ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – With less than 20 days before their first race, the University of New Mexico women’s cross country team has been ranked fifth in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll.
Falling one spot, the Lobos are 10 points behind No. 4 Stanford, who received two first-place votes. N.C. State holds the third spot with 307 points, and just one point ahead is No. 2 BYU after being ranked in the third spot in the Week 3 rankings. For the eighth consecutive week, Arkansas is ranked No. 1 with a total of nine first-place votes.
North Dakota State University logo.
(NDSU Athletics) – The North Dakota State University track & field program has the top group of throwers in the NCAA, according to the indoor event squad rankings released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) this week.
The event squad rankings rank every Division I team within each single event, averaging the best performances from the top four athletes at each school in each event. The Bison men and women are both ranked first nationally in the shot put and weight throw for the 2021 indoor season.
In the menâs shot put, NDSUâs Alex Talley, Kristoffer Thomsen, Maxwell Otterdahl and Trevor Otterdahl are tops in the NCAA with their average of 62-10.75 (19.17m). NDSU is the only program in the country with four men over 60 feet in the shot put this season.
NEW ORLEANS – The barrage on the collegiate indoor record book continues.
Here are eight athletes who left their mark this past weekend and were named National Athletes of the Week on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
NCAA Division I Men – Charlie Hunter, Oregon
NCAA Division I Women – Tyra Gittens, Texas A&M
NCAA Division II Men – Christian Noble, Lee (Tenn.)
NCAA Division II Women – Cheyenne Williamson, Saginaw Valley State
NCAA Division III Men – Josh Smith, Loras
NCAA Division III Women – Marion Edwards, Loras
NJCAA Men – Courtney Lawrence, Cloud County CC
NJCAA Women – Victoria Adu, Iowa Central CC
Arkansas dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 and
LSU held steady at No. 3. Elsewhere in the top-5,
Texas Tech jumped two spots from No. 6 to No. 4 and
Florida State followed suit from No. 7 to No. 5.
Where else could you start with Oregon than its Distance Medley Relay quartet? For the second year in a row, the Ducks lowered the collegiate record in the event: This time by more than five seconds to 9:19.24 and took down a near five-year-old all-time world best set by Team USA. On top of that, three of those athletes who competed on that relay team fared exceptionally well as an individual:
Olympic overview: Gymnastics beats in-state rival, track and swim have first-place finishes
Several of the Olympic sports were in action over the weekend for BYU and multiple teams and individuals took first place in their competitions.
Gymnastics
The No. 12 BYU gymnastics team edged out a win over No. 21 Utah State, 196.425-195.175 on Jan. 29. The 196.425 score is the highest score of the season for the Cougars.
On bars, seniors Haley Pitou and Abby Boden-Stainton tied for the best score overall with a 9.85.
Seniors Abbey Miner-Alder and Avery Bennett led the Cougars in the vault, both posting a score of 9.85. Bennett’s score is her best this season.