Eagle Men Back To No. 2 In USTFCCCA Rankings

Eagle Men Back To No. 2 In USTFCCCA Rankings

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After a one-week hiatus, Ashland University's men's outdoor track and field team is back in the No. 2 spot in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) rankings, the latest edition of which was released on Tuesday (April 18) afternoon.

The Eagle men stand at 158.32 computer points, closing the gap with No. 1 Chico State (169.21).

Through four weekends of outdoor competition, Ashland's men have accumulated three automatic and 18 provisional marks for 2017 NCAA Division II nationals, May 25-27 in Bradenton, Fla. Sophomore Myles Pringle has the nation's top 400-meter dash time at 45.99 seconds, junior Elijah Talk is No. 2 in the country in the shot put (18.31 meters/60-feet-1) and Ashland boasts the top three men's hammer throwers in D-II – junior Daniel Roberts (No. 1, 67.97 meters/223-feet-0), senior Jordan Crayon (No. 2, 67.09 meters/220-feet-1) and senior Bryn Campbell (No. 3, 65.38 meters/214-feet-6).

This is the 64th time Ashland's men have been ranked outdoors since the start of the 2010 season.

Ashland's men and women will compete at two meets this weekend – at the Jesse Owens Track & Field Classic at The Ohio State University on Friday (April 21) and Saturday (April 22), and the Sparky Adams Invitational at Baldwin-Wallace on Saturday.

 

MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)

Rank

Institution

Points

Last Week

1

Chico State

169.21

1

2

ASHLAND

158.32

3

3

Adams State

142.26

5

4

Tiffin

138.17

4

5

Saint Augustine's

132.82

7

6

Lincoln (Mo.)

123.72

18

7

Grand Valley State

116.62

13

8

Angelo State

115.54

2

9

Missouri Southern

110.43

11

10

Texas A&M-Commerce

102.21

8

11

Shorter

98.96

6

12

Central Missouri

94.45

10

13

Pittsburg State

79.39

15

14

Academy of Art

78.91

14

15

Minnesota State

76.24

12

16

West Texas A&M

75.85

9

17

Limestone

67.22

16

18

Shippensburg

66.81

23

19

Fresno Pacific

65.15

21

20

Azusa Pacific

56.73

35

21

Texas A&M-Kingsville

53.83

19

22

Southern Indiana

45.02

42

23

Eastern New Mexico

44.42

17

24

Western Oregon

43.38

28

25

Johnson C. Smith

42.54

25

 
 

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