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Grand Canyon, Grand Valley State Remain Atop DII Rankings

January 22, 2013

NEW ORLEANS – The Grand Canyon men and Grand Valley State women both retain their No. 1 rankings in the first regular-season edition of the National Computer Team Rankings released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The first regional rankings of the season were also released Tuesday.

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The Antelopes of Grand Canyon and the Adams State Grizzlies entered last weekendÂÂ’s DII Meet of the Week at the New Mexico Cherry and Silver Invitational as the No. 1 and 2 teams on the menÂÂ’s side, respectively, and the No. 3 and 4 teams on the womenÂÂ’s.

The menÂÂ’s ranking holds firm, though the Grizzlies gained some ground and moved within 30 points of the Antelopes. They received a significant boost from top-five DII distance performances from top DII miler Tabor Stevens (4:08.75, converted to 4:03.33 for altitude) and No. 4 Matt Daniels in the 3000 (8:29.21, converted to 8:16.67). The Antelopes, meanwhile, garnered four national top-10 performances in the past two weeks, led by freshman Dario Horvat (6.69, converted to 6.71) dashing to the fastest 60 in the division.

Adams StateÂÂ’s women jump past Lincoln (Mo.) into the second spot on the power of a strong showing in the 3000 meters with two runners in the top 10 of the division. The Lakers of Grand Valley State remain comfortably at the top, with 237.45 points and a more than 50 point lead.

The National Computer Team Rankings project how a team will finish in a National Championship Meet setting, rather than a triangular or dual. The rankings are compiled from meet data in the 2012-13 season, but also from returners from the 2011-12 to take into account what a roster might look like should all student-athletes perform at their top level.

While the Grand Valley State women sit atop the rankings, their male teammates are making a charge for the top of the menÂÂ’s rankings, jumping 11 spots into the No. 5 position. Also moving into the top five is Saint AugustineÂÂ’s, up three spots to No. 3. UMass Lowell and American International were displaced from the top five.

The Adams State-Lincoln (Mo.) switch was the only movement in the womenÂÂ’s top five.

The next round of computer rankings will be released January 29. The 2013 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held in Birmingham, Ala., March 7-9.

Biggest Jump (Men): 34 – Academy of Art
Biggest Jump (Women): 21 – Sioux Falls
Biggest Fall (Men): 7 – Missouri Southern
Biggest Fall (Women): 12 – Missouri Southern

 

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION II
MENÂÂ’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2013 Week #1 — January 22
next ranking: January 29
Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Grand Canyon	200.07	PacWest	Tom Flood (3rd)	1
2	Adams State	170.37	RMAC	Damon Martin (18th)	2
3	Saint AugustineÂÂ’s	138.68	CIAA	George Williams (37th)	6
4	Ashland	127.47	GLIAC	Jud Logan (10th)	3
5	Grand Valley State	111.03	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (14th)	16
6	UMass Lowell	104.76	Northeast-10	Gary Gardner (11th)	4
7	Minnesota State	92.78	NSIC	Mark Schuck (31st)	7
8	American International	92.12	Northeast-10	Leo Mayo (7th)	5
9	Lincoln (Mo.)	86.25	MIAA	Victor Thomas (12th)	8
10	Southern Connecticut	82.02	Northeast-10	John Wallin (3rd)	9
11	Central Missouri	77.90	MIAA	Kirk Pedersen (17th)/Kip Janvrin (15th)	10
12	Texas A&M-Kingsville	77.35	Lone Star	Ryan Dall (5th)	24
13	Indianapolis	65.06	GLVC	Scott Fangman (16th)	11
14	MSU Moorhead	63.85	NSIC	Keith Barnier (11th)	12
15	Western State	59.52	RMAC	Chris Bradford (4th)	14
16	Emporia State	54.14	MIAA	Steve Blocker (2nd)	17
17	Johnson C. Smith	53.26	CIAA	Lennox Graham (6th)	15
18	Findlay	48.11	GLIAC	Marc Arce (25th)	20
19	Augustana (S.D.)	47.19	NSIC	Tracy Hellman (13th)	18
20	Missouri Southern	46.78	MIAA	Tom Rutledge (24th)	13
21	Pittsburg State	46.25	MIAA	Russ Jewett (25th)	19
22	Academy of Art	44.20	PacWest	Charles Ryan (3rd)	56
23	Colorado Mines	41.34	RMAC	Robert Nooney (1st)	27
24	Shippensburg	40.85	PSAC	Dave Osanitsch (8th)	25
25	Abilene Christian	37.99	Lone Star	Roosevelt Lofton (4th)	23
Dropped out: No. 21 Stonehill, No. 22 Hillsdale

 

 

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION II
WOMENÂÂ’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2013 Week #1 — January 22
next ranking: January 29
Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Grand Valley State	237.45	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (14th)	1
2	Adams State	183.22	RMAC	Damon Martin (25th)	3
3	Lincoln (Mo.)	174.81	MIAA	Victor Thomas (12th)	2
4	Grand Canyon	131.90	PacWest	Tom Flood (3rd)	4
5	Academy of Art	124.63	PacWest	Charles Ryan (3rd)	5
6	Ashland	105.23	GLIAC	Jud Logan (10th)	6
7	Augustana (S.D.)	91.26	NSIC	Tracy Hellman (13th)	7
8	U-Mary	76.24	NSIC	Mike Thorson (19th)	8
9	Johnson C. Smith	74.81	CIAA	Lennox Graham (6th)	12
10	Western State	71.56	RMAC	Chris Bradford (4th)	13
11	Saint AugustineÂÂ’s	70.18	CIAA	George Williams (37th)	9
12	Central Missouri	69.93	MIAA	Kirk Pedersen (17th)/Kip Janvrin (15th)	10
13	Findlay	58.23	GLIAC	Marc Arce (25th)	18
14	Southern Connecticut	52.97	Northeast-10	Melissa Stoll (1st)	11
15	Ferris State	50.52	GLIAC	Steve Picucci (5th)	20
16	Sioux Falls	47.58	NSIC	Reid Ehrisman (1st)	44
17	Seattle Pacific	46.47	GNAC	Karl Lerum (8th)	15
18	Tiffin	43.24	GLIAC	Jeremy Croy (13th)	14
19	Virginia State	42.72	CIAA	Jason Jackson (3rd)	16
20	Cal State LA	41.45	CCAA	LaMonte Vaughn (1st)	17
21	Hillsdale	37.21	GLIAC	Andrew Towne (2nd)	21
22	Angelo State	36.84	Lone Star	James Reid (14th)	38
23	Abilene Christian	34.82	Lone Star	Roosevelt Lofton (4th)	22
24	Shippensburg	30.66	PSAC	Dave Osanitsch (8th)	19
25	Winona State	28.75	NSIC	Mason Rebarchek (9th)	24
Dropped out: No. 23 Northern Michigan, No. 25 Missouri Southern

 

 

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