UW-Oshkosh Men Take Over Top DIII Ranking; Wartburg Women Still No. 1
NEW ORLEANS – Following a showdown at the DIII Meet of the Week this past Friday, the UW-Oshkosh men’s team emerges atop the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) DIII National Computer Team Rankings released Wednesday, while the Wartburg women remain on top of the women’s rankings. The first regional rankings of the season were also released Wednesday.
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UW-Oshkosh entered last weekend’s Cardinal Opener at then-No. 1 North Central (Ill.) as both the third-ranked team at the meet and in the division, but left with an important early-season victory over the top two teams in the division and the top-ranking in the country. Behind the power of strong field event marks this season – the Titans’ Nick Baatz, Pete Delzer and John McCann are atop the DIII rankings in the shot put, weight throw and high jump, respectively – UW-Oshkosh scored 147 to edge out No. 2 UW-La Crosse (142) and North Central (137).
North Central, the defending national champion, drops to third in the rankings, while UW-La Crosse remains at No. 2. UW-Whitewater and St. Thomas (Minn.) trade spots from the preseason rankings to round out the top five at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.
The top three spots in the women’s rankings remain unchanged, with defending national champion Wartburg at No. 1, UW-Oshkosh at No. 2 and Williams at No. 3. Illinois Wesleyan moves up a slot to No. 4, displacing Methodist to No. 5.
The National Computer Team Rankings project how a team will finish in a National Championship Meet setting, rather than a triangular or dual. The rankings are compiled from meet data in the 2012-13 season, but also from returners from the 2011-12 to take into account what a roster might look like should all student-athletes perform at their top level.
The next round of computer rankings will be released January 30. The 2013 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held March 8-9 in Naperville, Ill.
Biggest Jump (Men): 4 – Wabash
Biggest Jump (Women): 7 – UW-Stout
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2013 Preseason — January 23 |
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| next ranking: January 30 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | UW-Oshkosh | 161.41 | WIAC | Eamon McKenna (1st) | 3 |
| 2 | UW-La Crosse | 147.32 | WIAC | Josh Buchholtz (5th) | 2 |
| 3 | North Central (Ill.) | 135.23 | CCIW | Frank Gramarosso (3rd) | 1 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater | 124.11 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (4th) | 5 |
| 5 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 110.27 | MIAC | Steve Mathre (18th) | 4 |
| 6 | UW-Stevens Point | 103.14 | WIAC | Rick Witt (34th) | 6 |
| 7 | UW-Eau Claire | 77.40 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (11th) | 7 |
| 8 | Bates | 70.22 | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (18th) | 8 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 52.88 | WIAC | Chris Rotzenberg (1st) | 9 |
| 10 | Baldwin-Wallace | 51.00 | OAC | Bill Taraschke (28th) | 13 |
| 11 | Mount Union | 48.54 | OAC | Kevin Lucas (3rd) | 14 |
| 12 | Calvin | 48.01 | MIAA | Bret Otte (4th) | 10 |
| 13 | Christopher Newport | 47.13 | USA South | Tyler Wingard (7th) | 11 |
| 14 | Haverford | 46.17 | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (38th) | 15 |
| 15 | MIT | 45.94 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (23rd) | 16 |
| 16 | Wartburg | 43.56 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (15th) | 12 |
| 17 | Tufts | 42.82 | NESCAC | Ethan Barron (8th) | 17 |
| 18 | Wabash | 39.30 | NCAC | Clyde Morgan (5th) | 22 |
| 19 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 35.93 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (28th) | 18 |
| 20 | Middlebury | 34.95 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (25th) | 20 |
| 21 | UW-Stout | 34.71 | WIAC | Laura Knudsen (5th) | 21 |
| 22 | Methodist | 34.60 | USA South | Roland Whiting (1st) | 19 |
| 23 | SUNY Oneonta | 29.74 | SUNYAC | Matt LoPiccolo (9th) | 23 |
| 24 | Bowdoin | 29.17 | NESCAC | Peter Slovenski (27th) | 24 |
| 25 | Colby | 28.51 | NESCAC | Jared Beers (7th) | 25 |
| Dropped out: none | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 723.99 | 7 |
| 2 | NESCAC | 231.29 | 5 |
| 3 | CCIW | 173.44 | 1 |
| 4 | MIAC | 153.80 | 1 |
| 5 | OAC | 145.94 | 2 |
| 6 | USA South | 81.73 | 2 |
| 7 | IIAC | 72.61 | 1 |
| 8 | NCAC | 67.64 | 1 |
| 9 | Centennial | 64.14 | 1 |
| 10 | NEWMAC | 60.35 | 1 |
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2013 Preseason — January 23 |
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| next ranking: January 30 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Wartburg | 166.51 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (15th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Oshkosh | 149.90 | WIAC | Ben Dorsey (1st) | 2 |
| 3 | Williams | 92.10 | NESCAC | Peter Farwell (15th)/Richard Farley (15th) | 3 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan | 88.11 | CCIW | Chris Schumacher (16th) | 5 |
| 5 | Methodist | 79.34 | USA South | Roland Whiting (1st) | 4 |
| 6 | Ramapo | 77.03 | NJAC | Mike Jackson (9th) | 6 |
| 7 | Washington (Mo.) | 71.69 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (12th) | 8 |
| 8 | Illinois College | 69.37 | Midwest | Mike Brooks (12th) | 7 |
| 9 | UW-Whitewater | 58.68 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (2nd) | 9 |
| 10 | Mount Union | 54.56 | OAC | Kevin Lucas (3rd) | 12 |
| 11 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 50.93 | Midwest | Roger Haynes (13th) | 10 |
| 12 | Tufts | 49.93 | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (13th) | 18 |
| 13 | UW-La Crosse | 48.76 | WIAC | Pat Healy (22nd) | 14 |
| 14 | MIT | 47.12 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (6th) | 11 |
| 15 | SUNY Cortland | 46.06 | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (6th) | 16 |
| 16 | Lehman | 45.86 | CUNYAC | Lesleigh Hogg (17th) | 13 |
| 17 | North Central (Ill.) | 45.53 | CCIW | Kari Kluckhorn (10th) | 15 |
| 18 | Middlebury | 45.40 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (25th) | 17 |
| 19 | St. Olaf | 41.13 | MIAC | Andrea Gelle (3rd) | 19 |
| 20 | Birmingham-Southern | 39.40 | SAA | Kenneth Cox (4th) | 20 |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins | 38.58 | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (14th) | 22 |
| 22 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 37.74 | NEWMAC | Dave Cusano (2nd) | 26 |
| 23 | Franklin & Marshall | 36.53 | Centennial | Carl Schnabel (10th) | 23 |
| 24 | Buffalo State | 29.33 | SUNYAC | Eugene Lewis (13th) | 24 |
| 25 | UW-Stout | 27.00 | WIAC | Laura Knudsen (5th) | 32 |
| Dropped out: No. 21 Coe, No. 25 Baldwin-Wallace | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 337.42 | 4 |
| 2 | NESCAC | 245.48 | 3 |
| 3 | IIAC | 174.58 | 1 |
| 4 | CCIW | 162.36 | 2 |
| 5 | Midwest Conference | 128.43 | 2 |
| 6 | UAA | 124.71 | 1 |
| 7 | NEWMAC | 118.52 | 2 |
| 8 | MIAC | 117.86 | 1 |
| 9 | OAC | 114.04 | 1 |
| 10 | SUNYAC | 104.61 | 2 |
