March 6, 2008

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Wisconsin-La Crosse Men Still No. 1 as they Prep for Division III Indoor Nationals

NEW ORLEANS - Wisconsin-La Crosse came out of conference championship weekend with the same result they hope to leave Ada, Ohio with: CHAMPIONS! UW-La Crosse won their seventh straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference indoor title this past weekend, the school's 33rd title, and has remained the top ranked team in the men's USTFCCCA Division III Coaches Power Rankings which was announced today by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The Eagles bested five other WIAC schools (ranked in the top 25) at the conference meet scoring 137 points. No. 5 Wisconsin-Whitewater finished second with 125 points followed by No. 3 Wisconsin-Oshkosh with 104 points.

Following UW-La Crosse this week is second-ranked North Central who also picked up a conference title over the weekend. North Central won the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin for the eighth consecutive year as they racked up 220 points, outscoring runner-up No. 9 Augustana College (Ill.). Fourth-ranked St. Thomas and UW-Whitewater complete the top five in the men's rankings.

No. 6 Wisconsin-Eau Claire begins the bottom half of the top ten, followed by No. 7 Monmouth (Ill.) who won the Midwest Conference Championship, and No. 8 Wisconsin-Platteville.

Augustana and No. 10 Wartburg complete the top ten teams. Wartburg won the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title, the school's fifth in the last six years.

Other conference champions in the top 25 included No. 12 Cortland State, who won the SUNYAC Championship, and No. 16 College of New Jersey. TCNJ won the New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor title on February 25th, 2008.

Three conference meets are slated for this weekend as the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, the Ohio Athletic Conference and the University Athletic Association each hold their championship meets on March 7th and 8th.

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 women's team.

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

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

Rank	School	Region	Points
1	University of Wisconsin, La Crosse	Midwest	235.94
2	North Central College	Midwest	229.94
3	University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh	Midwest	228.78
4	University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)	Central	228.58
5	University of Wisconsin, Whitewater	Midwest	227.30
6	University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire	Midwest	226.07
7	Monmouth College (Illinois)	Midwest	225.48
8	University of Wisconsin, Platteville	Midwest	223.96
9	Augustana College (Illinois)	Midwest	221.95
10	Wartburg College	Central	217.78
11	University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point	Midwest	217.27
12	State University College at Cortland	Atlantic	216.37
13	Tufts University	New England	214.94
14	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	New England	214.89
15	Christopher Newport University	South	214.37
16	The College of New Jersey	Atlantic	214.00
17	Bridgewater College (Virginia)	South	210.72
18	Lynchburg College	South	209.70
19	Ohio Northern University	Great Lakes	209.70
20	State University College at Brockport	Atlantic	209.36
21	U.S. Coast Guard Academy	New England	209.31
22	Susquehanna University	Mideast	206.67
23	University of Chicago	Midwest	206.07
24	Carthage College	Midwest	205.55
25	Williams College	New England	202.78