Wayland Baptist Women Take Over the NAIA Team Rankings

NEW ORLEANS – For the second straight week, the Indiana Tech men held on to the No. 1 spot in the men’s NAIA rankings, while the No. 1 Wayland Baptist women ascended to the top spot for the first time.
The NAIA outdoor track & field team computer rankings were released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Wednesday.

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The men’s top three remained the same as in week one: No. 2 Oklahoma Baptist and No. 3 Concordia (Ore.) trailed the Warriors. Two new men’s squads joined the top ten this week. No. 7 Southern Oregon jumped sixteen spots, and No. 9 Wiley (Texas) moved up from eleventh in the rankings.
Three men’s teams joined the top twenty-five, including one enormous move. No. 19 Central Methodist (Mo.), No. 20 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), and No. 25 William Penn (Iowa) all climbed into the rankings. LC State moved up a whopping eighty-four slots! The Warriors did so with a plethora of fast distance performances at San Francisco State.
Wayland Baptist surmounted the the women’s rankings with a combination of great distance and sprint performances, with nationally elite marks from the 100 to the 10k.
The rest of the top six stayed the same, but switched in order. The next five teams in the rankings were No. 2 Indiana Tech, No. 3 Concordia (Neb.), No. 4 Oklahoma Baptist, No. 5 British Columbia, and No. 6 British Columbia. Nos. 3-5 each climbed at spot at the expense of No. 6.
Four teams joined the women’s top twenty-five: No. 11 Carroll (Mont.), No. 15 Missouri Baptist, No. 21 Baker (Kan.), and No. 24 Webber International. Mizzou Baptist made by far the biggest move–the Spartans jumped seventy-seven rungs in the rankings.
The NAIA rankings will be released every Wednesday between now and the May 21-23 national meet in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

USTFCCCA NAIA
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2015 Week #2 — April 8
next ranking: April 15
Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Indiana Tech	357.87	Wolverine-Hoosier	Doug Edgar (6th)	1
2	Oklahoma Baptist	328.71	Sooner Athletic	Ford Mastin (19th)	2
3	Concordia (Ore.)	314.71	Cascade	Jerret Mantalas (1st)	3
4	British Columbia	307.37	Independent (NAIA)	Marek Jedrzejek (14th)	5
5	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	300.35	Sooner Athletic	Rohan Thompson (4th)	7
6	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	268.03	Sun Conference	Michael Rosolino (12th)	8
7	Southern Oregon	251.34	Cascade	Grier Gatlin (4th)	23
8	Concordia (Neb.)	242.13	Great Plains	Kregg Einspahr (23rd)	4
9	Wiley (Texas)	216.30	Red River	Micah Tirop (2nd)	11
10	William Carey (Miss.)	209.49	Southern States	Ben Smith (3rd)	10
11	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	181.33	Chicagoland	Michael McDowell (14th)	13
12	Carroll (Mont.)	178.99	Frontier	Harry Clark (2nd)	24
13	Westmont (Calif.)	172.99	Golden State	Russell Smelley (36th)	6
14	Eastern Oregon	167.85	Cascade	Ben Welch (11th)	9
15	Cal State San Marcos	154.03	Independent (NAIA)	Steve Scott (16th)	12
16	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	145.44	Great Plains	Nate Treinen (8th)	14
17	Indiana Wesleyan	133.74	Crossroads	John Foss (28th)	16
18	Siena Heights (Mich.)	129.22	Wolverine-Hoosier	Tim Bauer (31st)	NR
19	Central Methodist (Mo.)	124.24	Heart of America	Mark Nelson (4th)	31
20	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	113.11	Frontier	Mike Collins (18th)	104
21	Park (Mo.)	113.06	American Midwest	Brian Renshaw (24th)	19
22	Doane (Neb.)	111.93	Great Plains	Ed Fye (13th)	22
23	Oklahoma City	109.93	Sooner Athletic	Conor Holt (4th)	15
24	St. Francis (Ill.)	104.17	Chicagoland	Jeff Barker (3rd)	17
25	William Penn (Iowa)	96.32	Midwest Collegiate	Allen Friesen (5th)	43
dropped out: No. 18 Corban (Ore.), No. 20 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), No. 21 Tennessee Wesleyan, No. 25 Friends (Kan.)
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	Cascade	947.49	3
2	Sooner Athletic	782.38	3
3	Great Plains	653.92	3
4	Sun Conference	534.53	1
5	Wolverine-Hoosier	523.71	2
6	Independent (NAIA)	504.94	2
7	Red River	388.25	1
8	Chicagoland	328.42	2
9	Crossroads	321.97	1
10	Frontier	320.38	2

USTFCCCA NAIA
Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2015 Week #2 — April 8
next ranking: April 15
Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	513.88	Sooner Athletic	Rohan Thompson (4th)	3
2	Indiana Tech	386.62	Wolverine-Hoosier	Doug Edgar (6th)	1
3	Concordia (Neb.)	354.55	Great Plains	Kregg Einspahr (23rd)	4
4	Oklahoma Baptist	351.56	Sooner Athletic	Ford Mastin (19th)	5
5	British Columbia	341.86	Independent (NAIA)	Marek Jedrzejek (14th)	6
6	Westmont (Calif.)	333.34	Golden State	Russell Smelley (36th)	2
7	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	307.78	Sun Conference	Michael Rosolino (12th)	7
8	Concordia (Ore.)	193.50	Cascade	Jerret Mantalas (1st)	8
9	Wiley (Texas)	185.66	Red River	Micah Tirop (2nd)	10
10	Doane (Neb.)	170.84	Great Plains	Ed Fye (13th)	9
11	Carroll (Mont.)	156.20	Frontier	Harry Clark (2nd)	29
12	Southwestern (Kan.)	130.42	Kansas Collegiate	Mike Kirkland (33rd)	14
13	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	129.97	Chicagoland	Michael McDowell (14th)	15
14	Hastings (Neb.)	125.92	Great Plains	Ryan Mahoney (2nd)	17
15	Missouri Baptist	125.14	American Midwest	Patricia Hanna (5th)	92
16	Southern Oregon	117.09	Cascade	Grier Gatlin (4th)	20
17	Cornerstone (Mich.)	109.39	Wolverine-Hoosier	Paul Koutz (3rd)	22
18	Cal State San Marcos	106.41	Independent (NAIA)	Steve Scott (16th)	11
19	Eastern Oregon	103.29	Cascade	Ben Welch (11th)	12
20	Northwest Christian (Ore.)	93.60	Cascade	George Walcott (3rd)	19
21	Baker (Kan.)	90.38	Heart of America	Tim Byers (1st)	56
22	Taylor (Ind.)	90.08	Crossroads	David Neville (1st)	13
23	The Master’s (Calif.)	88.87	Golden State	Zach Schroeder (7th)	23
24	Webber International (Fla.)	86.94	Sun Conference	David Andrews (4th)	36
25	Grand View (Iowa)	83.85	Midwest Collegiate	Jerry Monner (9th)	21
dropped out: No. 16 Biola (Calif.), No. 18 Dillard (La.), No. 24 Shawnee State (Ohio), No. 25 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	Great Plains	922.73	3
2	Sooner Athletic	903.62	2
3	Cascade	755.50	4
4	Wolverine-Hoosier	635.73	2
5	Sun Conference	611.38	2
6	Golden State	563.33	2
7	Independent (NAIA)	456.34	2
8	Kansas Collegiate	343.65	1
9	Red River	338.74	1
10	Frontier	255.53	1