Wednesday, February 9, 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 third 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 remained third while men moved up to third place in the top-ten regional rankings.

The Greyhound women have a total of 184.81 points.  Johns Hopkins University is currently first in the Mideast Region with 271.82 points while Elizabethtown College is second at 192.44.  Haverford College trails Moravian in fourth place at 166.98 points.

The Greyhound men have a total of 148.24 points and moved up one spot from fourth last week after being sixth in the initial rankings.  Haverford College leads the Mideast Region with 323.06 points while Gwynedd-Mercy College is second at 203.10 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, February 11th when they are set to travel to New York City Armory for the Lafayette College-Rider University Winter Games.  The squad will also compete at the Susquehanna University Invitational on Sunday, February 13th.