Wednesday, May 11, 2011

MORAVIAN TRACK & FIELD TEAMS RANKED IN SIXTH 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 sixth 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 remained second in the region while the men stayed third.

The Greyhound women have a total of 256.69 points, and Moravian remained in second for a second consecutive week after four weeks in the top position in the region.  Johns Hopkins University remained first this week with 279.46 points while Messiah College moved into third at 235.23. 

The Greyhound men have a total of 224.77 points, and Moravian was tenth in the first ranking before moving up to second for three weeks and then dropping to third last week.  Haverford leads the Mideast Region with 341.58 points while Dickinson College moved into second with 265.43 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 Saturday, May 14th at the Swarthmore College Last Chance Meet beginning at 4:00 p.m.