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Sports News: Winter 2010-11

Wednesday, February 23, 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 fourth 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 second while the men stayed third place in the top-ten regional rankings.

The Greyhound women have a total of 191.99 points.  Johns Hopkins University is currently first in the Mideast Region with 242.14 points while Carnegie Mellon University moved into third at 152.93. 

The Greyhound men have a total of 147.82 points and remained third for a third straight week after being sixth in the initial rankings and fourth three weeks ago.  Haverford College leads the Mideast Region with 245.81 points while Gwynedd-Mercy College is second at 196.90 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, February 26th when they are set to travel to the 2011 Landmark Conference Indoor Championships being hosted by Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.