2)	South	---
19	EASTERN OREGON	118.44	Cascade (2)	West	11
20	BENEDICTINE (KAN.)	96.73	The Heart (2)	South Central	18
21	OTTAWA (KAN.)	93.09	KCAC (2)	South Central	39
22	MIDAMERICA NAZARENE (KAN.)	92.98	The Heart (1)	South Central	---
23	WARNER (FLA.)	91.72	Sun Conference (5)	South	---
24	POINT PARK (PA.)	87.76	River States (1)	Great Lakes	---
25	TEXAS WESLEYAN	86.63	SAC (1)	South Central	54

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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	FINAL
British Columbia	38	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
William Carey (Miss.)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Cumberland (Tenn.)	13	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Indiana Tech		7	6	3	3	3	3	3	4
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	22	11	8	17	10	14	5	6	5
Cumberlands (Ky.)	12	17	15	7	6	8	8	9	6
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)		51	21	16	15	12	13	11	7
Hastings (Neb.)	35	31	25	24	24	29	21	21	7
Marian (Ind.)	8	10	10	13	16	20	15	16	9
Central Methodist (Mo.)	4	9	13	9	12	11	14	14	10
Indiana Wesleyan	9	18	14	10	13	13	12	12	11
Campbellsville (Ky.)	57	115	57	49	47	18	20	18	12
College of Idaho	11	26	31	27	21	15	17	20	12
Taylor (Ind.)	90	49	38	36	40	26	22	22	14
Vanguard (Calif.)	2	5	4	8	14	17	19	19	15
Life (Ga.)	30	19	23	20	18	16	18	23	15
Madonna (Mich.)		38	19	21	22	22	24	24	15
Columbia International (S.C.)	34	24	30	38	29	30	32	27	15
Grace (Ind.)	46	87	112	52	57	52	31	37	19
Concordia (Neb.)	27	12	11	15	9	5	6	5	20
Doane (Neb.)		22	17	14	11	10	9	13	20
Siena Heights (Mich.)			46	34	27	23	16	15	20
Providence (Mont.)			43	48	36	41	33	36	20
Southern Oregon	26	40	52	58	38	36	43	44	24
Dickinson State (N.D.)		16	12	6	7	9	11	10	25
Trinity Christian (Ill.)		119	104	64	66	71	55	54	25
Columbia (S.C.)	29	34	26	30	26	27	27	28	27
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	10	20	18	18	20	24	28	30	28
Texas Wesleyan	25	35	36	19	23	25	30	35	29
Aquinas (Mich.)		84	37	37	31	35	36	38	29
Jessup (Calif.)	16	27	34	44	49	38	44	45	29
Goshen (Ind.)	92	108	90	82	79	45	56	53	29
Midway (Ky.)	85	59	86	91	86	93	93	73	29
Saint Mary (Kan.)	14	8	7	12	5	6	7	7	34
Viterbo (Wis.)		123	80	92	93	89	89	68	35
Montana Tech	48	58	60	81	95	61	29	34	36
IU Kokomo (Ind.)	54	45	66	61	58	42	46	47	36
College of Saint Mary (Neb.)		75	76	75	77	84	83	85	36
St. Ambrose (Iowa)			50	23	25	28	26	26	39
Xavier (La.)	17	21	35	55	63	49	53	29	39
Bethel (Ind.)		64	49	39	43	51	41	33	39
Dordt (Iowa)		69	59	42	46	34	38	41	39
Benedictine (Kan.)	20	36	41	45	41	50	49	59	39
Concordia (Mich.)	53	73	68	66	64	65	69	65	39
Oklahoma City		67	74	43	50	66	76	70	39
Dillard (La.)	7	14	16	22	28	31	35	32	46
Cornerstone (Mich.)	71	55	27	26	30	33	34	39	46
St. Thomas (Fla.)	18	28	56	62	65	47	51	55	46
Grand View (Iowa)		54	67	70	60	62	62	64	46
Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)		46	63	69	73	73	71	75	46
Missouri Baptist	75	42	40	40	42	44	48	49	51
Valley City State (N.D.)		127	58	51	53	54	52	50	51
The Master's (Calif.)	3	3	5	5	8	7	10	8	53
Southeastern (Fla.)	5	6	9	11	19	21	25	25	53
Truett-McConnell (Ga.)	32	29	32	29	34	39	40	43	53
Warner (Fla.)	23	52	45	59	59	46	47	48	53
Culver-Stockton (Mo.)	63	43	44	57	69	60	50	52	53
Tabor (Kan.)	33	30	42	47	44	53	54	58	53
Montreat (N.C.)	28	48	53	67	55	69	61	62	53
Evergreen State (Wash.)	47	39	47	54	61	63	77	81	53
Eastern Oregon	19	13	20	25	17	19	23	17	61
Multnomah (Ore.)	15	25	29	28	37	40	37	31	61
Mount Mercy (Iowa)			71	77	76	79	78	80	61
William Penn (Iowa)	67	89	100	87	82	85	85	86	61
Dakota State (S.D.)		129	101	100	101	95	99	97	61
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)		71	82	85	91	98	101	99	61
Florida Memorial	88	100	109	97	96	99	97	105	61
Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)	65	93	62	50	51	56	60	63	68
St. Francis (Ill.)		33	33	32	32	32	42	40
Midland (Neb.)	58	63	24	33	33	37	39	42
Ottawa (Kan.)	21	23	28	31	35	43	45	46
Huston-Tillotson (Texas)	82	112	136		135	77	81	51
Saint Xavier (Ill.)	62	80	73	88	94	87	63	56
Park (Mo.)	45	44	55	56	54	57	57	57
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	6	15	22	35	39	48	58	60
Saint Francis (Ind.)	69	53	48	46	52	64	59	61
Corban (Ore.)	42	37	54	65	56	59	66	66
Evangel (Mo.)	64	50	51	53	45	58	68	67
Voorhees (S.C.)	80	105	97	78	62	67	67	69
Spring Arbor (Mich.)	70	107	107	63	68	68	70	71
Huntington (Ind.)	40	68	77	60	70	72	72	72
Northwestern (Iowa)		86	116	105	75	75	65	74
Keiser (Fla.)	31	32	39	41	48	55	64	76
Blue Mountain (Miss.)	78	76	79	83	89	74	75	77
Milligan (Tenn.)	98	41	61	74	67	83	73	78
Point Park (Pa.)	24	47	69	73	80	70	74	79
Carroll (Mont.)	41	66	78	89	71	80	79	82
Rio Grande (Ohio)	43	70	81	76	78	81	84	83
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	37	57	64	68	72	76	80	84
Oregon Tech	36	56	65	72	81	82	88	87
Briar Cliff (Iowa)			92	101	99	96	98	88
Columbia (Mo.)	68	111	110	116	126	136	87	89
Lawrence Tech (Mich.)		81	93	90	88	94	82	90
Oakland City (Ind.)	61	74	89	96	92	92	90	91
Mount Marty (S.D.)		131	120	113	113	108	108	92
Hope International (Calif.)		85	83	71	74	78	86	93
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)		61	84	95	97	102	92	94
Cottey (Mo.)		94	118	80	84	91	95	95
Clarke (Iowa)		116	122	122	114	114	96	96
Shawnee State (Ohio)	74	103	96	98	85	88	94	98
Friends (Kan.)	39	72	72	84	83	90	91	100
Morningside (Iowa)		109	130	128	132	86	102	101
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (Ind.)	49	65	85	94	90	97	100	102
York (Neb.)		120	134	141	130	123	129	103
William Woods (Mo.)	52	77	106	117	119	124	105	104
John Brown (Ark.)		88	98	110	111	105	103	106
IU East (Ind.)	72	118	99	99	100	103	107	107
Georgetown (Ky.)		128	88	103	104	121	126	108
Jamestown (N.D.)		138	87	102	106	104	104	109
Baker (Kan.)	86	62	94	106	110	111	110	110
Bushnell (Ore.)	60	96	126	118	115	116	106	111
Loyola (La.)	44	79	91	112	103	110	113	112
Wiley (Texas)	73	122	137	93	87	100	115	113
Langston (Okla.)		99	121	121	118	122	112	114
Rochester Christian (Mich.)			102	108	112	120	117	115
Kansas Wesleyan	51	82	117	130	117	115	116	116
Thomas (Ga.)	117	60	70	79	105	101	109	117
Talladega (Ala.)	56	91	108	111	109	109	111	118
Northwest (Wash.)	94	134	95	104	107	112	118	118
Brescia (Ky.)	66	78	75	107	102	106	119	120
Judson (Ill.)							121	121
Ave Maria (Fla.)	59	102	114	86	98	113	120	122
Graceland (Iowa)		110	124	124	126	128	122	123
Union (Ky.)				119	121	117	123	124
Florida National	104					107	114	125
Webber International (Fla.)	96	95	111	127	124	125	125	126
Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.)	83	98	113	123	129	126	127	126
McPherson (Kan.)	114	141		135	142	139	137	126
WVU Tech		101	125	109	108	119	124	129
UC Merced (Calif.)				120	122	118	128	130
UNT Dallas	87	92	105	125	123	129	130	131
Arizona Christian	55	90	129	132	138	132	131	132
Brenau (Ga.)	76	130	135	143	131	129	131	133
Williams Baptist (Ark.)	101	106	123	131	135	131	133	134
Governors State (Ill.)							134	134
Bellevue (Neb.)				133	138	135	134	136
Tennessee Wesleyan	50	97	119	126	116	127	134	137
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)		83	103	114	128	137	137	138
Cleary (Mich.)							139
Bethel (Kan.)	95	135	140	134	120	134	140
Southwestern Christian (Okla.)		138			141	140	140
Ohio Christian		140				132
Oklahoma Wesleyan		126	128	129	133	137
Dalton State (Ga.)	107	117	133		125	141
Stillman (Ala.)	109					141
Reinhardt (Ga.)	81	121	137	138	144	143
Haskell	79	104	115	115	133
Mobile (Ala.)		143	141		135
Tennessee Southern	118				140
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)	77	114	127	137	143
Missouri Valley	89	113	131	136	144
Sterling (Kan.)					146
Rust (Miss.)					147
Pikeville (Ky.)	99				148
Nelson (Texas)	114	124	132	139
Jarvis Christian (Texas)	91	137	144	140
Park (Ariz.)	84	125	139	141
UHSP (Mo.)	93	136	144	144
Waldorf (Iowa)		132	141
Oklahoma Panhandle State	113	133	143
Texas A&M-Texarkana	105	142
Brewton-Parker (Ga.)	97
Southwestern (Kan.)	100
Lourdes (Ohio)	101
North American (Texas)	103
Bethany (Kan.)	105
Ozarks (Mo.)	108
Point (Ga.)	109
Science & Arts (Okla.)	111
Soka (Calif.)	112
Philander Smith (Ark.)	114

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2024 Rankings Calendar

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad
Week 1	Wed 3/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 3/25 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Wed 4/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/1 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/1 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Wed 4/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Wed 4/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Wed 4/24 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Wed 5/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Wed 5/8 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Wed 5/15 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Mon 5/27 MEN \| WOMEN
FSA: Full-Season Analysis	Thu 6/13	Thu 6/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Thu 6/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Thu 6/13 MEN \| WOMEN

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad
Week 1	Wed 3/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 3/25 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Wed 4/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/1 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/1 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Wed 4/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Wed 4/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Wed 4/24 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Wed 5/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Wed 5/8 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Wed 5/15 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Mon 5/27 MEN \| WOMEN
FSA: Full-Season Analysis	Thu 6/13	Thu 6/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Thu 6/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Thu 6/13 MEN \| WOMEN

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