Abilene Christian Moves to the Top of the Men's USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor Power Rankings

April 10, 2008

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NEW ORLEANS - Last year's NCAA Division II Outdoor National Champion, Abilene Christian, seems to be heading in the right direction for 2008 as the Wildcats find themselves atop of the men's USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Coaches Power Rankings, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Thursday morning.

ACU, with 22 individual and one relay team already qualified for next month's national championships, picked up 343.76 points in the power rankings. The Wildcats have been led by Camille Vandendriessche who was named last week's Lone Star Conference Men's Field Athlete of the Week. Vandendriessche competed with the rest of the ACU team in Austin at the Texas Relays.

The defending Division II decathlon national champion took over the national lead at the Texas Relays scoring 7,559 points over the two day event. His second ay total of 3,902 points was a new Abilene Christian record. ACU's 4x400-meter relay team also qualified in impressive fashion in Austin, finishing fifth with a Division II automatic time of three minutes, 8.04 seconds.

Following ACU this week is Pittsburg State with 294.92 points. The Gorillas won last weekend's Fort Hays State quadrangular with nine individual event winners. PSU defeated Chadron State 113.5 to 47.5, No. 9 Fort Hays State 101 to 85 and No. 14 Nebraska-Kearney 99 to 80.

Coming in at No. 3 this week is the University of Central Missouri with 291.46 points. Angelo State University (291.40) and Lock Haven University (288.79) closely follow the Mules at Nos. 4 and 5 respectively.

Starting the bottom half of the top ten this week is the Tritons of UC-San Diego at No. 6, followed by Kutztown University at No. 7. Humboldt State University, Fort Hays State and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville complete the top ten in the men's power rankings.

The 2008 USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Coaches Power Rankings are released on Thursdays during the outdoor season. The rankings are based on the dual-meet scoring formulas, courtesy of www.d2rankings.com.

The 2008 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held May 22nd-24th, 2008 in Walnut, Calif.

UC-San Diego is this week's top-ranked women's team.

For more information about the rankings, please visit www.ustfccca.org.

USTFCCCA Division II Men's Outdoor Track & Field Coaches Power Rankings
April 10, 2008

Rank	School	Region	Points
1	Abilene Christian University	South Central	343.76
2	Pittsburg State University	South Central	294.92
3	University of Central Missouri	South Central	291.46
4	Angelo State University	South Central	291.40
5	Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania	East	288.79
6	University of California, San Diego	West	286.91
7	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	East	285.94
8	Humboldt State University	West	285.38
9	Fort Hays State University	South Central	283.54
10	Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville	Great Lakes	283.22
11	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	East	274.46
12	Emporia State University	South Central	274.46
13	Ashland University	Great Lakes	270.17
14	University of Nebraska at Kearney	North Central	261.84
15	University of Mary	North Central	257.70
16	Wheeling Jesuit University	East	256.49
17	Lewis University	Great Lakes	252.40
18	Adams State College	North Central	248.90
19	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Great Lakes	245.84
20	Kentucky State University	South	243.56
21	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	East	232.46
22	Seton Hill University	East	228.77
23	University of Findlay	Great Lakes	221.07
24	Tiffin University	Great Lakes	213.00
25	University of Alabama, Huntsville	South	210.88