Eagle Men Ninth, Women 11th In New USTFCCCA Poll

Eagle Men Ninth, Women 11th In New USTFCCCA Poll

The first U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings for 2016 were released on Tuesday (Jan. 26), and the Ashland University men's and women's indoor teams are ranked ninth and 11th in the country, respectively.

The Eagle men move up three spots from their 2015-16 preseason ranking, while the AU women fell two spots.

Ashland's men are among five Top 25 teams in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, along with Grand Valley State (No. 1), Tiffin (No. 5), Saginaw Valley State (No. 16) and Findlay (No. 17).

On the women's side, AU is one of four Top 25 GLIAC squads, along with GVSU (No. 3), Hillsdale (No. 4) and Findlay (No. 12).

Ashland's men and women will split and go to the Findlay Classic and the Penn Nationals on Friday (Jan. 29) and Saturday (Jan. 30).

 

MEN'S POLL

RANK

SCHOOL

POINTS

1

Grand Valley State

156.71

2

Adams State

132.17

3

Saint Augustine's

127.72

4

Minnesota State

126.81

5

Tiffin

119.48

6

Colorado Mines

93.79

7

Western State

91.10

8

Lincoln (Mo.)

89.46

9

ASHLAND

82.61

10

Lewis

74.33

11

Missouri Southern

57.28

12

American International

53.94

13

Southern Connecticut

53.46

14

Chadron State

52.51

15

Texas A&M-Kingsville

51.18

16

Saginaw Valley State

50.37

17

Findlay

47.03

18

Franklin Pierce

44.61

19

Limestone

44.52

20

Academy of Art

43.83

21

Claflin

41.81

22

Southern Indiana

39.97

23

Shorter

39.32

24

Pittsburg State

38.68

25

Wingate

37.42

 

WOMEN'S POLL

RANK

SCHOOL

POINTS

1

Lincoln (Mo.)

197.33

2

Lewis

152.01

3

Grand Valley State

129.47

4

Hillsdale

121.44

5

Pittsburg State

110.65

6

Shorter

97.28

7

Minnesota State

90.34

8

Central Missouri

78.32

9

Johnson C. Smith

74.57

10

U-Mary

66.76

11

ASHLAND

60.54

12

Findlay

58.19

13

Alaska Anchorage

56.87

14

Adams State

52.93

15

Minnesota Duluth

52.62

16

Missouri Southern

48.61

17

Slippery Rock

48.43

18

CSU-Pueblo

45.79

19

Winona State

45.30

20

Queens (N.C.)

41.98

21

Saint Augustine's

41.93

22

Northwest Missouri

41.68

23

Chadron State

40.84

24

Azusa Pacific

38.94

25

Southern Connecticut

38.79

 
 

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