Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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

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

The Greyhound women have a total of 202.32 points.  Johns Hopkins University is currently first in the Mideast Region with 220.07 points while Carnegie Mellon University moved into third at 156.04. 

The Greyhound men have a total of 155.35 points and remained second for the second straight week after three weeks in the third position.  Haverford College leads the Mideast Region with 235.07 points while Gwynedd-Mercy College remained third at 153.45 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, March 11th and 12th when they are set to travel to the 2011 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships being hosted by Capital University.  Both teams have two competitors scheduled to compete.