Wildcats drop down, but remain in USTFCCCA Division II women's top 25...

Central Washington's Alexa Shindruk is ranked
number 14 in Division II in both the 3000 &
5000 meter runs (Paul Merca photo)
NEW ORLEANS—The Central Washington women’s track team dropped seven spots in the latest USTFCCCA Division II indoor track and field rating index released Tuesday.

The Wildcats dropped down to #23 from #16 last week.

Like the Division I rankings released Monday, the rankings only count marks made during the 2019 indoor season.

The nation’s top five women’s teams in Division II are in order: Adams State, Grand Valley State, Lincoln/Missouri, San Francisco State, and UC-Colorado Springs.

Teams from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference ranked in the top 25 include #10 Simon Fraser, and #14 Alaska Anchorage.

In the men’s ranking index, Central Washington is just outside the national top 25 at #34.

Adams State, Ashland, Grand Valley State, Tiffin, and Central Missouri are the nation’s top five Division II men’s teams.

No GNAC schools made the top 25.

The USTFCCCA release is available here.

In Eaubonne, France, Pullman resident Katie Nageotte won her third meet in four days Tuesday when she won the pole vault at the Meeting Féminin du Val d'Oise.

Nageotte cleared a best of 15-9.75 (4.82m) on her first attempt, her best mark over the three meets in France. She had three misses at 16-1.75 (4.92m), which would have been a personal best and a world leading mark for this season.

Former Washington State volunteer assistant coach and University of Idaho alum Liga Velvere of Latvia won the 800 in a time of 2:01.10.

Results of the Meeting Féminin du Val d'Oise, are available here.

NOTE: The USTFCCCA and the French Athletics Federation contributed to this report.

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