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Sooner Men Listed in Trackwire 25 Ranking
February 17, 2004 | Track and Field
NORMAN, Okla. The Sooner men continue to be ranked in the Trackwire 25 for the sixth consecutive week, coming in tied for 24th. The Sooner women, after joining the ranking for the first time last week in a tie for 21st, dropped out of this week's ranking. The women, however, rank 12th in the United States Track Coaches Association Team Power Ranking this week.
The Sooner men are tied with Tennessee, Mississippi, Houston, Kansas, Colorado and Washington. OU has been in the Trackwire 25 in each of the six weeks, opening the season tied for 14th, Since then the Sooners have been listed 15th, tied for 21st, tied for 19th and tied for 22nd over the last four weeks.
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.
Sooner sophomore DaBryan Blanton is ranked second in the 60-meter dash in the Trackwire Dandy Dozen and continues to rank as the top 60-meter runner in the country in the USTCA Power Ranking.
The Sooner women currently rank 12th in the USTCA Team Power Rankings, up from 19th a week ago. 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.
Senior LaVerne Jones is ranked fifth in the 60 and eighth in the 200 in Trackwire's Dandy Dozen. Jones posted an NCAA automatic qualifying mark in the 200 last Friday in the Tyson Invitational. She ran a 23.47 to finish fourth. Jones also has an NCAA provisional mark in the 60. Sooner freshman Jessica Eldridge, who has NCAA provisional marks in the mile and the 800, is ranked 11th in the mile. Eldridge lowered her NCAA provisional mark in the mile to 4:45.10 in a fourth place finish at the Tyson on Friday. She posted a school record and NCAA provisional mark in the 800 Feb. 6 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 posted by the relay, 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. OU will host the Sooner Indoor, the final home meet of the 2004 season, Saturday.
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