Dillard’s Women’s Track & Field Program Is Ranked No. 13 Nationally In The Seventh USTFCCCA National Poll

May 11, 2022

New Orleans – The Dillard women's track & field program moved up a spot and are now ranked at No. 13 nationally in the seventh released 2022 USTFCCCA Coaches' Poll on May 11, the organization announced today

Dillard received a total of 133.67 points in the poll. The program was ranked No. 14 in the first national poll, No. 19 in the second, No. 27 in the third week, No. 24 in the fourth week. The program moved up nine spots after winning the GCAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the first time since 2012 in the fifth week to No. 15. The program again moved up another spot in this week's poll. Dillard is the only school from the GCAC and from the state of Louisiana to be ranked in the top – 25. Earlier in the week, the Dillard women were ranked No. 10 in the USTFCCCA South Region Poll.

The program has the fifth-ranked 200m sprinter in the country (Kevell Byrd), the sixth-ranked 200m sprinter (Jakenzie Thymes), the sixth-ranked triple jumper (Rachel Rowe), the seventh-ranked 200m sprinter (Ryan Smith). the eighth-ranked 400m sprinter (Kevell Byrd), the 10th-ranked 100m sprinter (Kevell Byrd), the 11th-ranked 4x400 relay team (Kevell Byrd, Anginique Andrews, Karmyn Dotson, Ta'Nijal Matthews), the 12th-ranked long jumper (Rachel Rowe) and the 16th-ranked 4x100 relay group (Kevell Byrd, Ta'Nijal Matthews, Rachel Rowe, Ryan Smith) and the 22nd-ranked triple jumper (Leila Walton).

Dillard won the 2022 GCAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship for the fourth time since 2010 on Saturday, April 23. The program had 11 event victories and 34 All-GCAC selections over the course of the two-days of competition. The program followed that up by seeing their 4x400 relay team finish fourth at the prestigious Penn Relays on April 30 with a season-best time of 3:54.65

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

2022 USTFCCCA National Women's Track & Field TFRI (Track & Field Rating Index) Poll – No. 7 (5/11/22)

National Rank ▾	Team	Points	Conference	Region	CHANGE
1	BRITISH COLUMBIA	628.61	Cascade (1)	West	◀▶ (LW: 1)
2	INDIANA TECH	473.21	WHAC (1)	Great Lakes	◀▶ (LW: 2)
3	CONCORDIA (NEB.)	329.44	GPAC (1)	Midwest	▲1 (LW: 4)
4	HASTINGS (NEB.)	304.38	GPAC (2)	Midwest	▲1 (LW: 5)
5	WILLIAM CAREY (MISS.)	300.18	SSAC (2)	South	▼2 (LW: 3)
6	LIFE (GA.)	299.42	Mid-South (1)	South	◀▶ (LW: 6)
7	MARIAN (IND.)	214.47	Crossroads (1)	Great Lakes	◀▶ (LW: 7)
8	OLIVET NAZARENE (ILL.)	205.31	Chicagoland (1)	Midwest	▲1 (LW: 9)
9	AQUINAS (MICH.)	194.40	WHAC (2)	Great Lakes	▼1 (LW: 8)
10	FRIENDS (KAN.)	177.75	KCAC (2)	South Central	▲1 (LW: 11)
11	SOUTHERN OREGON	168.27	Cascade (3)	West	▼1 (LW: 10)
12	TAYLOR (IND.)	135.99	Crossroads (3)	Great Lakes	▲1 (LW: 13)
13	DILLARD (LA.)	133.67	Gulf Coast (1)	South	▲1 (LW: 14)
14	SOUTHEASTERN (FLA.)	131.51	Sun Conference (1)	South	▼2 (LW: 12)
15	DOANE (NEB.)	126.86	GPAC (4)	Midwest	▲4 (LW: 19)
16	ST. FRANCIS (ILL.)	122.64	Chicagoland (2)	Midwest	▲1 (LW: 17)
17	VANGUARD (CALIF.)	118.74	GSAC (1)	West	▼1 (LW: 16)
18	COLLEGE OF IDAHO	116.64	Cascade (4)	West	◀▶ (LW: 18)
19	DORDT (IOWA)	113.95	GPAC (3)	Midwest	▲8 (LW: 27)
20	THE MASTER'S (CALIF.)	112.59	GSAC (2)	West	▼5 (LW: 15)
21	SAINT MARY (KAN.)	111.12	KCAC (1)	South Central	▲2 (LW: 23)
22	COLUMBIA (S.C.)	107.15	AAC (1)	South	▼2 (LW: 20)
23	GRAND VIEW (IOWA)	100.46	The Heart (1)	Midwest	▲6 (LW: 29)
24	CORNERSTONE (MICH.)	99.91	WHAC (3)	Great Lakes	▼3 (LW: 21)
25	CUMBERLAND (TENN.)	99.80	Mid-South (5)	South	▼3 (LW: 22)

Next, Dillard's women's program is heading to the Carey Last Chance Relays on Friday, May 13, starting at 11 a.m.

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