Yet Another Title For Oregon As Season Ends
compiled by Jesse Squire
May 03, 2016
May 3—Oregon held on to win the Collegiate Women’s Dual Meet Championship, its fourth in the five years since the rankings were revived.
Robert Johnson’s team competed in just one “dual” meet, but it was a good one, as they defeated #4 Penn State, #5 Washington and #6 USC in their traditional Pepsi Team Invitational at Hayward Field.
#2 Texas A&M has yet to win this championship, but this is the Aggies’ third runner-up finish in the last four years.
Purdue’s #3 finish is the highest final ranking ever by a Big 10 women’s team, surpassing Illinois’s #4 in ’93.
The complete rankings:
| Rank | Team (record) | Last week | |
| 1 | Oregon (3-0) | 1 | |
| 2 | Texas A&M (6-0) | 2 | |
| 3 | Purdue (2-0) | 3 | |
| 4 | Penn State (2-1) | 4 | |
| 5 | Washington (2-2) | 5 | |
| 6 | USC (4-3) | 6 | |
| 7 | Florida (1-1-1) | 7 | |
| 8 | Texas (1-1-1) | 8 | |
| 9 | UCLA (5-2) | 9 | |
| 10 | Stanford (1-0) | 14 | |
| 11 | Nebraska (6-0) | 16 | |
| 12 | Kansas (7-1) | 12 | |
| 13 | Oklahoma (2-1) | 13 | |
| 14 | LSU (3-0) | 10 | |
| 15 | Michigan (2-0) | 11 | |
| 16 | Texas Tech (1-2) | 17 | |
| 17 | Duke (3-2) | 15 | |
| 18 | Arizona State (1-3) | 22 | |
| 19 | Missouri (2-0) | 18 | |
| 20 | Indiana (0-2-1) | 20 | |
| 21 | Minnesota (2-2) | 23 | |
| 22 | Kansas State (3-2) | 24 | |
| 23 | Tennessee (0-0-1) | 21 | |
| 24 | Wichita State (6-5) | 25 | |
| 25 | Colorado State (5-3) | not ranked | |
| Dropped out: Arizona | |||
To be ranked, a team must compete in one or more dual meets (defined as a scored meet between four or fewer teams) during the indoor or outdoor season. Teams are ranked on wins and losses, marks, and strength and depth of dual meet schedule. Teams are rewarded for taking dual meet competition seriously.
Regional Rankings
Rankings in four broad national regions are below.
| East | Midwest | ||
| 1 | Penn State (2-1) | 1 | Purdue (2-0) |
| 2 | Princeton (4-0) | 2 | Nebraska (6-0) |
| 3 | Harvard (2-1) | 3 | Kansas (7-1) |
| 4 | Dartmouth (4-0) | 4 | Oklahoma (2-1) |
| 5 | Maryland (2-1) | 5 | Michigan (2-0) |
| 6 | Penn (1-2) | 6 | Missouri (2-0) |
| 7 | UMass Amherst (2-0) | 7 | Indiana (0-2-1) |
| 8 | Navy (6-1) | 8 | Minnesota (2-2) |
| 9 | Army (2-3) | 9 | Kansas State (3-2) |
| 10 | Albany (1-0) | 10 | Wichita State (6-5) |
| 11 | Northeastern (1-1) | 11 | Akron (4-0) |
| 12 | Maine (5-2) | 12 | Ohio State (0-3) |
| 13 | New Hampshire (4-2) | 13 | Wisconsin (1-1) |
| 14 | Stony Brook (5-0) | 14 | South Dakota (3-0) |
| 15 | Columbia (1-7) | 15 | North Dakota State (2-1) |
| 16 | Yale (0-5) | 16 | Notre Dame (0-1) |
| 17 | St. John’s (1-1) | 17 | Indiana State (4-0) |
| 18 | Lehigh (1-1) | 18 | Southern Illinois (3-1) |
| 19 | Towson (1-1) | 19 | Eastern Michigan (3-0) |
| 20 | Maryland-En Shore (2-1) | 20 | Kent State (2-2) |
| 21 | Delaware (1-2) | 21 | Iowa State (3-0) |
| 22 | La Salle (1-2) | 22 | Illinois (1-2) |
| 23 | Providence (0-3) | 23 | Northern Iowa (2-1) |
| 24 | FDU (1-1) | 24 | Iowa (1-4) |
| 25 | Vermont (1-7) | 25 | Illinois State (0-4) |
| South | West | ||
| 1 | Texas A&M (6-0) | 1 | Oregon (3-0) |
| 2 | Florida (1-1-1) | 2 | Washington (2-2) |
| 3 | Texas (1-1-1) | 3 | USC (4-3) |
| 4 | LSU (3-0) | 4 | UCLA (5-2) |
| 5 | Duke (3-2) | 5 | Stanford (1-0) |
| 6 | Tennessee (0-0-1) | 6 | Texas Tech (1-2) |
| 7 | Virginia (3-0) | 7 | Arizona State (1-3) |
| 8 | Florida State (1-2) | 8 | Colorado State (5-3) |
| 9 | North Carolina (3-2) | 9 | Arizona (1-2) |
| 10 | UCF (0-0) | 10 | UCSB (8-0) |
| 11 | Houston (1-1) | 11 | UC Davis (5-2) |
| 12 | Liberty (2-0) | 12 | Washington State (0-3) |
| 13 | East Carolina (1-2) | 13 | California (1-3) |
| 14 | Rice (0-3) | 14 | Sac State (6-1) |
| 15 | South Alabama (3-0) | 15 | Wyoming (3-1) |
| 16 | NC State (0-3) | 16 | Utah State (3-3) |
| 17 | Georgia State (2-1) | 17 | UNLV (2-4) |
| 18 | TCU (0-2) | 18 | Montana State (9-2) |
| 19 | Northwestern Louisiana (2-1) | 19 | Eastern Washington (1-3) |
| 20 | SEn Louisiana (1-2) | 20 | Montana (5-6) |
| 21 | Marshall (2-0) | 21 | Long Beach State (5-3) |
| 22 | VCU (2-0) | 22 | Weber State (1-2) |
| 23 | Hampton (1-1) | 23 | Cal Poly/SLO (1-2) |
| 24 | La-Lafayette (0-3) | 24 | UC San Diego (1-1) |
| 25 | High Point (1-1) | 25 | Cal State Fullerton (1-2) |
Stat Corner
National dual meet records were tied or broken in six events this year, highlighted by an overall American Collegiate Record by Southern Illinois hammer thrower Deanna Price against SIU-Edwardsville.
The records set this year:
200 meters: 22.71, Deanna Hill (USC) vs Washington-Penn State-Oregon
400 meters: 50.91, Jade Stepter (USC), vs Florida-Texas-Ohio State
4×100 relay: 42.88, Oregon, vs USC-Washington-Penn State
4×400 relay: 3:29.73, USC, vs Florida-Texas-Ohio State
Hammer: 72.66 | 238-5, Deanna Price (Southern Illinois), vs SIU-Edwardsville
Javelin: 59.09 | 193-10, Maggie Malone (Texas A&M), vs UCLA