Eagle Men, Women Ranked 12th In Pre-Nationals Meet Poll

Eagle Men, Women Ranked 12th In Pre-Nationals Meet Poll

Ashland University's men's and women's indoor track and field teams each are ranked No. 12 in last U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings prior to the 2016 NCAA Division II national championships, March 11-12 in Pittsburg, Kan.

Eleven Eagles have earned entry into indoor nationals. On the men's side, junior Jason Zahn qualified for nationals in two events – the shot put and the weight throw. Also competing in the weight throw are juniors Bryn Campbell and Jordan Crayon, and sophomore Clayton Jury. Both sophomore Elijah Talk and senior Jared Whitcomb will compete in the shot put.

On the women's side, junior Megan Tomei, the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's Women's Field Athlete of the Year and the Conference Meet, will compete at nationals in both the shot put and weight throw. Senior Jamie Sindelar will go in the shot put, senior Lauren Ellsworth will run in the 200-meter dash and junior Rebecca Koval will compete in the high jump and sophomore Irene Skinner will go in the 400 dash.

 

WOMEN'S POLL

Rank

Institution

Points

Last Week

1

Lincoln (Mo.)

184.39

1

2

Pittsburg State

146.87

2

3

New Mexico Highlands

128.89

7

4

Hillsdale

115.15

3

5

Grand Valley State

113.15

4

6

Lewis

108.75

5

7

Johnson C. Smith

105.41

6

8

Alaska Anchorage

92.69

8

9

Central Missouri

77.88

10

10

Minnesota Duluth

74.09

9

11

Saint Augustine's

72.34

12

12

ASHLAND

69.92

11

13

Minnesota State

69.62

13

14

Shorter

57.32

14

15

Findlay

50.55

16

16

Missouri Southern

48.31

18

17

Adams State

45.11

22

18

Winona State

43.78

19

19

Southern Connecticut

42.56

20

20

Angelo State

40.65

23

21

Seattle Pacific

38.55

21

22

Merrimack

34.89

15

23

Chadron State

34.28

24

24

Texas A&M-Kingsville

34.07

25

25

U-Mary

30.90

17

 

MEN'S POLL

Rank

Institution

Points

Last Week

1

Adams State

211.05

1

2

Tiffin

178.54

2

3

Grand Valley State

166.64

3

4

Saint Augustine's

156.89

4

5

Texas A&M-Kingsville

108.76

5

6

Academy of Art

106.24

6

7

Colorado Mines

93.50

7

8

Lincoln (Mo.)

83.61

8

9

Pittsburg State

78.46

10

10

Minnesota State

77.54

9

11

Western State

74.31

11

12

ASHLAND

58.90

13

13

Azusa Pacific

58.41

12

14

Lewis

53.58

14

15

Missouri Southern

53.02

15

16

Central Missouri

48.52

17

17

Texas A&M-Commerce

47.13

19

18

Alaska Anchorage

46.82

18

19

Chadron State

46.48

20

20

Findlay

46.41

21

21

West Texas A&M

43.64

22

22

Shorter

39.09

24

23

Southern Connecticut

37.81

23

24

Saginaw Valley State

37.64

25

25

Limestone

37.05

26

 
 

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