Men's Outdoor Track & Field climbs into Top-25 in USTFCCCA Power Rankings
May 3, 2017
By Caleb Scott
ADA —The Ohio Northern men's outdoor track and field team climbed into the top-25 for the first time this season in the fifth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings, released Tuesday, May 2.
The Polar Bears (65-16 overall) are coming off of a second place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships.
ONU received 41.18 points in the rankings.
Rowan (N.J.) held on to the top spot with 153.45 points, while Wis-LaCrosse came in second with 141.48 points and Wis.-Whitewater rounded out the top-3 with 116.17 points.
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
| Rank | School | Points |
| 1. | Rowan (N.J.) | 153.45 |
| 2. | Wis.-LaCrosse | 141.48 |
| 3. | Wis.-Whitewater | 116.17 |
| 4. | North Central (Ill.) | 112.07 |
| 5. | SUNY Cortland | 98.24 |
| 6. | Wis.-Stevens Point | 88.89 |
| 7. | Benedictine (Ill.) | 88.61 |
| 8. | Augustana (Ill.) | 85.87 |
| 9. | Mount Union | 85.07 |
| 10. | Aurora (Ill.) | 77.34 |
| 11. | Tufts (Mass.) | 72.78 |
| 12. | Occidental (Cal.) | 68.30 |
| 13. | Texas Lutheran | 66.05 |
| 14. | Pomona-Pitzer (Cal.) | 57.85 |
| 15. | Wis.-Eau Claire | 57.24 |
| 16. | St. John Fisher (N.Y.) | 57.15 |
| 17. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 54.53 |
| 18. | Williams (Mass.) | 51.97 |
| 19. | Wis.-Plateville | 48.03 |
| 20. | Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) | 47.49 |
| 21. | Penn St.-Behrend | 43.81 |
| 22. | Washington (Mo.) | 42.25 |
| 23. | RPI | 41.62 |
| 24. | Ohio Northern | 41.18 |
| 25. | George Fox (Ore.) | 40.69 |