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UW-Oshkosh Men Take Over Top DIII Ranking; Wartburg Women Still No. 1

January 23, 2013

NEW ORLEANS – Following a showdown at the DIII Meet of the Week this past Friday, the UW-Oshkosh menÂÂ’s team emerges atop the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) DIII National Computer Team Rankings released Wednesday, while the Wartburg women remain on top of the womenÂÂ’s rankings. The first regional rankings of the season were also released Wednesday.

National Rannking PDFs: Top 25 | Full Rankings By Team | Event-by-Event | TFRRS Top 10 NCAA Qual. Bests
Week-by-Week PDFs: By Rank | By Team | All-Time
Regional Ranking PDFs: Top 10 Teams | By Team | By Event
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All-Division Collegiate Bests: Full PDF | Best Marks by Football Players

UW-Oshkosh entered last weekendÂÂ’s Cardinal Opener at then-No. 1 North Central (Ill.) as both the third-ranked team at the meet and in the division, but left with an important early-season victory over the top two teams in the division and the top-ranking in the country. Behind the power of strong field event marks this season – the TitansÂÂ’ Nick Baatz, Pete Delzer and John McCann are atop the DIII rankings in the shot put, weight throw and high jump, respectively – UW-Oshkosh scored 147 to edge out No. 2 UW-La Crosse (142) and North Central (137).

North Central, the defending national champion, drops to third in the rankings, while UW-La Crosse remains at No. 2. UW-Whitewater and St. Thomas (Minn.) trade spots from the preseason rankings to round out the top five at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.

The top three spots in the womenÂÂ’s rankings remain unchanged, with defending national champion Wartburg at No. 1, UW-Oshkosh at No. 2 and Williams at No. 3. Illinois Wesleyan moves up a slot to No. 4, displacing Methodist to No. 5.

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.

The next round of computer rankings will be released January 30. The 2013 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held March 8-9 in Naperville, Ill.

Biggest Jump (Men): 4 - Wabash
Biggest Jump (Women): 7 – UW-Stout

 

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION III
MENÂÂ’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2013 Preseason — January 23
next ranking: January 30
Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	UW-Oshkosh	161.41	WIAC	Eamon McKenna (1st)	3
2	UW-La Crosse	147.32	WIAC	Josh Buchholtz (5th)	2
3	North Central (Ill.)	135.23	CCIW	Frank Gramarosso (3rd)	1
4	UW-Whitewater	124.11	WIAC	Mike Johnson (4th)	5
5	St. Thomas (Minn.)	110.27	MIAC	Steve Mathre (18th)	4
6	UW-Stevens Point	103.14	WIAC	Rick Witt (34th)	6
7	UW-Eau Claire	77.40	WIAC	Chip Schneider (11th)	7
8	Bates	70.22	NESCAC	Al Fereshetian (18th)	8
9	UW-Platteville	52.88	WIAC	Jim Nickasch (12th)	9
10	Baldwin-Wallace	51.00	OAC	Bill Taraschke (28th)	13
11	Mount Union	48.54	OAC	Kevin Lucas (3rd)	14
12	Calvin	48.01	MIAA	Bret Otte (4th)	10
13	Christopher Newport	47.13	USA South	Tyler Wingard (7th)	11
14	Haverford	46.17	Centennial	Tom Donnelly (38th)	15
15	MIT	45.94	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (23rd)	16
16	Wartburg	43.56	IIAC	Marcus Newsom (15th)	12
17	Tufts	42.82	NESCAC	Ethan Barron (8th)	17
18	Wabash	39.30	NCAC	Clyde Morgan (5th)	22
19	Nebraska Wesleyan	35.93	Great Plains	Ted Bulling (28th)	18
20	Middlebury	34.95	NESCAC	Martin Beatty (25th)	20
21	UW-Stout	34.71	WIAC	Laura Knudsen (5th)	21
22	Methodist	34.60	USA South	Roland Whiting (1st)	19
23	SUNY Oneonta	29.74	SUNYAC	Matt LoPiccolo (9th)	23
24	Bowdoin	29.17	NESCAC	Peter Slovenski (27th)	24
25	Colby	28.51	NESCAC	Jared Beers (7th)	25
Dropped out: none

 

 

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION III
WOMENÂÂ’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2013 Preseason — January 23
next ranking: January 30
Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Wartburg	166.51	IIAC	Marcus Newsom (15th)	1
2	UW-Oshkosh	149.90	WIAC	Ben Dorsey (1st)	2
3	Williams	92.10	NESCAC	Fletcher Brooks (5th)	3
4	Illinois Wesleyan	88.11	CCIW	Chris Schumacher (16th)	5
5	Methodist	79.34	USA South	Roland Whiting (1st)	4
6	Ramapo	77.03	NJAC	Mike Jackson (9th)	6
7	Washington (Mo.)	71.69	UAA	Jeff Stiles (12th)	8
8	Illinois College	69.37	Midwest	Mike Brooks (12th)	7
9	UW-Whitewater	58.68	WIAC	Mike Johnson (2nd)	9
10	Mount Union	54.56	OAC	Kevin Lucas (3rd)	12
11	Monmouth (Ill.)	50.93	Midwest	Roger Haynes (13th)	10
12	Tufts	49.93	NESCAC	Kristen Morwick (13th)	18
13	UW-La Crosse	48.76	WIAC	Pat Healy (22nd)	14
14	MIT	47.12	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (6th)	11
15	SUNY Cortland	46.06	SUNYAC	Steve Patrick (6th)	16
16	Lehman	45.86	CUNYAC	Lesleigh Hogg (17th)	13
17	North Central (Ill.)	45.53	CCIW	Kari Kluckhorn (10th)	15
18	Middlebury	45.40	NESCAC	Martin Beatty (25th)	17
19	St. Olaf	41.13	MIAC	Andrea Gelle (3rd)	19
20	Birmingham-Southern	39.40	SAA	Kenneth Cox (4th)	20
21	Johns Hopkins	38.58	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (14th)	22
22	Wheaton (Mass.)	37.74	NEWMAC	Dave Cusano (2nd)	26
23	Franklin & Marshall	36.53	Centennial	Carl Schnabel (10th)	23
24	Buffalo State	29.33	SUNYAC	Eugene Lewis (13th)	24
25	UW-Stout	27.00	WIAC	Laura Knudsen (5th)	32
Dropped out: No. 21 Coe, No. 25 Baldwin-Wallace

 

 

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