Women's Indoor Track And Field Sits Fifth In USTFCCCA Northeast Rankings
Photo: Alli Rogers
Week 1 USTFCCCA Rankings
Week 2 USTFCCCA Rankings
ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany women's indoor track
and field team is ranked fifth in the Week 2 Northeast Region Index by the U.S.
Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) with a total
of 160.62 points. Ranked fourth (181.78) in the first week's release, the Great
Danes are off to a promising start in the 2013 season.
The UAlbany women own the America East's top results in
seven events so far this season and have rewritten five program records. Senior
Alli Rogers ranks first in the league with her 56.16
second time in the 400m dash. In addition, the 4x400m relay squad consisting of
Rogers, Aderinsola Ajala, Tynelle Taylor-Chase, and Dominique Claudio own the
conferences' top finish (3:46.52).
Junior Kathryn Fanning has been a part of three program
records and top league times this winter, shattering the mile (4:45.88),
1,000m (2:46.70), and the distance medley relay (11:40.00)
previous bests. Fanning was joined by Sherez Mohamed, Brianne
Bellon, and Miranda McConnell in this season's NCAA Division I 19th-fastest
DMR time, set at the Boston University Terrier Classic (1/26).
In the field, senior Pat McNish has been dominant in the
America East with top long jump (19'
9.5") and triple jump (40'
3.25") marks. McNish also owns the program long jump record.
National team rankings are compiled by mathematical formulae
based on national descending order lists and data taken from previous seasons.
For the preseason ranking and early-season rankings, data is taken from
previous seasons as well as the current season. The purpose and methodology of
the rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best
potential of achieving the top spots in the national-team race.
The Great Danes are back in action this Friday and Saturday
at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational at the NYC Armory. It will represent
the squad's final test before the America East Championship, set for Feb. 11-12
in Boston, Mass.
