Women's Track & Field cracks top-25 in fourth weekly USTFCCCA national power rankings
By Blake Moore
ADA — The Ohio Northern women's track and field program moved up 31 spots this week to No. 25 on the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association indoor national power rankings, the national office announced Tuesday afternoon.
In the fourth weekly power rankings, the Polar Bears earned 31.67 team points.
Washington (Mo.) resides atop the power rankings list with 164.43 points. Meanwhile, Williams (Mass.) and Loras (Iowa) sit second and third with 124.42 and 103.07 points, respectively.
Additionally, Northern ranks sixth on the Great Lakes Region power rankings list. Five of the top-six teams in the region are Ohio Athletic Conference members, including Otterbein, Mount Union, John Carroll, Baldwin Wallace, and Ohio Northern.
The Polar Bears are scheduled to compete in the Flag City Open at Findlay this Saturday, February 16 to conclude their pre-OAC Championship slate.
USTFCCCA National Power Rankings - Week 4
Feb. 12, 2019
| Rank | School | Pts. | Last Week |
| 1. | Washington (Mo.) | 164.43 | 1 |
| 2. | Williams (Mass.) | 124.42 | 3 |
| 3. | Loras (Iowa) | 103.07 | 5 |
| 4. | George Fox (Ore.) | 91.67 | 8 |
| 5. | MIT | 88.46 | 4 |
| 6. | UW-LaCrosse | 84.57 | 6 |
| 7. | SUNY Geneseo | 80.79 | 9 |
| 8. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 80.75 | 2 |
| 9. | Nebraska Wesleyan | 75.13 | 7 |
| 10. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 74.34 | 38 |
| 11. | UW-Oshkosh | 70.79 | 10 |
| 12. | Brandeis (Mass.) | 63.32 | 13 |
| 13. | Coast Guard (Conn.) | 62.76 | 12 |
| 14. | Univ. of Chicago | 52.81 | 20 |
| 15. | Albion (Mich.) | 52.64 | 15 |
| 16. | Stevens (N.J.) | 50.73 | 11 |
| 17. | Carthage (Wis.) | 46.29 | 16 |
| 18. | Dubuque (Iowa) | 45.01 | 34 |
| 19. | Rochester (N.Y.) | 41.54 | 21 |
| 20. | Wartburg (Iowa) | 39.09 | 32 |
| 21. | RPI (N.Y.) | 39.05 | 35 |
| 22. | WPI (Mass.) | 35.07 | 19 |
| 23. | Bates (Maine) | 32.72 | 65 |
| 24. | UW-Stevens Point | 32.30 | 18 |
| 25. | Ohio Northern | 31.67 | 56 |