UW-La Crosse Men, Wartburg Women Stay on Top of DIII National Rankings

 

 

NEW ORLEANS – The song remained the same atop the third regular-season edition of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III National Team Computer Rankings released Wednesday, as defending men’s champion UW-La Crosse and the Wartburg women held firm at No. 1.

MEN’S TOP FIVE
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
UW-La Crosse 214.79 pts	UW-Eau Claire 145.18 pts	Mount Union 120.00 pts	UW-Oshkosh 112.71 pts	Haverford 98.04 pts
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Both the Eagles and Knights stayed above the fray of movement that afflicted much of the men’s and women’s rankings. That shuffling will only be amplified in next week’s edition of the National Team Computer Rankings with the removal of preseason data – the best marks of 2013 – from the equation.

On the men’s side UW-La Crosse (214.79 team rankings score), No. 2 UW-Eau Claire (145.18) and No. 3 Mount Union (120.00) kept steady.

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UW-Oshkosh (112.71) moved the highest, improving three positions from last week to No. 4. The Titans were boosted by McKena Ramos with the No. 3 qualifying spot in the mile and Zachary Baehman with the No. 4 position in the shot put at their  home Titan Open.

Haverford (98.04) stepped up one spot to break into the top five. UW-Whitewater (96.74) was displaced two slots to No. 6 behind UW-Oshkosh and Haverford.

The Jumbos of Tufts (83.81) made a big five-spot move to No. 7, largely behind a top-ranked 400 meter and fifth-ranked 200 meters performance from Graham Beutler.

No. 8 North Central (Ill.) (82.27) fell three spots, No. 9 MIT (75.74) stayed in place, and No. 10 Monmouth (Ill.) (82.27) slid two spots to round out the top 10.

No. 24 Baldwin Wallace was the biggest gainer of the week, up 19 positions from last time.

In the women’s rankings, No. 1 Wartburg (185.33), No. 2 UW-La Crosse (146.92), No. 3 MIT (121.99) and defending champion No. 4 UW-Oshkosh (103.05) all remained in place from a week ago.

WOMEN’S TOP FIVE
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
Wartburg 185.33 pts	UW-La Crosse 146.92 pts	MIT 121.99 pts	UW-Oshkosh 103.05 pts	UW-Whitewater 91.67 pts
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From that point on, however, all but one team is in a different spot than last time, starting with No. 5 UW-Whitewater (91.67) up one position. Williams (86.93) swapped spots with the Warhawks at No. 6.

Another pair of teams swapping places was No. 7 St. Thomas (Minn.) (76.37) edging ahead of No. 8 Johns Hopkins (76.36) by just the narrowest of margins.

No. 9 Wheaton (Mass.) (62.97) improved two positions, while No. 10 Amherst (61.52) improved eight spots and made its first top-10 appearance since the beginning of the USTFCCCA rankings in 2010.

No. 21 RPI made the biggest improvement with a 11-spot jump, just ahead of No. 24 Springfield (Mass.)’s nine-slot increase behind National Athlete of the Week Gabriella Gaudreault.

The national team rankings will be complied by mathematical formulae based on national descending order lists and data taken from previous seasons. For the preseason ranking and early-season rankings, data will be taken from previous seasons as well as the current season.

The purpose and methodology of the rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national team race. Rankings points do not equate with NCAA Championships team points. A full description of the rankings can be found here.

The USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings should not be referred to as a “poll” as no voting occurs during the process.

A significant wild card in these projections are the addition of the 200 meters and 3000 meters as events at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships for the first time. Data from the 2013 used for preseason marks do not include marks made in those two events, but marks from the current 2014 season in those events have been included.

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION III
MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2014 Week #3 — February 12
next ranking: February 19
Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	UW-La Crosse	214.79	WIAC	Josh Buchholtz (6th)	1
2	UW-Eau Claire	145.18	WIAC	Chip Schneider (12th)	2
3	Mount Union	120.00	OAC	Kevin Lucas (4th)	3
4	UW-Oshkosh	112.71	WIAC	Eamon McKenna (2nd)	7
5	Haverford	98.04	Centennial	Tom Donnelly (39th)	6
6	UW-Whitewater	96.74	WIAC	Mike Johnson (5th)	4
7	Tufts	83.81	NESCAC	Ethan Barron (9th)	12
8	North Central (Ill.)	82.27	CCIW	Frank Gramarosso (4th)	5
9	MIT	75.74	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (24th)	9
10	Monmouth (Ill.)	65.54	Midwest Conference	Roger Haynes (31st)	8
11	Bates	56.60	NESCAC	Al Fereshetian (19th)	10
12	SUNY Cortland	56.38	SUNYAC	Steve Patrick (7th)	18
13	UW-Stevens Point	54.02	WIAC	Rick Witt (35th)	15
14	SUNY Oneonta	52.42	SUNYAC	Angelo Posillico (1st)	13
15	UW-Stout	52.16	WIAC	Kyle Steiner (1st)	14
16	Central (Iowa)	50.39	IIAC	Joe Dunham (6th)	11
17	Christopher Newport	48.60	CAC	Tyler Wingard (8th)	17
18	UW-Platteville	47.93	WIAC	Chris Rotzenberg (2nd)	16
19	Wartburg	46.86	IIAC	Marcus Newsom (16th)	19
20	Buffalo State	46.49	SUNYAC	Eugene Lewis (14th)	135
21	Carthage	42.14	CCIW	Brett Witt (9th)	20
22	Heidelberg	41.73	OAC	Briana Hess (4th)	24
23	Dickinson	40.47	Centennial	Don Nichter (24th)	21
24	Baldwin Wallace	39.28	OAC	Bill Taraschke (29th)	43
25	Bowdoin	36.40	NESCAC	Peter Slovenski (28th)	33
Dropped out: No. 22 Augustana (Ill.), No. 23 Southern Maine, No. 25 Moravian
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	WIAC	746.76	7
2	NESCAC	265.59	3
3	OAC	235.78	3
4	SUNYAC	182.04	3
5	CCIW	171.99	2
6	Centennial	145.40	2
7	IIAC	106.08	2
8	NEWMAC	92.65	1
9	CAC	88.33	1
10	Little East	71.76

 

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION III
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2014 Week #3 — February 12
next ranking: February 19
Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Wartburg	185.33	IIAC	Marcus Newsom (16th)	1
2	UW-La Crosse	146.92	WIAC	Pat Healy (23rd)	2
3	MIT	121.99	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (7th)	3
4	UW-Oshkosh	103.05	WIAC	Ben Dorsey (2nd)	4
5	UW-Whitewater	91.67	WIAC	Mike Johnson (3rd)	6
6	Williams	86.93	NESCAC	Nate Hoey (1st)	5
7	St. Thomas (Minn.)	76.37	MIAC	Joe Sweeney (34th)	8
8	Johns Hopkins	76.36	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (15th)	7
9	Wheaton (Mass.)	62.97	NEWMAC	Dave Cusano (3rd)	11
10	Amherst	61.52	NESCAC	Cassie Funke-Harris (2nd)	18
11	Washington (Mo.)	58.71	UAA	Jeff Stiles (13th)	10
12	Illinois Wesleyan	52.53	CCIW	Chris Schumacher (17th)	13
13	Emory	50.89	UAA	John Curtin (29th)	9
14	UW-Stout	50.53	WIAC	Kyle Steiner (1st)	22
15	North Central (Ill.)	49.73	CCIW	Kari Kluckhohn (11th)	14
16	Monmouth (Ill.)	49.46	Midwest Conference	Roger Haynes (14th)	15
17	St. Scholastica	49.37	UMAC	Kirk Nauman (7th)	12
18	Middlebury	49.14	NESCAC	Martin Beatty (26th)	16
19	St. Lawrence	47.62	Liberty League	Kate Curran (6th)	20
20	Westminster (Pa.)	47.58	PAC	Tim McNeil (7th)	17
21	RPI	46.56	Liberty League	Colin Tory (14th)	32
22	SUNY Cortland	45.18	SUNYAC	Steve Patrick (7th)	19
23	Baldwin Wallace	44.15	OAC	Bill Taraschke (29th)	26
24	Springfield (Mass.)	40.43	NEWMAC	Jim Pennington (30th)	33
25	Stevens	40.41	Empire 8	Justin Wood (2nd)	25
Dropped out: No. 21 Colby, No. 23 Rowan, No. 24 Tufts
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	WIAC	445.24	4
2	NESCAC	300.22	3
3	NEWMAC	243.93	3
4	IIAC	219.71	1
5	UAA	151.12	2
6	CCIW	134.80	2
7	MIAC	128.23	1
8	OAC	114.74	1
9	Centennial	111.14	1
10	SUNYAC	104.56	1