Alabama Men’s Track and Field Ranked Second Nationally Heading into the Postseason
5/9/2022 5:44:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
The Crimson Tide’s latest standing ties the highest in program history when it comes to the Men’s USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Rating Index
NEW ORLEANS – The Alabama men's track and field team is No. 2 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Men's Track & Field Rating Index for the third week in a row with 270.26 points.
Coming in at No. 2 nationally behind Texas (279.44), the Crimson Tide is the top-ranked school in the Southeastern Conference heading into this week's league championships in Oxford, Miss.
The SEC packs the rest of the top-six, with Florida (233.91), LSU (212.49), Georgia (206.81) and Texas A&M (195.19) following Alabama to give the league second-sixth in this week's ratings. Overall, the SEC has eight of the men's top-20, including Tennessee (156.16) at No. 12, Kentucky (142.57) at No. 15 and Arkansas (132.47) at No. 18.
Alabama in the National Top-10
- Eliud Kipsang's collegiate record in the men's 1,500 meters (3:33.74) is ranked No. 1, while his 800-meter effort (1:47.16) has him sitting 10th
- Tarsis Orogot is fourth in the men's 200 meters after posting a career-best 20.15 to close the regular season
- Mercy Chelangat is ranked third in the women's 5,000 meters after posting a 15:17.28 earlier this season
- Isaac Odugbesan shattered a 42-year-old school record in the men's shot put with a toss of 20.66 meters, which ranks him third nationally
- Kieran McKeag went 71.53 meters in the men's hammer at the Crimson Tide Invitational to rank fourth nationally
- The men's 4x100-meter relay of Jekovan Rhetta, Tarsis Orogot, Mason Phillips and Demetrius Jackson laid down a blistering 38.86 which ranks eighth nationally
- Victor Kiprop is eighth (13:24.48) in the 5,000 meters and 10th in the men's 10,000 meters (28:15.72)
- Bobby Colantonio Jr.'s 70.39 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational ranks him 10th nationally in the men's hammer
Up Next
- The Crimson Tide opens the postseason at the SEC Outdoor Championship in Oxford, Miss., May 12-14
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