Women's Outdoor Track & Field ranked No. 9 in USTFCCCA pre-championships rankings
By Caleb Scott
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team remained in the top-10 in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) pre-championship power rankings, released on Monday afternoon.
The Polar Bears are ranked in the top-10 for the seventh time in eight weekly editions of the rankings.
ONU received 91.16 points in the rankings, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) is ranked No. 1 with 125.05 points, Williams (Mass.) was ranked second with 114.66 points and UMass Boston rounded out the top-3 with 112.95 points.
Six women will represent the Polar Bears this weekend as they compete in the 2018 Outdoor NCAA Div. III National Championships in La Crosse, Wis.
USTFCCCA Power Rankings - Pre-Championships
May 21, 2018
| Rank | School | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 125.05 | 2 |
| 2. | Williams (Mass.) | 114.66 | 8 |
| 3. | UMass Boston | 112.95 | 3 |
| 4. | Wis.-Eau Claire | 105.86 | 1 |
| 5. | George Fox (Ore.) | 104.88 | 4 |
| 6. | Whitworth (Wash.) | 101.77 | 5 |
| 7. | Washington (Mo.) | 101.25 | 6 |
| 8. | Emory (Ga.) | 100.97 | 7 |
| 9. | Ohio Northern | 91.16 | 9 |
| 10. | MIT | 83.60 | 10 |
| 11. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 80.10 | 17 |
| 12. | Oberlin | 72.21 | 11 |
| 13. | Brockport (N.Y.) | 71.08 | 15 |
| 14. | SUNY Geneseo | 64.58 | 16 |
| 15. | Westfield State (Mass.) | 62.92 | 14 |
| 16. | Carthage (Wis.) | 62.85 | 13 |
| 17. | Redlands (Cal.) | 62.15 | 27 |
| 18. | Wis.-LaCrosse | 59.88 | 20 |
| 19. | Nebraska Wesleyan | 58.89 | 12 |
| 20. | Wis.-Whitewater | 57.04 | 19 |
| 21. | Rowan (N.J) | 56.46 | 54 |
| 22. | Wis.-Stout | 51.27 | 25 |
| 23. | Occidental (Cal.) | 50.89 | 39 |
| 24. | Dubuque (Iowa) | 48.66 | 21 |
| 25. | Illinois Wesleyan | 48.17 | 24 |