Sports News: Spring 2011

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

MORAVIAN TRACK & FIELD TEAMS RANKED IN SECOND 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 second 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 for a second straight week while the men are second.

The Greyhound women have a total of 323.95 points.  Johns Hopkins University is second with 223.04 points while Messiah College is third at 221.80. 

The Greyhound men have a total of 243.66 points while jumping from tenth to second this week.  Haverford leads the Mideast Region with 311.09 points while Carnegie Mellon University is third with 235.15 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 15th and 16th when they host the Greyhound Invitational at Rocco Calvo Field and Timothy Breidegam Track.