New Women’s No. 1 Highlights Week Six NAIA Rankings
Courtesy Dennis Young, USTFCCCA
May 6, 2015
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) releases twelve sets of track & field team rankings: NCAA Divisions I, I, and III, NJCAA Divisions I and III, and the NAIA. Out of all of them, the NAIA women’s rankings released on Wednesday had by far the tightest race for the No. 1 spot: the Indiana Tech women are just 1.60 points ahead of No. 2 Wayland Baptist of Texas.
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Indiana Tech’s women took over the top spot with serious depth: none of their new points came from performances that ranked in the top four nationally. Their highest-ranking performance from this weekend was Laura Condron’s national No. 5 steeple; the rest of their most significant new points came from the vault, 4×800, 100 hurdles, 200, and 100. The Warrior women have 60.5 points from 100, which would be in the top fifty nationally if it were one team.
The men’s top three–No. 2 Oklahoma Baptist and No. 3 Concordia (Neb.) behind Tech–remained unchanged. The next five teams were the same squads from last week, but in a different order: No. 4 Southern Oregon, No. 5 Wayland Baptist, No. 6 Concordia (Ore.), No. 7 Eastern Oregon, No. 8 British Columbia, and No. 9 Doane. No. 10 Olivet Nazarene anchored the top ten for the second straight week.
In the women’s rankings, No. 3 Doane, No. 4 British Columbia, No. 5 Concordia (Neb.), No. 6 Oklahoma Baptist, No. 7 Westmont, No. 8 Embry-Riddle, No. 9 Cornerstone, and No. 10 Aquinas are well behind the top two teams.
One men’s and three women’s teams joined the top twenty-five this week. No. 21 Park (Mo.) joined the men’s rankings after being the last team out last week; women’s No. 19 Illinois Wesleyan, No. 21 Dordt, and No. 24 St. Francis (Ill.) all entered the top twenty-five. It was the season debut in the rankings for St. Francis.
The NAIA national rankings will be released on Wednesdays between now and the May 21-23 national championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
USTFCCCA NAIA | |||||
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
2015 Week #6 — May 6 | |||||
| next ranking: May 13 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 478.15 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (6th) | 1 |
| 2 | Oklahoma Baptist | 354.58 | Sooner Athletic | Ford Mastin (19th) | 2 |
| 3 | Concordia (Neb.) | 329.26 | Great Plains | Kregg Einspahr (23rd) | 3 |
| 4 | Southern Oregon | 279.98 | Cascade | Grier Gatlin (4th) | 5 |
| 5 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 278.42 | Sooner Athletic | Rohan Thompson (4th) | 6 |
| 6 | Concordia (Ore.) | 270.10 | Cascade | Jerret Mantalas (1st) | 8 |
| 7 | Eastern Oregon | 264.21 | Cascade | Ben Welch (11th) | 9 |
| 8 | British Columbia | 262.23 | Independent (NAIA) | Marek Jedrzejek (14th) | 4 |
| 9 | Doane (Neb.) | 252.02 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (13th) | 7 |
| 10 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 201.86 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (14th) | 10 |
| 11 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 187.02 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Tim Bauer (31st) | 14 |
| 12 | Oklahoma City | 184.34 | Sooner Athletic | Conor Holt (4th) | 13 |
| 13 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 177.64 | Great Plains | Nate Treinen (8th) | 12 |
| 14 | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | 156.79 | Sun Conference | Michael Rosolino (12th) | 11 |
| 15 | Wiley (Texas) | 144.93 | Red River | Micah Tirop (2nd) | 15 |
| 16 | Indiana Wesleyan | 138.66 | Crossroads | John Foss (28th) | 16 |
| 17 | Carroll (Mont.) | 129.94 | Frontier | Harry Clark (2nd) | 18 |
| 18 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 124.89 | Great Plains | Scott Bahrke (3rd) | 17 |
| 19 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 124.79 | Heart of America | Mark Nelson (4th) | 24 |
| 20 | Cal State San Marcos | 120.97 | Independent (NAIA) | Steve Scott (16th) | 22 |
| 21 | Park (Mo.) | 114.52 | American Midwest | Brian Renshaw (23rd) | 26 |
| 22 | William Carey (Miss.) | 110.90 | Southern States | Ben Smith (3rd) | 19 |
| 23 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 109.29 | Frontier | Mike Collins (18th) | 20 |
| 24 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 106.68 | Appalachian | Shawn Jakubowski (3rd) | 21 |
| 25 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 96.26 | Mid-South | Floyd Stroud (22nd) | 23 |
| dropped out: No. 25 Bethel (Ind.) | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Great Plains | 1071.93 | 4 |
| 2 | Cascade | 923.96 | 3 |
| 3 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 847.84 | 2 |
| 4 | Sooner Athletic | 828.78 | 3 |
| 5 | Independent (NAIA) | 425.40 | 2 |
| 6 | Crossroads | 371.71 | 1 |
| 7 | Chicagoland | 352.53 | 1 |
| 8 | Heart of America | 328.81 | 1 |
| 9 | Sun Conference | 315.25 | 1 |
| 10 | Frontier | 258.52 | 2 |
USTFCCCA NAIA | |||||
Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
2015 Week #6 — May 6 | |||||
| next ranking: May 13 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Indiana Tech | 471.45 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Doug Edgar (6th) | 2 |
| 2 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 469.75 | Sooner Athletic | Rohan Thompson (4th) | 1 |
| 3 | Doane (Neb.) | 391.82 | Great Plains | Ed Fye (13th) | 5 |
| 4 | British Columbia | 363.85 | Independent (NAIA) | Marek Jedrzejek (14th) | 4 |
| 5 | Concordia (Neb.) | 353.00 | Great Plains | Kregg Einspahr (23rd) | 3 |
| 6 | Oklahoma Baptist | 281.74 | Sooner Athletic | Ford Mastin (19th) | 6 |
| 7 | Westmont (Calif.) | 250.58 | Golden State | Russell Smelley (36th) | 7 |
| 8 | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | 213.32 | Sun Conference | Michael Rosolino (12th) | 8 |
| 9 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 205.14 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Paul Koutz (3rd) | 9 |
| 10 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 184.22 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Dave Wood (19th) | 11 |
| 11 | Concordia (Ore.) | 151.33 | Cascade | Jerret Mantalas (1st) | 10 |
| 12 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 149.82 | Kansas Collegiate | Mike Kirkland (2nd) | 12 |
| 13 | Carroll (Mont.) | 148.52 | Frontier | Harry Clark (2nd) | 15 |
| 14 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 138.96 | Wolverine-Hoosier | Kirk Richards (3rd) | 14 |
| 15 | Southern-New Orleans (La.) | 135.09 | Gulf Coast | Yhann Plummer (2nd) | 20 |
| 16 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 125.37 | Chicagoland | Michael McDowell (14th) | 18 |
| 17 | Cal State San Marcos | 123.00 | Independent (NAIA) | Steve Scott (16th) | 13 |
| 18 | Hastings (Neb.) | 117.79 | Great Plains | Ryan Mahoney (2nd) | 16 |
| 19 | Indiana Wesleyan | 109.41 | Crossroads | John Foss (28th) | 27 |
| 20 | Missouri Baptist | 103.57 | American Midwest | Patricia Hanna (5th) | 21 |
| 21 | Dordt (Iowa) | 100.79 | Great Plains | Craig Heynen (7th) | 28 |
| 22 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 93.65 | Golden State | Zach Schroeder (7th) | 22 |
| 23 | Wiley (Texas) | 93.04 | Red River | Micah Tirop (2nd) | 17 |
| 24 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 91.36 | Chicagoland | Jeff Barker (3rd) | 35 |
| 25 | Grand View (Iowa) | 91.06 | Midwest Collegiate | Jerry Monner (9th) | 24 |
| dropped out: No. 19 Brenau (Ga.), No. 23 Friends (Kan.), No. 25 Southern Oregon | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Great Plains | 1145.16 | 4 |
| 2 | Wolverine-Hoosier | 1002.05 | 4 |
| 3 | Sooner Athletic | 855.11 | 2 |
| 4 | Cascade | 490.20 | 1 |
| 5 | Independent (NAIA) | 489.93 | 2 |
| 6 | Golden State | 448.79 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun Conference | 395.57 | 1 |
| 8 | Kansas Collegiate | 337.83 | 1 |
| 9 | Crossroads | 325.90 | 1 |
| 10 | Frontier | 271.86 | 1 |