May 15, 2002
COLUMBIA, S.C. – In the latest poll by Trackwire.com, the South Carolina Gamecocks placed both track and field teams in the top 10 spots in the nation. The Women’s team, the 2002 SEC Champions, vaulted into second place, ahead of Louisiana State and Southern Cal. The men’s team is currently ranked ninth in the nation after finishing seventh at the SEC Championships. That ninth spot is behind five SEC teams that are ranked in the top four. Tennessee, LSU, Arkansas, are in the top three spots with Florida and Mississippi State tied for fourth place.
The South Carolina women won its second SEC Outdoor Track and Field title in four years last weekend with the title coming down to the last event. USC’s men were seventh. Junior Antoinette Wilks won the women’s MVP title – finishing as the runner-up in the long and triple jumps and third in the heptathlon.
Men’s Rankings
1 Tennessee 852 LSU 623 Arkansas 384 Florida 29 SMU 29 Mississippi State 297 Colorado 288 Nebraska 27 9 South Carolina 26 10 UCLA 2511 TCU 22 Stanford 2213 Georgia 2014 UTEP 1615 Auburn 1516 Alabama 14 Notre Dame 14 Texas 14 USC 1420 Eastern Michigan 13 Clemson 13 Michigan 13 Baylor 1324 Kansas 1225 Villanova 11
Women’s Rankings
1 UCLA 93 2 South Carolina 74 3 USC 674 LSU 555 Nebraska 296 Colorado 267 Arizona 248 Kansas State 239 North Carolina 22 Texas 2211 Illinois 1912 Auburn 1813 Oregon 1714 Indiana 16 Miami 16 Washington State 1617 Florida 1518 NC State 14 Rice 14 Stanford 1421 Cal 12 Clemson 12 Liberty 12 Missouri 12 Ohio State 12 Tennessee 12
