No. 5 regional ranking for Central men’s track squad

Central College

PELLA — Coming off a second-place finish at last weekend’s Iowa Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Central College men’s track team moved up a spot in a new U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Central Region poll.

Rankings are based off placement in the National Descending Order Lists. Those lists are organized by top finishes of Division III athletes of the same region in each event that will be contested at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships. The higher an athlete sits on the list, the more points he or she adds to his or her team’s total. These points do not reflect placement or scoring at the NCAA Championships, but is to show the individuals and teams that have the best chances at scoring well at said meet.

The University of St. Thomas (Minn.) maintained its status the atop men’s rankings. Wartburg College, Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Dubuque fill in the gap between the Tommies and the Dutch.

With the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships less than two weeks away, the Dutch will have some final opportunities to qualify for the national meet. Central athletes will potentially go to four different last chance meets this weekend at St. Olaf (Minn.), Wis.-Platteville, Wis.-Stevens Point or Wartburg looking to improve their times and marks.