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LADY TIGERS UP TO NO. 2, TIGERS REMAIN NO. 4 IN TRACK POWER RANKINGS
BATON
ROUGE – After wrapping up the regular season by playing host to the LSU
Twilight on Friday night, the Lady Tigers have moved up one spot to No.
2 and the Tigers have remained firm at No. 4 in the latest U.S. Track
& Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Top 25 power rankings.
The
teams are ready to kick off the championship season this weekend as
they compete in an always deep field at the 2012 Southeastern
Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships scheduled for Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at the Nutter Field House in Lexington, Ky.
The
Lady Tigers will look to defend their SEC Indoor crown against a field
that features four other ranked teams, including No. 4 Arkansas, No. 6
Florida, No. 8 Tennessee and No. 22 South Carolina.
The
Lady Tigers claimed their league-leading 12th SEC Indoor team title
all-time a season ago by the total of 135-118 over homestanding
Arkansas at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
If
the Tigers hope to improve upon a third-place finish at the SEC Indoor
Championships a year ago, they will do so against one of the strongest
fields in recent history as the conference features six teams that will
compete this weekend. The Tigers are joined in the latest men’s power
rankings by No. 1 Arkansas, No. 2 Florida, No. 17 Auburn, No. 22 Ole
Miss and No. 24 Georgia.
The Lady Tigers jumped Clemson
for the No. 2 spot in this week’s women’s power rankings thanks to the
performance of sophomore Denise Hinton in claiming the women’s 20-pound
weight throw Friday during the LSU Twilight meet with her sixth
personal best in as many meets this season.
Hinton
shattered her own school record in the event with a seasonal-best mark
of 68 feet, 3 ¼ inches for a No. 8 national ranking while taking one
step closer to qualification for the NCAA Championships.
USTFCCCA Top 25
WOMEN
Team (Points) Last Week
1. Oregon (187.45) 1
2. LSU (150.09) 3
3. Clemson (145.11) 2
4. Arkansas (135.94) 4
5. Texas A&M (75.61) 5
6. Florida (69.45) 7
7. Kansas (68.71) 6
8. Tennessee (63.80) 8
9. Southern Illinois (62.71) 10
10. Ohio State (59.98) 18
11. Texas (59.64) 12
12. Texas Tech (59.62) 9
13. Iowa State (59.53) 13
14. BYU (56.69) 14
15. Central Florida (54.79) 11
16. Arizona (54.32) 15
17. Wisconsin (53.27) 16
18. Stanford (49.18) 17
19. California (46.94) 19
20. Georgetown (46.19) 20
21. Florida State (43.47) 21
22. South Carolina (41.58) 24
23. Washington (38.70) 22
24. Michigan State (37.24) 23
25. UC-Santa Barbara (35.83) 25
MEN
Team (Points) Last Week
1. Arkansas (164.42) 1
2. Florida (154.42) 2
3. Texas A&M (121.81) 3
4. LSU (112.49) 4
5. Texas (85.18) 6
6. Arizona (83.64) 5
7. Arizona State (77.80) 7
8. Minnesota (75.19) 11
9. Virginia Tech (71.50) 8
10. Mississippi State (70.52) 9
11. Indiana (61.77) 10
12. Stanford (56.72) 12
13. Ohio State (52.45) 19
14. Kansas State (51.92) 13
15. Nebraska (50.14) 15
16. BYU (48.70) 14
17. Auburn (44.50) 16
18. Penn State (41.25) 17
19. Oregon (40.69) 20
20. Florida State (38.37) 21
21. Oklahoma (37.45) 23
22. Ole Miss (37.13) 22
23. Northern Arizona (36.41) 25
24. Georgia (36.02) 18
25. Princeton (34.40) 24
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