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Sooner Women and Men Listed in Trackwire 25 Ranking
February 10, 2004 | Track and Field
After impressive performances last weekend in South Bend, Ind., the OU women have joined the Sooner men in the top 25 of the Trackwire power ranking this week. The Sooner women also rank in the top 25 in the United States Track Coaches Association Team Power Ranking this week.
The OU women, unranked through the first four weeks of the Trackwire top 25, are tied for 21st in the fifth ranking list of the season. The Trackwire 25 projects a hypothetical score for the NCAA meet, factoring in injury reports and other variables supported by information gathered from coaches and NCAA-qualifying competitions across the country. This projection is generated by scoring the Dandy Dozen, a power ranking of the top 12 athletes and relay squads in each NCAA event.
Senior LaVerne Jones continues to be ranked among the top five in the 60 meter dash in the Dandy Dozen. She is fourth this week. Sooner freshman Jessica Eldridge, who has NCAA provisional marks in the mile and the 800, is ranked fifth in the mile. Eldridge posted a school record and NCAA provisional mark in the 800 last weekend at the Meyo Invitational in South Bend with a 2:06.33. She also anchored OU's distance medley relay which shattered a Sooner school record that had stood for 23 years. The time the relay ran on Friday, 11:30.53, also beat the NCAA provisional mark.
The Dandy Dozen is selected using quantitative values that measure performances in past major competitions (such as conference championships, national championships and Olympic competition), durability and freedom from injuries, demonstrated ability to compete well in multiple rounds of competition, ability in other events, head-to-head competition with other top athletes, and personal or seasonal bests. The ranking in the Team Power Ranking is based on time alone.
The OU women are ranked 19th in the USTCA Team Power Rankings. The Team Power Ranking is a unique system of ranking teams on the basis of quality of athletic performance, team depth, and dual meet scoring potential. The system rates teams in the same fashion as decathlete or heptathlete. Points are assigned for two athletes in each event contested in a dual meet and points are assigned on the basis of quality of performance. The top person in each event has his/her points doubled to adjust for the value of the number one performer on each team in a dual meet. The points for all events are then totaled for the ranking score.
The Sooner men dropped into a tie for 22nd in the fifth week of the Trackwire 25. OU was tied for 19th in last week's top 25. OU has been ranked in each of the five rankings issued this season. The Sooner men opened the season tied for 14th, dropped to 15th the second week and were tied for 21st the third week.
Sooner sophomore DaBryan Blanton continues to rank as the top 60-meter runner in the country in the Dandy Dozen and the USTCA Power Ranking. The Sooners will travel to the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend.
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