Moll twins' 1-2 finish in Tucson help Dawgs move up four spots in USTFCCCA D1 ranking index...
NEW ORLEANS--Thanks to the 1-2 finish in the pole vault at last week's Desert Heat Classic in Tucson by twin sisters Amanda (UW Athletics photo) and Hana Moll, the Washington women's team moved up four spots in the latest USTFCCCA Division I Women's Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index, released Tuesday morning.
The Huskies, who were number 13 last week, moved to number 9 in this week's ranking index, based on two top-20 marks on the national descending order list by the twins.
Amanda's outdoor collegiate record clearance of 15-7.25 (4.76m) and Hana's second place finish at 15-3 (4.65m) moved the twins into the top two spots in Division I this season.
The winning mark by Amanda broke the previous outdoor collegiate record of 15-7 (4.75m) set by Brynn King of Roberts Wesleyan earlier this season at the Texas Relays. In the process, Amanda unified the collegiate records in the pole vault, as she already holds the absolute collegiate record of 16-1.25 (4.91m) set at the Big Ten indoor championships in Indianapolis.
The nation's top five women's' teams are in order: Georgia, Texas A&M, USC, Arkansas, and BYU.
Big Ten teams in the top 25 include number 8 Oregon, number 17 Illinois, number 19 Nebraska, and number 20 UCLA.
On the men's side, long jumper Prestin Artis' outdoor personal best of 25-10 (7.87m) in Tucson was not enough to keep the Washington men in the top 25 as they fell to number 29 from 23 in last week's index.
The nation's top five teams are in order: USC, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Nebraska, and Georgia.
Minnesota at number 7, Iowa at 18, and Wisconsin at 23 are the other Big Ten men's teams in the top 25.
In Division II, Central Washington is the only team in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference ranked in the top 25 in either the women's or men's national rating indexes, coming in at number 16.
Grand Valley State, Pittsburg State, West Texas A&M, Adams State, and Minnesota State are the nation's top five women's teams, while on the men's side, Pittsburg State, West Texas A&M, Wingate, Grand Valley State, and Missouri Southern are the nation's top five teams.
MISSED OVER THE WEEKEND...
Batt-Doyle, who is returning to the roads after making her second Australian Olympic team in the 5000 last year, ran a national record 30:44 over the course that ran by the Japan National Stadium, where the World Athletics Track & Field Championships will be contested in September.
She lowered her previous national record of 31:15 in the process.
Joy Cheptoyek of Uganda won the race in 30:22, with Samiyah Hassan Nour of Djibouti second in 30:40.
NOTE: The sports information office of the University of Washington, the USTFCCCA and ASICS contributed to this report.
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