University of Richmond Athletics
Women's Track And Field Ranks 14th Nationally
04/10/2004 | Women's Track & Field
April 10, 2004
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va --The United States Track Coaches Association (USTCA) Team Power Rankings have been released for NCAA Division I Women's Track and Field and the Richmond Spiders rank #14 in the latest national poll with 274.61 points.
Over the past three weekends the Spiders have achieved excellent performances helping them move up in the team ranking. Sophomore Nicole Kurtain's (Hamilton, N.J.) fourth-place finish of 17:19.75 (12.25 points) in the 5000M, senior Diane Schreiber's (Johnsonburg, Pa.) school record toss of 162' 01" (11.25 points) in the hammer throw, freshman Leslie Gleue's (Cape Canaveral, Fla.) discus throw of 133'02" (11.57 points) and sophomore Danielle Eaton's (Malvern, Pa.) 2:15.52 effort in the 800M dash (9.87 points) at the Duke Relays all rank at the top of the Atlantic 10 Conference list.
At the Raleigh Relays hosted by N. C. State on March 26-27 freshman Beth Crocus (Bethlehem, Pa.) smashed the Spiders program record in the javelin with a NCAA Regionally qualifying mark of 142'04", freshman Caitlin Smyth (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) posted a 4:36.68 (10.50 points) mark in the 1500M run and freshman Amanda Russell's (North Bay, Ontario, Canada) 10K mark of 36:19.84 (12.24 points) all earn valuable points for the Spiders. Currently Crocus' javelin performance ranks the highest and earns the most points (13.12) for the Spiders team.
At the VCU Ram Invitational on March 19-20 Julee Wilson (Chester Springs, PA.) qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships in the long jump with a performance of 19'05.5" which scored 12.39 points, freshman Rachel Brushett's (Silver Springs, Md.) high jump school record of 5' 06" scored 11.39 points, and sophomore Cathy McLane's (New Paltz, N.Y.) program record of 10' 04" in the pole vault scored 10.19 points.
The United State Track Coaches Association (USTCA) Team Power Ranking for NCAA Division I Track and Field is a unique system of ranking teams on the basis of quality of athletic performance, team depth, and dual meet scoring potential. The system rates teams in the same fashion as a decathlete or heptathlete. Points are assigned for two athletes in each event contested in a dual meet and points assigned on the basis of quality of performance. The top person in each event has his/her points doubled to adjust for the value of the number one performer on each team in a dual meet. The points for all events are then totaled for the ranking score. The weekly rankings are compiled by Dave Neilson, track & field coach at Idaho State University.
The following is the top 20 listings of the rankings for the week of April 4th:
1. San Diego State University 336.75
2. Kansas State University 335.69
3. Brigham Young University 320.48
4. Arizona 317.83
5. Weber State University 317.34
6. Cornell University 316.26
7. University of Miami 312.12
8. Miami University (OH) 298.67
9. Central Florida 296.58
10. Indiana State University 293.91
11. Colorado State University 293.57
12. Long Beach State 283.42
13. Florida 279.67
14. Richmond 274.61
15. Idaho State University 272.45
16. Washington 272.29
17. Louisville 271.02
18. Purdue University 269.83
19. Ball State University 269.76
20. Arizona State 267.30