Men's Outdoor Track & Field climbs five spots in fourth weekly USTFCCCA power rankings
April 26, 2017
By Caleb Scott
ADA —The Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team climbed five spots to No. 29 in the fourth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings, released Tuesday, Apr. 25.
The Polar Bears (57-15 overall) are coming off of a second place finish at the Polar Bear Invitational.
ONU received 39.37 points in the rankings.
Rowan (N.J.) took the top spot with 147.55 points, while Wis-LaCrosse came in second with 139.33 points and Wis.-Whitewater rounded out the top-3 with 122.41 points.
The Polar Bears will return to action Friday, Apr. 28 - Saturday, Apr. 29 as they travel to New Concord to compete in the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships.
USTFCCCA Power Rankings - Week 4
Tues., Apr. 25
| Rank | School | Points |
| 1. | Rowan (N.J.) | 147.55 |
| 2. | Wis.-LaCrosse | 139.33 |
| 3. | Wis.-Whitewater | 122.41 |
| 4. | North Central (Ill.) | 110.07 |
| 5. | SUNY Cortland | 106.01 |
| 6. | Wis.-Stevens Point | 105.54 |
| 7. | Benedictine (Ill.) | 104.60 |
| 8. | Augustana (Ill.) | 90.60 |
| 9. | Aurora (Ill.) | 79.97 |
| 10. | Tufts (Mass.) | 79.81 |
| 11. | Mount Union |
79.65 |
| 12. | Pomona-Pitzer (Cal.) | 72.41 |
| 13. | Wis.-Eau Claire | 69.77 |
| 14. | Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) | 57.53 |
| 15. | Wis.-Plateville | 53.70 |
| 16. | Texas Lutheran | 49.80 |
| 17. | George Fox (Ore.) | 48.78 |
| 18. | Washington (Mo.) | 48.59 |
| 19. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 48.53 |
| 20. | St. John Fisher (N.Y.) | 45.19 |
| 21. | Case Western Reserve | 44.40 |
| 22. | Simpson (Iowa) | 44.08 |
| 23. | Linfield (Ore.) | 43.70 |
| 24. | SUNY Geneseo | 43.43 |
| 25. | MIT | 43.16 |
| 26. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 41.32 |
| 27. | Penn St.-Behrend | 40.51 |
| 28. | Central (Iowa) | 40.16 |
| 29. | Ohio Northern | 39.37 |
| 30. | Occidental (Cal.) | 39.34 |