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Sports News: Winter 2010-11

Wednesday, January 26, 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 in the Mideast Region in the first NCAA Division III Regional Team Index of the 2011 indoor season released by the U S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Wednesday.  The Greyhound women are ranked third while men are is sixth place in the top-ten regional rankings.

The Greyhound women have a total of 187.08 points.  Ursinus College is currently first in the Mideast Region with 240.19 points while Johns Hopkins University is second at 214.81.  Elizabethtown College trails Moravian in fourth place at 154.27 points.

The Greyhound men have a total of 140.69 points and are just a point from being ion the top five.  Haverford College leads the Mideast Region with 238.23 points while Gwynedd-Mercy College is second at 223.46 points.  Elizabethtown College holds down the third spot at 148.84 points and is trailed by Penn State-Behrend in fourth place at 141.91 points and Widener University in fifth at 141.21.

A team's total point score is the sum of all points earned by that team in each event. Teams are allowed to select up to two athletes per event, and an athlete can only be used in a maximum of three events (not including relays). Only one relay team per event can be selected. Schools are responsible for submitting their own results. The points are based on the best marks in an event in the current season (it's not the athlete's personal best; it's their best this season), according to www.d3rankings.us which coordinates the poll.  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, January 29th when they are set to travel to the Thomson Invitational hosted by the University of Delaware beginning at 9:30 a.m.