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With WIAC Title in Hand, Division III Nationals up Next for the Women of No. 1 UW-La Crosse

NEW ORLEANS - The women of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse remained the top-ranked program in the women's USTFCCCA Division III Coaches Indoor Track and Field Power Rankings released today by the coaches association. The Eagles dominated the WIAC meet scoring 192.33 points en route to their second straight WIAC title. No. 8 Wisconsin- Eau Claire finished second followed by No. 3 Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Moving up to number two this week in the rankings is St. Thomas. The Tommies will be heading to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor meet this weekend in hopes of 21st indoor title. UW-Oshkosh follows St. Thomas at No. 3. Nos. 4 and 5, Wartburg and Tufts, remained the same this week. Wartburg won the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title over the weekend.

Beginning the second half of the top ten is sixth-ranked North Central College. North Central competed in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin indoor meet and finished second overall to seventh-ranked Illinois Wesleyan.

UW-Eau Claire moves up to No. 8 in the rankings this week following the runner-up performance at the WIAC Championships. Augustana College (Ill.) and Washington University (Mo.) follow Eau Claire at Nos. 9 and 10 respectively.

Other conference champions in the top 25 this week are No. 12 Monmouth (Ill.) (Midwest Conference), No. 13 St. Lawrence (Liberty League), No. 16 Roanoke College (Old Dominion Athletic Conference), No. 21 College of New Jersey (NJAC) and No. 23 Rochester (New York State Collegiate Track Conference).

The 2008 NCAA Men's and Women's Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships will be held March 14-15, 2008 at the ONU Sports Center. Ohio Northern University is the host for the championships.

Wisconsin-La Crosse is the top-ranked Division III men's team.

For more information on this week's rankings visit www.ustfccca.org.

The 2008 Women's USTFCCCA Division III Coaches Power Rankings
March 6, 2008

Rank	School	Region	Points
1	University of Wisconsin, La Crosse	Midwest	227.93
2	University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)	Central	222.30
3	University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh	Midwest	221.64
4	Wartburg College	Central	219.69
5	Tufts University	New England	211.73
6	North Central College	Midwest	211.15
7	Illinois Wesleyan University	Midwest	210.55
8	University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire	Midwest	207.45
9	Augustana College (Illinois)	Midwest	204.09
10	Washington University (Missouri)	Midwest	201.57
11	University of Chicago	Midwest	200.20
12	Monmouth College (Illinois)	Midwest	198.10
13	St. Lawrence University	Atlantic	194.41
14	Carthage College	Midwest	192.82
15	University of Wisconsin, Platteville	Midwest	192.58
16	Roanoke College	South	192.48
17	Simpson College	Central	192.39
18	State University College at Brockport	Atlantic	191.49
19	Allegheny College	Mideast	189.66
20	Carroll College (Wisconsin)	Midwest	188.45
21	The College of New Jersey	Atlantic	187.35
22	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Central	186.59
23	University of Rochester	Atlantic	186.55
24	University of Wisconsin, Whitewater	Midwest	186.16
25	Otterbein College	Great Lakes	185.15