Wednesday, April 6, 2011

MORAVIAN TRACK & FIELD TEAMS RANKED IN FIRST NCAA DIVISION III OUTDOOR REGIONAL TEAM INDEX

NEW ORLEANS, LA --- The Moravian College men’s & women’s track & field teams are both ranked in the Mideast Region in the first NCAA Division III Regional Team Index of the 2011 outdoor season released by the U S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Wednesday with the Moravian women first in the region while the men are tenth.

The Greyhound women have a total of 243.16 points.  Haverford College is second with 201.09 points while Johns Hopkins University is third at 197.48. 

The Greyhound men have a total of 125.20 points.  Haverford leads the Mideast Region with 284.15 points while Carnegie Mellon University is second with 218.70 points.

The scoring system for the teams shall be the sum of two factors measured per individual/relay performance on the national descending-order lists: place on the descending order list and a weighed value of the individual/relay performance based on the field (“bonus”).  Complete information and the polls can also be found at http://www.ustfccca.org/rankings/division-iii-rankings.

Moravian will return to action on Friday and Saturday, April 8th and 9th when they host the Coach P. Open at Rocco Calvo Field and Timothy Breidegam Track.