Jayhawk Women Ranked #6 in the Nation; Men 22nd
March 12, 2008
<?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>LAWRENCE, Kan. – With more women at the NCAA Indoor Championships than ever before under head coach Stanley Redwine, the University of Kansas women’s track and field team is now ranked sixth in the nation according to the USTFCCCA rankings released on Wednesday. The men moved up two spots to number 22. <?xml:namespace prefix=”o” ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”?>
The men bring defending national weight throw champion senior Egor Agafonov and sophomore Jordan Scott while the women bring six athletes with them to Fayetteville, Ark. March 14-15.
Seniors Crystal Manning and Kate Sultanova and juniors Charity Stowers, Stephanie Horton, Sha’Ray Butler and Nickesha Anderson will represent the women’s team at the Championships.
Guiding the climb in the rankings are the six qualifiers for the women who are each ranked within the top-10 in the country in their respective events. On the men’s side Agafonov leads the nation in his event and Scott is third in the men’s pole vault.
Log on to www.kuathletics.com for complete coverage of the Jayhawks at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., March 14-15.
About the USTFCCCA Rankings
The 2008 USTFCCCA Rankings for NCAA Division I squads were devised and are compiled by Tom Lewis of the University of Missouri. Each team is assigned “power points” based on each individual performance on the official NCAA-qualifying list. For the indoor season, spots one through 35 in each event on the national-descending order list receive points based on its position in the national rankings. Additional power points are assigned to each performance based on comparisons with the rest of the field in that event.
Rankings for the indoor season are released each Wednesday. A complete rundown of the ranking method and a team-by-team breakdown can be found at ustfccca.org.
Kansas‘ Week-By-Week USTFCCCA Rankings
Week: Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Men 11 — 29 22 23 28 24 22
Women 27 18 20 18 10 10 8 6
Men’s Indoor Rankings
1 Florida State 126.17
2 Tennessee 105.84
3 LSU 92.65
4 ArizonaState 87.54
5 Arkansas 85.79
6 Florida 83.89
7 Stanford 79.93
8 Oregon 71.98
9 Texas 68.38
10 Northern Iowa 61.75
11 Washington 60.52
12 Oklahoma 54.72
13 Texas Tech 54.62
14 Nebraska 50.85
15 Clemson 50.11
16 Arizona 49.74
17 Georgia 47.35
18 Auburn 46.59
19 Kentucky 45.79
20 BYU 45.61
21 BoiseState 45.23
22 Kansas 45.09
23 Texas A&M 44.89
24 Villanova 43.33
25 Liberty 42.92
26 Missouri 42.30
27 Michigan 42.25
28 KansasState 40.13
29 UCLA 39.37
30 Oral Roberts 38.92
Women’s Indoor Rankings
1 LSU 166.33
2 ArizonaState 152.14
3 Tennessee 125.75
4 Michigan 117.56
5 Texas A&M 97.13
6 Kansas 91.11
7 Stanford 86.61
8 Minnesota 75.40
9 Arkansas 73.08
10 Florida 72.28
11 UTEP 68.08
12 FloridaState 63.46
13 Penn State 62.55
14 Mississippi 62.47
15 Texas Tech 58.73
16 Texas 56.84
17 Virginia Tech 54.56
18 Washington 47.26
19 South Carolina 47.19
20 Oregon 46.59
21 Arizona 46.48
22 Alabama 36.95
23 Georgia Tech 36.66
24 Southern Illinois 35.44
25 Kentucky 33.96
26 Jacksonville 33.45
27 Wisconsin 30.58
28 MichiganState 29.75
29 KansasState 27.58
30 Iowa 25.99
