The Dillard Men’s Track & Field Program Is Ranked No. 11 in the South Region in the Eighth USTFCCCA Outdoor Poll

New Orleans  – The Dillard men's track & field program is ranked at No. 11 for the third straight week in the South Region in the eighth released 2022 USTFCCCA Outdoor Coaches' Poll on May 16, the organization announced today.

Dillard received a total of 284.52 points in the poll. The program stayed the same from last three weeks. DU is one of only two to be ranked in the GCAC along with Edward Waters (No. 23) and are the top ranked team in the state of Louisiana ahead of both Xavier (No. 15) and Loyola (No. 31). The program was ranked No. 5 in the South Region in each of the first two polls of the season, were seventh in week three, eighth in week four, ranked 10th in week five and No. 11 in last week's and in this week's poll.

The program has the second-ranked 4x100 relay group in the country (Willie McCaulley, Cody Branch, Kaleb McClendon and Jamaal Morris Jr.), the third-fastest 100m sprinter (Cody Branch), the fourth-ranked 200m sprinter (Jamaal Morris Jr.), the seventh-ranked 100m sprinter (Jamaal Morris Jr.), the 10th-ranked 200m sprinter (Cody Branch), the 14th-fastest 4x400m team (Cody Branch, Jamaal Morris Jr., Benjamin Todd and Kaleb McClendon), the 18th-ranked 400m sprinter (Cody Branch), the 21st 200m sprinter (Kaleb McClendon), the 23rd triple jumper (Julian Williams), the 25th-ranked 400m sprinter (Jamaal Morris Jr.).

Dillard won the 2022 GCAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship for the fourth time since 2010 on Saturday, April 23. The program had 15 event victories and 40 All-GCAC selections over the course of the two-days of competition. The program finished that up by seeing Jamaal Morris Jr. placing 17th in the 100m at the Penn Relays on April 29. DU saw their 4x100 relay team of Jamaal Morris Jr., Cody Branch, Kaleb McClendon and Willie McCaulley) get the invitation to the meet, but were not able to compete due to injury. The program finished second overall at the Carey Last Chance Meet on May 13. The program had four top-three finishes, four season bests and two event victories during the competition (the 4x100 relay team and Julian Williams in the triple jump)

The national poll was voted on by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences around the country.

2022 UTFCCCA Outdoor Men's Track & Field South Region Poll – No. 8 (5/16/22)

Next, Dillard's men's program will send a delegation of competitors to Gulf Shores, Alabama for the 2022 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships from May 25-27.

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