Dillard’s Women’s Track & Field Program Is Ranked No. 16 Nationally In The Eighth USTFCCCA National Poll
New Orleans – The Dillard women's track & field program are now ranked at No. 16 nationally in the eighth released 2022 USTFCCCA Coaches' Poll on May 18, the organization announced today
Dillard received a total of 127.27 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 last week's poll to No. 13. The program fell a total of three spots in this week's poll to No. 16. 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 12th-ranked 100m sprinter (Kevell Byrd), the 14th-ranked 4x400 relay team (Kevell Byrd, Anginique Andrews, Karmyn Dotson, Ta'Nijal Matthews), the 15th-ranked long jumper (Rachel Rowe), the 23nd-ranked triple jumper (Leila Walton) and the 24th-ranked 4x100 relay group (Kevell Byrd, Ta'Nijal Matthews, Rachel Rowe, Ryan Smith).
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 program ended up finishing third overall last time at the Carey Last Chance Meet on May 13. The program had two event victories (Rachel Rowe – triple jump and the 4x100 relay team) and three top-three finishes on the day.
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. 8 (5/18/22)
|
National |
Team |
Points |
Conference |
Region |
CHANGE |
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1 |
Cascade (1) |
West |
◀▶ |
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2 |
WHAC (1) |
Great Lakes |
◀▶ |
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|
3 |
SSAC (2) |
South |
▲2 |
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|
4 |
GPAC (1) |
Midwest |
▼1 |
||
|
5 |
GPAC (2) |
Midwest |
▼1 |
||
|
6 |
Mid-South (1) |
South |
◀▶ |
||
|
7 |
Crossroads (1) |
Great Lakes |
◀▶ |
||
|
8 |
WHAC (2) |
Great Lakes |
▲1 |
||
|
9 |
Chicagoland (1) |
Midwest |
▼1 |
||
|
10 |
Cascade (3) |
West |
▲1 |
||
|
11 |
KCAC (2) |
South Central |
▼1 |
||
|
12 |
GSAC (2) |
West |
▲8 |
||
|
13 |
Chicagoland (2) |
Midwest |
▲3 |
||
|
14 |
Cascade (6) |
West |
▲22 |
||
|
15 |
GPAC (4) |
Midwest |
◀▶ |
||
|
16 |
Gulf Coast (1) |
South |
▼3 |
||
|
17 |
Crossroads (3) |
Great Lakes |
▼5 |
||
|
18 |
Cascade (4) |
West |
◀▶ |
||
|
19 |
Mid-South (5) |
South |
▲6 |
||
|
20 |
Frontier (1) |
West |
▲7 |
||
|
21 |
GSAC (1) |
West |
▼4 |
||
|
22 |
Sun Conference (1) |
South |
▼8 |
||
|
23 |
AAC (1) |
South |
▼1 |
||
|
24 |
WHAC (3) |
Great Lakes |
◀▶ |
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|
25 |
KCAC (1) |
South Central |
▼4 |
Next, Dillard's women's program is off to compete at the 2022 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama at Mickey Blackwell Stadium from May 25-27.
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