Women's Track Falls To No. 2 In Nation

May 9, 2006

Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami women’s track and field team dropped one spot to No. 2 in this week’s Trackwire 25 rankings release Monday night.

Miami, which was tied with Texas at No. 1 last week with 61 points, lost two points in this week’s rankings despite not competing due to finals.

The Hurricanes have had 15 student-athletes record 27 NCAA Regional qualifying marks in 16 different events this season. The NCAA East Regional will be held, May 26-27, in Greensboro, N.C. The NCAA Championships will be June 7-10 in Sacramento, Calif.

Miami returns to action, May 12-13, at the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta, Ga.

TRACKWIRE 25 RANKINGS(May 8, 2006)1. Texas, 632. Miami, 593. USC, 47t4. Nebraska, 43t4. Georgia, 436. Arizona State, 357. Auburn, 348. LSU, 319. South Carolina, 2910. UCLA, 25t11. North Carolina, 22t11. Stanford, 2213. Oregon, 2014. Florida State, 1815. Michigan, 1516. Tennessee, 1417. Texas A&M, 13t18. Colorado, 11t18. Illinois, 11t20. Villanova, 10t20. Iowa, 10t20. Houston, 10t20. Air Force, 10t20. Minnesota, 10t20. Penn State, 10t20. Brown, 10