The Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team is ranked the highest it has ever been ranked in the fifth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings, released Tuesday, May 2.
The Polar Bears (78-4 overall) received 82.57 points in the rankings and are ranked No. 8 in the rankings.
Washington (Mo.) held the top spot with 204.74 points, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) came in second with 124.57 points and Williams (Mass.) rounded out the top-3 with 118.44 points.
Northern is coming off of a dominating first place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships where they won the title for the first time in seven years.
The Polar Bears return to action May 11-12 as they compete at the North Central (Ill.) Keeler Invitational.
USTFCCCA Power Rankings - Week 5
Tues., May 2
RankSchoolPoints
1.Washington (Mo.)204.74
2.Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.)124.57
3.Williams (Mass.)118.44
4.Ithaca (N.Y.)113.68
5.Nebraska Wesleyan107.45
6.SUNY Geneseo106.98
7.MIT91.07
8.Ohio Northern82.57
9.George Fox (Ore.)82.39
10.Wis.-Eau Claire79.96
11.UMass Boston79.81
12.Redlands (Cal.)70.03
13.Wis.-Whitewater69.75
14.Whitworth (Wash.)69.47
15.Johns Hopkins (Md.)67.22
16.Emory (Ga.)65.74
17.Wartburg (Iowa)64.17
18.Pomona-Pitzer (Cal.)59.70
19.Gwynedd-Mercy (Pa.)54.55
20.OtterbeinOberlin53.34
21.Bates (Maine)49.50
22.Carthage (Wis.)48.66
23.Concordia Moorhead (Minn.)47.61
24.Bridgewater (Va.)46.53
25.Loras (Iowa)44.94
