Women's Outdoor Track & Field climbs to No. 9 in second weekly USTFCCCA power rankings
By Caleb Scott
ADA —The Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team climbed to No. 9 in the second weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings, released Tuesday, Apr. 11.
This marks the highest the Polar Bears (47-3 Overall) have ever been ranked during the outdoor season in school history.
ONU received 70.77 points in the rankings.
Washington (Mo.) held the top spot with 184.48 points, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) came in second with 149.54 points and Williams (Mass.) rounded out the top-3 with 121.00 points.
Northern is coming off of a dominating performance at the Marv Frye Invitational where it took first place in the team standings.
The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday, Apr. 15 as they travel to Delaware to compete in the All-Ohio Championships.
USTFCCCA Power Rankings - Week 2
Tues., Apr. 11
| Rank | School | Points |
| 1. | Washington (Mo.) | 185.06 |
| 2. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 140.76 |
| 3. | Williams (Mass.) | 116.18 |
| 4. | MIT | 101.01 |
| 5. | Nebraska Welseyan | 99.26 |
| 6. | Wis.-LaCrosse | 87.84 |
| 7. | Illinois Wesleyan | 82.89 |
| 8. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 82.15 |
| 9. | Ohio Northern | 75.01 |
| 10. | George Fox (Ore.) | 68.98 |
| 11. | Oberlin | 67.22 |
| 12. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 61.10 |
| 13. | Pomona-Pitzer (Cal.) | 60.29 |
| 14. | St. Norbert (Wis.) | 59.68 |
| 15. | SUNY Oneonta | 57.14 |
| 16. | Westminster (Pa.) | 56.24 |
| 17. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 55.64 |
| 18. | Redlands (Cal.) | 53.74 |
| 19. | St. Lawrence (N.Y.) | 52.93 |
| 20. | Wis.-Plateville | 50.84 |
| 21. | Carthage (Wis.) | 50.60 |
| 22. | Concordia Moorhead (Minn.) | 46.99 |
| 23. | SUNY Geneseo | 45.32 |
| 24. | Misericordia (Pa.) | 44.23 |
| 25. | Wis.-Whitewater | 44.22 |