UC San Diego Retains Top Status in Women's Division II Outdoor Power Rankings :: UC San Diego Retains Top Status in Women's Division II Outdoor Power Rankings

April 10, 2008

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NEW ORLEANS - After opening up the 2008 outdoor season rankings as the top team in the country, the UC San Diego Tritons have kept that ranking (340.87 points) in the latest installment of the women's USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Coaches Power Rankings, the association announced Thursday morning.

The Triton women are coming off a big performance at home after defeating Point Loma Nazarene by 89 points at last weekend's UC San Diego Divisional Challenge. UCSD was led by senior pole vaulter Christina Sloyer who broke the school record when she cleared a Division II provisional height of 12'5.5". Also leading the way for the Triton women was the 4x100-meter relay team which also broke a school record after running 47.00 seconds.

Two weeks ago UCSD jumper Whitney Johnson broke a school record after leaping 42'2" at the Cal-Nevada Championships. The mark is the top triple jump in Division II this year. Johnson also has the second best long jump mark in the country as well (18'5").

Following UCSD is Abilene Christian which picked up 313.51 points in the rankings this week. The Wildcats are led by their outstanding distance runner, Winrose Karunde, who won two events at last week's Texas Relays. The freshman won the 5000-meter event on Wednesday night with the second best time in Division II (17:04.30). Two days later she was back on the track again, this time winning the 3000-meter steeplechase with a Division II leading time of ten minutes, 29.81 seconds.

ACU's 4x400-meter relay team also provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division II national meet after running a Division II leading three minutes, 40.80 seconds.

Third-ranked Angelo State, fourth-ranked Central Missouri and fifth-ranked Kutztown University complete the women's top five.

Missouri Southern State begins the bottom five at No. 6 in this week's rankings, followed by East Stroudsburg at No. 7 and No. 8 Lock Haven University. Fort Hays State and the University of Mary complete the top ten in the women's coaches' power rankings.

The 2008 USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Coaches Power Rankings are released on Thursdays during the outdoor season. The rankings are based on the dual-meet scoring formulas, courtesy of www.d2rankings.com.

The 2008 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held May 22nd-24th, 2008 in Walnut, Calif.

Abilene Christian is this week's top-ranked men's team.

For more information about the rankings, please visit www.ustfccca.org.

USTFCCCA Division II Women's Outdoor Track & Field Coaches Power Rankings
April 10, 2008

Rank	School	Region	Points
1	University of California, San Diego	West	340.87
2	Abilene Christian University	South Central	313.51
3	Angelo State University	South Central	292.22
4	University of Central Missouri	South Central	278.01
5	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	East	272.08
6	Missouri Southern State University-Joplin	South Central	266.07
7	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	East	262.43
8	Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania	East	257.54
9	Fort Hays State University	South Central	256.84
10	University of Mary	North Central	256.06
11	Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville	Great Lakes	247.28
12	University of Nebraska at Kearney	North Central	244.46
13	Pittsburg State University	South Central	242.03
14	Ashland University	Great Lakes	238.05
15	San Francisco State University	West	235.40
16	University of Findlay	Great Lakes	230.12
17	Lewis University	Great Lakes	220.49
18	Seton Hill University	East	214.00
19	Humboldt State University	West	211.65
20	University of Massachusetts at Lowell	Northeast	210.85
21	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	East	209.03
22	Wheeling Jesuit University	East	206.93
23	Adams State College	North Central	201.15
24	Clayton State University	South	199.20
25	Saint Joseph's College (Indiana)	Great Lakes	190.51