NDSU Women’s Track & Field Ranked 11th in Midwest Region

The North Dakota State women’s track & field team is ranked 11th in the Midwest Region in the latest regional rankings released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday.

NDSU is the highest ranked team from The Summit League in the weekly regional ranking system. The USTFCCCA uses performances on the national descending order lists to calculate where teams stack up against the competition regionally.

The Midwest Region includes all Division I schools in the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota and North Dakota.

The Bison posted four new national Top-50 performances last week at several meets in southern California. Emily Lesser (23rd, hammer throw), Deborah John (41st, 100m hurdles) and Ashley Tingelstad (42nd, 400m dash) each joined Leslie Brost (13th, pole vault) on the national leaderboards. NDSU’s 4x400m relay team of Brittany Page, Paige Stratioti, Antoinette Goodman and Tingelstad currently stands at No. 33 in the nation.

Tingelstad owns the fastest 400m time in the Midwest Region this season at 53.57 seconds, and John is the second-fastest 100m hurdler in the region at 13.53 seconds.

In all, 10 Bison performances from the 2013 outdoor season currently rank in the national Top 100.

NDSU will compete April 25-27 at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.

Midwest Region Rankings

1. Kansas
2. Illinois
3. Iowa State
4. Kansas State
5. Nebraska
6. Oklahoma
7. Missouri
8. Wichita State
9. Minnesota
10. Illinois State
11. North Dakota State
12. Iowa
13. Southern Illinois
14. South Dakota
15. Loyola-Chicago