ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The 16th-ranked University of New Mexico women’s track & field team remained in the top 25 of Monday’s edition of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings.
Heading into the NCAA West Preliminary Round this week in Sacramento, California, the Lobo women’s team posted their third straight appearance in the top 25. Overall, this is the 19th week in program history that the UNM women have been ranked top 25.
The rankings are calculated using only NCAA Preliminary Round entries, plus superior preseason marks in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs.
The UNM women combined to tally 122.92 points and are the nation’s top-ranked women’s team from a non-Power Five conference.
Four athletes contributed all of the team’s points, with Ednah Kurgat, Alice Wright, Weini Kelati and Charlotte Prouse all chipping in over 28 points each.
Kurgat, the NCAA leader in the 5000, leads the bunch with her nation-leading and school-record time of 15:20.06 that merited 34.79 points. Kelati added 30.09 points from her third-ranked season best of 15:22.71 in the 5000.
Prouse and Wright also posted significant points. Prouse added 29.79 points with her time of third-ranked 9:50.47 in the 3000 steeplechase, while Wright added 28.26 points with her fourth-ranked and school-record time of 32:15.73 in the 5000.
The New Mexico men, behind The Bowerman Watch List member Josh Kerr and his collegiate record of 3:35.01 in the 1500, are ranked 57th in the men’s version of the rankings.
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