2024 NCAA DIII Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 9
NEW ORLEANS – Let’s crown some champions!
Here is the newest edition of the 2024 NCAA DIII Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Rating Index, which was released on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) ahead of the NCAA Championships this weekend in Mrytle Beach, South Carolina. No marks from previous seasons are being used in this objective calculation.
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NCAA Division III — Women's Outdoor Track & Field
This Week's National Top Five
1
Washington (Mo.)
Washington (Mo.)
2
MIT
MIT
3
UW-La Crosse
UW-La Crosse
4
Wartburg
Wartburg
5
Loras
Loras
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Washington (Mo.) has dominated the Descending Order List this season and enters the NCAA meet as the prohibitive favorite. The top-ranked Bears, who bring 20 entries with them to the Palmetto State, hope Emma Kelley provides big points. Kelley will attempt the 400-800 double and enters the meet as the top-ranked athlete in each event. The standout won’t be the only WashU athlete in the 800-meter field, as three teammates will be in the mix as well.
MIT could top its best finish at this meet in program history, if everything goes according to plan. The second-ranked Engineers, who are 14-entry deep, finished third at the NCAA meet 14 years ago. MIT has the nation’s fastest 4×400 relay at 3:41.26, as well as one of the nation’s finest throwers in Alexis Boykin, who is first nationally in the shot put and second in the discus.
UW-La Crosse eyes a fourth national title in program history and hopes its 20 entries will go a long way in helping that process. The third-ranked Eagles are led by two-time national leader Lauren Jarrett, who tops the national chart in both the 100 meters (11.44) and 200 meters (23.97). Jarrett is also part of the nation’s second-fastest 4×100 relay team at 46.12.
Wartburg will be distance-heavy in South Carolina. More than half of the fourth-ranked Knights’ 13 entries are in endurance events, namely the 5000 meters and steeplechase: Aubrie Fisher, Shaelyn Hostager and Lexi Brown are all entered in the 5000, seeded third, fifth and 12th, respectively; Fisher and Ellie Meyer should hold down the fort in the steeplechase at third and sixth.
Loras should never be counted out at the NCAA Championships. The fifth-ranked Duhawks always seem to soar under pressure and feature 12 entries. Field events should propel Loras in its quest for another national title as Grace Alley and Emma Seipel are in a class of their own in their respective events: Kelley is the nation’s top-ranked heptathlete by more than 100 points and headlines the high jump chart; Seipel is nearly four inches clear of the next long jumper.
Here are the rest of the top-10 teams in Week 9: No.6 UChicago, No. 7 Central (Iowa), No. 8 Johns Hopkins, No. 9 Rochester (N.Y.) and No. 10 North Central (Ill.).
