April 26, 2011
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By Pat Salvas
UCFAthletics.com
ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFAthletics.com) - Following an off-weekend, the UCF outdoor track & field team made a return appearance to the Top 25 in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) weekly rankings. The Knights jumped from No. 27 last week to the No. 17 spot in this week's most recent poll.
UCF last ran on April 16 at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville. Junior Jackie Coward earned Conference USA Female Track & Field Athlete of the Week honors for breaking two school records at the annual meet hosted by Florida. Coward set new UCF marks in the 100- and 400-meter hurdles in 12.96 and 57.78, respectively. Her 12.96 in the 100-meter hurdles is the fastest wind-legal mark in the nation this season.
The Knights made their first appearance in the Top 25 earlier this season when they moved from No. 45 to No. 25 in the April 6 rankings. UCF joins No. 15 SMU as the only two teams from C-USA to crack the national rankings this week.
Head coach Caryl Smith Gilbert and several members of the Knights will return to competition this weekend when they head to Philadelphia and the historic Penn Relays beginning Thursday morning.
| Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings | |||
| 2011 Week #4 - April 26 | |||
| next ranking: May 3 | |||
| Rank | School | Points | Last Week |
| 1 | LSU | 339.35 | 2 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 297.72 | 1 |
| 3 | Oregon | 280.32 | 3 |
| 4 | Clemson | 263.46 | 5 |
| 5 | Southern California | 218.85 | 4 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 204.21 | 6 |
| 7 | Arizona | 187.32 | 8 |
| 8 | Texas | 181.67 | 7 |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 160.85 | 15 |
| 10 | Arizona State | 159.10 | 10 |
| 11 | Arkansas | 158.20 | 9 |
| 12 | Baylor | 151.04 | 14 |
| 13 | Auburn | 149.30 | 11 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 118.76 | 31 |
| 15 | SMU | 113.94 | 18 |
| 16 | Tennessee | 110.80 | 13 |
| 17 | UCF | 107.02 | 27 |
| 18 | Nebraska | 106.83 | 41 |
| 19 | Georgia | 102.14 | 20 |
| 20 | Southern Illinois | 100.91 | 22 |
| 21 | Washington State | 100.23 | 19 |
| 22 | BYU | 94.83 | 24 |
| 23 | Colorado | 92.51 | 16 |
| 24 | TCU | 91.63 | 23 |
| 25 | Kansas State | 88.66 | 33 |
| droppped out: No. 12 Florida State, No. 17 Stanford, No. 21 Miami (Fla.), No. 25 Kansas | |||
| Women's Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Big 12 | 1433.32 | 8 |
| 2 | Pac-10 | 1186.86 | 5 |
| 3 | SEC | 1070.99 | 5 |
| 4 | ACC | 758.86 | 2 |
| 5 | Conference USA | 433.88 | 2 |
| 6 | Big Ten | 402.64 | |
| 7 | BIG EAST | 363.90 | |
| 8 | Mountain West | 305.93 | 2 |
| 9 | Missouri Valley | 178.00 | 1 |
| 10 | Big West | 130.00 | |